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All Write in Sin City2024 Year-End Wrap from the All Write Podcasters!Join us for a special minisode in which we reflect briefly on five(!) lovely years of podcasting, and on 2024 in particular.Irene, Kim, and Sarah have selected a few works each that struck us in different ways, but don't get us wrong, we have had a blast chatting with each author this year, and all are worthy of you joining the conversation!In no particular order or rank, here are the books we spoke about in this episode for your reference, or check out all of our episodes for the full list. We'll chat w...2024-12-0214 minAll Write in Sin CityBookFest/Festival du Livre Windsor 2024 News Bulletin!Here is a special short with Literary Arts Windsor President Wesley Foster talking about the exciting lineup for Windsor's annual literary festival BookFest/Festival du Livre Windsor 2024.This year, it's all virtual, so accessible from anywhere, and the theme is Bridging Communities. Here's our co-host Irene Moore Davis chatting with Wes about the literary conversations coming right to you!For tickets and more information, seehttps://www.literaryartswindsor.ca/event/bridging-communities-bookfest-festival-du-livre-2024/2024-10-1312 minAll Write in Sin CityMaking History Move with Kim NelsonKim Nelson is an Associate Professor of Film at the University of Windsor, and also the Director of the Humanities Research Group and the Live Doc Project. Originally from Vancouver, she has been based in Windsor since 2005. She has a BA in Film from UBC and an MFA in Film from York University. Her work spans fiction and documentary. Her interests include women’s rights and equality, colonialism and conflict, and the environment.Her documentaries have been presented at festivals and campuses across Canada, the US, and Europe. She is a co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Hi...2024-09-0141 minAll Write in Sin CityEat Your Mind with Jason McBrideOur featured author in this episode is Jason McBride. We’re bringing you the recorded highlights of a recent book event, a talk by McBride titled: Autobiography, Autofiction, Autoeroticism. It took place in downtown Windsor and was hosted by The University of Windsor’s Humanities Research Group. In his talk, Jason McBride discussed his first book, Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker, the result of a ten-year project that produced a biography of the punk-rock era experimental novelist. Kathy Acker’s novels have been described as “visionary” and “transgressive,” with titles that include Blood an...2024-04-2838 minAll Write in Sin CityAll Write in Sin City 2023 Wrap!Join our three podcasters: Kim Conklin, Sarah Jarvis, and Irene Moore Davis for a fond look at some of the titles that caught our attention in 2023. It's not an exhaustive list as we loved all our interviews and you can find them all in our episodes. Here are links to the ones we mentioned here:The Middle Daughter Chika Unigwehttps://www.buzzsprout.com/327233/12557891G.A. Grisenthwaite’s Tales for Late Night Bonfireshttps://www.buzzsprout.com/327233/13410063Psych Murders with Stephanie Heithttps://www.buzzsprout.com/327233/12415544https://step...2023-12-3113 minAll Write in Sin CityKevin Spenst Chuffed for Chapbooks TourIn a special summertime "minisode" of All Write in Sin City, we connect with our friend and poet Kevin Spenst to find out what can happen on a no-holds-barred poetic romp across Canada. When he visited Windsor, he performed at the City of Windsor's birthday celebrations with our Poets Laureate, at the Art Windsor-Essex Gallery, and at Biblioasis bookstore. He was recorded live by Kim Conklin and interviewed by Irene Moore Davis. Kim Conklin and Sarah Jarvis did the editing (Kim did most of the editing - sj). Kevin Spenst, a Pushcart Poetry nominee, is the author of...2023-08-1312 minAll Write in Sin CityPsych Murders with Stephanie HeitTrigger Warning: Stephanie Heit speaks and writes courageously and frankly about her own mental health issues and treatments, which included ECT shock therapy. Stephanie Heit is a queer disabled poet, dancer, teacher, and codirector of Turtle Disco, a somatic writing space. She is a psych system/shock survivor, bipolar, a mad activist, Zoeglossia Fellow, and a member of Olimpias, a disability performance collective. She lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on Three Fires Confederacy territory and is the author of the poetry collection The Color She Gave Gravity. Her new book, Psych Murders, is a collection of...2023-04-1630 minAll Write in Sin CityTend with Kate Hargreaves and In the Middle Space from UWindsor Publishing PracticumKate Hargreaves is the author of the poetry collection, Leak, as well as Jammer Star, a roller derby novel for young readers, and Talking Derby, a book of prose vignettes. She holds an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor, where she received the Governor General's Gold Medal in Graduate Studies. Her work has appeared in literary journals across Canada, the US, and the UK. As a book designer for numerous Canadian presses, Hargreaves has received honours from the Alcuin Society for Excellence in Book Design, the CBC Bookie Awards, and the Book Publishers Association...2023-04-0237 minAll Write in Sin CityEstates Large and Small with Ray RobertsonRay Robertson is the author of nine novels, four collections of non-fiction, and a book of poetry. His work has been nominated for several awards and have been translated into many languages. His non-fiction work, Why Not? Fifteen Reasons to Live has been made into a film. Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, he lives in Toronto. Estates Large and Small is his latest book, published by Windsor publisher Biblioasis. http://biblioasis.com/brand/robertson-ray/https://rayrobertson.com/Note: our teammate Irene Moore Davis could not join us for this recording, hence R...2023-03-1946 minAll Write in Sin CityPoetry Cafe from BookFest/Festival du Livre Windsor 2022Welcome to a live session presented by BookFest / Festival du Livre Windsor 2022 featuring Luke Hathaway, David Ly and Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang. Moderated by Windsor poet Dorothy Mahoney. Sarah Jarvis, wearing two hats as podcaster and president of Literary Arts Windsor, the charitable organization that runs BookFest, introduces the sessions.This was recorded live at Fionn MacCool's, Windsor, so there are background noises and the occasional dropping spoon. Occasional mature content. Luke Hathaway is a trans poet who teaches English and Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s University in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. He has been before now at s...2022-12-2545 minAll Write in Sin CityOn Property: Policing, Prisons and the Call for Abolition with Rinaldo WalcottRecorded at the BookFest Windsor/Festival du livre Books and Brunch presentation, this live recording features a thought-provoking conversation between author Rinaldo Walcott and University of Windsor professor Natalie Delia Deckard about Walcott's much-discussed book, On Property: Policing, Prisons and the Call for Abolition. The book has been nominated for the Heritage Toronto Book Award, longlisted for the Toronto Book Awards, and selected as both a Globe and Mail Book of the Year and one of CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021.The opening remarks for the session are provided by Irene Moore Davis. While we apologize...2022-12-1138 minAll Write in Sin CityGrappling Hook with Sarah TsiangSarah Yi-Mei Tsiang is a poet, children’s writer, and all-around generalist when it comes to writing. Her books for children run the gamut from board books, Toesy Toes to YA Breathing Fire, with a whole bunch of picture books in-between. Her poetry books Sweet Devilry (winner of the Gerald Lampert) and Status Update (nominated for the Pat Lowther) are a mix of traditional forms, lyric, and invented forms. She is the Creative Director at Poetry In Voice. Her new book is Grappling Hook, a poetry collection published by Pa...2022-10-0218 minAll Write in Sin CityKing of Hope with Kim ConklinKim Conklin is a writer, filmmaker, and podcaster. Kim’s stories, poems and films have appeared in journals, anthologies, and film festivals. Her journalism has appeared in broadcast and print, and her communications work has received more than 15 awards, including a Clio and a NY International Film Festival award. Her first novel, King of Hope releases in October, 2022 with Palimpsest Press, and Kim will appear at BookFest / Festival du Livre Windsor on October 14. Originally from Michigan, she lives in Windsor, Ontario. https://palimpsestpress.ca/books/king-of-hope-kim-conklin/BookFest / Festival du Livre Windsor 20222022-09-0421 minAll Write in Sin CityCommunity Anthology Launch & ReadingsOn March 19, 2022, a virtual launch was held for a wonderful project called the Community Anthology, published by A Beautiful Place Publishing House, a part of Gertrude’s Writing Room owned by our friend Vanessa Shields. With poetry from 65 contributors from three continents, eight countries, four Canadian provinces, and four American states, the Community Anthology is a great celebration of what we mean by community today. It was compiled and edited by Vanessa Shields and our own Irene Moore Davis.You’ll hear selections from: Colin Morton Derrick Carl Biso C.M. Gadapee Sarah Morris...2022-04-0336 minAll Write in Sin City100 Episodes of All Write in Sin City – a Retrospective and CelebrationFeatured Guests - The Hosts! Kim Conklin, Irene Moore Davis, Sarah JarvisOn today’s episode of All Write in Sin City, we thought we’d mark and celebrate our 100 episodes so far. We’re going to look back on a few episodes that stood out for each of us in different ways. We loved all of our guests, and all of our episodes – but well, you’ll see how we’ve selected them. We’ll share some lovely feedback from former guests, and then reveal an episode that - well, knocked us all sideways with...2022-02-0653 minAll Write in Sin CityCelebrating Windsor’s Earliest Black Women Writers, Mary Miles Bibb and Mary Ann Shadd CaryIn this episode we are celebrating two of Windsor’s earliest and most influential women writers, both of them women of African heritage who lived in Windsor in the 1850s: Mary Miles Bibb and Mary Ann Shadd Cary. We are joined Teajai Travis, Amina Abdulle, and our own Irene Moore Davis. Teajai Travis is an Afro-Indigenous artist and activist, born and raised in Waawiiyaatanong, the last stop of the Underground Railroad. As an art practitioner, Teajai uses poetry, spoken word and traditional hand drumming to spin a tapestry of narratives to breathe flesh and blood to...2021-06-2751 minAll Write in Sin CityPoetry Is a Piece of Cake, with Ellie CsepregiEllie Csepregi has been a cultural worker since 1972… a nomad who is currently situated in Windsor, Ontario, who graduated from the University of Windsor, and who has taught high school for over twenty years. Her work has been performed by dance and theatre companies in Vancouver and has appeared in several publications including The Windsor Review, Rampike, Ash (Oxford University Press), Spittoon (Beijing), Cranberry Tree Press Anthologies, and Whisky Sour City Anthology (Black Moss Press.) Tiers is her first full book of poems. Visit her website: https://wordpress.com/view/swirl-yonders.ca.2021-05-0228 minAll Write in Sin CityThe Exit Strategy with Lainey CameronLainey Cameron is a debut author who has achieved great success with her novel, The Exit Strategy. It’s the winner of the 2020 Readers’ Favorite Award for women’s fiction and #1 Amazon Bestseller in Feminist books. The book has also been honored with: • A Gold Medal in the 2020 Readers Choice Awards (for women's fiction) • A Finalist designation in the 2020 Best Book Awards by American Bookfest • A nomination as a notable indie for 2020 by Shelf Unbound• And it was longlisted for Chanticleer Somerset Book Awards The s...2021-04-1837 minAll Write in Sin CityA Poetic Environment with Cecily NicholsonCecily Nicholson is the author of Triage, and From the Poplars, which won the Dorothy Livesay BC Book Prize. Her most recent book, Wayside Sang, won a Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry. She volunteers with community impacted by carcerality and food insecurity. Her performances, talks and residencies have been hosted by educational spaces such as New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Centre for Indigenous Research Creation at Queen's University, Woodland Pattern Book Centre, Milwaukee, and the Surrey School District. Cecily is currently the (virtual) Writer-in-Residence for the University of Windsor. She spoke to us from...2021-04-0439 minAll Write in Sin CityWriting, Editing, and Collaborating with Jade WallaceJade Wallace’s fiction, poetry, and essays have been published, or are forthcoming, in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, Sweden, New Zealand, and India. They are the author of several chapbooks, most recently the collaborative ZZOO (Collusion Books, October 2020) and Test Centre (ZED Press 2019), and the solo Rituals of Parsing (Anstruther Press 2018). Jade’s most recent chapbook is Southern Ontario Gothic Tour in 2020. Their writing has won the Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize and the Anita and Alistair MacLeod Prize, and has been nominated for The Journey Prize. A former legal worker, they are currently the Review...2021-03-0745 minAll Write in Sin CityCatching Up with Christopher Paul CurtisIt has been twenty five years since Christopher Paul Curtis first earned a Newbery Honor as well as an Honor from the Coretta Scott King Book Awards for The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, his critically acclaimed debut novel which was subsequently adapted for a Hallmark TV movie. In 2000, he became the first African American man to win the Newbery Medal for his 1999 novel Bud, Not Buddy, which also received the Coretta Scott King Award. His books Bucking the Sarge (2004), Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money (2005), Mr. Chickee’s Messy Mission (2007), Elijah of Buxton (2007) which also received a Newbery Honor and a Core...2021-02-2137 minAll Write in Sin CityA Tribute to Detroit Poet Laureate Naomi Long MadgettThis podcast is a little different than our usual programs. Dr. Naomi Long Madgett, the Detroit Poet Laureate, had been on our interview “wish list” for some time. Last fall, we tried to interview her here on the podcast about her latest book, You Are My Joy and Pain. That did not work out, and sadly, a few weeks later, she passed away. Today, we’ll be paying tribute to Madgett’s career as a poet, publisher and Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2020. We’re talking with two people in the Detroit literary community about her work, her legacy and how they w...2021-02-0740 minAll Write in Sin CityD.A. Lockhart: Poems and EssaysOur guest is D.A. Lockhart. He is the author of seven books, including Devil in the Woods, The Gravel Lot That Was Montana, This City at the Crossroads, Big Medicine Comes to Erie, and an essay collection called Wënchikàneit Visions. D.A. Lockhart holds degrees from Trent University, Montana State University, and Indiana University. His work has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry in English 2019, TriQuarterly, ARC Poetry Magazine, Grain, Belt, and The Malahat Review among others. He is also the publisher at Urban Farmhouse Press and poetry editor for The Windsor Review. He is a Turtle Cl...2021-01-2430 minAll Write in Sin CityWaltzing Home with G.A. GrisenthwaiteG. A. Grisenthwaite is Nłeʔkepmx, member of the Lytton First Nation. His stories and poems have appeared in The Anitgonish Review, Our Stories Literary Journal, and Prism International. His work has earned a number of prizes, including the 2014 John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award. He lives in Kingsville, ON. His first novel is Home Waltz, published by Palimpsest Press in 2020. Resources: https://palimpsestpress.ca/our-authors/g-a-grisenthwaite/2021-01-1018 minAll Write in Sin CityAll Write in Sin City Holiday SpecialWelcome to a special edition of All Write in Sin City podcast. The podcasting elves are taking a break over the holidays, but thanks to the wonders of modern tech, we’ll be back in 2021 to bring you more great interviews and readings. In this episode, we’re sharing some of the great readings we enjoyed throughout this year. All of the recordings were done safely and remotely, but you’ll certainly hear the authors’ passion and dedication. We loved all of our interviews, and here we have selected four readings: two of fiction; two of poetry, wit...2020-12-2734 minAll Write in Sin CityA Fresh Look at The Windsor ReviewDr. Dale Jacobs teaches Composition and Rhetoric with interests in comics, composition pedagogies, literacy, and visual rhetorics at the University of Windsor, Ontario. In addition to numerous books and articles on rhetoric, he is the editor of North by North Wit: An Anthology of Canadian Humour (Black Moss Press, 2003) and Ice: New Writing on Hockey (Spotted Cow Press, 1997). He has edited Sunday with the Tigers: Eleven Ways to Watch a Game (Black Moss Press, 2015). Dale Jacobs is the new editor in chief of The Windsor Review which is published biannually by the University of Windsor Faculty of Arts, Humanities...2020-12-1327 minAll Write in Sin CityFinding Meaning in Detroit with Joseph HarrisStories by Joseph Harris have appeared in Midwest Review, Moon City Review, Great Lakes Review, The MacGuffin, Third Wednesday, Storm Cellar, and have received the Gesell, Tompkins, and Detroit Working Writers’ Awards for fiction. He holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota, an MA from Wayne State University, and a BFA from Emerson College. His collection of short fiction, You’re in the Wrong Place, is a collection of linked short stories about young people in Ferndale, Michigan, struggling to find their way after the crash of 2008. It was recently published by Wayne State University Press. Note that...2020-12-0629 minAll Write in Sin CityExploring Buick City with Bob CampbellBob Campbell is a writer based in Flint, Mich. His creative nonfiction and essays have appeared in Belt Magazine, Forge Literary Magazine and Gravel Magazine. He is a contributor to Belt Publishing’s Midwest Architecture Journeys, published in October 2019. Bob was a staff writer for the Flint Journal, Lexington Herald-Leader and Detroit Free Press. He was also an electrician at AC Spark Plug, formerly a division of General Motors, before moving into journalism. His debut novel, Motown Man, was published by Urban Farmhouse Press in November 2020.Note that there is some strong language in the reading. But it...2020-11-2929 minAll Write in Sin CityByward with rob mclennanBorn in Ottawa, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. The author of more than thirty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, he won the John Newlove Poetry Award in 2010, the Council for the Arts in Ottawa Mid-Career Award in 2014, and was longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2012 and 2017. In March 2016, he was inducted into the VERSe Ottawa Hall of Honour. His most recent poetry collections are A halt, which is empty (Mansfield Press, 2019) and Life sentence (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019), with a...2020-11-2218 minAll Write in Sin CityPineapple Express: Evelyn LauBased in Vancouver, Evelyn Lau is the author of thirteen books, including eight volumes of poetry. Her poetry has received the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award, the Pat Lowther Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman, and nominations for a BC Book Prize and a Governor-General’s Award. From 2011-2014, Evelyn served as Vancouver’s Poet Laureate. Her latest book is Pineapple Express. Evelyn Lau is a BookFest / Festival du livre 2020 guest. https://www.anvilpress.com/books/pineapple-express2020-11-1518 minAll Write in Sin CityRunning Amok with Kevin SpenstKevin Spenst, a Pushcart Prize nominee, is the author of Ignite, Jabbering with Bing Bong (both Anvil Press), and over a dozen chapbooks including Pray Goodbye (Alfred Gustav Press), Ward Notes (serif of nottingham), Flip Flop Faces and Unexpurgated Lives (JackPine Press), and Upend (Frog Hollow Press: Dis/Ability series). His work has won the Lush Triumphant Award for Poetry, been nominated for both the Alfred G. Bailey Prize and the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, and has appeared in dozens of publications including Prairie Fire, CV2, BafterC, Lemon Hound, Poetry is Dead, and the Best Canadian Poetry 2019...2020-11-0830 minAll Write in Sin CityCollaboration and Curation with Mark LaliberteMark Laliberte is a Canadian artist, writer, editor and graphic designer — and the creator of The 4PANEL Project. He curates the strips that appear on 4panel.ca, and, as project founder, is also an active artist-participant. Recent books include: BRICKBRICKBRICK (BookThug), Grey Supreme 01 (Koyama Press), asemanticasymmetry (Anstruther Press), BookBook (above/ground) and Explosive Comic (Swimmers Group). He is the owner and operator of POPNOIR EDITIONS (established in 2016) which publishes art books, comics, zines and other creative ephemera.PopNoir’s newest book is 4Panel 3. Mark Laliberte debuted the book at this year’s virtual BookFest Windsor on Octo...2020-11-0121 minAll Write in Sin CityWriting as a Tool of Activism: Ava HomaAVA HOMA is a writer, journalist and activist specializing in women’s issues and Middle Eastern affairs. Born and raised in the Kurdistan Province of Iran, Homa now divides her time between Toronto and San Francisco. She holds an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor. Her collection of short stories, Echoes from the Other Land, was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, and she is the inaugural recipient of the PEN Canada–Humber College Writers-in-Exile Scholarship. Her short fiction and translations have appeared in several English and Farsi journa...2020-10-2522 minAll Write in Sin CityThe Gentler Side of SuperVillains with Natalie Zina WalschotsNatalie Zina Walschots, originally from Essex County, is a writer and game designer whose work includes live action role-playing game (LARP) scripts, heavy metal music journalism, video game lore, and weirder things classified as "interactive experiences." Her writing on the interactive adventure The Aluminum Cat won an IndieCade award, and her poetic exploration of the notes engine in Bloodborne was featured in Kotaku and First Person Scholar. She is also an accomplished poet, publishing: Thumbscrews, which won the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, and DOOM: Love Poems for Supervillains. Natalie sits on the board of Dames...2020-10-1839 minAll Write in Sin CityCreating Community, with Kristyn DunnionKristyn Dunnion grew up in Essex County, the southernmost tip of Canada, and now lives in Toronto. She is the author of six books, including Tarry This Night and The Dirt Chronicles, a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Her short fiction is widely published, most recently in Best Canadian Stories 2020, Foglifter, Orca: A Literary Journal, and Toronto 2033. Dunnion works supporting adults with mental illness, and has been a healthy food advocate for marginalized communities. Her latest book is Stoop City, a short story collection which will be released this fall by BIblioasis. Kristyn Dunnion will be part of the Friday...2020-10-1121 minAll Write in Sin CityNice to Meet You, David LyDavid Ly is a writer and poet based in Vancouver, BC. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in World Literature, English, and Creative Writing, and a Master of Publishing degree from Simon Fraser University. He is the author of the chapbook Stubble Burn (2018.) His poetry has appeared in an array of magazines and anthologies, including The Puritan, carte blanche, The Maynard, Pulp Literature, PRISM international, and The /tƐmz/ Review. David has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has been long- and short-listed for the Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary Excellence and the Magpie Award fo...2020-10-0411 minAll Write in Sin CityAffirmations for the Real World with Hana ShafiHana Shafi is a writer and artist who illustrates under the name Frizz Kid. Both her visual art and writing frequently explore themes such as feminism, body politics, racism, and pop culture with an affinity to horror. A graduate of Ryerson University’s Journalism Program, she has published articles in publications such as The Walrus, Hazlitt, This Magazine, Torontoist, Huffington Post, and has been featured on Buzzfeed India, Buzzfeed Canada, CBC, Flare Magazine, Mashable, and Shameless. Known on Instagram for her weekly affirmation series, she is also the recipient of the Women Who Inspire Award, from the Ca...2020-09-2720 minAll Write in Sin CityDeep Dark Secrets with Shani MootooShani Mootoo was born in Ireland, grew up in Trinidad, and lives in Canada. She holds an MA in English from the University of Guelph, writes fiction and poetry, and is a visual artist whose work has been exhibited locally and internationally. Mootoo’s critically acclaimed novels include Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab, Valmiki’s Daughter, He Drown She in the Sea, and Cereus Blooms at Night. She is a recipient of the K.M. Hunter Artist Award, a Chalmers Arts Fellowship, and the James Duggins Mid-Career Novelist Award from the Lambda Literary Awards. Her work has...2020-09-2021 minAll Write in Sin CityA Conversation with Multidisciplinary Artist Carol Rose GoldenEagleCarol Rose GoldenEagle is a novelist, poet, playwright, visual artist, and musician. She is the author of the award-winning novel Bearskin Diary, published by Nightwood Editions in 2015, which won the Saskatchewan Book Award for its French translation in 2019. A sequel, The Narrows of Fear, will be published in October 2020 by Inanna Publications. Her novel, Bone Black was released by Nightwood Editions in 2019, and her poetry collection, Hiraeth, a finalist for the 2019 Rasmussen, Rasmussen and Charowsky Indigenous Peoples’ Writing Award, was published by Inanna Publications in 2018. As a visual artist, her work has been exhibited in art galleries acro...2020-09-1338 minAll Write in Sin CityWords and Numbers with Alice AspinallAlice Aspinall is a high school mathematics educator and author who lives in Windsor, Ontario. She loves spending time with her husband and two children reading books, playing math games, and exploring the outdoors. She is a strong advocate of the growth mindset. She is continually looking for ways to build young people’s confidence in math and to make math fun, challenging, and satisfying, including through her YouTube channel, “MrsALovesMath.” Alice is also a champion for females in STEM, encouraging girls to pursue science and mathematics in high school and in post-secondary education. Alice believes everyone can learn math a...2020-09-0612 minAll Write in Sin CityWhat the Chickadee Knows with Margaret NoodinMargaret Noodin received an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in English and Linguistics from the University of Minnesota. She is currently a professor of English and American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she also serves as the director of the Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education. She is the author of Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature and Weweni (Wayne State University Press, 2015), a collection of bilingual poems in Ojibwe and English. Her poems and essays have been anthologized and published in New Poets of Native Nati...2020-08-3040 minAll Write in Sin CityA Fine Canopy: New Environmental PoetryThe first full-length collection from poet and environmental activist Alison Swan, A Fine Canopy, will be released in October by Wayne State University Press. Her poems and essays have appeared in many publications, including her poetry chapbooks Before the Snow Moon and Dog Heart, the recent award-winning anthologies Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction, Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology, and Here: Women Writing on the Upper Peninsula. Her work has also been featured in the journals North American Review and TriQuarterly, and The Michigan Poet broadside series and anthology. In 2006, her book Fresh W...2020-08-2332 minAll Write in Sin CityThe Wicked Sister: New Thriller from Karen DionneKaren Dionne is the USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling author of the award-winning psychological suspense novel, The Marsh King’s Daughter. It was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Karen has been active in the writing community for over twenty years. She co-founded the online writers community Backspace, organized the Backspace Writers Conferences in New York and the Bahamas, and served on the board of directors of the International Thriller Writers organization.Originally from the Detroit area, Karen and her husband moved to ten acres in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula when they first m...2020-08-0230 minAll Write in Sin CityDetroit Love Stories with Esperanza CintrónEsperanza Cintrón is the author of three books of poetry: Visions of a Post-Apocalyptic Sunrise (Stockport Flats Press, 2014), the 2013 Naomi Long Madgett Award winner What Keeps Me Sane (Lotus Press, 2013) and Chocolate City Latina (Swank Press, 2005). Her poetry has been anthologized many times. She has been awarded a Michigan Council for the Arts Individual Artist Grant, the Metro Times Poetry Prize, Callaloo Creative Writing Fellowships at Oxford and Brown Universities and a National Endowment for the Humanities scholarship. A native Detroiter, she is co-founder of The Sisters of Color Writers Collective and creator of its literary j...2020-07-2627 minAll Write in Sin CityCelebrating the Leacock Medal with Heidi L.M. JacobsDr. Heidi L.M. Jacobs was born and raised in Edmonton. A graduate of the University of Alberta, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Western University, she is currently the English and History Librarian at the University of Windsor. Those of you who are regular listeners may recall that we interviewed Jacobs last June, just after the release of her debut novel, Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass and Purveyor of Fine Footwear. Recently, Heidi L.M. Jacobs was announced as the winner of the 2020 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for her novel. We’ve invited her to...2020-06-2833 minAll Write in Sin CityBecause She Has Lived Here - Carlinda D’AlimonteCarlinda D’Alimonte grew up in Amherstburg and has lived in the Windsor area most of her life. She was Head of English at Walkerville Collegiate Institute, where she taught English and Creative Writing. Prior to her teaching career, she worked for CBC television in Windsor researching and writing for a current affairs program, and for the University of Windsor where she wrote and produced instructional and promotional works in a variety of media. D’Alimonte has been writing poetry since she was 13. Her poetry has appeared in several anthologies and in Contemporary Verse 2 and The...2020-06-2133 minAll Write in Sin CityA Poetic Conversation with Marvin GayeBrian G. Gilmore was born and raised in Washington, D.C. He is the author of three previous collections of poetry, including We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters, a 2014 NAACP Image Award Nominee. He is both a Cave Canem Fellow and a Kimbilio Fellow, and he currently teaches social justice law at Michigan State University.Brian joins us today to talk about his Michigan Notable Book of poetry, Come See About Me, Marvin from Wayne State University Press. In this latest collection, Brian imagines a dialogue between himself and Marvin Gaye, another black man from Wa...2020-06-1434 minAll Write in Sin CityCity Beat: Herb CollingHerb Colling has an abiding interest in, and respect for, local history. His first two books deal with the auto industry in Windsor. He cut his teeth in 1993 on Pioneering the Auto Age, about Windsor as an automotive capital of Canada, and went on to write 99 Days: The Ford Strike In Windsor, 1945, in 1995, and Turning Points: The Detroit Riot of 1967, a Canadian Perspective. His most recent book is Radio Transcriptions: Historical Vignettes of Essex County, which was edited for the Essex County Historical Society. He is a retired CBC radio Windsor broadcaster. http://biblioasis.com/brand/colling-herb/2020-06-0727 minAll Write in Sin CityClose to the Heart: Poetry with Dorothy MahoneyDorothy Mahoney is the author of several poetry collections including, Off-Leash (Palimpsest Press, 2016). Her poetry has been included in numerous anthologies, most recently Heartwood, poems for the love of trees (The League of Canadian Poets, 2018). Her haibun, M PATHY, won an Honourable Mention in the Genjuan International Haibun Contest in Japan, 2017. Dorothy is a former member of the Literary Arts Windsor board. She is a Hospice volunteer in Windsor.You can find out more about her new book at palimpsestpress.ca.2020-06-0124 minAll Write in Sin CityThe Windsor Review journal at 50The Windsor Review has been in publication for half a century, an important accomplishment for a Canadian literary journal. André Narbonne is a lecturer in English literature and an award-winning poet and fiction writer. He is the fiction editor of the Windsor Review and oversaw the publication of the 50th anniversary issue as the general editor. Marty Gervais is a publisher, poet, developer of the Publishing Practicum course at the University of Windsor, and Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Windsor. He is was a long-time editor for the Windsor Review. Join us for a...2020-05-2435 minAll Write in Sin CityRewriting the Manuscript with Aimée Parent DunnAimée Parent Dunn is the publisher of Palimpsest Press, a local independent literary press. Aimée has a degree in English Literature and Language from the University of Windsor and a graduate certificate in Publishing from Ryerson University. She has over 15 years of experience editing fiction and is the literary fiction editor at Palimpsest. She is on the board for Literary Arts Windsor and the programming committee for BookFest Windsor. She lives in Windsor with her husband and two children. Her pronouns are she/her.In 2012, she became a publishing assistant at Palimpsest Press, wh...2020-05-1722 minAll Write in Sin CityA Passion to Write with Rebecca Ledingham-GbadeboRebecca Ledingham-Gbadebo grew up in Windsor, Ontario, and attended the University of Windsor. She has been an elementary school teacher since 1995 and a member of Most Precious Blood Catholic Church in Windsor since 1983. She’s also been an avid volunteer around Windsor through the years, committed to causes that benefit children and youth. Rebecca’s new book, published by Cranberry Tree Press, is Movin’ On: Life after the Diagnosis. Rebecca’s epilogue includes these words: “A passion to write has been ignited to help others who are facing challenges. This isn’t only a story about multiple sclerosis: it...2020-05-1016 minAll Write in Sin CityTeacher, Pizza GuyJeff Kass is a 23-year teaching veteran of Pioneer High School. His book, Teacher/Pizza Guy chronicles Kass’s experiences working as a full-time English teacher, a part-time teen literary arts director, and a part-time pizza delivery driver during the 2016-17 school year. The book travels back and forth between Kass’ experiences in the classroom and the pizza shop. His poetry addresses some of the challenges and crazy events that happen in school and service industry jobs, aging, and his relationships with his colleagues at both jobs and his students. The book, published by Wayne State...2020-05-0338 minAll Write in Sin City"Writing Is My Social Activism” – A Conversation with Fartumo KusowBorn in Somalia, Fartumo Kusow immigrated to Canada in 1991, at the start of the civil war. After arriving in Canada with fluency in Somali and Arabic but with no knowledge of English, she went on to earn an Honours B.A. in English Language and Literature and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Windsor. She is now a high school English teacher for the Greater Essex County District School Board. Her first novel, Amran, was published in 1984 in Somalia. Her second novel, Tale of a Boon’s Wife, was published in 2017 by Second Story Press, an...2020-04-2633 minAll Write in Sin CityPoetic SuburbiaLaurie Smith is a graduate of the Creative Writing program (M.A.) from the University of Windsor. She has been publishing for over thirty years, as well as editing the work of others and facilitating workshops. She is co-publisher/editor of Cranberry Tree Press in Windsor. Laurie’s work has appeared in many publications across Canada and in the U.S. Collections include menagerie, The Truth about Roller Skating, smack in the middle of spotlit obvious, and Said the Cannibal with Urban Farmhouse Press. In addition, she recently edited By the River – a literary anthology featuring Windsor write...2020-04-1930 minAll Write in Sin CityTaking Poetry Citywide in Detroit with Justin RogersJustin Rogers is a Black poet, educator, coach, and editor from Detroit. He most recently has work published in Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Gramma Press, is author of micro-zine Nostalgia as Black Matilda (Rinky Dink Press 2017) and he released his chapbook Black, Matilda in 2019 with Glass Poetry Press. He is also the coordinator of InsideOut’s after school program, Citywide Poets. Justin’s journey with InsideOut began first as a student at Cody High School where a Writer-in-Residence encouraged his writing and recruited him to join Citywide Poets. Since then, Justin has performed for international audiences and p...2020-04-1239 minAll Write in Sin CityWhat It Might Feel Like to Hope: Short FictionDorene O’Brien is a Detroit-based creative writing teacher and writer. Her stories have won the Red Rock Review Mark Twain Award for Short Fiction, the Nelson Algren Award, the New Millennium Writings Fiction Prize, and the international Bridport Prize. She has won fellowships from the NEA and the Vermont Studio Center. Her work has appeared in the Baltimore Review, Madison Review, Chicago Tribune, Montreal Review, and others. Voices of the Lost and Found, her first fiction collection won the USA Best Book Award for Short Fiction. Her second full-length collection, What It Might Feel Lik...2020-04-0530 minAll Write in Sin CityRemembering Rampike and the Literary Scene with Karl JirgensDr. Karl Jirgens was born and raised in Toronto, and attended University of Toronto for his BA, Ontario College of Art for his BFA, and York University for his MA and PhD. He is a specialist in literary theory, contemporary literature with a focus on Canadian literature, and creative writing and publishing. He currently lectures at the University of Windsor. He is the author of several works on literary and art criticism, and digital culture and performance, and has published in several journals and periodicals. His fictional works have been anthologized by Coach House Press...2020-03-2935 minAll Write in Sin CityThe Power of Biography: Rise, Fall, and RedemptionVeronique Perrier Mandal has had a long and celebrated career, having won many awards for her work in both radio and print journalism, including Ontario Journalist of the Year, Windsor Woman of the Year, and the Queen’s Jubilee Medal. She currently coordinates and teaches full-time in the Journalism and Media Convergence programs at St. Clair College in Windsor, and she is the host of the show Scribes and Songsters on YourTV. Veronique is also a successful author, writing both fiction and non-fiction books, including The Pink Hat in 2012 and Chasing Lightning in 1999, a book she co-authored wi...2020-03-2242 minAll Write in Sin CityPoets and Pies with Rubén GuevaraToday’s podcast features a live reading from the Explorers Room in the Detroit Public Library main branch. It’s an edition of Poets and Pies, a reading series sponsored by the Detroit Writers Guild and other literary organizations. It features: A rare treat for fans of rock legend Frank Zappa, a Detroit reading from Los Angeles Poet, Memoirist and Musician Rubén GuevaraDetroit Essayist Lori Tucker SullivanDetroit Poet Justin Rogersand The Rev. Michael Jones The Dancing PoetThe event was emceed by the Detroit Writers Guild...2020-03-1550 minAll Write in Sin CityBy The River Readings: Three PoetsOn today’s podcast, we’ll visit the By the River reading series hosted by Urban Farmhouse press. This event took place at historic Mackenzie Hall here in Windsor, and it features readings by three poets:Samantha Badaoa, Windsor' Youth Poet Laureate. Listeners have heard an interview with Samantha on an earlier episodeSandra Ridley, an award-winning writer of four books of poetry: Fallout, Post-Apothecary, The Counting House, and Silvija—a finalist for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize. She was also nominated for the KM Hunter Artist Award for Mid-Career Writer in 2015.Peter Hrastovec, Win...2020-03-0833 minAll Write in Sin CityPoetry and Painting: Practicing Multiple DisciplinesMelanie Janisse Barlow is a poet and a visual artist. Her first collection of poetry, Orioles in the Oranges (Guernica, 2009), was listed for the Relit Award, and her essay poems Detroit were listed in Best American Essays (2013). She has published in a variety of anthologies and journals in Canada and the US, and her painting practice includes The Poets Series, a popular portraiture series of contemporary poets which has been widely received and reviewed, most recently in Poets and Writers, Taddle Creek, The Humber Literary Review, and Quill and Quire. Her latest book, Thicket, was released in Fall 2019 by...2020-03-0140 minAll Write in Sin CityCelebrating Black History Month with PoetryOn this week’s podcast, we have a group of selected poetry readings from the annual Black History Month celebrations from 2019 and 2020. The 2019 readings were recorded before our All Write in Sin City podcast was launched last May. Our Windsor-Detroit region is rich with history, including the history of previously enslaved peoples of African descent. Today, it’s also a multicultural area, home to many people who have come from all over the world, including African and Caribbean nations. So, Black History Month is a time of celebration in our area. On this podcast, we have a brief...2020-02-2336 minAll Write in Sin CityDevil in the Woods: New Canadian PoetryThis podcast features poet Daniel Lockhart, fresh from his tour of multiple Canadian cities. Lockhart holds degrees from Trent University, Montana State University, and Indiana University, and is the author of four poetry collections, The Gravel Lot That Was Montana, This City at the Crossroads, Big Medicine Comes to Erie, and most recently, Devil in the Woods. He has also written a collection of essays called Wënchikàneit Visions. His work has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations and has appeared in Malahat Review, Contemporary Verse 2, the Dalhousie Review, Grain, McNeese Review, and the Windsor Review among ot...2020-02-1626 minAll Write in Sin CityTo the River: The Family Story Behind the HistoryBefore they become history, historical events are often family stories. Today we have a live recording of the Windsor book launch for To the River: The Remarkable Journey of Caroline Quarlls. It’s about one of the most famous escape stories in Underground Railroad history, and co-author Kimberly Simmons is a direct descendant of the book’s heroine.The event was held at The Historic Sandwich First Baptist Church. The church was founded in 1820, and is the oldest active black church in Canada, and it was an important Underground Railroad site. The current building—a large o...2020-02-0950 minAll Write in Sin CityAll Access Café: Poetry and the BluesOn today’s podcast, we feature poetry and the blues on a live recording from Third Man Records in Detroit. It’s more from the fourth All Access Café, and this program brings you two amazing performances that mix the blues with poetry. The All Access Café is a unique spoken word event with a special focus, serving differently-abled artists and audiences.First, we’ll hear from Robert Bradley, a Detroit-based blues singer-songwriter and musician, and then we’ll hear from writer and political activist John Sinclair, who delivers a powerful performance set to blues r...2020-02-0238 minAll Write in Sin CityAll Access Café: Music and Poetry That TransformsToday’s podcast is a live recording of an event at Third Man Records in Detroit last November. It’s selected performances from the fourth All Access Café, and this program brings you transformative music and poetry performances. The All Access Café is a unique spoken word event with a special focus, serving differently-abled artists and audiences. On this episode you'll hear from:Detroit musician, poet and recording artist Tino GJim Ferris, poet laureate of Lucas County and the Disabilities Studio Director at The University of ToledoAcclaimed Detroit poet and performance artist Semaj...2020-01-2646 minAll Write in Sin CityDead Heat: Award-winning dark fiction from HungaryToday’s podcast features a live recording of an event last fall with Benedek Totth, author of Dead Heat. It’s a book that has received a lot of positive reviews by major publications, but fair warning to the faint of heart: It’s a book for fans of dark, graphic literature. Totth studied American literature and now works as an editor and translator in Budapest. His translations into Hungarian include works by Stephen King, Cormac McCarthy, andHunter S. Thompson. Dead Heat caused a sensation in Hungary, where it won the Margó Prize for best first novel of the y...2020-01-1942 minAll Write in Sin CityGetting the Band Back Together: 50 years of Black Moss PressThis live recording took place at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts in Windsor, Ontario on October 20, 2019. Part of the BookFest / Festival du livre Windsor celebrations, the annual Books and Brunch was given over to publisher Marty Gervais, who with wife Donna, started Black Moss Press 50 years ago. Peter Hrastovec is the emcee who introduces Marty, there's a special reading by Elise Gervais, and the authors gathered share stories and celebrate the press. Featured Guests on the podcast: Marty Gervais, John B. Lee, Susan McMaster, Robert Hilles, Marilyn Gear Pilling, Rosemary Sullivan, Bruce Meyer, L...2020-01-121h 15All Write in Sin CityLooking Back at 50 Years of Publishing Success with Windsor's Black Moss PressMarty Gervais is an award-winning journalist, photographer, poet, playwright, historian, editor and teacher. He is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Windsor, Ontario, and now Poet Laureate Emeritus. His awards include the Toronto’s Harbourfront Festival Prize, the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award, the City of Windsor Mayor’s Award for literature, and nearly twenty awards for journalism. Marty is also is the founder and publisher of Windsor-based Black Moss Press, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.For the past five years, Gervais has also led a group of writers and students to France where they read a...2020-01-0546 minAll Write in Sin CityAward-Winning Memoirist Lindsay Wong and THE WOO WOOLindsay Wong is the bestselling, award-winning author of The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug-Raids, Demons, And My Crazy Chinese Family. Her debut memoir won the 2019 Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize, and it was a finalist for the Writers Trust’s 2018 Hilary Weston Prize, the 2019 edition of Canada Reads, and long listed for the 2019 Stephen Leacock Medal in Humour. It was also named a Best Book of 2018 by the Quill and Quire and a 2018 Globe 100 Book. She joined author Casey Plett for a discussion about the book at BookFest Windsor/Festivale du livre 2019. Please note: This is a...2019-12-2921 minAll Write in Sin CityRESPECT: The Poetry of Detroit MusicPart of a series that was recorded at BookFest Windsor/Festivale du livre 2019, this podcast features four poets in conversation about Respect, a new anthology of poems inspired by the incredible richness of Detroit music. The book was published in late 2019 by Michigan State University Press. Two of the poets in this interview were also editors of the book, Jim Daniels and M.L. Liebler. They are joined by Cindy Hunter Morgan and W.D. Ehrhart. We hope you enjoy this conversation with four of the poets in RESPECT: T...2019-12-2233 minAll Write in Sin CityRevisiting Radisson: Mark Bourrie and Bush RunnerThis podcast is one of a series recorded at BookFest Windsor 2019. In this episode, we talk with Mark Bourrie, an award-winning writer and a respected military historian with a PhD in history. A National Magazine Award-winning journalist, he has been a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery since 1994. Bourrie lectures on propaganda and censorship at the Department of National Defence Public Affairs Learning Centre and periodically teaches courses on media history, censorship and propaganda at Carleton University and in Canadian Studies at the University of Ottawa. His latest book, Bush Runner, is the first English-language biography...2019-12-1546 minAll Write in Sin CityTwo Novels: The Devoted and The Nap-Away MotelOn the podcast this week, recorded at BookFest Windsor 2019, we’ll hear from two fiction writers, Blair Hurley and Nadja Lubiw-Howard.Blair Hurley received her A.B. from Princeton University and her M.F.A. from NYU. Her stories are published or forthcoming in Ninth Letter, The Georgia Review, West Branch, Mid-American Review, Washington Square, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Descant, Fugue, and elsewhere. She has received a 2018 Pushcart Prize and scholarships from Bread Loaf and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Her debut novel, THE DEVOTED, was published in August 2018 from WW Norton & Comp...2019-12-0819 minAll Write in Sin CityGraphic Storytelling at BookFest WindsorThis week’s podcast was recorded at BookFest Windsor 2019. Today, we’ll talk with Ben O’Neil and Jessica Bromley Bartram. Illustrator, artist, and screenwriter Ben O’Neil is currently based in Toronto, but was born and raised in London. He counts Matt Groening (The Simpsons) and Greg Capullo (Spawn) among his influences. It wasn’t until Ben attended OCAD for Curatorial Practice and Art Criticism that he rediscovered comic illustration. From there, Ben began self-publishing comics and zines. He also works as a freelance illustrator. His book, Apologetica is described as a sign of the times...2019-12-0127 minAll Write in Sin CityLive Mystery Night Readings with Stan Rogal and Michael JanuskaThis podcast was recorded live at Biblioasis bookshop in Windsor in October 2019. You’ll hear Biblioasis publicist Theo Hummer introducing each author. The first reader is Stan Rogal, reading from Investigation into the Death of Roberto Bolaño, and then you’ll hear author Michael Januska reading from Prospect Avenue. After the readings, there’s an insightful Q&A moderated by Theo. Stan Rogal is a poet, novelist and playwright. His work has appeared in magazines and anthologies in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. He is the author of twenty-five books, including Investigation into the Deat...2019-11-2442 minAll Write in Sin CitySearching for Mystery in Windsor HistoryBorn and raised in Windsor, Michael Januska has worked with books his whole life, both as a bookseller and for several publishing companies. He is the author of the Border City Blues mystery series set in the Prohibition Era of Windsor/Essex. There are three books in the series beginning with Riverside Drive. Stories from Januska’s Prohibition-era Border City Blues novels have won two consecutive Scene of the Crime story prizes. He is also the author of Grey Cup Century. He now lives in Toronto.To find out more about his individual titles, check ou...2019-11-1723 minAll Write in Sin CityChancing the Ducks for 15 Years at Biblioasis"To chance the ducks" is a nineteenth-century idiom that means to do something regardless of the risks or potential for disaster.Windsor's Biblioasis press has grown from a 1-person operation into "the first truly great new Canadian press of the 21st century" according to The Globe and Mail. In this podcast, you'll hear highlights of the celebratory evening if 15 years of chancing the ducks, including readings from Biblioasis authors: Taras Grescoe Possess the Air Pauline Holdstock Here I Am!Stéphane Larue The Dishwasher Catherine Leroux Madame VictoriaMartha Wilson Nosy White WomanFo...2019-11-111h 07All Write in Sin CityPublishers Notes: Reflections on 15 years of success at BiblioasisBorn in Chatham, Ontario, Daniel Wells attended the University of Windsor as a history and philosophy major. He opened a second-hand bookshop, Biblioasis, on Ouellette Avenue in Windsor in 1998. Dan and his wife Alexis helped to found BookFest Windsor in 2002, where he was inspired to think about publishing a book by another author. The Biblioasis bookshop was moved to Wyandotte Street in the trendy Walkerville district of Windsor, and now the Biblioasis press has grown, and now has its own location on Ottawa Street. Biblioasis publishing has just celebrated its 15th year, with books shortlisted an...2019-11-0320 minAll Write in Sin CityLaw and Disorder - Ontario history you didin't learn in schoolPatrick Brode was born in Windsor, Ontario. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1977 and has practiced law ever since, most recently as Senior Legal Counsel for the City of Windsor. As a well-respected historian, he has written six books, including Sir John Beverley Robinson: Bone and Sinew of the Compact, which was a finalist for the City of Toronto Book Award, and The Odyssey of John Anderson, a finalist for the Trillium Award. The Slasher Killings: A Canadian Sex-Crimes Panic, 1945-1946, was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award. Border Cities Powerhouse: The Rise of Windsor, 1900...2019-10-2722 minAll Write in Sin CityGiving voice to the community with the Windsor Poets Laureate programWindsor, Ontario is one of several Canadian cities that boasts a Poet Laureate program. In this podcast, we talk with the two current Poets Laureate of Windsor, Poet Laureate Mary Ann Mulhern and Youth Poet Laureate Samantha Badaoa.Mary Ann Mulhern, Poet Laureate of Windsor, was a well-respected teacher before she embarked on a second career as a poet. Mulhern’s first book of narrative poetry, The Red Dress, which focused on her experiences living in a convent for eight years in the sixties, was published by Black Moss Press in 2003. Her next book, Touch the Dead, wa...2019-10-1337 minAll Write in Sin CityAll Access Café: A program featuring differently-abled artistsNew this year, the All Access Café is a unique series of readings and performances that features differently-abled artists and is ASL-accessible through Deaf Can, Inc. It's sponsored by the Detroit Writer's Guild, the Knight Foundation, Poets & Writers, the Detroit Public Library, Wayne State University and Third Man Records. In this episode, you'll hear performances from several artists: Ali McManus, a singer, songwriter and motivational speaker Mark Levin, a poet, musician and production assistant who is deaf. Mark has long been a prolific Slam poet and disabilities activist in his native Chicago and more rece...2019-10-061h 01All Write in Sin CityEmpire's Legacy: Alternative medieval world fictionMarian L. Thorpe grew up in Harrow, Ontario. She holds a Masters in Biology from the University of Guelph, and has recently retired as a Special Education supervisor at a school district in Ontario. Marian is the author of the alternative world medieval trilogy Empire’s Legacy. The series was rated Top Ten (#5, #7, and #8) in Alternate History, on Amazon.com, April 8, 2019. Her life-long interest in Roman and post-Roman European history informs her novels, while her avocations of landscape archaeology and birding provide background to her settings. Marian also has published short stories and poetry.As well as wri...2019-09-2924 minAll Write in Sin CitySpeculative Fiction and Escapist Fiction: Two Genre Authors, One HouseThis week's podcast takes place at Gertrude’s Writing Room on the grounds of historic Willistead Manor in Windsor. We talk with two authors of very different genres who just happen to be married. They live in Windsor with adjoining writing spaces and their menagerie of animals.Alexander Zelenyj is the author of the books Blacker Against the Deep Dark, Songs for the Lost, Experiments at 3 Billion A.M., and Black Sunshine. Alex was also one of the authors selected for the Juniper Books Spring Reads series.Elizabeth J. M. Walker is...2019-09-2230 minAll Write in Sin CityPoets and Pies with the Detroit Writers' GuildThis week’s podcast brings you a variety of Detroit poets reading at Poets and Pies, a regular event hosted by the Detroit Writers’ Guild. This set of readings was recorded in August at the St. Clair Shores library. Joyce Jenkins is a Detroit native who has spent much of her life in Berkeley, California. Joyce has long been a noted Bay Area poet and the editor of “Poetry Flash,” as well as the producer and sponsor of the Northern California Book Reviewers and the Northern California Book Awards. Caroline Maun teaches cr...2019-09-1552 minAll Write in Sin CityWindsor Storytellers Collective and Wordz! An experimental spoken word special eventLast week on All Write in Sin City, we talked with Teajai Travis, Windsor activist, artist and writer and also the recipient of the 2018 City of Windsor Heritage Grant. One of his recent projects is the Windsor Storytellers Collective. He and two other artists recently kicked off their first experimental, collaborative spoken-word presentation at the Green Bean Cafe. Titled Wordz!, the sound and song art performance featured two poets reading spontaneous selections of poetry and a DJ, weaving together a unique experience of spoken word and song. The featured performers are: Slam Poet Eric E-tomic Jo...2019-09-081h 04All Write in Sin CitySearching for Stories in Family History with Teajai TravisTeajai Travis is a proud and mindful descendant of Afro-indigenous ancestors who survived slavery in the Americas and settled in North Buxton, Ontario prior to the American Civil War. Teajai’s relations spread across the North American continent, and abroad. Teajai researches and writes about his ancestors, specifically those in the Americas during a time of chattel slavery. He is inspired by the stories of his own family. A recipient of the 2018 City of Windsor Arts and Heritage Grant, Teajai is currently working on a multi-media project, Born Enslaved: a series of poetry, fiction, and drama inspired by family hi...2019-09-0144 minAll Write in Sin CityPart Two of Anna Clark and The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban TragedyHow did one of the shining cities on the hill in mid-century North America become the poster child for de-industrialization? In this All Write in Sin City, you’ll hear Part Two of a presentation by Anna Clark, talking about her award-winning book, The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy. Anna continues her commentary about the Flint water crisis, and takes a look at possible structural causes, with additional insight provided by Flint-based writer and former journalist Robert Campbell. You’ll also hear additional questions and commentary from moderator and Windsor community organizer, Steve Green. 2019-08-2529 minAll Write in Sin CityPart One of Anna Clark and The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban TragedyWhen the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city’s water supply to a source that corroded Flint’s aging lead pipes. Anna Clark is a journalist in Detroit. The Poisoned City was named one of the year’s best books by the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Kirkus Reviews, Audible, Amazon, the New York Public Library, and others. It is the winner of the Hillman Prize in Book...2019-08-1825 minAll Write in Sin CityWoodbridge Farm Readings with Award-Winning Author Alix Hawley and Poet Laureate Mary Ann MulhernThis podcast features two outdoor readings from the Woodbridge Farm Writer's Retreat Reading Series in Kingsville, Ontario. Windsor Poet Laureate Mary Ann Mulhern reads selected poems from her seven books, and Alix Hawley reads from her award-winning historical fiction series about the life of Daniel Boone. Mary Ann Mulhern holds a Masters of Education and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor. Mulhern wrote The Red Dress, her first book of narrative poetry, which focused on her experiences living in a convent for eight years in the 1960s. Her next book, Touch the...2019-08-1034 minAll Write in Sin CityLive at The Phog: Award-Winning Speculative Fiction AuthorsThis podcast features two award-winning speculative fiction authors reading to a live audience at Windsor’s Phog Lounge. Coming to us from London Ontario, Timothy S. Johnston is an award-winning writer of futuristic and contemporary mystery/thrillers. He has won multiple awards including the CYGNUS, the CLUE , and the Science Fiction Epic Award. In this episode, he reads from his lates award-winning novel, The War Beneath. Next is the Detroit-based author of over a dozen novels and countless short stories, Kathe Koja. She has been a major voice in genre fiction for many years. Her stories frequently con...2019-08-0430 minAll Write in Sin CityA Conversation with Amazon First Novel Award Winner Casey Plett (Part Two)Part Two of last week's podcast, a live recording of a recent interview with award-winning fiction author Casey Plett, recorded at Biblioasis bookstore. Windsor poet Vanessa Shields is the interviewer.Casey Plett is the author of the short story collection A Safe Girl to Love and the novel Little Fish, which won this year's Amazon Canada First Novel Award and the Lamda Literary Award. It was also short-listed for the 2019 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers.Casey's also co-editor of the anthology Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy...2019-07-2818 minAll Write in Sin CityA Conversation with Amazon First Novel Award Winner Casey Plett (Part One)In this podcast, you'll hear a live and lively recording of a special event in Windsor. Today, you’ll hear Part One of a recent interview with award-winning fiction author Casey Plett, recorded at Biblioasis bookstore. Windsor poet Vanessa Shields is the interviewer.Casey Plett is the author of the short story collection A Safe Girl to Love and the novel Little Fish, which won this year's Amazon Canada First Novel Award and the Lamda Literary Award. It was also short-listed for the 2019 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers.2019-07-2137 minAll Write in Sin CityFolktellers Universe and the Trans Media Effect: with Josef Bastian and Steve Sadler from FolktellersThis episode was recorded in the cozy library at All Saints’ Church in downtown Windsor. It usually has the advantage of being quiet, intimate, and full of actual books, however today we shared the hallway with excited folks from the Arts Collective Theatre (ACT) company which also rents space from All Saints’. It’s all part of being embedded in the lively Windsor-Essex arts scene! Josef Bastian, the Detroit-based creator of the Folktellers universe brings his media partner Steve Sadler to talk about their unique trans-media project around Josef’s fantasy series, and the first book in the serie...2019-07-1444 minAll Write in Sin CitySatire, RomCom and ChiSeries ReadingIn this episode, we'll talk with author and University of Windsor faculty member, Heidi Jacobs about her new novel inspired by the historic Daniel Defoe novel, Moll Flanders. We'll also hear a clip of Christian Laforet of Adventure Worlds Press reading from his new novel at the ChiSeries Reading at Windsor's premier downtown music venue, the Phog Lounge. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Heidi L.M. Jacobs completed her Bachelor’s and Masters’ degrees in English at the University of Alberta. She also holds a Mater’s of Library and Information Science from Western University, and a PhD...2019-07-0739 minAll Write in Sin CityWriting for Love and MoneyThis episode launches our mobile studio, and we talk to an Essex County native who writes for money and for love, and a powerful speculative fiction writer. We recorded this show in the cozy library at All Saints’ Church in downtown Windsor. Essex County native Van Waffle drops by from his home in Waterloo to talk about his writing. Van makes his living writing freelance for various nature and health publications, but also writes poetry and fiction. We hear a sample of a novel underway. Author Brittni Brinn also chats with us about genre writing and reads fr...2019-06-3036 minAll Write in Sin CityHeaven Was Detroit: Award-winning Motor City music historyThis podcast is a wide-ranging, extended conversation with M.L. Liebler, an internationally known and widely published Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist and arts organizer, and also an editor. M.L.’s work has received many awards, but most recently, Heaven Was Detroit, the anthology that he edited about the history of the Detroit music scene from jazz to hip-hop and beyond won a PEN/Oakland award. Liebler brought the book to BookFest Windsor in October of 2018.This interview was recorded in his office at Wayne State University, where he talks about the book and ho...2019-06-1640 minAll Write in Sin CityExploring Adventure Worlds Press with Christian Laforet and Ben Van DongenOn this episode, we talk with two of Windsor’s favorite genre authors Christian Laforet and Ben Van Dongen. These authors have a special relationship: They’re friends, they’re both genre authors, and they are both publishers at Adventure Worlds Press, based here in Windsor. Christian and Ben have worked hard at hand-selling books, and they’ve been successful at it. Today, they’ll both talk about how they approach the writing process for their respective genres. Christian specializes in horror, and Ben in science fiction, but they do sometimes take on projects together. They also run ChiSeri...2019-06-0935 minAll Write in Sin CityWorkshops and Workers Rights: Vanessa Shields and Cecil FosterThis episode of All Write in Sin City features Windsor poet Vanessa Shields. She talks about her new book of poetry, now in production with Windsor-based publisher Palimpsest Press. She also shares her process for writing poetry, and talks a bit about her new venture, Gertrude’s Writing Room, a place where writers of all ages and interests can come hone their craft and get inspired. We’ll also feature author Cecil Foster talking about his new book, They Call Me George, and how African Canadian railway workers changed our national history. His book is the first in a n...2019-06-0240 min
All Write in Sin CityFrom Frost to Spring: Elly Blake and Juniper Spring Round UpNew York Times bestselling author Elly Blake stops by to talk about her Frostblood trilogy in our first show. We also feature Sarah, Irene and Kim telling the short story about how All Write in Sin City began, and we reveal the Spring List of Recommended local books, curated by Juniper Books in Windsor. Elly Blake’s books, Frostblood, Fireblood, and Nightblood, are widely available, and you can find out more and where to follow her on www.ellyblake.com. You can find the complete Spring List posted on the Show Notes on our website, allwri...2019-05-2528 min