Season 5 Episode 4 - Christine ten Brummeler
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In today’s episode I’ll be speaking with Christine ten Brummeler about her novel-in-progress, tentatively titled Paper Threads. Her novel uses the breakup of a marriage to explore different approaches to family, love, and commitment and how these twine with themes of acceptance, forgiveness, and regret. This season of Love and Defiance is written and produced by David Bezmozgis, and produced and edited by Reem Elmaghraby. Thanks for listening. We’ll be back next year with more students and more remarkable stories from the Humber School for Writers.
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Season 5 Episode 3 - Julie Birrell
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In this episode, I speak with Julie Birrell, who worked with Marina Endicott on a manuscript called Indivisible about ghosts, power dynamics, and the potential for healing inspired by her work as a high school teacher in a children’s hospital. This season of Love and Defiance is written and produced by David Bezmozgis, and produced and edited by Reem Elmaghraby.
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Season 5 Episode 2 - Robert Pelletier
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In this episode I speak with Robert Pelletier about his collection of stories which anatomize the strangeness, vulnerability, and isolation of contemporary life. This season of Love and Defiance is written and produced by David Bezmozgis, and produced and edited by Reem Elmaghraby.
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Season 5 Episode 1 - Live at The Black Box Sessions
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Our first episode of Season 5 comes from the Black Box Session at the Toronto International Festival of Authors with a student from the Humber School for Writers. Our guest is Mike Sholars who took the Humber Mentorship Program in the fall of 2020. This season of Love and Defiance is written and produced by David Bezmozgis, and produced and edited by Reem Elmaghraby.
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Season 4 Episode 4 - Sumaiya Matin
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In today’s episode I’ll be speaking with Sumaya Matin who worked on her memoir with Shyam Selvadurai. Titled The Shaytan Bride, it was published in 2021 by Dundurn Press and it is an account of Sumaiya’s immigration to Canada from Bangladesh as a young girl, her attempts to reconcile her Muslim faith with secular Canadian society and the patriarchal strictures placed on Muslim girls and women from within their own community which culminates, for Sumaiya, in an attempted forced marriage. This season of Love and Defiance is written and produced by David Bezmozgis, and produced and edited...
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Season 4 Episode 3 - Craig Shreve
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In this episode, I speak with Craig Shreve about his novel The African Samurai, a fictionalized account of the tragic and heroic life of Yasuke, an African slave and warrior who became the first non-Japanese samurai. This season of Love and Defiance is written and produced by David Bezmozgis, and produced and edited by Evan Gravelle.
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Season 4 Episode 2 - Shivani Howe
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In this episode I speak with Shivani Howe about her novel-in-progress, Land’s Breath. Set at a yoga retreat in the interior of British Columbia, Land’s Breath is a story informed by what Shivani describes as chakra psychology and yoga ecology. This season of Love and Defiance is written and produced by David Bezmozgis, and produced and edited by Evan Gravelle.
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Season 4 Episode 1 - Live at The Black Box Sessions
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Our first episode of Season 4 comes from conversations at the Black Box Sessions at the Toronto International Festival of Authors with students from the Humber School for Writers. Our first guest is Kim Echlin. Kim's novels include Elephant Winter, and Dagmar's Daughter. Our second guest is Vicky Chen who has published a book of nonfiction and three plays. We finish off with Arzu Yildiz, a writer and journalist from Turkey. This season of Love and Defiance is written and produced by David Bezmozgis, and produced and edited by Evan Gravelle.
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Season 3 Episode 3 – Aaron Goodman
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Aaron Goodman discusses his novel inspired by his journey through abandonment, teenage exploration, and growth.
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Season 3 Episode 2 – Arnab Majumdar
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Arnab Majumdar's book explores his early childhood experiences of living with a parent battling a mental health condition, familial dynamics, and the lingering effects.
info_outlineOnder Deligosz talks about escaping a military coup in Turkey, and how, even in exile, he's using writing to give a voice to his country.