In this week's episode of Sweater Weather, we discuss what constitutes The Great Canadian Novel. After sharing our personal writing updates—Naomi's ghostwriting projects and Aaron's progress on a comedic novel—we tackle the complex question of national identity in literature. We explore how Canadian literature often defines itself in opposition to American culture, and we examine why Canadian writers tend to focus on the "marginalized" (according to one of our sources) rather than the powerful elite. From Margaret Laurence's The Diviners to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, we debate which books might claim the title of the Great Canadian Novel while considering the legal, cultural, and regional challenges that make a definitive Canadian novel so elusive.
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