For our season finale, Alex draws together our Currents and Next Generation episodes from this season, highlighting both through-lines and tensions, to consider some of what we’ve learned from our exploration of the present and future of literature and literary affairs over the past year.

For the transcript for this episode, visit hhlitandlib.ca/endnote.

Tahmeed Shafiq, a student writer and journalist, joins Marta to discuss a story and poem of his, his creative influences, and fantasy literature. For the full text of Tahmeed's short story, "Love and Marriage in the Hexasun Lands," visit lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/love-and-marriage-in-the-hexasun-lands.

The book list and transcript for this episode can be found at hhlitandlib.ca/endnote.

Liam Bryant, a student poet, joins Marta, our new staff member, to discuss poems on love, religion, and the natural world. 

For the full text of his poems, as well as the book list and transcript for this episode, visit hhlitandlib.ca/endnote.

Stephanie Chrismon, an Afrofuturist writer and scholar-educator, joins Alex to offer an introduction to Afrofuturism and some of its key writers, works, and thematic concerns.

For the book list and transcript for this episode, visit hhlitandlib.ca/endnote. To register for or learn more about Exploring Black & Indigenous Futurisms 2021, an exciting upcoming panel from the Black Futures program at Hart House, visit harthouse.ca/events/exploring-black-indigenous-futurisms-2021.

Rick Remender, a comic book writer, artist, and animator who has worked at Marvel, Image Comics, and Electronic Arts, among others, joins Vikram, our writers’ co-op coordinator, to talk about his creative journey and inspirations.

For the book list and transcript for this episode, visit hhlitandlib.ca/endnote.

Marta Anielska, a student writer, editor, and reporter, joins Alex to talk about their short story, “Figments of My Imagination,” as well as their literary influences and creative involvements.

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Allyson, one of Lit and Lib’s literary contest coordinators, joins Alex to offer her holiday book recommendations.

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Emily Nacol, professor of political science at UofT, and Kevin Chong, author and professor of creative writing at UBC, join Alex to discuss classic and contemporary works of plague literature.

For the book list and transcript for this episode, visit hhlitandlib.ca/endnote. To learn more about Lit and Lib's upcoming events, visit hhlitandlib.ca/events.

For the first episode in our Currents series, Professor Smaro Kamboureli of UofT English joins Alex to discuss some of the key authors and issues in Canadian multicultural literatures.

For our Canlits recommendations and the transcript for this episode, visit hhlitandlib.ca/endnote.

Dania, Lit and Lib’s Equity and Diversity Officer, joins Alex to discuss her fall reading week book recommendations.

For the notes, book list, and transcript for this episode, visit hhlitandlib.ca/endnote.