{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/62ec6e7b543a400013ec1f26?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Night Vigils & Varieties of Looking","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/1663336049330-04b53004c8e48353e25e05938e135d98.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Linda opens on a celebratory note: <em>Getting Lit With Linda </em>has received two separate nominations for the Canadian Podcasting Awards, one in the category of <a href=\"https://canpodawards.ca/vote/education/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Outstanding Educational Series</a> and another in the category of <a href=\"https://canpodawards.ca/vote/arts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Outstanding Arts Podcast</a>. She also includes a tribute to the late <a href=\"http://www.stevenheighton.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Heighton</a> (2.39), whom she remembers fondly.</p><p><br></p><p>Linda and Gillian Sze -- the guest for this episode -- chat about her new book,<em> </em><a href=\"https://ecwpress.com/products/quiet-night-think\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Quiet Night Think </em>(ECW Press) </a>and participate in “quiet thinking” and \"looking,\" especially when there are competing demands on one's time and competing expectations. They discuss other writers, with an emphasis on <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/li-po\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Li Bai </a>(701-7662 AD; 5.11, 16.27, 24.09) and <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Dickinson or “Em”</a> (12.28, 16.27, 24.11, 25.11). They also chat about the following:</p><ul><li>Caregiving, night vigils (19.32; 23.00)</li><li>Origins, parenting, immigrant parents (25.35, 26.28)</li><li>Structure and genre of the collection (20.27, 21.39)</li><li>Learning Mandarin (7.22)</li><li>Poetry and relationships (8.28 ; her father, 9.45, 27.03)</li><li>the Chinese generation poem (8.39)</li><li>Ekphrastic poetry (14.12)</li><li>looking, and the nature of looking (cosmic, artistic; the flaneur;13.20, 17.30, 18.12)</li><li>Cezanne (17.50)</li><li>Fountain pens (18.38)</li><li>Canlit and questions of gender (25.50)</li><li>Sitting in the Moon, postpartum care (4.57, 16.45, 33.18)</li><li>Insomnia (17.00)</li></ul>","author_name":"Linda Morra"}