The author and poet Amber McMillan discusses her new short story collection The Running Trees (Goose Lane Editions, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

The Running Trees by Amber McMillan (Goose Lane Editions, 2021). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: The Running Trees

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Amber McMillan joins me again. The author and poet just published a collection of short stories, The Running Trees. I read it over the summer, and found it fun, insightful, brimming with great characters and dialogue. It was often amusing. I’ll get Ms. McMillan to tell us about the stories in the book, about the different forms of writing she deploys, as well as the act of the conversation. A lot of the stories in the book deal with conversations, ones one has with a loved one, a stranger, themselves. They’re conversations that illuminate as much about a character or characters, or even the reader themselves. Amber McMillan was first on the program in 2016 when her memoir The Woods: A Year on Protection Island was published. She is also the author of the poetry collection We Can’t Ever Do This Again. Her writing has appeared in PRISM international, Arc Poetry Magazine, and The Walrus. She joined me from her home in Fredericton, New Brunswick one month ago. This new book is published by Goose Lane Editions. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Amber McMillan; Ms. McMillan, good morning.

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