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LLChat host, Kelsey, and student Alexis chat about their experiences with TalkAbroad and student e-Portfolios. Alexis is currently a Computer Science major at the University of Virginia and is looking to minor in French. She transferred from ODU earlier this year. 

Welcome to our special series on Poets & Writers that was featured as part of National Poetry Month. We are joined by our special guest, Marisol Drouin. She is the author of a novel, Quai 31 (2011); an account Je ne sais pas penser ma mort (2017) and a recent poetry collection Lola et les Filles à Vendre (2020) all published by La Peuplade.

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Welcome to our special series on Québécois Poets & Writers as part of the Festival de la Francophonie. Our special guest is Ouanessa Younsi. She is a clinical psychologist and the author of three volumes of poetry: Prendre langue (2011); Emprunter aux oiseaux (2014) and Métissée (2018) all published at Memoire d'Encrier in Montreal as well as Soigner Aimer (2016) on the power of love as a healing agent. She is also the co-author of the landmark poetic anthology Isabelle Duval, Femmes rapaillées (2016) devoted to contemporary Québecois women poets. 
Thank you to our hosts, Dr. Peter Schulman and Kelsey Norton!

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Join your hosts Kelsey Norton, Stephanie Webb, and Alexis Osipovs in a fantastic interview with Ms. Rebecca Roberts. She is the curator of Programming for Planet Word Museum, a journalist, a producer, a political consultant, a jazz singer, and a nationally recognized author. Ms. Roberts tells LLChat about Planet Word, a museum situated in Washington D.C., concerned with all things, well, word. Yet, it is not by any means that simple! Tune in to hear all of the fantastic aspects to this museum, including a karaoke room and interactive-painting exhibit. 

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In this episode, hosts Dr. Peter Schulman and Kelsey Norton interview Benoit Pilon, a director and screenwriter born in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed award-winning fictions and documentaries, including The Necessities of Life (2008), Iqaluit (2016), Le club Vinland (2020) and Roger Toupin, épicier variété (2003).  

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In this episode of LLChat, we interview Perrine Leblanc. She is a Québécoise writer from Montréal. Her first novel, L'homme blanc (Kolia in France), has won the Governor General's Literary Award for French Fiction, Québec's "Canada Reads" competition, and the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal. In this enlightening interview she discusses her creative influences, tells us about the concept of le clown, and she reads from her second novel Malabourg. A head's up to our listeners: this episode is mostly in French. 

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LLChat is thrilled to continue our second season with a fascinating interview with Dr. Luisa A. Igloria, Professor of English and Creative Writing at Old Dominion University. Dr. Igloria was named Poet Laureate of Virginia and is the Louis I. Jaffe Endowed Professor.  In this episode, Dr. Igloria speaks of her creative influences, her experiences growing up in the Philippines,  multilingualism, and even gives us a little lesson on etymology.  

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After a brief break, LLChat is back with a new series on Québécois Poets & Writers. In this inaugural episode, LLChat host Kelsey is excitedly co-hosting with Dr. Peter Schulman of the World Languages and Cultures department at Old Dominion University. Our welcomed guest, Daphné B, speaks on her new book Maquilée and her creative influences and outlets.  Daphné B enlightens us on how makeup is versatile; it is a way of creative writing, it is self expression, it is political. She also treats us to a selected reading, in French, from her aforementioned book Maquilée. Tune in and hear more from Daphné B! 

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LLChat host, Kelsey, and ODU student Sierra chat about their experiences with TalkAbroad and student e-Portfolios. Sierra also shares information about her own Podcast, Simply_CSea: SFCP. 

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LLChat host, Kelsey, chats with Dr. Lee Slater on her faculty experience with the telecollaborative platform TalkAbroad. Dr. Slater is a professor of French and World Cultural Studies at Old Dominion University. Her current research has landed her studies in Rwanda. 

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