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      Pasha Malla, Sarah Slean, David Alexander Robertson | CBC Radio Loaded
      The Next Chapter

      Pasha Malla, Sarah Slean, David Alexander Robertson

      The authors discuss mental illness, sexism and letting go.
      CBC Radio · Posted: May 29, 2017 9:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: August 31, 2017
      Pasha Malla's latest novel follows two young men as they embark on a Don Quixote–like quest from Canada to Kashmir, India. (Vanessa Oliver/Knopf Canada)

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      On this episode: (1) Why Pasha Malla is challenging the way we tell stories (2) Why Sarah Slean is inspired by the power of common interests (3) The book that reminds David Alexander Robertson of Manitoba (4) Why Lenore Rowntree and Lynne Van Luven want to talk about mental illness (5) How writing helped Wilma Derksen forgive her daughter's murderer (6) How Michael Ondaatje's memoir inspired Bethlehem Gebreyohannes to write about her own life (7) If you liked Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures, you should read...

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        The book that reminds David Alexander Robertson of Manitoba
      • Why Lenore Rowntree and Lynne Van Luven want to talk about mental illness
      • How writing helped Wilma Derksen forgive her daughter's murderer
      • Dog-Eared Reads
        How Michael Ondaatje's memoir inspired Bethlehem Gebreyohannes to write about her own life
      • Like That? Love This
        If you liked Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures, you should read...

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