Ask A Sheroes Stan: Jeanette Lynes Finally Answers Super Important Dusty Springfield Q’s

There months ago, we were proud to launch our Sheroes Stan residency, a program that connects aca-fan knowledge and wisdom to the vastly growing motley crew of international and local artists that are regularly involved with Sheroes each month.

Related: [sheroes stan] Ask A Sheroes Stan: Paul Petro Finally Answers Super Important Grace Jones Q’s

For Sheroes #11: Dusty Springfield, we were so glad to invite the award-winning author Jeanette Lynes.

Jeanette coordinates the MFA writing program at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the author of five collections of poetry, including It’s Hard Being Queen: The Dusty Springfield Poems, aaaand has had a novel shortlisted for the prestigious Giller Prize. (But we’ll confess that we first found out about her through the equally prestigious Dusty Springfield fansite.)

Click below for the full interview, in which Lynes illuminates on why la Dust’s a relevant Pride icon, her life as a “camp elegy” & more. (If you’re in Toronto tonight, you can catch Jeanette read at Sheroes #11 and ask her any Q’s we didn’t get answered!)

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