Sep 29, 2021
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Philip Lopate.
Phillip is the author of over a dozen books:
- 4 personal essay collections (Bachelorhood, Against Joie de Vivre, Portrait of My Body, and Portrait Inside my Head), as well as Being with Children, Waterfront, and Notes on Sontag
- 3 works of fiction (Confessions of...
Sep 22, 2021
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Elizabeth Gonzalez James.
Elizabeth’s stories and essays have appeared in The Idaho Review, The Rumpus, PANK, and elsewhere, and have received numerous Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. She is also a regular contributor to Ploughshares Blog. Her debut novel Mona...
Sep 15, 2021
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Traci Sorell and Carole Boston Weatherford.
Traci is the author of the critically acclaimed book We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga. She is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and lives in northeastern Oklahoma, where her tribe is located. Today we’re talking about...
Sep 8, 2021
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Finola Austin.
Finola Austin, also known as the Secret Victorianist on her award-winning blog, is an England-born, Northern Ireland-raised, Brooklyn-based historical novelist and lover of the 19th century. Her first novel, Bronte's Mistress, was published in 2020. When she’s...
Sep 1, 2021
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Marissa Levien.
Marissa is a writer and artist who hails from Washington State and now lives in New York with a kindly journalist and their two cats. The World Gives Way is her first novel.
In this episode Marissa and I discuss:
- How current and recent events influenced...