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This week, I talk to the novelist and graphic novel writer Sarah Kuhn about writing about Cassandra Cain for a YA audience, the demographics of fando…
5 years, 5 months ago
453: Carolyn Forché!
Episode 453
The poet and memoirist Carolyn Forché discusses elegies, the role of the unconscious in composition, and being willing to avoid plans.
5 years, 5 months ago
452: Grace Elizabeth Hale!
Episode 452
This week, I talk to historian Grace Elizabeth Hale about how Athens, Georgia helped launch an indie music revolution with the B52s, REM, Pylon, and …
5 years, 5 months ago
451: A Panel of Debut Poets, with Tommye Blount, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, & Joy Priest!
This week, I share a Miami Book Fair panel of poets with debut books: Tommye Blount, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, & Joy Priest!
5 years, 6 months ago
450: Tron Legacy Roundtable!
Episode 450
In this week's episode, I talk with Julian Chambliss, Leslie Salas, Todd James Pierce, and Jeff Shuster about the legacy of Tron Legacy (2010) and …
5 years, 6 months ago
449: A Very German Christmas Discussion
Episode 449
In this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about the excellent new anthology, A Very German Christmas, from New Vessel Press.
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5 years, 6 months ago
448: Peniel E. Joseph
Episode 448
On #448, Dr. Peniel E. Joseph and I discuss the careers of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X, and how examining them together reveals the complexi…
5 years, 6 months ago
447: Candacy Taylor!
Episode 447
Candacy Taylor and I discuss her new book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America. We talk about how research c…
5 years, 6 months ago
446: Phil Klay!
Episode 446
The fiction writer and veteran Phil Klay and I discuss finding the right form for a novel, war literature, the uplift of humor, and winning the Natio…
5 years, 7 months ago
445: A Discussion of The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, with Audi Barnes!
On this week's show, poet and scholar Audi Barnes and I discuss the essays and poetry of Audre Lorde.
5 years, 7 months ago