Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast

Using her expertise as a seasoned literature professor, Linda M. Morra develops provocative, timely insights about books from Canada and elsewhere to show why stories are relevant for all of us. Hosted and written by Linda Morra.

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Update frequency: every 12 days
Average duration: 29 minutes
Episodes: 92
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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How Remembering Defines You - Lorena Gale's Je Me Souviens

In this episode, Linda remembers how she met actor and writer Lorena Gale in Vancouver, British Columbia - and how acts of remembering define who you are, as Gale's play, Je Me Souviens (Talon Press)…

00:19:59 | Fri 25 Jun 2021

Bonus Episode: Interview with Marco Timpano, Author of 25 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My Podcast

In this episode, Linda chats with her co-producer (yes, that's right - her co-producer) and long-standing friend, Marco Timpano, about his career as a podcaster, and his recent publication, 25 Things…

00:24:15 | Thu 10 Jun 2021

The Languages & Sounds That Are Home: Kaie Kellough's Magnetic Equator

In this episode, Linda begins with the sound of her father's old espresso machine, to explain how she sees -- or hears -- sound working in Magnetic Equator (published by McClelland & Stewart) by inte…

00:19:23 | Thu 10 Jun 2021

Bonus Episode: Interview with Michael Nest, author of Cold Case North

Linda chats with author, Michael Nest, about Cold Case North, a finalist for the Crime Writers of Canada for its 2021 Best True Crime Award. We chat about the challenges involved in researching the d…

00:50:02 | Thu 27 May 2021

Bonus Episode: Interview with Dr. Deanna Reder (Cree Métis), collaborator behind Cold Case North

Bonus Episode: Linda chats with Dr. Deanna Reder about the history related to James Brady (Métis) and Abby Halkett, the community that experienced this traumatic loss, and the making of this book.

Ho…

00:28:56 | Thu 27 May 2021

Cold Case North is Smoking Hot

Linda discusses the narrative of Cold Case North (published by the University of Regina Press) -- an investigation that was poorly conducted and re-opened by ... a Cree-Métis scholar, Dr. Deanna Rede…

00:17:16 | Thu 27 May 2021

Apocalypse Now (and Then) - Saleema Nawaz's Songs for the End of the World

Linda considers the two central meanings of apocalypse in view of recent global events, environmental crises, and political upheavals. She uses these two meanings to approach Saleema Nawaz's Songs fo…

00:20:12 | Thu 27 May 2021

Hiatus / Teaser Episode

We are so grateful for the really enthusiastic response we have had to the podcast! We're coming right back - but, in response to some of our listeners's requests, we have provided you with a list of…

00:01:17 | Tue 25 May 2021

Episode 3: My Body is a Record - Madeleine Thien's Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Our bodies hold memory: they contain narratives that exceed the present moment and extend back generations. This episode calls upon writer and host Linda's personal experience to understand and explo…

00:21:06 | Sun 23 May 2021

Episode 2: This is the Present Me - Rawi Hage's DeNiro's Game

In this episode, Linda begins by focusing on one of her personal favourites: DeNiro's Game by the award-winning, Quebec-based author, Rawi Have (with reference to two of his other novels). The "Take-…

00:25:05 | Thu 20 Aug 2020

Episode 1: Not All About Atwood

What does it mean to "Get Lit with Linda"? This episode introduces listeners to Linda and what she will be chatting about in future episodes--Canadian and other literary forms. Sometimes, she will al…

00:14:17 | Wed 19 Aug 2020

Introduction to Getting Lit with Linda

00:00:45 | Thu 09 Jul 2020

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