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Wishing Happy Anniversary / Birthday Wishes to The Geography of Pluto - An Interview with Christopher DiRaddo
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - May 16, 2024 06:17 - 37 minutesLinda begins this episode with a brief acknowledgement of the passing of Nobel Prize winner for the short story, Alice Munro – who died a couple of days before this episode was aired. It's a pertinent moment to take pause when the subject of this episode is, in part, about anniversaries - which...
"Learning Gently" about Reconciliation: Andrew Stobo Sniderman & Douglas Sanderson's Valley of the Birdtail
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - May 01, 2024 22:34 - 1 hourIn this -- the second live episode of Getting Lit With Linda held at the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival and co-sponsored by the Quebec Writers' Federation -- Linda speaks with Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashi, Beaver Clan, of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation) about their bo...
Bad Beauty: Marie Claire Blais' Mad Shadows
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - April 15, 2024 18:00 - 25 minutesWhat 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...
Plucking Women's Lives (and Messages) from the Shorelines of History
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - April 01, 2024 17:10 - 35 minutesIn 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 - a...
Plucking Women's Lives from the Shorelines of History
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - April 01, 2024 17:10 - 35 minutesIn 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 ...
"Radical Self-Inclusion" - An Interview with Michael V. Smith
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - March 16, 2024 03:21 - 48 minutesMichael 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 ...
Radical Self-Love, with Eloise Marseille
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - March 02, 2024 00:12 - 1 hourEloise 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 / Conf...
Season 4 - Holiday Wishes ... and Some Hints for Season 5
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - December 23, 2023 04:47 - 2 minutesLinda 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
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - December 15, 2023 15:29 - 25 minutesIn 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 Ma...
Feminist Killjoys - An Interview with Erin Wunker
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - November 29, 2023 16:03 - 42 minutesLinda 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 “fem...
Milestones: A Sixtieth and Live Episode - An interview with Catherine Hernandez and Eva Crocker
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - November 17, 2023 19:39 - 1 hourIn 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 w...
An Entry Without an Exit: Dionne Brand's A Map to the Door of No Return
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - October 15, 2023 02:29 - 18 minutesIn 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...
And this is how we get here - Keith Barker's This is How We Got Here
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - October 01, 2023 21:46 - 41 minutesLinda 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 a...
Taking Exception to Narratives of Exceptionality - Japanese-Canadian Internment Camps & Canadian Literature
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - September 18, 2023 16:56 - 34 minutesIn 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, 193...
Manatees and Magical Thinking - Amy Jones' Novel, Pebble & Dove
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - September 02, 2023 03:52 - 33 minutesThis 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 (...
People (Do) Change; (C’mon) People, Change - Vivek Shraya's People Change
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - August 15, 2023 15:58 - 18 minutesIn 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...
Morality & Well-Meaning - #BelievingWomen in Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - July 01, 2023 21:29 - 29 minutesErum 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...
Wider Circles of Love and Faith - Lisa Moore's This is How We Love
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - June 15, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutesLinda 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 (wit...
Bleed - The Unmasking of the Medical System in Endo-Patient Care
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - June 04, 2023 03:32 - 33 minutesAs 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, i...
It Really is All About Our Mothers
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - May 16, 2023 03:29 - 21 minutesIn 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 ...
"And the Oscar Goes to ..." - Film Adaptation of Canadian and Indigenous Novels
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - May 02, 2023 04:27 - 43 minutesHer 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 Polle...
She Shoots, She Soars - Changing the Face of Hockey & Its Representation in Literature
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - April 16, 2023 01:05 - 40 minutesLinda 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 th...
Not Fooling Around - Jason Camlot's Vlarf
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - April 01, 2023 22:17 - 47 minutesIn 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 tak...
Five Books Worth Leaving Behind the Sunscreen for During the Winter Break
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - March 15, 2023 18:26 - 16 minutesLinda 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 Crunc...
It Begins with a Conversation - Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - March 01, 2023 15:27 - 18 minutesSeason 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 w...
February 2023 - A Season is Around the Corner (Teaser)
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - February 19, 2023 15:58 - 1 minuteLinda 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 ...
Empathy, Sympathy, and the Literary Litmus Test
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - December 31, 2022 22:34 - 16 minutesIn 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 ora...
Season's Greetings - From GLWL Guests 2022
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - December 17, 2022 12:21 - 9 minutesIn 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 L...
To Discover or to Divine
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - November 24, 2022 20:54 - 17 minutesIn 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 Warrene...
The Baggage of Atlas: Amy Spurway's Crow
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast - November 10, 2022 18:50 - 25 minutes** 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 ...
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