What Interviews Exist With Dennis Lee Online?

If you’re trying to track down interviews with Dennis Lee, a good starting point is to think about which Dennis Lee you mean — the Canadian poet (author of 'Alligator Pie' and 'Civil Elegies'), or someone with the same name in a different field. I usually begin by searching major Canadian cultural outlets and archives because poets and literary figures are often interviewed there. Try queries like "Dennis Lee interview" plus words such as "poet", "CBC", "Toronto Public Library", or the titles 'Alligator Pie' and 'Civil Elegies'. That narrows results to the literary Dennis Lee and avoids mixing him up with others.

In practice, interviews tend to appear in several formats: radio segments (CBC and local stations), recorded readings or panel talks on YouTube and Internet Archive, magazine or newspaper Q&As in outlets like 'Quill & Quire' or national papers, and university or library-hosted events. If you want older printed interviews, ProQuest, Gale, or library newspaper archives are gold mines. For audio/video, use "site:youtube.com 'Dennis Lee'" or similar Google site filters, and check university event pages (U of T, Ryerson/Toronto Metropolitan) or library event recordings. I’ve also found that people archive festival talks (like at writers' festivals) on their own channels, so include festival names in searches.

If you want, tell me which Dennis Lee you mean or what format you prefer (audio, video, print), and I’ll give more direct search strings and likely links to follow up on. I love digging through archives for this kind of stuff — it feels like digital treasure hunting.

I’ve chased down interviews for authors enough times to have a little checklist that works: identify the right person, then follow the likely venues. For Dennis Lee the poet (the one behind 'Alligator Pie'), start with public broadcasters and literary mags. CBC’s book and arts programming often hosts Canadian poets, and online platforms like YouTube or the Internet Archive often hold event recordings from public libraries or universities.

Two quick practical moves I use: 1) Google with site filters and quoted phrases — for example, "site:cbc.ca "Dennis Lee"" or ""Dennis Lee" "Alligator Pie" interview" — and 2) search newspaper databases (ProQuest, Google News Archive) for older print Q&As or profile pieces. Also check literary journals and publisher pages — House of Anansi or other Canadian presses sometimes post author interviews or event recordings. If you’re getting hits for different Dennis Lees (there are several people with that name), tack on identifiers like "poet", "children's" or the book title. If you want, I can craft exact queries for YouTube, Google News, and library catalogues to save you time.