Alex Nierenhausen
Co-Host of Weird Era
Alex Nierenhausen is a born and raised Montrealer, and has been managing and directing Librairie St-Henri Books since its inception in 2017. He is a curator of literature and an avid reader, with a particular fondness for science fiction and queer lit.
Chat with Alex via the St-Henri Books instagram DMs for recommendations!
Alex Nierenhausen has hosted 34 Episodes.
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Episode 45: Weird Era feat. Joshua Whitehead
August 19th, 2022 | Season 1 | 45 mins
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, joshua whitehead, literature, making love with the land, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
This week, Alex sits down with Joshua Whitehead to discuss his new essay collection, Making Love With The Land, the pits and pearls of academia, what it means to reject categorization, and Brandi Carlile.
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Episode 43: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Jackson Howard
July 14th, 2022 | Season 1 | 48 mins 27 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, jackson howard, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with Jackson Howard, an editor at the forefront of queer literature, to discuss the current state of the publishing industry, bad reading habits, Brontez Purnell's tattoos, and the Pitchfork rating system.
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Episode 40: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Heather O'Neill
June 23rd, 2022 | Season 1 | 37 mins 33 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, heather o'neill, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod, when we lost our heads
Alex talks with Montreal legend Heather O'Neill about her newest novel, When We Lost Our Heads. They talk about adult fairy tales, gritty underworlds, literary erotica, and what it means to get revenge.
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Episode 34: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Todd Babiak
November 11th, 2021 | Season 1 | 46 mins 52 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, the spirits up, todd babiak, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with Todd to discuss his new novel, The Spirits Up, Charles Dickens, pandemic writing, financial malfeasance, and whether or not babies and animals can ACTUALLY see ghosts.
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Episode 33: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Eli Tareq el Bechelany Lynch
November 4th, 2021 | Season 1 | 42 mins 52 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, eli tareq el bechelany-lynch, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and EIi talk about activism in writing, the garbage crisis in Lebanon, queerness and Arabness, and what makes Montreal such an intimate city.
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Episode 32: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Brian Evenson
October 28th, 2021 | Season 1 | 33 mins 17 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, brian evenson, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and Brian sit down to talk about his latest collection, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, short stories as a format, universe-building, horror writing, and fearing the self.
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Episode 31: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Rivka Galchen
October 21st, 2021 | Season 1 | 44 mins 2 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, everyone knows your mother is a witch, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, rivka galchen, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and Rivka sit down to talk about her latest book, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is A Witch, philosophy, life and judicial systems in 17th century Germany, and what moody septuagenarians and millennials have in common.
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Episode 29: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Sruti Islam
October 1st, 2021 | Season 1 | 48 mins 50 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with Sruti to discuss how the Weird Era Literary Arts journal came to be. Fun!
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Episode 24: LSHB's Weird Era feat. David Demchuk
August 26th, 2021 | Season 1 | 56 mins 30 secs
David Demchuk sits down with Alex to discuss Red X, the evolution and the future of queer horror, pop culture (this episode is rife with juicy horror references), and historically problematic queer pioneers. Spooky!
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Episode 20: LSHB's Weird Era Season 1
July 10th, 2021 | Season 1 | 7 mins 56 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
A look back at our first season.
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Episode 18: LSHB's Weird Era feat. PJ Vernon
June 17th, 2021 | Season 1 | 39 mins 27 secs
2021books, authors, bathhaus, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, pj vernon, queer, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
PJ Vernon joins Alex to discuss his novel, Bath Haus, gay representation in mainstream literature, writing morally complex characters, trust issues, and how Grindr can be used for good.
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Episode 17: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Paul Mendez
June 10th, 2021 | Season 1 | 49 mins 25 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, class, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, paul mendez, race, rainbow milk, sexuality, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex and Paul sit down to discuss his acclaimed novel, Rainbow Milk, writing as a sensory experience, UK music charts in the early 2000s, and happy endings in queer literature
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Episode 12: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Larissa Pham
May 6th, 2021 | Season 1 | 47 mins 57 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, larissa pham, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, pop song, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with Larissa Pham to talk about her new essay collection Pop Song, the joys of Tumblr in 2012, intimacy, and art writing vs art critique.
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Episode 11: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Alex and Sruti
April 22nd, 2021 | Season 1 | 46 mins 21 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Librairie Saint-Henri Store Manager, and Weird Era Co-host and Weird Era Founder and Co-Host, Sruti, sit down and talk about the start of this project, the store's affinity for curation, and what we look for in literature.
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Episode 10: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Syan Rose
April 15th, 2021 | Season 1 | 43 mins 37 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, gender, graphic novel, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, syan rose, trans, transgender, weirdera, weirderapod
Syan Rose talks about different types of work, acupuncture, how to be a better ally, and the importance of amplifying marginalized voices.
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Episode 8: LSHB's Weird Era feat. andrea bennet
April 1st, 2021 | Season 1 | 58 mins 38 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod