Podcast Episodes

563: Stephanie McCarter, interviewed by Chelsea Alice!

This week, Chelsea Alice talks to Stephanie McCarter about Ovid's self-reflection, making Ovid's humor visible to a contemporary audience, and femini…

3 years, 4 months ago

562: Mike Nagel!

This week, I speak with fiction writer Mike Nagel about comic existentialism, alcoholic literature, and the class complexities of real estate.

3 years, 4 months ago

561: Felicia Berliner and Deb Rogers, interviewed by Samantha Nickerson!

This week, Samantha Nickerson talks to Felicia Berliner about her new novel, Shmutz, and the challenges of existing within multiple identities,

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3 years, 4 months ago

560: A Discussion of Philip Schultz's Comforts of the Abyss with Rachael Tillman!

On #560, Rachael Tillman and I discuss the art of persona writing through the lens of Philip Schultz's recent book, Comforts of the Abyss.

3 years, 4 months ago

559: Laurie Rachkus Uttich!

This week I have a long overdue convo with the extraordinary poet Laurie Rachkus Uttich.

3 years, 5 months ago

558: Jennifer Worley!

This week I speak with the prose writer Jennifer Worley, the fall 2022 resident of The Kerouac Project of Orlando.

3 years, 5 months ago

557: Jason Roeder!

John speaks with his friend Jason about the creative joys of grieving and the power of earnestness and other matters of interest.

3 years, 5 months ago

556: Lynn Melnick!

The poet and memoirist Lynn Melnick talks with me about the cleverness and heart of Dolly Parton, who can serve as more than a cultural icon as we tr…

3 years, 5 months ago

555: Julia Koets (interviewed by Rochelle Hurt)

Rochelle Hurt interviews Julia Koets about romantic desire and loss, the villanelle form, the layouts of poetry volumes, growing up with the policing…

3 years, 6 months ago

554: Chrissy Kolaya!

On this week's program, I talk to the poet and novelist Chrissy Kolaya about the creative process, psychology, and the multitudinous tensions of bein…

3 years, 6 months ago