"12 or 20 questions" is a series of interviews with Canadian and American (etcetera) poets and iction writers through a series of core questions (with slight variation between authors) conducted by rob mclennan, and started to coincide with his tenure as writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta in Edmonton from the beginning of September, 2007 to the end of May, 2008.
David McGimpsey, Montreal QC: August 15, 2008 ; Joan MacLeod, Victoria BC: July 11, 2008 ; rob mclennan, Ottawa ON: June 21, 2008 ; Susan Holbrook, Windsor ON: June 16, 2008 ; Pete Smith, Kamloops BC: June 5, 2008 ; Jen Currin, Vancouver BC: May 30, 2008 ; Diane Schoemperlen, Kingston ON: May 29, 2008 ; Stephanie Bolster, Montreal QC: May 27, 2008 ; Joe Blades, Fredericton NB: May 24, 2008 ; Ted Bishop, Edmonton AB: May 22, 2008 ; Meira Cook, Winnipeg MB: May 20, 2008 ; Jan Conn, Great Barrington ME: May 12, 2008 ; Barbara Nickel, Yarrow BC: May 5, 2008 ; Ron Silliman, Chester County PA: May 2, 2008 ; Carolyn Marie Souaid, Montreal QC: May 1, 2008 ; Shane Rhodes, Ottawa ON: April 17, 2008 ; Alison Pick, Toronto ON: April 14, 2008 ; Dara Wier, Amherst, Massachusetts: April 11, 2008 ; Rachel Zolf, Toronto ON: April 6, 2008 ; Myrna Kostash, Edmonton AB: April 5, 2008 ; Suzanne Buffam, Chicago Il/Oaxaca Mexico: March 27, 2008 ; Jaspreet Singh, Calgary AB: March 26, 2008 ; Stacey May Fowles, Toronto ON: March 26, 2008 ; Beth Follett, Toronto ON/St. John's NFLD: March 25, 2008 ; Eric Folsom, Kingston ON: March 24, 2008 ; Michael Bryson, Toronto ON: March 24, 2008 ; Heather Simeney MacLeod, Edmonton AB: March 20, 2008 ; Naomi Guttman, Clinton NY: March 20, 2008 ; Catherine Bush, Toronto ON: March 14, 2008 ; Harold Rhenisch, Campbell River BC: March 10, 2008 ; Elisabeth Harvor, Ottawa ON: March 9, 2008 ; Aaron McCollough, Ann Arbor MI: March 6, 2008 ; Endre Farkas, Montreal QC: March 1, 2008 ; Ray Robertson, Toronto ON: February 27, 2008 ; Monty Reid, Ottawa ON: February 26, 2008 ; Glen Sorestad, Saskatoon SK: February 25, 2008 ; Peter Culley, Nanaimo BC: February 23, 2008 ; Elise Levine, Baltimore MD: February 22, 2008 ; Jennifer Bartlett, Brooklyn NY: February 21, 2008 ; Lisa Jarnot, New York NY: February 20, 2008 ; Michael Blouin, Oxford Mills ON: February 18, 2008 ; Mary Borsky, Ottawa ON: February 15, 2008 ; Daphne Marlatt, Vancouver BC: February 15, 2008 ; Zoe Whittall, Toronto ON: February 14, 2008 ; Jenna Butler, Edmonton AB: February 14, 2008 ; Dorothy Trujillo Lusk, Vancouver BC: February 13, 2008 ; Amy King, New York NY: February 11, 2008 ; Gregory Betts, St. Catharines ON: February 10, 2008 ; Rita Donovan, Ottawa ON: February 9, 2008 ; Katherine Govier, Canmore AB: February 8, 2008 ; John Barton, Victoria BC: February 7, 2008 ; Juliana Spahr, Berkeley CA: February 6, 2008 ; Daniel Scott Tysdal, Toronto ON: February 5, 2008 ; Betsy Warland, Vancouver BC: February 4, 2008 ; Andrew Pyper, Toronto ON: January 29, 2008 ; Lynn Coady, Toronto ON: January 28, 2008 ; Karl Jirgens, Windsor ON: January 26, 2008 ; Laisha Rosnau, Prince George BC: January 23, 2008 ; Adeena Karasick, New York NY: January 20, 2008 ; RM Vaughan, Toronto ON: January 19, 2008 ; Susan M. Schultz, Kane'ohe, Hawai'i: January 18, 2008 ; Natalie Simpson, Calgary AB: January 17, 2008 ; Catherine Hunter, Winnipeg MB: January 17, 2008 ; Mari-Lou Rowley, Saskatoon SK: January 16, 2008 ; Steve McOrmond, Toronto ON: January 15, 2008 ; William Allegrezza, Chicago Il: January 14, 2008 ; Garry Thomas Morse, Vancouver BC: January 13, 2008 ; Gary Barwin, Hamilton ON: January 12, 2008 ; Matthew Zapruder, New York NY: January 12, 2008 ; Maxine Gadd, Vancouver BC: January 11, 2008 ; Christine Wiesenthal, Edmonton AB: January 11, 2008 ; Rosmarie Waldrop, Providence RI: January 11, 2008 ; Kathryn MacLeod, Ladysmith BC: January 10, 2008 ; Maxine Chernoff, San Francisco CA: January 9, 2008 ; Sharon Thesen, Lake Country BC: January 9, 2008 ; Logan Ryan Smith, San Francisco CA: January 8, 2008 ; Margaret Christakos, January 7, 2008 ; Rachel Zucker, New York NY: January 6, 2008 ; Stephen Morrissey, Montreal QC: January 6, 2008 ; Rita Wong, Vancouver BC: January 5, 2008 ; Meredith Quartermain, Vancouver BC: January 4, 2008 ; Greg Hollingshead, Edmonton AB: January 3, 2008
Jon Paul Fiorentino, Montreal QC: December 9, 2007 ; Robert Majzels, Calgary AB: December 8, 2007 ; Mark McCawley, Edmonton AB: December 3, 2007 ; Sheri Benning, Saskatoon SK: December 3, 2007 ; Dennis Cooley, Winnipeg MB: December 2, 2007 ; Lillian Necakov, Toronto ON: November 30, 2007 ; Wayde Compton, Vancouver BC: November 26, 2007 ; Shawna Lemay, Edmonton AB: November 25, 2007 ; Cole Swensen, Iowa City IA: November 25, 2007 ; Jay MillAr, Toronto ON: November 20, 2007 ; Christopher Doda, Toronto ON: November 19, 2007 ; Mairéad Byrne, Providence RI: November 18, 2007 ; Stephen Cain, Toronto ON: November 18, 2007 ; Victor Coleman, Toronto ON: November 17, 2007 ; Sean Johnston, Kelowna BC: November 16, 2007 ; Tom Konyves, Vancouver BC: November 15, 2007 ; Alice Major, Edmonton AB: November 15, 2007 ; Amanda Earl, Ottawa ON: November 15, 2007 ; Lawrence Upton, London/Cornwall UK: November 7, 2007 ; Anne Stone, Vancouver BC: November 6, 2007 ; Janet Holmes, Boise ID: November 5, 2007 ; Mark Frutkin, Ottawa ON: November 5, 2007 ; Rupert Loydell, Cornwall UK: November 3, 2007 ; Kim Goldberg, Nanaimo BC: November 2, 2007 ; Steve Venright, Toronto ON: November 1, 2007 ; Matthew Firth, Ottawa ON: October 31, 2007 ; Donato Mancini, Vancouver BC: October 16, 2007 ; John Lavery, Gatineau QC: October 15, 2007 ; Tony Tost, Durham NC: October 14, 2007 ; Rob Budde, Prince George BC: October 12, 2007 ; derek beaulieu, Calgary AB: October 12, 2007 ; Jill Hartman, Calgary AB: October 11, 2007 ; Heather Haley, Bowen Island BC: October 10, 2007 ; Jason Christie, Vancouver BC: October 10, 2007 ; Anne Simpson, Antigonish NS: October 8, 2007 ; Priscila Uppal, Toronto ON: October 8, 2007 ; Nathalie Stephens, Chicago Il: October 5, 2007 ; Sarah Lang, Canada/US: October 4, 2007 ; Stan Dragland, St. John's NFLD: October 4, 2007 ; Steven Ross Smith, Saskatoon SK: October 4, 2007 ; Todd Babiak, Edmonton AB: October 2, 2007 ; Clare Latremouille, Ottawa ON: October 2, 2007 ; Marilyn Dumont, Edmonton AB: October 1, 2007 ; Adam Dickinson, St. Catharines ON: October 1, 2007 ; Chris Robinson, Ottawa ON: September 30, 2007 ; KI Press, Winnipeg MB: September 29, 2007 ; Michael Dennis, Ottawa ON: September 27, 2007 ; Nadine McInnis, Ottawa ON: September 27, 2007 ; Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, San Francisco CA: September 26, 2007 ; Colin Morton, Ottawa ON: September 25, 2007 ; Christine Stewart, Vancouver BC/Edmonton AB: September 24, 2007 ; Pattie McCarthy, Philadelphia PA: September 24, 2007 ; Marita Dachsel, Edmonton AB: September 24, 2007 ; Monica Kidd, St. John's NFLD: September 24, 2007 ; Andy Weaver, Toronto ON: September 22, 2007 ; Jacob Wren, Montreal QC/Toronto ON: September 19, 2007 ; Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Vermont: September 19, 2007 ; Diane Tucker, Burnaby BC: September 18, 2007 ; Gil McElroy, Colborne ON: September 17, 2007 ; Sheri-D Wilson, Calgary AB: September 17, 2007 ; Kristjana Gunnars, Sechelt BC: September 16, 2007 ; Stan Rogal, Toronto ON: September 14, 2007 ; Stephen Collis, Vancouver BC: September 14, 2007 ; Erin Moure, Montreal QC: September 14, 2007 ; Catherine Kidd, Montreal QC: September 14, 2007 ; Souvankham Thammavongsa, Toronto ON: September 13, 2007 ; Phil Hall, Toronto ON: September 13, 2007 ; Elizabeth Hay, Ottawa ON: September 12, 2007 ; Sheila E. Murphy, Phoenix AZ: September 12, 2007 ; Andy Brown, Montreal QC: September 12, 2007 ; Jessica Westhead, Toronto ON: September 11, 2007 ; Ken Norris, Orono ME: September 11, 2007 ; Douglas Barbour, Edmonton AB: September 11, 2007 ; Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Chicago Il: September 11, 2007 ; Ian Roy, Ottawa ON: September 11, 2007 ; Rob Winger, Ottawa ON: September 10, 2007 ; Lance Blomgren, Vancouver BC: September 10, 2007 ; Kimmy Beach, Red Deer AB: September 9, 2007 ; John-James Ford, Ottawa ON/Colombo Sri Lanka: September 8, 2007 ; George Bowering, Vanouver BC: September 8, 2007 ; Nathaniel G. Moore, Toronto ON: September 7, 2007 ; Stephen Brockwell, Ottawa ON: September 6, 2007 ; Noah Eli Gordon, Denver CO: September 6, 2007 ; Thomas Wharton, Edmonton AB; September 5, 2007 ; Catherine Owen, Edmonton AB; September 4, 2007