How We Talk about Our Power in the World: or, Paying Close Attention to the Immediate Biosphere

In this interview, award-winning poet, Farah Gahfoor, talks to Linda about Shadow Prize (House of Anansi), shortlisted for the Trillium Prizes this year (check out our social media for pics from the event!). Since Gahfoor invites her readers to pay closer attention to our immediate biospheres, Linda does just that – opening with observations about the natural microcosm of which she is a part (yep, squirrels are mentioned).

This is a very smart collection, that traverses subjects as far ranging as economics to the history of trees. Gahfoor invites her readers on that journey to remind them that they are not passive consumers but making decisions every day that highlight we have more power than we think -- and it all begins with where we focus our attention.