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The Body / Book in the Doghouse
Season 2 Episode 19
Happy Hallowe-en! This episode tackles a book that deals with ghosts, gruesome accidents, and murder -- Kevin Lambert's You Will Love What You Have K…
4 years, 6 months ago
"A Certain Kind of Activism": Witnessing and Jordan Abel's "Nishga"
Season 2 Episode 18
In this episode, multiple award-winning Nisga'a author Jordan Abel and host Linda Morra discuss his most recent book, Nishga (published by McClelland…
4 years, 6 months ago
Paper Postcards - Eden Robinson's "Traplines"
Season 2 Episode 17
Linda focuses on Indigenous writers in this podcast in view of Orange Shirt Day (every child matters!) and the inaugural National Day for Truth and R…
4 years, 7 months ago
Wayson Choy's The Jade Peony - Connecting Across Generations & Genders
Season 2 Episode 16
Remember Shirley Temple, that Hollywood cinema's icon of idealized (white) girlhood? Linda looks up a short clip, "On the Good Ship Lollipop," and fe…
4 years, 7 months ago
When the Body Complains - Jane Rule's Taking My Life and Sara Ahmed's Complaint!
Season 2 Episode 15
In this episode, addressing Jane Rule's Taking My Life (Talon Books), Linda discusses why bodies "complain" and what it means when they do. In the Ta…
4 years, 7 months ago
"What Blossoms Long For" - Chantel Lavoie
Season 2 Episode 14
In this episode, and as part of the Sealey challenge, Linda interviews poet and scholar, Chantel Lavoie, about her love for the poetry of Margaret At…
4 years, 8 months ago
Thomas King's One Good Story, That One: Relationships & Stories
Season 2 Episode 13
We develop relationships with people and communities as we share stories with them--in fact, that is a sign of our role or place within the community…
4 years, 8 months ago
Our Daily Heroes: Nino Ricci's Lives of the Saints
Season 2 Episode 12
In reflecting about her father and her visit with him to his small Italian village some years ago, Linda draws comparisons with Nino Ricci's Lives of…
4 years, 9 months ago
Literature Heals and Connects Us: Heather O'Neill's "Messages in Bottles"
Season 2 Episode 11
In this episode, Heather O'Neill's short story, "Messages in Bottles" (from Daydreams of Angels, published by HarperCollins in 2014) becomes the foca…
4 years, 9 months ago
Bonus Episode: Interview with Lori Schubert, Executive Director of the Quebec Writers' Federation
Season 2 Episode 10
Linda sits in the backyard of Lori Schubert, the Executive Director of the Quebec Writers' Federation, to chat with her about the organization's hist…
4 years, 10 months ago