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Superman's threats to jump were never taken very seriously "I mean it! This time I'm really going to do it!"
In her prizewinning fiction, Sigrid Nunez deals with life — and death — with empathy and wit
American novelist Sigrid Nunez talks to Eleanor Wachtel about her latest book, What Are You Going Through, which explores love, friendship, death, grief and art in surprising and moving ways.
A conversation with Israeli author Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret is hailed as the voice of young Israel and one of its most radical and extraordinary writers. He's known internationally for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. His film, Jellyfish, won the 2007 Palme D'or prize at Cannes. Eleanor Wachtel spoke with Etgar Keret, via video conference from Tel Aviv, at the Jewish Book Festival in Vancouver.
Kevin Jackson on literary curiosities, and the work of Australian author David Foster
This week, Invisible Forms: A Guide to Literary Curiosities - from footnotes to marginalia with England's Kevin Jackson. Also, more from Australia - its myths and the male psyche, with David Foster.
Biographer Elaine Feinstein on the poet Ted Hughes
Eleanor Wachtel talks to biographer Elaine Feinstein about England's former Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes. They discuss his award-winning career and his early marriage to the American poet and author Sylvia Plath. This episode includes four clips of Hughes reading and speaking.
No Longer Silent: Community Forum on Suicide
NO LONGER SILENT/ COMMUNITY FORUM ON SUICIDE/ ROBSON SQUARE CONFERENCE CENTRE 800 ROBSON STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1990 DONATIONS AT DOOR 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM SURVIVORS: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF A SUICIDE DEATH 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM IDENTIFYING SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR: WHAT CAN YOU DO/ HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUICIDE IN CANADA. FULL CONFERENCE FOR PROFESSIONALS. HOTEL VANCOUVER OCTOBER 28 - 31, 1990 FOR INFORMATION CALL: (604) 879-1211
"Don't jump! Don't jump!" "Hey! Wait! Isn't that Harcourt?" "JUMP! JUMP!"
"Eh bien... the suspect committed suicide... like any other black person living in Quebec"
STOCK DECLINE WORSE SINCE WWII "Good news, Mr. Devedins the stock market's making a recovery!"
