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The Other Problem that Has No Name - The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana
Season 6 Episode 91
Perhaps strangely, Linda applies Betty Friedan’s 1963 feminist critique of patriarchal society The Feminine Mystique, and specifically the text “The Problem That Has No Name,” to The Passenger Seat b…
Published on 14 hours ago
Digital Trespassing: Human Rights in the Digital Age-- An Interview with Dr. Wendy Wong
Season 6 Episode 90
Linda met Dr. Wendy Wong at a conference in Kelowna, organized by Dr. Karis Shearer (1:25) and hosted by SpokenWeb (1:20), when Dr. Wong spoke about her book, We, the Data (a nod to the preamble of t…
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Equity on a Bookshelf: An Interview with Stephanie Sinclair, Publisher of McClelland & Stewart
Season 6 Episode 89
Does anyone remember that series, New Canadian Literature (NCL), produced by McClelland & Stewart? In this interview, Linda discusses the very much new and improved series, Kanata Classics (15:06), w…
Published on 4 weeks ago
The Truth About Memoirs
Season 6 Episode 88
In this episode, Linda examines the resurgence of the memoir, and what readers expect - and what she expects - when we pick one up. While the first part of the episode examines the features and histo…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Lost City of Atlantis: Looking Back (and Forward) to the End (and Beginning) of an Era – Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves and James Cairns’ In Crisis, On Crisis: Essays in Troubled Times
Season 6 Episode 87
In this episode, Linda begins by speaking about the Kingston Writers Fest (KWF) - if you are in reasonable distance, you MUST go! The most incredible line-up of authors will be there, including Madel…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Invitation to Reparative Reading - An Interview with Canisia Lubrin About Code Noir
Season 6 Episode 86
In this episode, Linda interviews the phenomenal Canisia Lubrin - the acclaimed writer, critic, professor, poet, and editor. Her first book Voodoo Hypothesis (Wolsak & Wynn, 2017) was named a CBC Bes…
Published on 4 months ago
That Kind of Meta: The Double Life of Benson Yu - An Interview with Kevin Chong
Season 6 Episode 85
In this episode, Linda chats with Kevin Chong about his novel The Double Life of Benson Yu (Simon & Schuster) shortlisted for the 2023 Giller Prize. It's a "meta" novel, in some ways - a concept that…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
We, the Subplot (or Flying Monkeys) - An Interview with Michael Crummey about The Adversary
Season 6 Episode 84
What are flying monkeys?, Linda wonders - until her friend illuminates their place in relation to narcissists. Narcissism is key to understanding the Widow and Abe Strapp, two deliciously terrible ma…
Published on 5 months ago
Adding People to a Family Isn't a Minus - Recalculating the Math Around Stepmothers (With Rachel McCrum and Amélie Prévost)
Season 6 Episode 83
It's Mother's Day - and, while Linda considers how the mother is represented in several books (specifically Rachel Deustch (6:30), Boum (5:50; 6:55), and Mary Thaler (5:47), in their respective works…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Vigilance Matters - Carol Off's At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage
Season 6 Episode 82
In this episode, Linda speaks with the award-winning CBC journalist of As it Happens, Carol Off, about her new (and fifth!) book, At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage (Listeners, keep …
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago