At the intersection of the public and private, the clothed and unclothed, the swimming pool has long been a favoured motif among artists and writers. But as fall settles in, what about the months when it's closed? Who are the artists of the drained pool?

In a wide ranging on-stage conversation, the novelist Heti and Sol the poet discuss the role of religion in their work, how the loss of a parent can upend one's universe, and less reverent ways of naming God.

How improvised roadside memorials, like the colourful descansos studded across New Mexico, represent more than just the people we’ve lost.