November 30th: Interviews with Amanda Adams and Richard Greene

On the last Tuesday of November, In Other Words takes to the phones for two fascinating interviews: one with Richard Greene in Cobourg, and another with Amanda Adams in San Francisco.

Governor-General's Award-winning poet Richard Greene reads excerpts from his long poem "Over the Border" and talks about the travels by Greyhound and Amtrak that inspired it. "Over the Border" is one of the poems in his latest collection, Boxing the Compass (Signal Editions, Véhicule Press). Since this interview was recorded earlier in November, Boxing the Compass has received the Governor General's Award for poetry.

Amanda Adams, author of Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure (Greystone Books, D&M Publishers Inc.), discusses female pioneers in archaeology. Ladies of the Field examines the lives and work of seven of the Victorian wanderers who opened this field to women -- one of whom was also a famous mystery novelist. Any guesses?

According to Adams, "The first women archaeologists were Victorian era adventurers who felt most at home when farthest from it."

Don't miss hearing these two engrossing writers talk about their work.

Diana Kiesners

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