In this episode of Teachin’ Books, I talk to… myself!… about teaching Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel Never Let Me Go.  Get the novel through your library or local bookstore. In Saskatoon, I like Turning the Tide and McNally Robinson. There’s also the film adaptation. Check out Dorothy Ellen Palmer’s work as a disability activist and writer….

In this episode of Teachin’ Books, host Jessica McDonald talks to Dr. Joanne Leow, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Saskatchewan, about teaching David Chariandy’s novel Brother. Find out more about David Chariandy’s novel Brother. You can find Karina Vernon’s edited anthology The Black Prairie Archives at Wilfrid Laurier University Press. And you…

In this first official / full-length episode of Teachin’ Books, host Jessica McDonald talks to Ph.D. candidate and instructor Jade McDougall about teaching Marilyn Dumont’s “Letter to Sir John A Macdonald.” So, today we’re teachin’ POEMS, y’all.  Find more about Jade here.  Find Marilyn Dumont’s poem “Letter to Sir John A Macdonald” at Muskrat Magazine….

Welcome to Teachin’ Books!  In this first episode / minisode / trailer (who can decide?), host Jessica McDonald chats about her intentions for the podcast and about what you can expect in future episodes.   See more about Dissonant Methods: Undoing Discipline in the Humanities Classroom, edited by Ada S. Jaarsma and Kit Dobson. See…