Jordan Tannahill
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Oct 12, 2026
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Hi, I'm Jordan Tannahill, author of The Listeners.
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One book I return to again and again is Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson.
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There are lines in this book that are etched into the underside of my mind.
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Carson gave voice to my adolescent longings better than any work I had or have since encountered.
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I return to this book on a fairly regular basis, and it always leaves my heart tender as a bruise.
Antonio Michael DowningHOST
Jordan Tannahill is one of many writers who hold Anne Carson in high esteem.
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This week, Anne Carson was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for her genre-defying work that mixes the classics with contemporary stories.
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Award presenters: Cynthia Nixon, Indya Moore.
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Host committee: Morgan Baceiches, Matt Bernstein, Marti Cummings, Tommy Dorfman, Adam Eli, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Vijay Florescu, Nan Goldin, Tabitha Gonzalez, Alexis Michelle, Chani Nicholas, Tracee Africa Norman, Jesse James Rose, Ben Levi Ross, Peter Staley, Jordan Tannahill, Fran Tirado, Taylor Trench, Lala Be Zanel.
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Host: Peppermint.
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Special performance: Sydney James Harcourt.
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His Broadway credits also include American Idiot, Girl from the North Country Drama Desk Award nomination and the Tony Award-winning Cats, The Jellicle Ball, where he received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Rum Tum Tugger.
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His television credits include Doc, Blue Bloods, FBI: Elementary, and Law & Order: SVU, and he voices Édouard in Netflix's Castlevania: Nocturne.
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Host committee: Morgan Baceiches, writer, performer, activist; Matt Bernstein, A Bit Fruity; Marti Cummings, Queen of New York; Tommy Dorfman, Reasons Why; Adam Eli, writer, organizer, publicist; Sarah Sophie Flicker, Tiny Furniture; Vijay Florescu, Project Runway; Nan Goldin, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency; Tabitha Gonzalez, thought leader, activist; Alexis Michelle, RuPaul's Drag Race; Indya Moore, Pose; Chani Nicholas, astrologer and writer; Tracee Africa Norman, model; Jesse James Rose, Sorry I Keep Crying During Sex; Ben Levi Ross, Dear Evan Hansen; Peter Staley, activist; Jordan Tannahill, Prince Faggot; Fran Tirado, writer; Taylor Trench, Floyd Collins; Lala Be Zanel, national LGBTQ+ advocate, public figure, entrepreneur.
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Honorees: Keith Haring Foundation.
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So are, are you ever on the street and you have to do a double take because you think you saw someone you know? You see a familiar-looking face in the crowd.
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What if the person you see is someone who died years ago? Let me tell you about the Canadian author Jordan Tannahill's latest novel.
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It's called The Living Realm because that's what the main character is kinda dealing with.
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Jordan Tannahill is a playwright, novelist, and director from Ottawa.
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He's a two-time winner of the Governor General Award for the Arts along the way.
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You might be familiar with his novel The Listeners from a few years back, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Giller Prize, became an opera and a TV show.
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In particular, uh, one famous spot, uh, Teufelssee in the city's Grunewald Forest, where the book's main character, who is unnamed throughout the whole book, sees this handsome man in the woods who looks identical to his former lover, but his former lover has been dead for years.
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So he tells his friends about it, but no one believes him.