Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast
73 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago -Using her expertise as a seasoned literature professor, Linda M. Morra develops provocative, timely insights about books from Canada and elsewhere to show why stories are relevant for all of us. Hosted and written by Linda Morra, produced by Linda Morra and Marco Timpano.
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Bad Beauty: Marie Claire Blais' Mad Shadows
April 15, 2024 18:00 - 25 minutes - 20.9 MBWhat does the work of painter Renoir and his paintings of full-bodied women (2.15; 12.34), and tanning beds (2:30) have to do with the Quebecois author Marie Claire Blais (3:15) and La Belle Bette/Mad Shadows (3:20)? Have a listen to today’s episode to find out … In this episode, Linda looks at Blais’s Mad Shadows and its historical importance to Quebec. Among other subjects, she also references: Value Village, Holt Renfrew 1:3; 11:58 ) Sheila Fischman (3:45) New Yorker (4:47; 16:11) Ma...
Plucking Women's Lives from the Shorelines of History
April 01, 2024 17:10 - 35 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this episode, Linda and Bryn Turnbull discuss her new historical novel, The Paris Deception - and what it means to represent women's lives historically when there has been inadequate records or representation for them. Linda considers the Indigo Girls and their song about Virginia Woolf - and listening attentively to the voices of women through time. Turnbull alludes to The Monuments Men (both the movie and the book) and her novel as an equivalent for women to such a story. Hosted on Aca...
Plucking Women's Lives (and Messages) from the Shorelines of History
April 01, 2024 17:10 - 35 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this episode, Linda and Bryn Turnbull discuss her new historical novel, The Paris Deception - and what it means to represent women's lives historically when there has been inadequate records or representation for them. Linda considers the Indigo Girls and their song about Virginia Woolf - and listening attentively to the voices of women through time. Turnbull alludes to The Monuments Men (both the movie and the book) and her novel as an equivalent for women to such a story. Among other ...
"Radical Self-Inclusion" - An Interview with Michael V. Smith
March 16, 2024 03:21 - 48 minutes - 57.5 MBMichael V. Smith is a deeply loving, insightful poet and performer – who uses intimacy and humour as tools to explore pain. In this interview, Linda chats with him about power dynamics and bullying, as they address his poetry collection, Queers Like Me (published by Book*hug in 2023) Here are some of the subjects we covered: on the nature of creative writing and genre (6.15) poetic technique, poetic devices, and poetic voice (verbatim poems: 6.45, 8.00, 42.43) Facebook poem and writin...
Radical Self-Love, with Eloise Marseille
March 02, 2024 00:12 - 1 hour - 81 MBEloise Marseille is the first guest for Season 5 - yes, season 5! - and, this time, it's English AND French (starting at the 31.55 mark for the French interview). Marseille is a wonderful Quebecoise graphic novelist, whose candid and humorous book, Naked: The Confessions of a Normal Woman / Confessions d'une Femme Normale examines sexuality and self-love--especially as it bears on women, cis- and trans-. Linda begins with a reference to the feminist theory courses she teaches and some of the...
Season 4 - Holiday Wishes ... and Some Hints for Season 5
December 23, 2023 04:47 - 2 minutes - 2.49 MBLinda wishes her listeners a very happy holiday - and offers a hint about what to expect for at least the first episode of Season 5! Have a restful, joyful period. Getting Lit With Linda returns on March 1, 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
These Short Cuts Go a Long Way - The SpokenWeb Podcast
December 15, 2023 15:29 - 25 minutes - 33.5 MBIn this episode, Linda chats with Dr. Katherine McLeod about her role in the SpokenWeb Podcast, particularly Short Cuts. The conversation covers so much ground in such a short period! We discuss the following: The Short Cuts podcast (6.20, 9:21, 14.05, 18:47) Women poets, such as Gwendolyn MacEwan, Phyllis Webb (15:27), Muriel Rukeyser, Maxine Gadd, Margaret Atwood (8.22; 8.54; 10:03), Daphne Marlatt (18:55), Dionne Brand (11:23), and Brand with Lee Maracle (a member of the Stó:lō Nation;...
Feminist Killjoys - An Interview with Erin Wunker
November 29, 2023 16:03 - 42 minutes - 33.9 MBLinda is thrilled to have been able to conduct this interview with one of the foremost feminist scholars in Canada right now—Erin Wunker. They speak about her book Notes from a Feminist Killjoy, published by book*hug, and the important work it undertakes in relation to the labour of being a “feminist killjoy.” Don’t know what a feminist killjoy is? Give this interview a listen to find out more. Here are only some of the key points of the discussion: · About Erin Wunker (2.46) · Ab...
Milestones: A Sixtieth and Live Episode - An interview with Catherine Hernandez and Eva Crocker
November 17, 2023 19:39 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBIn this episode -- recorded live in Tiohtià:ke in the DeSeve Cinema at Concordia University -- Linda interviews award-winning authors, Catherine Hernandez and Eva Crocker. Linda begins by thanking celebrated Montreal-based author, Christopher DiRaddo, who is the director of the Violet Hour and who opens the event with a territorial acknowledgement and with an introduction to the authors. The Violet Hour and the Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) co-sponsored the eve...
An Entry Without an Exit: Dionne Brand's A Map to the Door of No Return
October 15, 2023 02:29 - 18 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode, Linda reflects on Dionne Brand's magnificent A Map to the Door of No Return: Notes to Belonging, reprinted by Vintage (a division of Random House) in 2023 - but initially published over twenty years ago. That's the staying power of this particular volume - the "Door of No Return" is a particularly harrowing metaphor and, as Linda notes, there are many expressions that use "doors" in contemporary usage. Just not like this book does! A prolific and accomplished writer and prof...
And this is how we get here - Keith Barker's This is How We Got Here
October 01, 2023 21:46 - 41 minutes - 37.2 MBLinda speaks with Métis playwright, actor, and director, Keith Barker about his play, This is How We Got Here (Playwrights Canada Press) It is a moving interview, as Barker explains the origins and shape of this play. Their discussions touch on the following subjects (among others!): current and past productions of the play (3.00; 28.15; 34.10, 36.00) loss and trauma (1.14, 1.50, 4.30, 6.10, 12.56, 19.20, 33.58) structure of This is How We Got Here (1.20, 22.28, 23.25) representations o...
Taking Exception to Narratives of Exceptionality - Japanese-Canadian Internment Camps & Canadian Literature
September 18, 2023 16:56 - 34 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode, Linda begins by speaking about the kinds of assumptions made about her because of her Italian-Canadian immigrant background - and then expands that consideration to show how making such assumptions can actually be harmful. Case in point? The Christie-Pitts riot on August 16, 1933. There have been two graphic novels written about this riot: one simply titled Christie Pitts and the other titled The Good Fight. A second case in point is the Japanese-Canadian internment camps ...
Manatees and Magical Thinking - Amy Jones' Novel, Pebble & Dove
September 02, 2023 03:52 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBThis episode focuses on Amy Jones (2.13), author of Every Little Piece of Me (2.27), We're All in This Together (2.27), What Boys Like (2.37), and Pebble & Dove (2.45), published by McClelland & Stewart -- and the focus of this episode. We also discussed Amy’s appearance at Word on the Street (.39 and 9.08) and her forthcoming appearance at the Eden Mills Literary Festival (5.12 and 8.53) on September 9th (see this link for tickets to the event). Linda interviews Amy, during which time the...
People (Do) Change; (C’mon) People, Change - Vivek Shraya's People Change
August 15, 2023 15:58 - 18 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this episode, Linda first celebrates with her co-producer, Marco Timpano, that the podcast has been named a Finalist for the People's Choice Podcast Awards. Then she chats about the new Barbie movie around which there has been so much hype. She differentiates between change and transformation in relation to gender, and then applies this to the wonderful literary work of Vivek Shraya, including People Change. If you haven't seen her How to Fail as a Popstar, join the club: Linda wasn't abl...
Morality & Well-Meaning - #BelievingWomen in Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well
July 01, 2023 21:29 - 29 minutes - 22.6 MBErum Shazia Hasan’s We Meant Well (ECW Press) – Linda raves about this debut novel by Erum Shazia Hasan. In this novel, Maya’s colleague, Marc, has been accused of assaulting a local girl in Likanni, and so Maya is called from Los Angeles to deal with the crisis. The pressures are mounting for Maya as she tries to contend with this situation, grapple with her complex past, and grapple with her present personal life, which threatens to collapse. In this interview, Hasan talks about how dif...
Wider Circles of Love and Faith - Lisa Moore's This is How We Love
June 15, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutes - 348 MBLinda and Lisa Moore converse about her most recent novel, This is How We Love (House of Anansi). Their conversation traverses various subjects, including the formal aspects of the novel, the job of the novelist (5.40), questions of genre (6.40), the use of Audible, the importance of editors (with a nod to Melanie Little, Lisa's editor, 10.30)and the complexities of loving. One of the most fascinating turns in this discussion relates to Lisa's point about the democracy of loving and voice (8....
Bleed - The Unmasking of the Medical System in Endo-Patient Care
June 04, 2023 03:32 - 33 minutes - 26.3 MBAs a fellow endo-patient, Linda makes herself vulnerable in this episode, talking frankly with the author, Tracey Lindeman, by whom she was so inspired. Lindeman, who authored Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care (published by ECW Press in 2023), uses personal experience, interviews, and research to take a deep dive into the healthcare system and the medical treatment (or lack thereof) of endo-patients. Some of the topics covered include: medical gaslighting support ...
It Really is All About Our Mothers
May 16, 2023 03:29 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBIn this episode, in honour of Mother’s Day, Linda considers four different books that feature discussions about mothers, in whatever form they assume. She tackles four different genres -- non-fiction, the short story, poetry, and a novel/thriller -- to consider how loving and caring actions are given and received - or withheld. The four works include: Hannah McGregor, A Sentimental Education (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 4.45) Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood (McClelland & Stewa...
"And the Oscar Goes to ..." - Film Adaptation of Canadian and Indigenous Novels
May 02, 2023 04:27 - 43 minutes - 47.3 MBHer guest, Bil Antoniou - Toronto theatre actor and podcast host of Bad Gay Movies and My Criterions - discusses with Linda a series of Canadian and Indigenous novels that have been adapted to the screen, including the most recent Oscar award-winning movie, Women Talking, directed by Sarah Polley (original novel by Miriam Toews). They also discuss the following: Yann Martel's Life of Pi (Knopf) Jane Rule's The Desert of the Heart (Talon) Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient (Penguin R...
She Shoots, She Soars - Changing the Face of Hockey & Its Representation in Literature
April 16, 2023 01:05 - 40 minutes - 31.9 MBLinda begins by taking up The Hockey Jersey (1.48; 3.15; 3.22) by Jael Richardson (1.58; 4.45; 26.17; 28.38), whom she interviews in this episode.The Hockey Jersey is a kind of response to The Hockey Sweater by Quebecois writer, Roch Carrier (4.18; 10.15; 14.55). Written in collaboration with the Toronto-based hockey player, Eva Perron (31.37), and with illustrations by Chelsea Charles (6.18), this book was the source of discussion between Linda and Richardson for this episode and how this c...
Not Fooling Around - Jason Camlot's Vlarf
April 01, 2023 22:17 - 47 minutes - 71 MBIn this episode, Linda interviews Jason Camlot about his new collection of poetry, Vlarf - and it includes references to all manner of Victorian writing/writers, such as the following: Oscar Wilde Samuel Taylor Coleridge John Ruskin While there is much play and whimsy in this episode, it takes a deep dive into what went into making this collection of Victorianist flarf (and what "flarf" actually is). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Five Books Worth Leaving Behind the Sunscreen for During the Winter Break
March 15, 2023 18:26 - 16 minutes - 14.1 MBLinda doesn't care if she has to take less sunscreen when she goes on vacation - if it means she gets to pack an extra couple of books. What five books would she recommend?: Timothy Taylor's Stanley Park (Vintage/Random House, 2.00) Rawi Hage's Stray Dogs (Knopf, 4.11) Neil Smith's Bang Crunch (Vintage, 7.54) Marilyn Dumont's A Really Good Brown Girl (Metis; Brick Books, 10.18) Ann-Marie MacDonald's Goodnight Desdemona (Goodmorning Juliet )(Penguin, Random House, 13) Linda also referen...
It Begins with a Conversation - Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach
March 01, 2023 15:27 - 18 minutes - 18.1 MBSeason 4 opens with Linda's announcement of the podcast's new website and then shifts to a discussion about her literary journey - how she came to focus first on Canadian literature and then Indigenous literatures, which all started with a vital conversation. Her first book in the latter field was Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach - and it was a game-changer, sending her off to read and understand a field about which she knew very little when she started her post-graduate studies. With brief nods...
February 2023 - A Season is Around the Corner (Teaser)
February 19, 2023 15:58 - 1 minute - 2.75 MBLinda informs listeners of a slight change in this year's scheduling of podcast episodes - but otherwise, welcome listeners to Season 4 of Getting Lit With Linda! Written by Linda Morra Co-produced by Linda Morra & Marco Timpano Music by Raphael Krux. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Empathy, Sympathy, and the Literary Litmus Test
December 31, 2022 22:34 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBIn this last episode of the season, Linda considers how empathy is often considered a function of literature and may be ideally represented -- as it is in Catherine Hernandez's Scarborough published by Arsenal Pulp Press. In order to explore how this should work, she considers the Classical orator, Cicero (and Aristotle's Poetics and Horace's Ars Poetica) to show how there is a long tradition of arguing that rhetoric and "good literature" should be able to teach, to delight, and to move us....
Season's Greetings - From GLWL Guests 2022
December 17, 2022 12:21 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this episode of Getting Lit With Linda, the guests over the course of the 2022 year offer their reading recommendations and their wishes to you for the holidays--including Stephen Collis, Ali Hassan, Terri Favro, Gillian Sze, Marco Timpano, Amanda Barker, Isabella Wang, Amy Spurway, Chantel Lavoie, and Kate Ready. This is our second-last episode of the season (one more before December 31) before we sign off for a break--we will be back at the end of February 2023 for Season Four! Warmest...
To Discover or to Divine
November 24, 2022 20:54 - 17 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode, Linda considers the moment she came across the handwritten memoir of Jane Rule at the University of British Columbia Archives and Rare books. She considers the idea of "discovering" or "divining" in the archive and how that relates to meeting poet and instructor, Sheryda Warrener, who invited her to look at the work of her students during one of Linda's visits to the archive. Two poets from that exhibit--Graeme Kennedy and MacKenzie Sewell--are highlighted in this episode, a...
The Baggage of Atlas: Amy Spurway's Crow
November 10, 2022 18:50 - 25 minutes - 22.2 MB** Explicit language in this episode Linda opens this episode on a celebratory note – the fact that Getting Lit with Linda won in the category of Outstanding Education Series in the Canadian Podcast Awards. We are grateful to our listeners, voters, and guests on the show! (And Linda recommends reaching out to her producer, Marco Timpano, if you want more information about podcasting in general!) In this episode, Linda begins with a reflection on the “weight of Atlas” in relation to Greek m...
Top Five Picks for a Haunting Hallowe-'en
October 27, 2022 15:53 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBWhat does it really mean to be haunted? Is being haunted always a sinister experience? For this Hallowe'en episode, Linda considers memory and loss trauma and the nature of haunting and feeling haunted She considers, for example, Emily Bronte's nineteenth-century British novel Wuthering Heights (and Kate Bush's song, "Wuthering Heights" based on the novel) or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as examples outside of literature in Canada. But then she counts down to her top five books that eithe...
The Stories Behind the Strike: Kevin Lambert's Querelle of Roberval
October 07, 2022 06:06 - 20 minutes - 18.2 MBIn this episode, Linda reflects on a strike in which she was a participant and the real complexities of its participants and affiliated institutions as a way into Kevin Lambert's marvellous new book, Querelle of Roberval (Biblioasis). Invoking the proportions and form of Greek tragedy, Lambert locates the conflict of this book in a small town in Quebec and shows how its participants all have complex motivations for their actions--including hatred, lust, and revenge. In the Takeaway, Linda ...
Ali Hassan Brings Home the Bacon -- and the Joy
September 15, 2022 21:56 - 35 minutes - 27.8 MBIs there Bacon in Heaven? Maybe – but there’s certainly bacon on earth, Ali Hassan reminds us, and he enjoys it—and he doesn’t mean it simply literally either. In his new book--a memoir titled Is There Bacon in Heaven? (Simon & Schuster) -- he looks at what is good here on earth and how to locate those moments of goodness—in addition to those of humour and comedy and joy. In this interview, Linda and he talk about the fundamentals of his memoir, the boundaries of comedy, and the power of hum...
Who's on First? Frances Brooke's The History of Emily Montague, with Dr. Kate Ready
September 02, 2022 02:58 - 35 minutes - 31.2 MBEver wonder what was the "first" book of Canadian literature? How do we even know how to define what that would be? In this episode, Linda chats with eighteenth-century British literature scholar, Dr. Kathryn Ready, about what is sometimes claimed as the first book of Canadian literature--Frances Brooke's The History of Emily Montague. Linda and Dr. Ready may -- or may not -- have tussled over whether this book is British or Canadian, but what they absolutely do is consider the finer aspects...
Bad Boundaries & Good Relationships: Thomas King & Natasha Donovan
August 19, 2022 04:10 - 20 minutes - 17.1 MBIn this episode, Linda reflects on why we say boundaries are "bad" and how "good relationships" stand in contrast. Using Thomas King (author of The Inconvenient Indian, Medicine River, Green Grass, Running Water) and Natasha Donovan's graphic novel, Borders (published by Little Brown, 6.55), Linda explores "bad boundaries" -- and bad borders -- in relation to the Blackfoot nation. She also refers to Daniel Rück’s The Laws and the Land (4.00) and Benjamin Hoy’s A Line of Blood and Dirt (5.55)...
Night Vigils & Varieties of Looking
August 05, 2022 01:12 - 39 minutes - 29.5 MBLinda opens on a celebratory note: Getting Lit With Linda has received two separate nominations for the Canadian Podcasting Awards, one in the category of Outstanding Educational Series and another in the category of Outstanding Arts Podcast. She also includes a tribute to the late Steven Heighton (2.39), whom she remembers fondly. Linda and Gillian Sze -- the guest for this episode -- chat about her new book, Quiet Night Think (ECW Press) and participate in “quiet thinking” and "looking," ...
Leos, Lovers, Loss - and Lunar Tides
July 21, 2022 17:32 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this loving and lovely interview that took place in Montreal during the lunar eclipse of May 15-16, 2022, Linda interviews Shannon Webb-Campbell (a member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation) about her new book of poetry, Lunar Tides (Book*hug). The conversation ranges from Montreal as a city for "Leos & lovers" (3.30), to themes of maternal loss and longing (4.45 and 6.15), to the following: 1.0 Book*hug, and its other authors, including Shani Mootoo (author of Cane Fire) (1.0) Followi...
Indigenous Voices Awards - "Where Your Heart is Leading You"
June 19, 2022 09:38 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBIn this episode, while I am away in Germany, I reflect upon the upcoming Indigenous Voices Awards, which is set to take place on June 21st (and this occasions an early release of the episode!). After a quick opening teaser with the most extraordinary Dene storyteller and writer -- and the MC of this year's IVAs -- Richard van Camp, I then hold a brief interview with Cree-Metis scholar/professor and co-organizer of the IVAS, Deanna Reder (2.50) who explains the history of the awards and talk...
The Robot Keepers - Part 2 of an Interview with Terri Favro
June 09, 2022 20:06 - 29 minutes - 25 MBThis is the second part of Linda's interview with Terri Favro, who opens this part with her thoughts about gender and the genre of science fiction, making reference to Ursula LeGuin (1.05) Doris Lessing (2.45) Margaret Atwood (2.45) Linda and she then turn their attention to the challenges of writing a trilogy (3.45) and the effects of the pandemic on writing her last instalment, The Sisters Sputnik (ECW). The two consider the Spanish Flu (9.35, 10.45, 12.23) and Sacco and Vanzetti (1...
There's Motive For You, Part 2 - An Interview with Marissa Stapley
May 27, 2022 22:17 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBIn this second part of this episode, Linda chats with Marissa Stapley, whose book Lucky (published by Simon & Schuster and available on Audible) was just picked up as the first Canadian book on Reese's Book Club picks. Linda has a personal response to this book, which she references as she speaks about Stapley's interview with Shelagh Rogers on The Next Chapter. She also asks Stapley about the kind of research she undertakes to write this kind of book, and the characters about whom she write...
There's Motive For You - An Interview with Roland Gulliver
May 27, 2022 02:59 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBIf you love crime and mystery writing, you will love MOTIVE - the Crime & Mystery Festival slated to take place between June 3 and June 5, 2022 at the Harborfront Centre in Toronto. The line-up of authors either speaking or giving workshops is nothing short of impressive: it features writers from Canada, of the ilk of Thomas King (who will be interviewed by CBC's Shelagh Rogers), but also international writers like Gunnar Staalesen, Thomas Enger,and Ilaria Tuti. I had the opportunity to chat...
Robots & Radioactivity: An Interview with Terri Favro
May 05, 2022 17:26 - 45 minutes - 38.9 MBLinda chats with Terri Favro, an Toronto-based, Italian-Canadian author who is poised to release her next novel, The Sisters Sputnik, a sequel to her acclaimed speculative fiction novel, Sputnik's Children. They have a leisurely conversation -- in this, the first part of their two-part interview -- discussing all manner of subjects, from the importance of storytelling to the appropriate terminology for robots to growing up in an era of nuclear uncertainty (and not so unlike now either). ...
Biographer's Regret - Alice Munro and the Autobiographer's Right
April 21, 2022 23:12 - 24 minutes - 20.1 MBWhat do you want to know for? This is the question Linda considers as she writes her biography about Jane Rule - one that Nobel-Prize winning writer, Alice Munro, has considered many times as she weaves autobiography and fiction in her work, specifically in the book under discussion in this episode, The View from Castlerock. Linda discuses: Questions of biography (2.32, 19.00) Jane Rule (3.00) Alice Munro's autobiographical impulses (3.10, 6.33) Munro's Dear Life (4.30) Munro's The View...
Just Sayin'/Not Saying, Part 2: An Interview with Stephen Collis
April 07, 2022 07:39 - 25 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this episode, the second part of her interview with Stephen Collis, Linda goes in greater depth about Collis's poetry, speaking to him about his most recent collection of poetry, A History of the Theories of Rain (Talon Books). In the Takeaway section, Linda refers to Canada Reads and considers the results of this year's competition, with reference to: Michelle Good's Five Little Indians Catherine Hernandez's Scarborough Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Just Sayin' / Not Saying": An Interview with Stephen Collis (Part 1)
March 24, 2022 08:57 - 23 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode, Linda interviews Stephen Collis about his most recent collection of poetry, A History of the Theories of Rain (Talon Books). The next episode is the second part of that interview. For now, just a couple of points of clarification: SFU, the acronym that Collis and Linda use in this interview, stands for Simon Fraser University. Also, they refer to the SLAPP suit by which Collis was confronted. For those of you who may have never heard of this before, a SLAPP suit is a civil l...
"Of What Use is Poetry at a Time Like This?" An Interview with Shani Mootoo
March 09, 2022 07:50 - 52 minutes - 34.9 MBIn today's episode - for International Women's Day - Linda chats with Shani Mootoo about her forthcoming book of poetry, Cane Fire (Book *Hug) and the collaborative nature of its production. We also discuss the following: her archival materials at Simon Fraser University (20.58) erotic poetry (22.45) working in different genres (26.26) her forthcoming memoir (34.27) Oeno Gallery (34.27) the Ukrainian invasion and poetry (47.53) And so much more! Please stay tuned for the forthcoming o...
Ever Receding Fruit: Wayde Compton, the Black Archive, and the Call for a Black Cultural Centre
February 28, 2022 20:07 - 34 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this episode, Linda has the great pleasure of chatting with Wayde Compton, the writer, scholar, publisher, and current Chair of Creative Writing at Douglas College (in New Westminster, BC). He is the author of several books, including 49th Parallel Psalm (finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize); Performance Bond; After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing, and Region (finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award); the graphic novel, The Blue Road; and The Outer Harbour (winner of the ...
You Have to Decide: Rita Wong's Forage and Clayton Thomas-Muller's Life in the City of Dirty Water
February 11, 2022 00:59 - 23 minutes - 19.2 MBLinda is delighted to be back for her third season of Getting Lit With Linda! In this first episode of the season, she considers the movie, Don't Look Up (dir. by Adam McKay, 1.13, 2.49), the nature of satire (with reference to Mordecai Richler, 2.00, and Jonathan Swift, 2.11), and the looming environmental crisis. It's a topic that poet, Rita Wong (4.32) has addressed unflinchingly in her work, especially forage (published by Nightwood Editions, winner of the Dorothy Livesay Prize, 6.09). ...
Holiday Wishes & A Gift from the Archives - An Interview with Ali Hassan (from 2020)
December 25, 2021 05:54 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBLinda and several of this season's contributors--Chantel Lavoie, Marco Timpano, Amanda Barker, and Michael Nest--render their book recommendations for the holidays: Ivan Coyote's Care Of Margaret Atwood's The Door, David Chariandy's I've Been Meaning to Tell You Zoe Whittall's The Best Kind of People Anne-Marie MacDonald's Fall on your Knees), Linda offers her listeners a gift for the holidays - from the archives, her previously-unpublished interview with Ali Hassan, the host of Canada...
"Show Me Yours"
December 17, 2021 19:19 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this episode, Linda considers Richard Van Camp, a Dene author who wrangles with what masculinity is, what it looks for those who identify as men, and how and why that may (or should) change. Published by Great Plains Publications, The Moon of Letting Go is the book of focus in this episode, particularly the story, "Show me Yours" (7.27) - and yes, it means exactly what you think it does, but maybe not showing exactly what you think it might. Linda refers to one of the preeminent scholars ...
The Quebec Writers' Federation Finalists & the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature
November 18, 2021 20:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBAs #winterstormwarnings arrive, perhaps you may want to curl up with some of the writers' books that were shortlisted for the Quebec Writers' Federation awards - Linda speaks to some of the writers shortlisted for the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature, in addition to one of the poets shortlisted for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. She also spoke about the QWF Gala and the times she slipped on floor-length ballgowns over her jeans for the Governor General...
"Sharing the Light" - Interview with Mitali Ruths
November 04, 2021 19:10 - 28 minutes - 26 MBLinda opens this episode with a dedication to her nephew -- and then "shares the light" of Diwali with children's literature author, Mitali Ruths, with whom she chats about her book Archie Celebrates Diwali. Published this year by Charlesbridge Archie Celebrates Diwali is based on an epic, Ramayana, and focuses on the South-Asian festival of lights (3.45, 8.45, and 10.30). Mitali addresses Diwali's origins (3.45 and 4.37), how it is celebrated (15.11), and the reasons for writing this story ...