Weird Era
Dedicated to asking authors the right questions.
We found 10 episodes of Weird Era with the tag “mtl”.
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Episode 59: Weird Era feat. Ottessa Moshfegh
June 29th, 2023 | Season 1 | 46 mins 49 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, lapvona, literature, montreal, mtl, ottessa moshfegh, weirdera, weirderapod
Alex sits down with the legend herself, Ottessa Moshfegh, to talk about Lapvona, whether or not her novels exist in one shared literary universe, what makes her stories so appealing to different types of readers, and what she thinks about happy endings.
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Episode 57: Weird Era feat. Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
June 28th, 2023 | Season 1 | 21 mins
2022books, alice sadie celine, authors, bookclub, books, fiction, interviews, literature, montreal, mtl, sarah blakley-cartwright, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Sarah Blakley-Cartwright about her novel Alice Sadie Celine, how mid-life crises can come for older lesbians, the cons of being overeducated, and what about goodness threatens eroticism.
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Episode 46: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Justin Ling
August 25th, 2022 | Season 1 | 43 mins 49 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, interviews, justinling, literature, montreal, mtl, the village, weirdera, weirderapod
Provide Daphnee with social media one liner
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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 44: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Elif Batuman
July 28th, 2022 | Season 1 | 41 mins 33 secs
2022books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, elif batuman, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti sits down with Elif Batuman to talk about what it means to ~feel~ intelligent, to over-intellectualize a crush, the normalized expectations of heterosexuality, how it feels to forefront Immigrant stories in North American canon, and what she thinks about The Idiot developing into film.
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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 42: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Lillian Fishman
July 7th, 2022 | Season 1 | 44 mins 55 secs
2021books, acts of service, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, lillian fishman, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Lillian Fishman about her favourite book of 2022 (Acts of Service), and how a conversation on Queerness led her to an investigation of Heterosexuality, why desire conflates with our personal politics, and if freedom necessitates radicalism.
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Episode 41: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Naben Ruthnum
June 30th, 2022 | Season 1 | 39 mins 22 secs
2021books, a hero of our time, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, naben ruthnum, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Naben Ruthnum about heterosexual male desire, South East Asian narratives in fiction, and how a kind of self-deprecation can ironically involve a heightened ego.
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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 39: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon
June 16th, 2022 | Season 1 | 40 mins 14 secs
2021books, authors, bookclub, bookish, books, bookstore, cadence weapon, fiction, indiebooks, indiebookstore, interviews, librairiesthenribooks, literature, lshb, montreal, montrealbookstore, mtl, rollie pemberton, sthenri, weirdera, weirderapod
Sruti talks to Rollie Pemberton about his debut memoir Bedroom Rapper, the 2000s Montreal DIY scene, conscious rap vs gangster rap, what it means when an album is just trash tho, and navigating a Canadian Black identity throughout his career.