Sruti Islam
Co-Host of Weird Era
Sruti Islam is a reader, and sometimes writer.
She has over five years of experience working in publishing—formerly a book publicist for Drawn and Quarterly, Anteism, and Metatron Press.
She currently runs a book newsletter in partnership with Librairie St-Henri Books: Weird Era, where she also serves as the Events Coordinator.
She is a libra.
Sruti Islam has hosted 61 Episodes.
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Episode 103: Weird Era feat. Lauren Elkin
December 6th, 2024 | Season 1 | 47 mins 24 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, laurenelkin, literature, montreal, mtl, scaffolding, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Lauren Elkin about intimacy, the eternal haunting of physical spaces, psychoanalytic terms, how feminism can save men, and more.
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Episode 100: Weird Era 100th Episode!
November 22nd, 2024 | Season 1 | 57 mins 47 secs
#100th, #alexnierenhausen, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #canadianlit, #canlit, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #srutiislam, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
In celebration of our 100th episode, Alex and Sruti reflect on just a few of their favourite conversations throughout the years.
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Episode 99: Weird Era feat. Nora Lange
November 15th, 2024 | Season 1 | 39 mins 28 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #norajeanlange, #usfools, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Nora Lange about horny parents, how revenge is a desperate mode of imitation, mythology, bodies, femininity, and asks: where are the eyes?
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Episode 98: Weird Era feat. Kevin Lambert
November 8th, 2024 | Season 1 | 51 mins 3 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #kevinlambert, #lit, #literary, #mayourjoyendure, #montreallit, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Kevin Lambert about the montreal housing crisis, female ambition, how the shape of our spaces define our lived experiences, and writing from the perspective of the, "bad guys."
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Episode 97: Weird Era feat. Kristen Felicetti
November 1st, 2024 | Season 1 | 46 mins 57 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #weirdera, #kristenfelicetti, #lit, #literary, #livejournal, #logoff, #montreallit, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Kristen Felicetti about writers who started off as livejournal girlies, what it is about music that can evoke a feeling never really experienced, Fiona Apple, Queer culture in the 2000s, and much more.
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Episode 94: Weird Era feat. Charlotte Shane
October 11th, 2024 | Season 1 | 52 mins 50 secs
#anhonestwoman, #bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #charlotteshane, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #sexwork, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Charlotte about loving cis-hetero men, being worshipped as a woman, sex work and Libra-ness, Britney Spears, and much more.
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Episode 93: Weird Era feat. Danzy Senna
October 4th, 2024 | Season 1 | 53 mins 33 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #coloredtelevision, #danzysenna, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Danzy Senna about selling out, the insatiable appetite of Hollywood, solitude in marriage, and more.
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Episode 91: Weird Era feat. Monica Datta
September 20th, 2024 | Season 1 | 48 mins 46 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #monicadatta, #montreallit, #thievingsun, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Monica Datta about last words, a need for closure, what Desi parents constitute as a, "really good North American," and how everyone in your MFA program is seeing the same Lacanian therapist.
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Episode 89: Weird Era feat. Tony Tulathimutte
August 30th, 2024 | Season 1 | 43 mins 35 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #rejection, #tonytulathimutte, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Sruti talks to Tony Tulathimutte about Rejection, abjection, being very online, his least favourite character in the book, and the difference between embarrassment and shame.
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Episode 88: Weird Era feat. Yasmin Zaher
July 5th, 2024 | Season 1 | 47 mins 41 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #palestine, #thecoin, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast, #yasminzaher
Sruti and Yasmin talk about how, "Palestine is neither a country nor the third world, it was its own thing," high fashion, how a body manifests a feeling, sex, and so much more.
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Episode 86: Weird Era feat. Walter Scott
May 17th, 2024 | Season 1 | 39 mins 18 secs
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #thewendyaward, #walterscott, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast, #wendy
Sruti talks to Walter Scott and discusses Big Auntie Energy, weaponized therapy speak, and why, "this world is blessed with the privilege to misunderstand you."
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Episode 83: Weird Era feat. Lauren Oyler
April 19th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 8 mins
#bookstagram #bookpodcast #authorinterview #books #booklover #bookworm #bibliophile #podcast #goodreads #booksofinstagram #literarypodcast #weirdera #reading #igreads #bookcommunity #publishing #indiebookstore #newreleasetuesday, #laurenoyler, #lit, #literary, #montreallit, #nojudgement, #weirdera, #weirderapodcast
Lauren Oyler returns to the pod! She talks to Sruti about drugs, caring what your friends think, why affairs are still exciting, and so much more in this sprawling episode. Tune in now.
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Episode 81: Weird Era feat. Alexander Sammartino
April 5th, 2024 | Season 1 | 50 mins 1 sec
2024books, alexander sammartino, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, last acts, literature, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Alex about his debut novel Last Acts, if there is such a thing as a, "last act" in our lives, the American dream, commercialism, gun control and the opioid crisis, and somehow, it turns into one of the most uplifting conversations Sruti has had the privilege of sitting through, yet.
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Episode 78: Weird Era feat. Mariah Stovall
March 7th, 2024 | Season 1 | 59 mins 39 secs
2024books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, i love you so much, interviews, literature, mariah stovall, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Mariah Stovall about her favourite Jawbreaker album, how music wants you, and how some of us can get love so wrong, even when intended with purity.
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Episode 77: Weird Era feat. Alexandra Tanner
March 1st, 2024 | Season 1 | 45 mins
2024books, alexandra tanner, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, weirdera, weirderapod, worry
Sruti and Alexandra talk about her debut novel Worry, all about sisters (rivals? best friends? BOTH), what if we only communicated intended love, what a non-job is and how it's uniquely millennial, and much more.
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Episode 76: Weird Era feat. Sarah Mintz
February 23rd, 2024 | Season 1 | 49 mins 29 secs
Sruti talks to Sarah Mintz about, "terrible freedoms," if we can old without getting wiser, the definition of parasocial, and why watching someone watch tv is so embarrassing.