This is the last Writer’ s Block before the new year. On the show, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Prost talks about her new book about the interactive book Break Through Not Down with Kindness for Mental Health, after that Sean Dixon talks about his new novel The Abduction of Seven Forgers. It is a exploration of artists, art history and cultural history, as well as bei ... Show More
May 2024
Writer’s Block - Episode April 17, 2024
Writer's Block April 17 2024 For the April episode, hear from Yeji Y Ham about her debut novel The Invisible Hotel inspired by her grandfather's experience during the Korean War. Then hear from Wayne Arthurson, the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Alberta for 2023-2024.
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Sep 2024
Talking Shit with Elizabeth Oldfield: On Becoming Fully Alive
<p>In Episode 71, we are joined by Elizabeth Oldfield, a writer, thinker, bridge builder, and Christian working out of the UK. We discuss her new book Fully Alive, and the rich worldview which underlies it. Elizabeth challenges us to live our principles in our daily lives, and to ... Show More
1h 11m
Dec 2024
Red Bricks, Revolution, and Renewal
In our final episode of 2024, the 16:1 hosts share reflections and takeaways from the 2024 NCTE National Conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. The event was inspiring and energizing, featuring notable figures such as Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, comedienne Kat ... Show More
40m 4s
Nov 2020
Eithne Quinn, "A Piece of the Action: Race and Labor in Post–Civil Rights Hollywood" (Columbia UP, 2019)
What is the history of equal rights in Hollywood? In A Piece of the Action: Race and Labor in Post–Civil Rights Hollywood (Columbia UP, 2019), Eithne Quinn, a senior lecturer in American Studies at the University of Manchester, explores the transitional years following the civil ... Show More
48m 41s