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23. Memory Serves.
Even in the worst catastrophe, there is something unknown and cherished to be
discovered. We are certain that all life and death contain something
cherished that can be observed; if we listen, if we look for its internal
dynamic, watch its behaviour, and commit to its being, we may discover it.
Once we discover it, we can establish a relationship with it. Despite the
distance maintained between the barracuda and ourselves, we still have a
relationship with it. That relationship is one of cherishing the distance
between predator and prey; in this way, the barracuda becomes a teacher, and
the relationship is one of student and teacher. The space is deep green
water.
The Spouter-Inn begins its second year (happy birthday to us!) by reading a
book that challenges and provokes us in a number of ways (only a few of which
we talk about): Lee Maracle’s Memory Serves.
Lee Maracle is a writer, activist, and Elder of the Stó:lo Nation, and this
book is a collection of oratories—which is a term and a methodology that
struck Chris and Suzanne as fascinating, and one which poses a lot of
questions about the approaches they might take (and the limits they encounter)
as they make this podcast.
Show Notes.
Lee Maracle: Memory Serves: Oratories.
[Bookshop. NeWest
Press.]
Some other works by Lee Maracle: Ravensong.
Celia’s Song. I Am
Woman. My Conversations with
Canadians.
Some of her poetry.
An interview with Lee Maracle.
Two additional resources for starting to learn about Indigenous literatures:
Daniel Heath Justice: Why Indigenous Literatures
Matter.
Gregory Younging: Elements of Indigenous Style
(aimed at publishers but useful beyond that).
Michel de Montaigne: Essays.
We’ve been nominated for a Canadian Podcasting Award in the Outstanding Arts
Category! If you are a Canadian
podcaster, you’re eligible to vote for us (so please do).
Next episode: C.L.R. James: The Black Jacobins.
Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon, help us
make the show possible, and chat about books with us in a members-only Slack!
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By Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma
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Even in the worst catastrophe, there is something unknown and cherished to be
discovered. We are certain that all life and death contain something
cherished that can be observed; if we listen, if we look for its internal
dynamic, watch its behaviour, and commit to its being, we may discover it.
Once we discover it, we can establish a relationship with it. Despite the
distance maintained between the barracuda and ourselves, we still have a
relationship with it. That relationship is one of cherishing the distance
between predator and prey; in this way, the barracuda becomes a teacher, and
the relationship is one of student and teacher. The space is deep green
water.
The Spouter-Inn begins its second year (happy birthday to us!) by reading a
book that challenges and provokes us in a number of ways (only a few of which
we talk about): Lee Maracle’s Memory Serves.
Lee Maracle is a writer, activist, and Elder of the Stó:lo Nation, and this
book is a collection of oratories—which is a term and a methodology that
struck Chris and Suzanne as fascinating, and one which poses a lot of
questions about the approaches they might take (and the limits they encounter)
as they make this podcast.
Show Notes.
Lee Maracle: Memory Serves: Oratories.
[Bookshop. NeWest
Press.]
Some other works by Lee Maracle: Ravensong.
Celia’s Song. I Am
Woman. My Conversations with
Canadians.
Some of her poetry.
An interview with Lee Maracle.
Two additional resources for starting to learn about Indigenous literatures:
Daniel Heath Justice: Why Indigenous Literatures
Matter.
Gregory Younging: Elements of Indigenous Style
(aimed at publishers but useful beyond that).
Michel de Montaigne: Essays.
We’ve been nominated for a Canadian Podcasting Award in the Outstanding Arts
Category! If you are a Canadian
podcaster, you’re eligible to vote for us (so please do).
Next episode: C.L.R. James: The Black Jacobins.
Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon, help us
make the show possible, and chat about books with us in a members-only Slack!
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