Can't Lit
129 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA podcast on all things Canadian and Literature and then some.
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028 Can't Lit — Sheryda Warrener
January 26, 2016 01:11 - 50 minutes - 23 MBHappy 2016! Poet, chum and repeat guest Sheryda Warrener helps us ring in the first Can't Lit of the new year. We talk about January sads, Neko Atsume as winter saviour, explicit content, butts, BIONICLEs, and her new book, Floating Is Everything. We also play a special game: Resolution or Electrocution. And yes, we briefly discuss Daniel's farts and poops. Happy New Year, Can't Litters!
027 Can't Lit — A Very Merry Can't Lit
December 16, 2015 12:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBTo celebrate this festive season Dina and Daniel rented a snowy chalet and invited past Can’t Lit guests to join them by the fire to chat, eat and drink. A lot. Jen Sookfong Lee, Jordan Abel, Sean Cranbury, Billeh Nickerson and Aaron Chapman discuss important holiday stuff, like how to ruin poems for the holidays, hangovers, holiday traditions, eggnog, holiday movies and TV, the Nutcracker, stealing Christmas trees, curling, cats eating tinsel, veal, poetry as gifts, grilled cheeses and many...
026 Can't Lit — Evan Munday
November 11, 2015 12:00 - 50 minutes - 23 MBIt's the second Toronto episode and super delight Evan Munday joins the hosts to talk about Archie comics and his new podcast, Radio Free Riverdale, his books series for kids, The Dead Kid Detective Agency and The Golden Girls. Dina and Daniel have more stories from their book tour, like going to the Coach House launch and kissing everyone's forehead, crushing on Aisha Sasha John and name-dropping all the poets we got to hug. We also develop a Can't Lit activity book and go through another r...
025 Can't Lit — Jacqueline Valencia
October 26, 2015 11:00 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBDina and Daniel head to Toronto, a.k.a. Hotline Bling central, and Jacqueline Valencia is there to talk with them about Toronto Poetry Talks, her upcoming poetry collection, There is No Escape Out of Time, diversity and race in poetry, teens, chocolate and Instagram. D & D give an update from their trip to Montreal's strip clubs, karaoke bars and mozzarella stick establishments and even create a new strip club. And we all shout out The BreakBeat Poets and come up with whole new categories of...
024 Can't Lit — Bükem Reitmayer and Mike Spry
October 14, 2015 11:00 - 44 minutes - 20.3 MBDina and Daniel visit Montreal and invite the delightful duo of Bükem Reitmayer and Mike Spry into their hotel room for a wholesome literary chat. We talk about all the important things: movies, TV, shopping, and even poetry, like how a poem can change over time and how process is weird. We also give a shout out to the wonderful bookstore, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and celebrate Mean Girls Day.
023 Can't Lit — Jillian Christmas
September 28, 2015 11:00 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBIt's always a special occasion when Jillian Christmas is around. Dina and Daniel invite the talented writer, musician and Artistic Director of Verses Festival of Words to talk about writing, but also how miserable fall is, love songs and protest songs, Charmed Can Lit, children's soy lattes, large print erotica on public transit and of course, Shannen Doherty. We also bring back the ever-popular CanLit Feuds and play a new game for this crummy season: Fall or Fall?
022 Can't Lit — Alicia Tobin
September 15, 2015 10:00 - 51 minutes - 23.5 MBIt's September and NBD we've got smart, funny dreambabe Alicia Tobin on the podcast chatting with Daniel and Dina about her new, wonderful podcast, Retail Nightmares and her new, wonderful cookbook, Keto-Genesis. To keep things wonderful we also we also talk about clogged toilets, #bikinibookclub, Dina's hot iron burn, Daniel's rage and Rom Com. For a bummer we talk about the sadness of seasonal changes, drought, fires in BC and good old fashioned heartbreak. This episode has everything!
021 Can't Lit — Jen Sookfong Lee
August 31, 2015 11:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBCan't Lit's endless summer of great guests continues. Dina and Daniel invite Jen Sookfong Lee over for bourbon and book talk. We get into Jen's two novels and Dina's rage, plus we tell tales from bad literary events and share terrible things people have said to us at Q&As.
020 Can't Lit — Kayla Czaga and Raoul Fernandes
July 27, 2015 11:00 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBDouble your poetry pleasure with our guests Kayla Czaga and Raoul Fernandes. We talk with them about their new books of poetry, ageism, having kids and not having kids and accidental marriage proposals. We also invent a Can('t) Lit cocktail, Dina gets us to play Fuck, Marry, Kill: Poetry Edition and Daniel admits to dating a pizza.
019 Can't Lit — Aaron Chapman
June 29, 2015 06:33 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBHappy summer, listeners! This episode D&D talk to the charming Aaron Chapman about his books, Live at the Commodore and Liquor, Lust and the Law (both Arsenal Pulp Press) Vancouver and its history, what our summer reads are and we even throw in a CanLit Feud (featuring an American!). And finally, Can't Lit turns 19. To celebrate the legal drinking age we talk about what we did at 19, play Would You Rather: Summer Edition and get teen drunk. Stay hydrated!
BONUS — Jordan Abel plays some literary games
June 01, 2015 16:06 - 18 minutes - 8.29 MBFinally! A Can't Lit games only episode. Dina, Daniel and Jordan play three literary games cut from Episode 18: Craigslist or Poem, Broetry or Noetry, and Jordan brings his own version of Literary Never Have I Ever: Vancouver edition. Play along at home!
018 Can't Lit — Jordan Abel
May 25, 2015 11:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBSpring has sprung and Dina and Daniel bring in beautiful flower and great writer, Jordan Abel. We talk about Jordan's books, Un/Inhabited and The Place of Scraps, skim reading, sex positions, colonialism, visual and sound poetry, Mother's Day sadness, and even find time to speculate on the finale of Mad Men. Think we didn't play any games? Think again, they're coming up in a special bonus episode!
017 Can't Lit — David McGimpsey
May 13, 2015 11:00 - 1 hour - 30.1 MBDreams come true when DDB & DZ get to talk to the wonderful poet, David McGimpsey. Dreams come even more true when talk turns to shopping malls (!!) his new book, Asbestos Heights (!!!), Tropical Bill Murray, a baby Dina hates on Facebook, Beyoncé (of course), and watching Jennifer Aniston movies for Poetry Month. We also play two new games in honour of Fuller House, the Full House sequel: What Would Kimmy Gibbler Do? and Stefan Urquelle or Steve Urkel? We even talk about poetry and classism...
016 Can't Lit — Sachiko Murakami
April 27, 2015 11:00 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBPoetry Month is still here! So, these podcast hosts invited the super charming and smart Sachiko Murakami to talk about poems, airports, crying poets and of course her new book. Get Me Out Of Here (Talonbooks) which also became a new Can't Lit game that we played. Daniel's Dream Corner returns and Dina's Dream Analysis Corner makes its debut. We also give some not very nice shout outs to Subway and Dina complains about 420 like a total narc.
015 Can't Lit — Wine and Pizza
April 07, 2015 13:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBFor poetry month Dina and Daniel invite two special guests to share the mics with them: wine and pizza. With their help D&D talk about what they think is so boring (lots of things, like, ugh, bacon) and debut a new segment, Poetry Books That Got Us So Wet Right Now (including new collections by David McGimpsey, Leah Horlick, Roaul Fernandes, Jonina Kirton, Damian Rogers, Sachiko Marukami and Stuart Ross. And Daniel's Dream Corner is revisited. Warning: wine is a solid guest, but pizza gets a...
014 Can't Lit — Marita Dachsel and Matt Rader
March 30, 2015 19:32 - 49 minutes - 22.8 MBTwo road trips in a row? Yup. That's Can't Lit in March. D&D head to Victoria and invite Marita Dachsel and Matt Rader to a hotel business centre. We discuss Marita's many wives, from her poetry collection, Glossolalia (Anvil Press, 2013), and Matt's new book of short stories, What I Want to Tell Goes Like This (Nightwood Editions, 2014). We also host a special secret guest: Stephanie. Then we play Literary Never Have I Ever, talk poetry vs. prose and give the low down on Victoria's gay bar....
013 Can't Lit — Michael Christie
March 16, 2015 12:00 - 56 minutes - 25.9 MBCan't Lit is on the road! The duo head to Galiano Island to meet with author Michael Christie. We talk about his new book, If I Fall, If I Die, (McClelland & Stewart, 2015), weird island names, flashbacks and otters. By request we bring back fan favourite, Can Lit Feuds, and introduce a new segment, Daniel's Dream Corner.
012 Can't Lit — Chelsea Rooney
February 23, 2015 16:30 - 51 minutes - 20.7 MBChelsea Rooney joins Can't Lit to talk about her debut novel, Pedal (Caitlin Press, 2014), but also to go down great paths discussing the movies Scream and The Craft, along with our favourite topic, Can Lit fueds. We also get into meta narratives, and bring back fan favourite (maybe?) Literary Would You Rather? Plus we introduce a new segment, Amazon Reviews of the Week, because Amazon reviews are strange and wonderful. Daniel updates everyone on his rash. Dina is supportive.
011 Can't Lit — Adam Lewis Schroeder
February 18, 2015 01:07 - 58 minutes - 26.6 MBOn this episode Dina and Daniel invite writer, and entertaining gentlemen, Adam Lewis Schroeder from the wilds of Vernon to talk about Beyonce, the Super Bowl, zombies, his new book, All Day Breakfast (Douglas & McIntyre, March 2015) and the apocalypse with Margaret Wente and David Gilmour. Then Adam endears himself to Can't Lit forever with raps (feat. Dina and Daniel) that will melt hearts, and maybe faces.
010 Can't Lit — Sean Cranbury
January 26, 2015 16:00 - 1 hour - 36.8 MBHappy New Year! The first Can't Lit in 2015 opens with the multi-faceted man with many plans, Sean Cranbury. We talk about the word "emerging", Real Vancouver Writers' Series, #95books, Sean's podcasts "Books on the Radio" and "The Interruption," Canada Council for the Arts, Tinder, of course, and some other stuff we can't remember. Sean makes really strong drinks.
009 Can't Lit — Sara Bynoe
December 22, 2014 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBSo, this is Can't Lit Christmas, and what have you done? In this episode Dina and Daniel welcome Sara Bynoe with a lot of eggnog and bourbon. We get emotionally invested in Christmas movies, holidays past, present and future and of course we rehash festive personal trauma. Bonus: lots of out of tune singing. Enjoy our most festive Can't Lit yet.
008 Can't Lit — George Bowering and Jean Baird
November 24, 2014 15:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBIn this episode we're invited into the home of George Bowering and Jean Baird to talk about the recent release of Bowering's Books by The Capilano Review. We edited down hours of conversation and we're still left with many pressing topics, including: Duece Bigalow: Male Gigalo, Bowering's obsession with Hello Kitty, Italian underwear, Al Purdy's A Frame, Christmas cake, nudity, politics, and basically anything we could think of. We even made time to discuss some of Bowering's many books.
007 Can't Lit — Amber Dawn
October 27, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBThis month on Can't Lit we have Amber Dawn and talk about all of the tasks of being a writer. From book launches, to fan nudies, to readings, to book reviews, to television watching.
006 Can't Lit — Wayde Compton
September 29, 2014 12:00 - 59 minutes - 27.1 MBWell, it's Can't Lit time again, friends. This month we host the magnificent Wayde Compton, author of the newly released, The Outer Harbour (Arsenal Pulp Press), which we talk about in this very episode! We also recap our summers, talk writing for serious, Vancouver history and Robin Williams. BONUS: There is a lost episode that we angrily discuss and make reference to throughout. You miss out on the great Wayde Compton bee story. Sorry!
005 Can't Lit — Cynara Geissler and Sheryda Warrener
August 26, 2014 00:04 - 57 minutes - 26.4 MBIt's the fifth episode and we brought in Cynara Geissler and Sheryda Warrener for a very special pop-culture saturated podcast to celebrate Dina Del Bucchia's second book Blind Items. We talk about Robyn's mullet, ABBA's hits, urine therapy, poetry (I think), and 19 poolboys. We cap it all off by discussing our favourite poems about Janky Tan Lines.
004 Can't Lit — Nancy Lee
July 28, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBFor our fourth episode of Can't Lit, we talk to author Nancy Lee about her most-recent novel The Age. We also talk about tooth aches, gay weddings, and play a literary round of "Would You Rather?" Find out if Nancy Lee would rather Joey, or Ross.
003 Can't Lit — Doretta Lau
June 30, 2014 04:00 - 1 hour - 32.3 MBDo you like it long? Then this episode will satisfy. Doretta Lau joins the dynamic double Ds to talk about her debut short story collection, How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun? (Nightwood, 2014) Bullying, ramen, writing about pop culture in fiction, bodily function failures and even Umbro tracksuits are discussed in this very special episode.
002 Can't Lit — Billeh Nickerson
June 02, 2014 10:00 - 54 minutes - 24.7 MBD&D bring Billeh Nickerson to an undisclosed location that may or may not be a bath house to talk about his cheeky sweet new book, Artificial Cherry (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2014), retro CanLit feuds, and of course, Judge Judy. Also making an appearance: feelings!
001 Can't Lit — Nikki Reimer
May 21, 2014 03:50 - 47 minutes - 21.6 MBIt's the first episode! Our hosts, Dina Del Bucchia and Daniel Zomparelli, chat with author Nikki Reimer about her new book Downverse (Talonbooks, 2014). Talk also turns to Calgary, hashtags and the new as-yet unrecorded podcast of the future, Maximum Butts, and everyone provides helpful tips for post literary-event small talk. Features the maybe one day popular segment: "What's George Bowering Doing?"