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The Lost City of Atlantis (our future, rather than our past): 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…
7 months, 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 Hy…
10 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. …
10 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…
11 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),…
11 months, 2 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…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Revisioning the Three Rs - Michaela Di Cesare's Successions
Season 6 Episode 81
In this episode, Linda revisits and revisions the three “Rs” – reading, writing, and arithmetic – to reformulate a new triad. Why? Because, in her i…
1 year ago
"Now is the Time that Artists Must Get to Work" - Zilla Jones' The World So Wide
Season 6 Episode 80
As a result of Zilla Jones’ The World So Wide, slated for publication with Cormorant Books on April 26, 2025, Linda reflects on opera (specifically V…
1 year, 1 month ago
What We Oughta Know ... About Powerful, Internationally-Recognized & Accomplished Women
Season 6 Episode 79
In this first episode of Season 6 of Getting Lit With Linda, the host – Linda Morra – begins with a few important announcements: GLWL is now being su…
1 year, 1 month ago
Season 6: Happy International Women's Day Wishes + Teaser
Season 6
Happy International Women's Day - this is our Teaser for Season 6, in which a special guest joins Linda Morra to share our International Women's Day …
1 year, 1 month ago