The writer and poet Cathy Stonehouse discusses their acclaimed poetry collection Dream House (Nightwood Editions, 2023), with Joseph Planta.

Dream House by Cathy Stonehouse (Nightwood Editions, 2023). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Dream House

Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:

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

Cathy Stonehouse joins me now. The poet, writer, teacher, and visual artist discusses their 2023 book Dream House, which was a recent finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. I’ll ask Cathy about the long poem in six sections. We’ll talk about home, as well as the seasons of the year that are particularly affecting. We’ll talk about words, and about loss and grief. There’s a lot in this collection. Cathy migrated as a young adult from Margaret Thatcher’s England to Vancouver, the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Among Cathy’s other works include a novel, The Causes, a collection of short fiction Something About the Animal, and two previous collections of poetry, Grace Shiver, and The Words I Know. Cathy is a previous editor of EVENT magazine, and currently teaches creative writing and interdisciplinary arts at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Visit www.cathystonehouse.com for more. Dream House is published by Nightwood Editions. We taped this interview in early October. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Cathy Stonehouse; Ms. Stonehouse, good morning.

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