The poet and educator Shauna Paull discusses her poetry collection blue gait (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2021), with Joseph Planta.

blue gait by Shauna Paull (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2021). Click to buy this book from Mother Tongue Publishing: blue gait

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca. Shauna Paull joins me now. We discuss her recent poetry collection blue gait, which was published in the fall of 2021, and was a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize at the BC Book Prizes this past September. It’s the last book from Mother Tongue Publishing, and we talk about Paull’s publisher Mona Fertig and how they worked together editing this collection. It’s a collection of poetry that bears the author’s capacity and skill at observation and compassion. We see a writer constantly learning, and who is cognisant of what’s wrong with the world around us, but who also sees hope all over. It’s a book that’s rooted in recent years, but also timeless, and that’s for good or ill. I’ll ask Shauna about the poems in the book, how she views the world, birds, and poetry itself and how she writes. Shauna Paull is a poet, educator, and community advocate. She completed her MFA in Creative Writing at UBC. She spent some 23 years at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts leading creative writing workshops, and teaching, something she continues to do. She represented Canada at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in 2006. This is her second book of poetry. Her first roughened in undercurrent was published by Leaf Press in 2008. Her Twitter handle is @shauna_paull. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Shauna Paull; Ms. Paull, good morning.

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