Sharon Thesen: "We Could Never Take Language for Granted."

An interview with poet Sharon Thesen is presented. When asked about her relationship to the northern interior of British Columbia, Thesen relates that she moved to Prince George in January 1960 and mentions that T. S. Eliot influenced her to begin writing her poems in high school. She says that her stay in the north instilled in her a sense of estrangement. She adds the presence of myth and nature in her creative expression.