Best known for his remarkable memoir The Danger Tree, author Dave Macfarlane explores grief, memory and love in his new book Likeness: fathers, sons, a portrait. In conversation, Macfarlane shares his perspective on the multi-dimensional, non-sequential puzzle of living and writing.
Pick up a copy of Likeness here: https://wordfest.com/2021/imagineonair-featured-books/david-macfarlane/
Obsessed with wanting her child to be “gritty,” world-champion hurdler Perdita Felicien was transformed by motherhood when she came to see her daughter, Nova, as a separate individual.
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Uzma Julaladid overheard her parents’ daily conversation about what to make for dinner. When that domestic love ritual ended, her mother gave in to her first-gen Canadian kids’ plea to trade dal for nachos.
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The incomparable, award-winning author of Season of Fury and Wonder, Sharon Butala joins us from her aerie high above the Calgary skyline where she yearns for company but finds hope under a “measureless silent sky” (swoon).
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