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Interview on Cavendish with Colin Chamberlain and others
Interview with Katherine Brading, Anne-Lise Rey, and Penny Weiss
Interview with Penny Weiss on Mary Astell and others
Introduction to Anne Conway and Margaret Cavendish with Karen Detlefsen
Introduction to Anne Conway and Margaret Cavendish with Karen Detlefsen.
Introduction to Mary Astell with Jacqueline Broad
Interview with Jacquie Broad about Mary Astell - her philosophical ideas and interlocutors.
Introduction to Project Vox and Émilie du Châtelet with Andrew Janiak
Introduction to the New Narratives Project with Lisa Shapiro
Interview with Lisa Shapiro about the New Narratives in the History of Philosophy Project and philosophical canon expansion.
Katherine Brading and Anne-Lise Rey on Emilie du Chatelet
A panel on Jewish writing in Canada, with Elaine Kalman Naves, Norman Ravvin, Karen Tulchinsky and Joel Yanofsky
Canadian Jewish voices this week on Writers & Company. From A. M. Klein to Mordecai Richler, Montreal has been at the hub of Jewish Canadian writing. The heart of that literary life has been Montreal's Jewish Public Library - the oldest in Canada. To celebrate the library's 90th birthday, Eleanor Wachtel was joined on stage by Elaine Kalman Naves, Norman Ravvin, Karen Tulchinsky and Joel Yanofsky.
Prairie Traditions: Writing Against the Grain - Panel
Host Eleanor Wachtel goes West for a lively Panel discussions on writing from a Prairie perspective. "Prairie Traditions: Writing Against the Grain," recorded at the Winnipeg Literary Festival, features Robert Kroetsch, Margaret Sweatman, David Bergen, and Roger Léveillé.
"Other Solitudes"panel on multicultural writing, with Linda Hutcheon, Nino Ricci, and Maxine Tynes.. A performance of M.G. Vasssanji's short story "The Little Warrior.". Novelist Susan Swan reveals her surprising reading habit.
PANEL: Professor Linda Hutcheon, novelist Nino Ricci, and poet Maxine Tynes discuss multiculturalism in Canadian literature. (includes discussion of L. Hutcheon (Ed.), Other Solitudes: Canadian Multicultural Fictions,1990,Oxford Univ. Press). LIT FEATURE: A performance of a specially-commissioned work, "The Little Warrior," by author M.G. Vassanji. Read by Sugith Varughese and Moya Fenwick. INTERVIEW: Susan Swan discusses her "guilty pleasure" - reading women's magazines.
A panel on Atlantic Canada's landscape and people
For generations, Canada's Atlantic coast has inspired stories that evoke the powerful character of the landscape and its people. Host Eleanor Wachtel and writers Alistair MacLeod, George Elliott Clarke, Howard Norman and Joan Clark talk about Canada's east coast and why it has captured the imagination of writers from the Atlantic and beyond.
The Dutch Debate: New Realities of the Netherlands, Pt 3 - a panel on multiculturalism with Dionne Brand, Lewis DeSoto, Lieve Joris, and Anja Sicking
Stable, tolerant, liberal--that's the reputation long enjoyed by the Netherlands. But, that changed dramatically a few years ago when outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered. The country's enviable social model was called into question. Tune in to Writers & Company this week for a continuation of "The Dutch Debate: New Realities of the Netherlands." In this series, host Eleanor Wachtel talks to some of the Netherlands' leading writers about immigration's impact on Dutch identity…
Michael Ignatieff on True Patriot Love
This week on Writers & Company, host Eleanor Wachtel speaks with Canadian novelist, essayist, biographer and politician, Michael Ignatieff. They discuss his latest, True Patriot Love - a book about his family and how it's influenced him throughout his career.