Last show of 2009 for download

The December 29, 2009 show can be downloaded here:

In Other Words December 29 2009

It includes an interview with Karen Mulhallen by Diana Kiesners, followed by an interview by Kate Marshall Flaherty with the Renaissance Conspiracy (this begins at 49:00).

In addition, here is a short file of Karen Mulhallen reading two of her poems from her Sable Island collection, Sea Horses, and the Yeats poem "After Long Silence":

Karen Mulhallen -- additional poems

Happy New Year! Please tune in to "In Other Words" again in 2010.

Karen Mulhallen on Tuesday, December 29th

Tune in to "In Other Words" at 2:00 p.m. this Tuesday for an interview by Diana Kiesners with Karen Mulhallen, poet, teacher and Editor-in-Chief of Descant magazine.

Karen will talk about her poetry, her scholarly work, and what it's like to have been at the helm of Descant for more than 30 years. She'll also discuss and read some of the poems in her latest collection, Acquainted with Absence: Selected Poems.

In his foreword to Acquainted with Absence, Douglas Glover writes:

This isn’t a book, it’s a keen and a lament. It’s words shimmering over the void. It’s whistling in the dark. It’s lusty, lorn, fearful, lonely, melancholy, defiant, ebullient, mischievous, loopy, solemn, comic, mysterious, fragile, erudite, and grand.

Also on this year-end edition of "In Other Words": Kate Marshall Flaherty files a special report on Toronto poetry group Renaissance Conspiracy who meet every second Tuesday of the month at Sarah’s Cafe & Bar, 1426 Danforth Ave for a delightful one-two combination of spoken word/poetry readings and poetry workshopping.

As always, you can also listen online at:
www.ckln.fm

Write, Memory

This week on In Other Words, guest host Stephanie Dickison interviewed editor and workshop leader Allyson Latta about the ins and outs of working with memoir. You can download the broadcast here:

In Other Words November 17 2009 - Part 1
In Other Words November 17 2009 - Part 2

Stephanie Dickison is a journalist, columnist, essayist and cultural critic who has published hundreds of articles, interviews, essays, columns, profiles, features and reviews. Her most recent book is The 30-Second Commute: A Non-Fiction Comedy About Writing & Working From Home.

Allyson Latta is an independent literary editor who teaches memoir writing through Days Road Writers' Workshops as well as libraries, writers’ organizations and literary festivals. She has edited nominees for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and winners of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Giller Prize, the Governor General's Literary Award, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. In spring 2004 Allyson developed and began teaching her first online course on memoir writing for Ryerson University. Today, through her workshops, she offers encouragement and guidance to memoirists of all ages.

October 20 2009 show for download

The October 20th installment of "In Other Words" is available here:

In Other Words October 20 2009

It includes an in-depth interview with poet Kate Marshall Flaherty, as well as a preview of Treehouse, a new CD of poetry by Ronna Bloom and music by Peter Dick.

Enjoy!

Kate Marshall Flaherty on Tuesday, October 20th at 2:00 pm

Tune in Tuesday, October 20th, at 2:00 p.m. for an interview with Kate Marshall Flaherty about her latest collection of poetry, Where We Are Going.

This is Kate Marshall Flaherty's third poetry book; her first two are Tilted Equilibrium and String of Mysteries. She has also published a chapbook, Unfathom, for which she won the 2006 Shaunt Basmajian Award. In the same year she was shortlisted for both the Pablo Neruda Award for Poetry and the Descant Best Canadian Poem. She has just finished participating in this year's Random Acts of Poetry, in which she "poemed" people in hospitals, cafes, parks, yoga classes, ESL classes, and in Parks and Recreation vehicles.

There will be a bit of reading, a bit of talk, and an excerpt from her upcoming CD. Don't miss it!

Also, we’ll take a sneak peek at a soon-to-be-launched CD called Tree House with poems by Ronna Bloom and music by Peter Dick. It’s a really wonderful collaboration, and an example of the kind of creative sparks that can fly when two compatible artists start to riff on each other's work. According to Ronna Bloom:

I have been struck by how [Peter Dick] hears and translates the poetry, so that what is reflected musically attunes to the nonverbal core of the poem .... He took the poems through his own musical and felt landscape, one that resonated with mine and generated a "how did you hear that in there?" amazement .... I notice, too, that when I read poetry while he plays, I read differently. Slower. More deeply. I don't know why. Maybe it's trusting someone to carry this trembling thing with me, gently or raucously, into the air in this new form.

That's on In Other Words, CKLN 88.1 FM

Or listen online at www.ckln.fm.

Diana Kiesners

We Need a New Host

CKLN 88.1FM's In Other Words Seeks New Host/Programmer

CKLN's "In Other Words" is an established radio show that focuses on literature and spoken word – poetry, fiction, non fiction, small press, and anything in between. We are looking for a new programmer / host for one Tuesday of the month at 2pm.

If you’re interested, please let us know. Send a letter of intent, listing relevant experience (radio experience would be great but is by no means necessary), your areas of literary interest, and what you'd like to focus on in the show. The position would begin as soon as possible, and training would be provided. You would also be welcome to observe existing programmers and hosts in action.

As one of several hosts, you would be responsible for producing, organizing and delivering the content of your assigned Tuesday. Each host/programmer has their own style, which ensures variety and diversity week to week on In Other Words.

Please consider the following when applying: What kinds of writers or performers would you like to feature? Do you prefer interviews or recordings, or a combination of both? In addition to producing a monthly show, hosts must be able to commit to technical training, once-a-year fundraising, CKLN meetings and occasionally filling in for other hosts. For information about ckln's mandate, please see www.ckln.fm.

This is a volunteer position.

Feel free to email any questions you have to inotherwords@ckln.fm . Many thanks in advance for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you.

Deadline October 31, 2009. Send Word documents or your application information in the body of an email to inotherwords@ckln.fm



Sincerely,

In Other Words programmers:
Charlie Huisken
Diana Kiesners
Jennifer LoveGrove
Myna Wallin

Older Shows Available for Download

I recently reactivated past shows and interviews for you to download in mp3 format. Please feel free to enjoy them. They're generally unedited at this point, which may mean you have to fastforward through 5 or so minutes of the previous show before you reach "In Other Words," but once I get some software, I can fix that.

Show featuring Stuart Ross in July 2007
Show featuring Sean Dixon in August 2007
Show featuring Sally Cooper in March 2008
Show featuring Adam Getty in August 2008
Show featuring Jonathan Bennet in September 2008
Fundfest show September 2008
Show featuring Kyle Buckley in November 2008
Show featuring Marianne Apostolides in January 2009

Interview with Marianne Apostolides

Download the interview here.

Marianne Apostolides on this Tuesday, January 27 at 2pm

Tune in this Tuesday, January 27 from 2-3pm as Jennifer LoveGrove hosts and interviews writer Marianne Apostolides.

They'll discuss her forthcoming debut novel Swim, Marianne will read excerpts, and they'll play some tunes.

Swim entwines the present with those past actions and consequences that have brought Kat to the Greek mountain village where her father was born. She swims laps while her fourteen-year-old daughter reclines on a chaise lounge, poolside, reading a book. Without ever leaving the pool we enter discrete scenes with Kat’s parents, daughter, husband and lover. On entering each point in this history, Kat reveals an undertow of sound, rhythm and words in their rippling meanings. Each new lap moves Kat closer to her impending decision: whether she will leave her husband. But the deeper tension within this innovative novel derives from the writing itself – its vital urgency that extends the possibilities of narrative beyond the fixed and into the fluid.

Marianne Apostolides is a writer and critic whose first book was published by W.W. Norton and translated into Spanish and Swedish. Her current writing explores the ‘contact zone’ between genres – poetry vs. prose, fiction vs. non-fiction, creative vs. critical; it has appeared in The Walrus, Room, and Bookninja.com Magazine among other publications. She lives in Toronto with her two children.

Tuesday, January 27 at 2pm

88.1FM

ckln.fm (click on "listen live")

Interview with Michael Kramer

Here are downloads of the last "In Other Words" broadcast of 2008, which included an interview with Michael Kramer and excerpts of Librivox poetry podcasts.

In Other Words - December 30 2008

Interview with Michael Kramer (excerpted)

The 2008 TED talk given by Dave Eggers is available at:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school.html

Librivox downloads and information can be found at:
http://librivox.org/

Happy New Year!

Diana Kiesners