Table of Contents
Foreword: Producing a Globalized Canadian Literature and Its Communities Jeff Derksen vii
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction Kit Dobson 1
1 Too Bloody-Minded to Give Up: Interview with Christian Bök Kit Dobson 11
2 The Politics of Our Work. Interview with Ashok Mathur Smaro Kamboureli Kit Dobson 28
3 Change the Way Canada Sees Us: Interview with Lee Maracle Smaro Kamboureli Kit Dobson 47
4 A Very, Very Uncertain Way to Make a Living: Interview with Jane Urquhart Smaro Kamboureli Kit Dobson 61
5 To Hear This Different Story: Interview with Daniel Heath Justice Smaro Kamboureli Kit Dobson 75
6 Crossing Borders with Our Work: Interview with Erín Moure Smaro Kamboureli Kit Dobson 92
7 No Reason to Fool Yourself: Interview with Aritha van Herk Kit Dobson 111
8 Literature Survives through Its Variety: Interview with Stephen Henighan Kit Dobson 130
9 Under Conditions of Restraint: Interview with Larissa Lai Smaro Kamboureli Kit Dobson 150
10 A Book of Poetry in the Mix: Interview with George Elliott Clarke Smaro Kamboureli Kit Dobson 168
Appendix: Timeline of Canadian Cultural Bodies since the Massey Commission 189
Bibliography 197
Index 201