#Poet Larissa Lai on Fiction, Poetry, & Affect Theory

Poet, writer, and scholar Larissa Lai reads and discusses her original works, the differences between fiction and poetry, and introduces Affect Theory as a comparison to the enlightenment-bound self. Listen to the podcast version here: https://anchor.fm/thepoetryvlog/episodes/S3--E2-Larissa-Lai-on-Fiction--Poetry---Affect-Theory-e7kqh5 Larissa Lai has authored six books including Salt Fish Girl and The Tiger Flu. Recipient of an Astraea Award and finalist for the Lambda Award, the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Tiptree Award (twice), the Sunburst Award, the W.O. Mitchell Award (twice including this time), the bpNichol Chapbook Award, the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Gabrielle Roy Prize for Literary Criticism, she holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of Calgary, where she directs The Insurgent Architects' House for Creative Writing. She makes her home in Calgary (Brentwood) where she lives with her father. ✔︎ https://www.larissalai.com/ ✔︎ https://www.tiahouse.ca/ *Thumbnail photography by Monique de St. Croix. . . . . . . . The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Full episodes include guests that range from unpublished and poetry-adjacent community stake-holders, to award-winning poets and scholars, to C. R.'s own students. The Poetry Vlog across its distribution channels believes in the worlds we can build through dialogue-based knowledge production, supporting open access scholarship, community-based research, and accessible pedagogy. The Fall 2019 Student Team: Mandy Cook - Team Manager Wil Engstrom - Video Editor Parker Kennedy - Video Editor Kristin Ruopp - Digital Marketing & Outreach Reagan Welsh - Social Media & Communications Mel Kuoch - Video Editor Subscribe to our channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community: ✔︎ https://www.youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1 The Poetry Vlog Podcast: ✔︎ https://www.anchor.fm/thepoetryvlog . . . . . . . Receive FREE snail mail stickers and magnets with newsletter sign-up at: ✔︎ https://www.thepoetryvlog.com Say hi: ✔︎ https://www.instagram.com/thepoetryvlog ✔︎ https://www.twitter.com/thepoetryvlog ✔︎ https://www.facebook.com/thepoetryvlog ✔︎ https://www.thepoetryvlog.com Support this project: ✔︎ https://www.anchor.fm/thepoetryvlog/support . . . . . . . Catch up on Seasons 1 & 2: ✔︎ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsIc9vBng_A0scPpg9Wa7uVmxkE_Si5Ri Season 3 of The Poetry Vlog is supported by The Simpson Center for the Humanities, with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Jack Straw Cultural Center.