In this week’s episode, I’m joined by poet Maria Giesbrecht to talk about her debut collection, A Little Feral. The collection was written after leaving a conservative Mennonite upbringing, and her poems explore themes of faith, family, and personal resurrection.
Maria and I started the conversation with her background in corporate accounting and the catalysts to her being a full time poet, piecemealing her way into a freelance writing career with the support of her life partner. A Little Feral’s emotional arc captures the process of purging parts of her past, accepting that she might never feel whole, and that that is enough. This leads us into a discussion about the righteous anger of women during our current times, using that feral part of ourselves to move the needle for women’s rights.
We talk about Maria’s writing style, where she details her current writing habits for keeping the channel open and how that routine helps keep her writing on track. Maria goes into a little bit of detail about her relationship with her writing gods and how showing up regularly is imperative to keeping the channel active.
We round out our conversation with a quick digression into Maria’s MFA topic and her hope to capture parts of her past within the laborer community and the guilt that can come with stepping into spaces or stages our loved ones can’t or don’t understand.
You can buy A Little Feral now: https://bookshop.org/a/54661/9781949342819
You can learn more about Maria Giesbrecht here: https://mariagiesbrecht.com/
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