In the latest episode of #itsjustfeminism @hollayghadery talks about the importance of celebrating #canlit and the impact made by professors who actually give a f*ck!
I was surprised to learn that Canada suffers from the same issue of not recognizing local talent as Croatia. Funnily enough, Canadian literature is taught in English departments of Croatian universities!
It seems we have a problem with celebrating the efforts of those who are close to us because we're just too used to it. Colonialism doesn't help either. Thanks to people like Hollay, a proud Canadian author herself, and her organization @river_street_writes , CanLit is getting more attention both localy and internationaly, providing a chance to celebrate the talent of small press authors around the country!
Hollay also mentioned the influence of specific professors like De Elizabeth Greene and Dr George M. Logan from Queen's University who taught her how to focus and encouraged her to experiment with different writing styles to accomodate to her train of tought. Professors like these can make a world of difference because they love their job and they wish for their students to excel, so they will provide all the assistance and advice they can to see the students shine!
Who are the professors who recognized your potential and gave you an opportunity to fulfill it? And who is your favorite author from your country? Let us know in the comments - together we can help each other enrich our to-be-read piles!
I'll go first: my high school history professor Nada (name translates to Hope) saw that I was very into history and teaching, so she would drill me harder during exams which was annoying, but she also gave me a chance to hold my first ever history class to another cohort - this was almost a decade ago now, but I'm still riding that high! And one of my all time favorite authors back from Croatia is a feminist poet @moherceg . Some of her work is actually translated to English so you can check it out!
Thank you Hollay for sharing your mentors and influences! For more, a new episode of It's just feminism is available on KZitem!
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