Entanglements: Sidura Ludwig & Maria Reva

Maria Reva, Sidura Ludwig and Emily Donaldson

Entanglements: Sidura Ludwig & Maria Reva

Maria Reva, Sidura Ludwig and Emily Donaldson

7:30pm

Tuesday, October 27

45 mins

A double interview between two Canadian authors whose latest collections of short stories reflect on themes of community, and how lives can intertwine throughout significant historical or societal change. Sidura Ludwig paints an exquisite portrait of a Jewish community and the tensions that build within it, in You Are Not What We Were Expecting. Texas-based Maria Reva examines life for a small community within a police state in 1980s Ukraine, in Good Citizens Need Not Fear. This conversation will touch on the absurd to the horrific, illuminating the unexpected ways we remain connected during times of change.

Interviewer: Emily Donaldson

A double interview between two Canadian authors whose latest collections of short stories reflect on themes of community, and how lives can intertwine throughout significant historical or societal change. Sidura Ludwig paints an exquisite portrait of a Jewish community and the tensions that build within it, in You Are Not What We Were Expecting. Texas-based Maria Reva examines life for a small community within a police state in 1980s Ukraine, in Good Citizens Need Not Fear. This conversation will touch on the absurd to the horrific, illuminating the unexpected ways we remain connected during times of change.

Interviewer: Emily Donaldson

Featured Authors

Maria Reva
Maria Reva was born in Ukraine and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has an MFA in fiction from the Michener Center at the University of Texas. Her work has appeared in Best American Short Stories (2017 and 2019), McSweeny's and Granta. She currently lives in Austin, Texas, and also works as an opera librettist.

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Sidura Ludwig
Sidura Ludwig is the author of the widely successful novel Holding My Breath. Her short fiction has been published in numerous literary journals and anthologies. She works as a communications specialist and creative writing teacher, and her creative nonfiction has appeared in several newspapers and on CBC Radio. She is currently working on her M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults through the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, she now lives in Thornhill, Ontario, with her husband and three children.

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Emily Donaldson
Emily Donaldson is a book critic and editor whose writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Globe and Mail, Maclean's, the Toronto Star, the National Post, the Walrus, and Quill and Quire. She was editor of Best Canadian Essays 2019 (Biblioasis), and is current editor of Canadian Notes & Queries, the country's oldest magazine of literary criticism. Her writing has been nominated for Governor General’s and National Magazine awards. Originally from Montreal, she lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons. 

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7:30pm

Tuesday, October 27

45 mins

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