Tanya Tagaq

Visual artist Christi Belcourt talks about her first-ever career retrospective, Uprising: The Power of Mother Earth, and what it's like as a Michif (Métis) artist to be honoured by the institutions she critiques in her work. Author David A. Robertson talks about his graphic novel trilogy, The Reckoner Rises, and why he wanted to create a teen superhero with anxiety. Singer-songwriter Tanya Tagaq discusses her song Teeth Agape and how it expresses her fierce desire to protect her children from harm.

Singer-songwriter Tanya Tagaq discusses her new song, Teeth Agape, and how it expresses her fierce desire to protect her children from harm. Award-winning actor and singer Leslie Odom Jr. talks about the cultural impact of Hamilton and how the hit musical changed his life. Kees Dieffenthaller of Kes The Band introduces a new song called Liki Tiki. Veteran music journalist Fred Goodman discusses his new book, Rock on Film: The Movies That Rocked the Big Screen, which looks at 50 music-themed films that helped steer the course of pop culture.

The Book Spider crew puzzles over Tanya Tagaq's Split Tooth, a novelish work whose mixture of bleak slice-of-life vignettes with a more fantastic, spiritual register seems like it might be magical realism (but definitely probably isn't). Are we ill-equipped to understand this work, or are we bringing the wrong tools for the job? Check out the episode for the answer, if such a thing exists. In the web department, intriguing parallels are found with Patricia Lockwood's No One is Talking About This.

Sound & Vision’s mini-series, Apparently, explores the stories of musicians, performers and arts workers who are juggling parenthood with their art.  On this episode, we get parenting advice from Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq. She talks about the importance of staying calm for your children and allowing them to be bored. She also talks about intergenerational wisdom, being a single mom, and her song about motherhood called “Earth Monster” from her latest album, 'Tongues.'Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tanya Tagaq is a force to be reckoned with  She has an ability to make you feel comfortable while reminding you she will hurt you if you cross a line. I like her a lot.  Sponsored by ClubCoffee.ca 

Artiste avant-gardiste reconnue dans le monde entier, Tanya Tagaq sʹest dʹabord démarquée en tant que chanteuse de gorge. Elle a notamment remporté un prestigieux Prix de musique Polaris avec son puissant album "Animism", en 2014. "Croc fendu" est son premier roman, il est paru au Canada en 2018. Tanya Tagaq est aussi peintre et photographe.Références :Tanya Tagaq, "Croc fendu", Editions Alto, 2019Tanya Tagaq, "Qimiruluapik" sur lʹalbum "Sinaa", Jericho Beach Music, 2005

Award-winning filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins Jennifer and Waubgeshig from her home in Iqaluit to talk about Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq. The debut novel by the renowned musician was published in 2018 to widespread critical acclaim, including being longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/534654/split-tooth-by-tanya-tagaq/9780143198055More on Alethea Arnaquq-Baril:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alethea_Arnaquq-Baril

It's book club time! Put on some coffee and join our conversation about Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq.  Content warning: Readers should know that Split Tooth is a work of staggering beauty and originality that also engages with extremely challenging subjects, including childhood sexual abuse. We have some mental health resources listed on our website. Keep the conversation going! We want to hear what you think. Join us on Twitter - @book_women or @IndigenousLSA. Use the #BookWomen. Email us @BookWomenPodcast at gmail.com, or by leaving a comment on the book club announcement on our website, bookwomenpodcast.ca. We still have some books and some beautiful Indigenous swag to give away, so don't be afraid to let us know what you think!

Today we celebrate Indigenous activist, author, and writer Tanya Tagaq

Schwanger von den NordlichternBuch Tagaq, Tanya. Eisfuchs. München: Verlag Antje Kunstmann, 2020.Tagaq, Tanya. Split Tooth. New York: Viking Press, 2018. Musik Music from https://filmmusic.io"Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) CW: Sexueller Missbrauch