Episode 8: Anita Anand & Greg Santos

Inside the Frozen Mammoth

A couple of well-travelled writers talk about what makes Montreal a unique place to live and create, and why you need to leave a place in order to write it. Anita Anand takes us into the airless world of a couple imprisoned by winter and their stifling relationship, while Greg Santos puts on his detective hat and goes on the trail of the missing half-brother of a Montreal painter. Also discussed: The Poetry Brothel, the dangers of subconscious plagiarism, language kerfuffles. Anita Anand is a writer and translator, and author of the short story collection Swing in the House (Véhicule Press). Greg Santos is the author of Rabbit Punch! (DC Books, 2014) and The Emperor’s Sofa (DC Books, 2010). He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. His writing has appeared in The Walrus, Geist, Vallum, World Literature Today, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, and The Best American Poetry Blog. He regularly works with at-risk communities and teaches writing and literature at the Thomas More Institute. He is the poetry editor of carte blanche and lives in Montreal with his family. LITERARY MENTIONS Alice Munro John Updike Margaret Laurence Martín Espada The Poetry Brothel Federico García Lorca Leonard Cohen GLOSSARY École Polytechnique massacre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre Anne Savage : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Savage_(artist) Beaver Hall Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Hall_Group