The writer Amber McMillan discusses her recent poetry collection This is a Stickup (Wolsak & Wynn, 2022), with Joseph Planta.

This is a Stickup by Amber McMillan (Wolsak & Wynn, 2022). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: This is a Stickup

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 writer, who’s appeared on this program in the past with a memoir, and then a collection of short fiction, is on now to discuss her recent poetry collection, her second, This is a Stickup. I’ll ask Amber about the themes in the book. I got a sense of grief, as well as the contending with loss. There’s obviously more, but I’ll get her to dwell on dreams and memory as well. I’ll ask her about writing, and what it’s like to move through various genres as she does. Amber McMillan’s previous books include her first poetry collection, We Can’t Ever Do This Again, the memoir The Woods: A Year on Protection Island (which she was first on the program with in 2016), and the 2021 short story collection The Running Trees. She’s won a number of prizes for her writing. This collection is published by Wolsak & Wynn. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program Amber McMillan; Ms. McMillan, good morning.

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