Fri, 13 May 2016
In this week’s episode, I share a recording of latest Best Of show in Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words, in which I was a reader, along with Tom Lucas, Jared Silvia, and Karen Price. NOTES If you live in the City Beautiful, that is Orlando, come see me collaborate with others in The Pink Fire Revue on Saturday, June 4th. |
Sat, 5 March 2016
In this week’s episode, I interview the creative nonfiction writer Sarah Viren, Plus Amy Oestreicher writes about a book that changed her life. TEXTS DISCUSSED Sarah Viren's My Murderer's Futon. Sarah Viren's How to Unmarry Your Wife.
NOTES Learn more about Sarah Viren here. Learn more about Amy Oestreicher, including upcoming dates of her one-woman show, Gutless and Grateful, here. |
Sat, 27 February 2016
In this week’s episode, I interview the poet J. Scott Brownlee, plus Dan Lauer reads his memoir essay, "Helen of Troy."
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Sat, 20 February 2016
In this week’s episode, I interview fiction writer Mary Gaitskill, and share her reading from Miami Book Fair International, plus Beverly Army Williams and I discuss Mary Gaitskill's new novel, The Mare. TEXTS DISCUSSED Check out Beverly Army Williams's site, Mothershould. Get tickets for Litlando here. The music used in this show was by Michael Hearst. "Alprazolam" (Songs for Fearful Flyers) and "Nicht Lustig Fight" (Film Music and Other Scores, Vol. 1) appeared in the opening, and "Theme From Magic Camp" (Film Music and Other Scores, Vol. 1) at the close. Check out his wonderful music. If you live in Orlando, check out Orlando Shakespeare Theater's 2016 production of The Tempest. |
Sun, 13 December 2015
In this week’s episode, I interview Mary Karr, and share her talk at Miami Book Fair International 2015, plus I share a Miami Bookfair Event I was in, Tiffany Razzano's Saved by the Sunshine State.
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Fri, 9 October 2015
In this week’s episode, I interview my occasional co-host Vanessa Blakeslee about her new novel, Juventud, plus James Stewart III writes about how reading David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest changed his life. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Come see Vanessa on book tour, including her upcoming appearance on October 18th in the Sunday Salon series with Orlando Ferrand, Anu Jindal, and Asali Solomon. The reading starts at 7 P.M. at Jimmy's #43 at 43 E 7th Street, NY, NY. Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. In turns out, Publix Supermarkets don't recycle human skulls. |
Sat, 3 October 2015
In this week’s episode, we have a roundtable discussion of Edgar Allen Poe. Present for this discussion were Jared Silvia, Shawn Whittington, Dianne Turgeon Richardson, Matt Peters, and Teege Braune, NOTES Check out the sweet swag in The Drunken Odyssey‘s fundraiser here. Check out these Burrow Press events. Literary Death Match will be judged by Billy Collins. Saturday October 3rd | Functionally Literate Presents: PADGETT POWELL | REBECCA EVANHOE | BETH McKEE Wednesday October 7th | Literary Death Match Presents: ERICA DAWSON | DAVID JAMES POISSANT |
Sat, 15 August 2015
In this week’s episode, I talk about Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own with Vanessa Blakeslee, plus Christopher Booth reads "The Disappointment," by Aphra Behn. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out The Drunken Odyssey’s fundraiser and related perks here. |
Fri, 3 July 2015
In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Ciara Shuttleworth, plus Don Royster writes about how Isaac Asimov helped him to appreciate Shakespeare. TEXTS DISCUSSED To read about Ciara's post-residency road-tripping with Flat Jack, here is part 1 and part 2. To read Thomas Jefferson's original draft of The Declaration of Independence, go here. |
Sat, 6 June 2015
In this week’s episode, I talk to fiction writer and poet Stacy Barton, plus Shawn Whittington writes about how The Hobbit changed his life. |