Seattle writer Kristen Millares Young talks about her debut novel Subduction, creating deeply complicated characters, how identity and place are intertwined, the problematic nature of memory, and the need to preserve elders' stories during a pandemic.
Poet and UBC writing instructor Ian Williams talks about his new novel, Reproduction, as well as writing about race in Canada, creating unlikeable characters, and switching from poetry to fiction.
TheMystery.doc is not an easy book. At 1,660 pages, even hauling it around is a challenge. The fragmented narrative jumps between September 11 transcripts, phone conversations with AI bots, and page after page of a code that is never explained. But for the patient and adventurous reader it is worth the effort.
