Sarah Henstra's guest appearances

Sarah Henstra

Aspen Public Radio Podcasts

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Aspen Public Radio Past Productions

The Biblio File hosted by Nigel Beale

The TIFA Backlist

Miriam Toews

Susan Orlean

Hannah Pittard

Rebecca Makkai

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Margot Livesey

Jon McGregor

Laila Lalami

Valeria Luiselli

Tim Kreider

Bernice McFadden

Joanne Ramos

Tommy Caldwell

David Szalay

Carmen Maria Machado

OwlTail

Vivek Shraya

Rachel Giese

As the final panel of the evening, authors Vivek Shraya (I’m Afraid of Men), Sarah Henstra (The Red Word) and Rachel Giese (Boys: What it Means to Become a Man) mesmerized the audience as they discussed gender, toxic masculinity, power and feminism with moderator Rinaldo Walcott as part of the 2018 Toronto International Festival of Authors. The authors also read from their critically acclaimed works! This episode is produced and hosted by Ardo Omer. Introduction by Director Geoffrey E. Taylor.

As the final panel of the evening, authors Vivek Shraya (I’m Afraid of Men), Sarah Henstra (The Red Word) and Rachel Giese (Boys: What it Means to Become a Man) mesmerized the audience as they discussed gender, toxic masculinity, power and feminism with moderator Rinaldo Walcott as part of the 2018 Toronto International Festival of Authors. The authors also read from their critically acclaimed works! This episode is produced and hosted by Ardo Omer. Introduction by Director Geoffrey E. Taylor.

Rethinking Power Structures with Vivek Shraya, Sarah Henstra and Rachel Giese

Sarah Henstra is a professor of English literature at Ryerson University in Toronto where she teaches courses in Gothic Horror, Fairy Tales &amp; Fantasies, Psychoanalysis &amp; Literature, and Creative Writing. She is the author of The Red Word, a novel that recently won the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction.  We met in Ottawa to talk about The Red Word. Among other things we discuss The Scarlet Letter, shame, the double standard, Greek mythology, unspoken assumptions, #metoo, feminism, frats houses, university life, the 1990s, passive characters and withholding sex.

<a href="https://sarahhenstra.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Henstra</a> is a professor of English literature at Ryerson University in Toronto where she teaches courses in Gothic Horror, Fairy Tales &amp; Fantasies, Psychoanalysis &amp; Literature, and Creative Writing. She is the author of <a href="https://ecwpress.com/products/red-word" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Red Word</a>, a novel that recently won the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction.  We met in Ottawa to talk about The Red Word. Among other things we discuss The Scarlet Letter, shame, the double standard, Greek mythology, unspoken assumptions, #metoo, feminism, frats houses, university life, the 1990s, passive characters and withholding sex.

Sarah Henstra on her 2018 novel The Red Word

First Draft interview with Sarah Henstra, author of The Red Word

First Draft - Sarah Henstra

Sarah Henstra is the author of The Red Word and Mad Miss Mimic. She is is a professor of English literature at Ryerson University in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Henstra is the author of The Red Word and Mad Miss Mimic. She is is a professor of English literature at Ryerson University in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>