"Just Sayin' / Not Saying": An Interview with Stephen Collis (Part 1)
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast
English - March 24, 2022 08:57 - 23 minutes - 20.4 MBBooks Arts literature canadian writing books authors canadian writers literary technique indigenous indigenous authors canadian literature Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In 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 lawsuit or counterclaim that alleges defamation but is really initiated for the purposes of intimidating, burdening, punishing, or harassing – and usually it is filed against people or organizations who speak out about issues of public interest.
Linda and Stephen cover several topics, including
10.40 his activism13.13 Kinder Morgan14.00 Collis’s poetry as used in a legal setting16.12 A History of the Theories of Rain16.23 grief19. Greta Thunberg and recent political shortcomingsIn the Takeaway portion of the podcast, Linda introduces her listeners to the young poet, Isabella Wang, whose collection, Pebble Swing (Nightwood Editions), and the poetry that appeared in The Capilano Review, showcase a burgeoning talent.
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