Aaron Kreuter is a writer, poet and academic who lives in Toronto. His novel Lake Burntshore is a coming-of-age story, social satire, romance, and political commentary all in one. Set over a summer of momentous social and political change at a Jewish sleepover camp in Canada’s Cottage Country, it explores questions of Jewish identity and settler colonialism against a backdrop of nature trails, watersports, and burgeoning hormones. Join Aaron and Red as they discuss the joys and dramas of summer camp, and a writer’s duty to tackle thorny subject matter.
Aaron Kreuter is a writer, poet and academic who lives in Toronto. His novel Lake Burntshore is a coming-of-age story, social satire, romance, and political commentary all in one.
Set over a summer of momentous social and political change at a Jewish sleepover camp in Canada’s Cottage Country, it explores questions of Jewish identity and settler colonialism against a backdrop of nature trails, watersports, and burgeoning hormones.
Join Aaron and Red as they discuss the joys and dramas of summer camp, and a writer’s duty to tackle thorny subject matter.