Nicole Brossard interviewed by Xtra!

Nicole Brossard, the critically lauded author of Fences in Breathing, was interviewed by Xtra! on the eve of the publication of her new novel and its launch in Toronto. Journalist Alice Lawlor asked her questions about Fences in Breathing and the politics of loving another woman:

LAWLOR: What effect do you want your writing to have on the reader?

BROSSARD: I certainly want my readers to think, feel and displace themselves from a standard point of view to another. I would like them to have that joy of reading that addresses the part in us capable of enthusiasm and renewal. I would like their reading of my books to be a vital plus in their lives. This is the way I feel about books, films, art and music when I am taken by them. I guess we could call it a sense of beauty and of melancholy that brings both peace and tension in the mind and in the heart.

See the full interview at www.xtra.ca.