# A Story of Unfitting: Susan Swan's Memoir, Big Girls Don't Cry

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Podcast: [Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/getting-lit-with-linda-the-canadian-literature-podcast-381592)
Published: 2025-12-15T18:30:04+00:00
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Our warmest wishes for the season – and a reminder that this is the&nbsp; last interview &nbsp;for the podcast (there may be one smaller episode at the year’s end, but not an interview), before we open up voting for this year’s GLWL awards : the author featured in your favourite episode will receive a cash prize and medal to honour their involvement. In this episode, Linda reflects on how boxes are at times about imposed limitations. "Don’t box me in," you might argue – or let’s try to think outside the box (because it’s time for a change!). And it is this -- thinking and living outside the lines (and boxes) -- that Susan Swan’s wonderful new memoir,&nbsp; Big Girls Don’t Cry: A Memoir About Taking Up Space (HarperCollijns ), compels us to do, to locate our sense of dignity and agency, to find our sense of self-worth. Swan is the author of several novels including&nbsp; The Biggest Modern Woman in the World &nbsp;(1983),&nbsp; The Last of The Golden Girls &nbsp;(1989),&nbsp; What Casanova Told Me &nbsp;(2004), and&nbsp; The Wives of Bath &nbsp;(1993),&nbsp;which was made into the film&nbsp; Lost and Delirious &nbsp; (3:45). In this episode, we discuss how taking up space can be positive for women (and men too!), a means to shift beyond the conventions that have hemmed her in (and us) and to find our way out of the boxes that have contained us. Other points of discussion: the genre of the memoir Margaret Atwood and official autobiography Soren Kierkegaard Executive Producer: Linda Morra; Associate Producer: Maia Harris; Music by Raphael Krux ("The Madness of Linda") and Kevin MacLeod ("Natural Vibes"); Sound producer: Jason C. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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