Literature & Social Change, ft. Tom Wayman

Why do we need an honest portrayal of work and employment in literature? What is the point of poetry? How has postmodernism affected arts and education? Today we are visited by Tom Wayman, the author of more than 20 books of poetry and prose, as well as a professor emeritus at the University of Calgary. Today we talk about his collection of essays, If You're Not Free at Work, Where Are You Free?: Literature and Social Change (Guernica, 2018). Tom also treats us to a reading of a couple of his beautiful poems. Read Tom Wayman's book, If You're Not Free at Work, Where Are You Free?: https://www.guernicaeditions.com/title/9781771832878 Visit the Sweater Weather website: https://www.sweaterweatherpod.com/ Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aarongiovannone.substack.com/welcome Donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7353597 Donate on PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/canadiansweater?locale.x=en_US Follow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hDI1JSCAvcs7ZWoFRIASA Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/canadiansweater Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/canadiansweater Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canadian.sweater/ Follow Aaron Giovannone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SincerityCity