Brick publisher Laurie Graham speaks with poet Sharon Olds to discuss everything from Olds’ strict religious upbringing to looming environmental catastrophe. They consider how even the most difficult or seemingly private things about us has the capacity for poetry. . . .

In this episode of Brick Podcast, Souvankham Thammavongsa pushes back against being underestimated. She discusses her new short story collection How to Pronounce Knife, her Randy Travis fandom, and giving Little Red Riding Hood a brand new ending.

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Brick editor Liz Johnston in conversation with Amitava Kumar to consider the nature of memory, the interplay of fact and fiction, and the power (and limitations) of the written word. This interview was conducted pre-pandemic, so no social distancing was . . .

In this episode of Brick Podcast, Neve Dickson interviews Karen Solie. Solie reads a poem from her newest book, The Caiplie Caves, which was featured in Brick 103, and discusses what drew her to write about the caves and the . . .

This episode of Brick Podcast features Saidiya Hartman’s Toronto book launch for Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Hartman’s latest book, examining the revolution of Black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the twentieth . . .

Ed Pavlić reads “Beyond Simplicity: The Journey Toward James Baldwin’s Letter from the Birmingham Motel, Part 2.” Where part 1 of the essay explores the complex motivations that sent Baldwin travelling through the Deep South, part 2 traces Baldwin’s journey . . .

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Ed Pavlić reads “Beyond Simplicity: The Journey Toward James Baldwin’s Letter from the Birmingham Motel, Part 1.” Published in Brick 101, the piece explores the complex motivations that brought Baldwin back from France to the U.S. and sent him . . .

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In Brick Podcast’s first episode, Billy-Ray Belcourt reads his piece “Cree Girl Explodes the Necropolis of Ottawa.” He talks about winning the Griffin Poetry Prize, writing as resistance, and coming out to his kookum as queer. Hosted and produced by . . .

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https://brickmag.com/app/uploads/Episode-1.mp3 In Brick Podcast’s first episode, Billy-Ray Belcourt reads his piece “Cree Girl Explodes the Necropolis of Ottawa.” He talks about winning the Griffin Poetry Prize, writing as resistance, and coming out to his kookum as queer. Hosted and produced by Sarah Melton.

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