The Write Advice 225: MADELEINE STRATFORD

 

I like when authors mix different registers, not only in dialogues, but in the narrative itself: when this is well done, it shows true artistry.  I also love when different narrators are involved or when there’s an unforeseen switch of point of view.  But mainly, I like to be told a good story, one that makes me want to devour the book in one sitting… And I’m not excluding poetry, here: poems also tell stories.  But I guess with poetry, it’s not so much about wanting to read the whole book in one sitting as about wanting to read some specific poems again, and again, and again. Out loud and inside my head.

 

 

Interview [Québec Reads, date unspecified]

 

 

 

 

Use the link below to read about the work of Canadian poet, translator and academic MADELEINE STRATFORD:

 

 

https://vehiculepress.com/author-bios/madeleine-stratford/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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