The Mystery of the Siberian Ice Maiden: Kim Trainor on Poetry, Death, and Memory

Kim Trainor, Canadian poet, teacher, and author, talks to Marc Suess and Lotte Hauss about the Siberian Ice Maiden, poetry, memory, ecology, and the strange ways ancient presences continue to move through art and creative life today.

Show Notes Video-Version of this Podcast: https://youtu.be/sCfHvwwxfJ0

Kim Trainor: https://kimtrainor.ca/

Kim' s books: Ledi: https://kimtrainor.ca/ledi-2018/ Blue thinks itself within me: https://kimtrainor.ca/blue-thinks-itself-within-me-lyric-poetry-ecology-and-lichenous-form/

Artwork: Talking to Ghosts by Maison Douce: https://www.maison-douce.com/artworks/talkingtoghosts

Book recommendations: Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455147/is-a-river-alive-by-macfarlane-robert/9780241998212

Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson: https://www.leannesimpson.ca/portfolio-books/theory-of-water