EPISODE · Apr 17, 2026 · 1H 3M
LISA FOLEY; Writer; Contemporary Women’s Short Fiction; From Behind the Fourth Wall Live from Canada
from Conversations with Calvin; WE the Species · host Calvin Schwartz
#shortfiction #literaryfiction #Canada CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN — WE THE SPECIESHosted by Calvin SchwartzMeet LISA FOLEY “It’sabout time we sat and Zoom chatted. For nearly a year, we’ve been members ofKae Wagner’s Bold Authors Network. Our faces in boxes on a Zoom screen. Lisastood out. Insightful, learned, introspective, and a quintessential short storywriter. I know novelists and nonfiction. Never a short story writer. Now I’mreading her From Behind the Fourth Wall, “The Shedding”. Gripping, powerful. AsLisa is. She’s been writing since her teens. Short stories for 30 years. She’s so good at the power of voice and afirst-person narrative. And she’s been published in literary journals. Wetalked about the power of short stories and all the movies made. Funny, sheconfessed not doing a lot of these interviews. Lisa is such a natural with apowerful voice and an aura of brilliance and experience. We shared somepowerful thoughts on us being authors. New perspectives on how we are seen inthe world. And how little understanding. Going forward, I have a partner inexpression. A shared journey. A literary comrade. It was snowing outside Lisa’swindow. The way she described it. A perfect short story description. Thisinterview perfect.’ Calvin🎙️ 780+ Interviews &Videos📺 9,600+ Subscribers —and growing👉 Please Subscribe:https://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEsGLOBAL Reach. Earth Life. Amazing People.**LISA FOLEY; Writer; Contemporary Women’s Short Fiction;‘From Behind the Fourth Wall’ Live fromCanadaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FTWdkHICfc**Breaking Through the Walls: When I write literary shortfiction, I ignore the boundaries between storyteller and reader. My storiesunfold as intimate conversations—one voice speaking to one listener. SometimesI'm present as the author; other times, the narrator or character takes over.This isn't a calculated technique - it's simply the way stories come throughme: crossing the invisible barriers that typically separate fiction from itsaudience.I trust the readers - they possess an intuition for distinguishingbetween fabrication and truth, between a clever tale and something real. Thatawareness shapes every sentence I write. Check out my Amazon author page!• LISA FOLEY ONAMAZONLisa Foley writes contemporary women's short fiction. Oftenusing a first person narrative, the stories focus on the secrets and truthsrevealed in everyday life. Breaking the third and fourth walls, Lisa'snarrators take advantage of speaking directly to the reader, sharing secretsuntold, and truths uncovered. Her stories have been published in numerous literarypublications including 'The Danforth Review', the 'Scarlet Leaf Review', 'TheTemz Review, and 'Pottersfield Portfolio'.Lisa's most recent short stories are part of a collectionentitled "From Behind the Fourth Wall", available on Amazon KDP. Amazon LINK:https://www.amazon.com/stores/Lisa-Foley/author/B01MQL5O4S?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=2e4872ae-25dd-4581-8ec7-3f3ec532f23eWEBSITE: https://lisafoley.ca/ ** WE ARE ALSO ON AUDIOAUDIO “Conversations with Calvin; WEthe SpecIEs”ANCHOR https://lnkd.in/g4jcUPqSPOTIFY https://lnkd.in/ghuMFeCAPPLE PODCASTSBREAKER https://lnkd.in/g62StzJGOOGLE PODCASTShttps://lnkd.in/gpd3XfMPOCKET CASTS https://pca.st/bmjmzaitRADIO PUBLIC https://lnkd.in/gxueFZw
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