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Biographer's Regret - Alice Munro and the Autobiographer's Right
Season 3 Episode 29
What 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,…
4 years ago
Just Sayin'/Not Saying, Part 2: An Interview with Stephen Collis
Season 3 Episode 28
In 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 m…
4 years ago
"Just Sayin' / Not Saying": An Interview with Stephen Collis (Part 1)
Season 3 Episode 27
In this episode, Linda interviews Stephen Collis about his most recent collection of poetry, A History of the Theories of Rain (Talon Books). The nex…
4 years, 1 month ago
"Of What Use is Poetry at a Time Like This?" An Interview with Shani Mootoo
Season 3 Episode 26
In today's episode - for International Women's Day - Linda chats with Shani Mootoo about her forthcoming book of poetry, Cane Fire (Book *Hug) and th…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ever Receding Fruit: Wayde Compton, the Black Archive, and the Call for a Black Cultural Centre
Season 3 Episode 25
In this episode, Linda has the great pleasure of chatting with Wayde Compton, the writer, scholar, publisher, and current Chair of Creative Writing a…
4 years, 2 months ago
You Have to Decide: Rita Wong's Forage and Clayton Thomas-Muller's Life in the City of Dirty Water
Season 3 Episode 24
Linda 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…
4 years, 2 months ago
Holiday Wishes & A Gift from the Archives - An Interview with Ali Hassan (from 2020)
Season 2 Episode 23
Linda and several of this season's contributors--Chantel Lavoie, Marco Timpano, Amanda Barker, and Michael Nest--render their book recommendations fo…
4 years, 4 months ago
"Show Me Yours"
Season 2 Episode 22
In 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, …
4 years, 4 months ago
The Quebec Writers' Federation Finalists & the Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Season 2 Episode 21
As #winterstormwarnings arrive, perhaps you may want to curl up with some of the writers' books that were shortlisted for the Quebec Writers' Federat…
4 years, 5 months ago
"Sharing the Light" - Interview with Mitali Ruths
Season 2 Episode 20
Linda opens this episode with a dedication to her nephew -- and then "shares the light" of Diwali with children's literature author, Mitali Ruths, wi…
4 years, 5 months ago