Brick Podcast

Robert Bringhurst reads “Life Poem,” In memoriam Stan Dragland, from Brick 111. With an introduction by Brick publisher, Laurie Graham. . . . Source

In this episode, contributors read excerpts from their pieces that appear in Brick 111. Karen Benning reads from “A Little Globule of Silver,” an essay that explores her relationship to the element lithium, both a basic ingredient of our planet . . . Source

  We end our three-part series, Writer to Writer, with a conversation between Brick issue 106 contributor Cason Sharpe and novelist and Brick editor David Chariandy, which covers topics as wide-ranging as mentorship among generations of BIPOC writers in . . . Source

  In the second episode of our three-part series Writer to Writer, poet and Brick issue 107 contributor Erica Violet Lee speaks with poet, professor, and author of The Dyzgraphxst Canisia Lubrin on writing against colonialism and capitalism, accepting . . . Source

  The first episode in our special, three-part Writer to Writer series has writer Troy Sebastian turning the tables on the host of CBC’s Writers and Company and long-time Brick contributor Eleanor Wachtel in an interview about how she got . . . Source

Brick publisher Laurie Graham speaks with poet Sharon Olds to discuss everything from Olds’ strict religious upbringing to looming environmental catastrophe. They consider how even the most difficult or seemingly private things about us has the capacity for poetry. . . . Source

In this episode of Brick Podcast, Souvankham Thammavongsa pushes back against being underestimated. She discusses her new short story collection How to Pronounce Knife, her Randy Travis fandom, and giving Little Red Riding Hood a brand new ending.   . . . Source

Brick editor Liz Johnston in conversation with Amitava Kumar to consider the nature of memory, the interplay of fact and fiction, and the power (and limitations) of the written word. This interview was conducted pre-pandemic, so no social distancing was . . . Source

In this episode of Brick Podcast, Neve Dickson interviews Karen Solie. Solie reads a poem from her newest book, The Caiplie Caves, which was featured in Brick 103, and discusses what drew her to write about the caves and the . . . Source

This episode of Brick Podcast features Saidiya Hartman’s Toronto book launch for Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Hartman’s latest book, examining the revolution of Black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth . . . Source

Ed Pavlić reads “Beyond Simplicity: The Journey Toward James Baldwin’s Letter from the Birmingham Motel, Part 2.” Where part 1 of the essay explores the complex motivations that sent Baldwin travelling through the Deep South, part 2 traces Baldwin’s journey . . . Source

  Ed Pavlić reads “Beyond Simplicity: The Journey Toward James Baldwin’s Letter from the Birmingham Motel, Part 1.” Published in Brick 101, the piece explores the complex motivations that brought Baldwin back from France to the U.S. and sent him . . . Source

  “After his usual taxi rounds, Gregory was supposed to pick us up from that restaurant on King Street…” Canisia Lubrin reads her short story “No ID or We Could Be Brothers,” which was published in Brick 101. Produced by . . . Source

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky’s third collaboration, following Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013). Exploring humankind’s impact on the planet in visually stunning but often devastating portraits, The Anthropocene Project spans a . . . Source

When Eden Robinson first started writing, she thought grim and gritty stories were the key to being taken seriously. In this episode of Brick Podcast, she reflects on how, amidst gluten intolerance and hot flashes, goofiness has crept back into . . . Source