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Leslie Spitz-Edson

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Except for watching the occasional baseball game with my family, I wasn’t into sports as a girl. Instead, it was music and folklore that interested me, and that I eventually went on to study. After grad school, I got a job at Folkways Records in Washington, DC. It was there that I first became interested in Métis music and culture.

Living in DC, I could hardly help becoming a fan of the Washington Capitals, our NHL team. As I read more and more about hockey, I noticed the absence of attention paid to female players and their experiences. Seeking out their stories, I began to craft my own, centered on Agnes Demers, a Métis hockey player in Saskatchewan.

Seeking the Center is my first novel.

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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Leslie Spitz-Edson At the moment I'd have to say Zeke and Mylene from The Get Down. I love that the conventional veils of self-preservation that we so often draw between…moreAt the moment I'd have to say Zeke and Mylene from The Get Down. I love that the conventional veils of self-preservation that we so often draw between each other are simply not there between the two of them - even when they'd like them to be. It makes for a certain rawness that I - a lover of expressionist painting and screeching, dissonant operas by Richard Strauss - can really appreciate. Also, their care for each other feeds their own more individual passions - or seems to, so far (I'm only halfway through the series) - so that their love for each other creates more space, more possibility for each of them, rather than less.(less)

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Leslie Spitz-Edson That's easy: write. If you were an aspiring basketball player, you'd play basketball, right?
Another thing that comes to mind is something I actually …moreThat's easy: write. If you were an aspiring basketball player, you'd play basketball, right?
Another thing that comes to mind is something I actually stole from someone and I can't even remember who it was! But it is this: don't be afraid to be curious. If there's a subject that interests you - no matter how trivial or unworthy prevailing opinion makes it out to be - look into it. Deeply. Chances are there's a lot more to it than meets the eye, and let that be your inspiration.(less)

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I recently participated in a live, global, online event called What Matters Now:

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