Sarah deLeeuw, award-winning poet and essayist and professor at UBC and UNBC in the Northern Medical Program where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Humanities and Health Inequities, joins Lisa Dickson and her cohost, Shannon Murray, to delve into her creative practice and explore ideas of empathy, beauty, and hope, and the necessity of paying particular attention to the absent and the overlooked.

Music Credits:

Intro/Outro: “Summer Pride” by Loyalty Freak Music

Additional music in order of appearance:

“No Rocking in the Jazz Hands Zone” by Peter Gresser

“Action” by Monplaisir

“Binderweed (Instrumental Version)” by Axeltree

Sarah’s Books mentioned in the episodes:

Outside, America Harbour Publishing https://harbourpublishing.com/collections/sarah-de-leeuw

Geographies of a Lover, NeWest Press https://newestpress.com/books/geographies-of-a-lover

Where It Hurts, NeWest Press https://newestpress.com/books/where-it-hurts#:~:text=Where%20It%20Hurts%20is%20a,to%20be%20observant%20and%20aware.

Skeena, Caitlin Press https://caitlin-press.com/our-books/skeena/

Sarah’s Book Recommendations and Mentions:

Peter Auster's Why Write? https://www.amazon.ca/Why-Write-Paul-Auster/dp/1886224153

M. Nourbese Philip's Zong https://www.nourbese.com/poetry/zong-3/