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| Episode 154: Rachel Edelman | 25 Sep 2024 | 01:27:05 | |
In the opening poem of Rachel Edelman’s debut collection, Dear Memphis, the speaker returns to their home city after a long time away, traversing a landscape that is both familiar and foreign, a place to which she belongs but also doesn’t. Over the course of the collection, Edelman asks questions about heritage and inheritance; about exile, diaspora, and migration; about home; about marginalization and privilege, oppression and complicity. In our conversation, we talked about acts of care, the importance of self-criticality, what poems do, and the necessary and the possible. Then for the second segment, we talked about corresponding via hand-written letters. (Recorded June 28, 2024) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Goodpods | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes:
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| Episode 153: Jennifer Baker | 28 Aug 2024 | 01:14:01 | |
Writer, editor, and podcaster Jennifer Baker’s debut YA novel, Forgive Me Not, imagines a near-future America in which the juvenile criminal justice system has been “reformed” to allow young people to undergo grueling Trials instead of incarceration. It’s an incisive and powerful story about carceral justice, as well as a moving coming-of-age and family story. In our conversation we talked about writing about serious topics for younger readers, how she approached writing her characters, and why it was important for her to focus on systems rather than individual innocence or guilt. Then for the second segment we talked about finding inspiration in other art forms. (Recorded April 3, 2024.) SUBSCRIBE:Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Goodpods | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes:
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| Episode 145: KTCO Book Club - Bianca (with Rachel Zucker) | 29 Nov 2023 | 01:35:06 | |
For this KTCO Book Club conversation, poet and podcaster Rachel Zucker returns to the show to discuss Eugenia Leigh’s poetry collection Bianca. In our conversation, we talked about our approaches to talking about books with their authors, how form shapes how we take in intense subject matter in a poem, and how a book can be a means of connection. Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Goodpods | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes:
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| Episode 72: Natalie Eilbert | 15 Aug 2018 | 00:57:37 | |
Natalie Eilbert's newest collection of poems, Indictus, was published in January of this year, and reading it is a profound and intense experience. In our conversation, Natalie and I talked about Indictus, making amends, and what audiences ask of artists who make work about trauma. In the second segment, Natalie chose social media as her topic. (Conversation recorded July 17, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 71: R. O. Kwon | 01 Aug 2018 | 00:47:47 | |
R. O. Kwon's debut novel, The Incendiaries, was just released last week, and it's one of the best books I've read this year. In our conversation, we talked about her new book, who the first readers she has in mind are, the inherent unreliability of narrators, and how the characters invent themselves for each other. Then in the second segment, R. O. talked about her other passion: rock climbing. (Conversation recorded July 10, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 70: Blue Mitchell | 18 Jul 2018 | 01:07:48 | |
Blue Mitchell is an independent publisher, curator, educator, and photographer based in Portland, OR. Blue's work, both as the publisher of Diffusion and as an artist in his own right, focuses on what he calls "artfully crafted" photography—that is, photographic art where you can see the artist's hand. In our conversation we talked about Blue's photographs and his use of a wide variety of techniques to create images that elicit a strong emotional response in the viewer. We also talked about his publishing company, One Twelve, and how Diffusion came about. Then in the second segment, we talked about portfolio review events, and how they can be a great way to connect with the photographic community. (Conversation recorded June 26, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 69: Leah Umansky | 04 Jul 2018 | 00:56:48 | |
Leah Umansky is a poet, collage artist, and self-described Game of Thrones and Mad Men super fan. I recently read Leah's latest book, the full-length poetry collection The Barbarous Century, and was struck by the exuberant use of language—it brought me a lot of joy. In our conversation, Leah and I talked about her book, her fascination with pop culture, and the power of story. Then in the second segment, we had a very spoilery discussion about the HBO series Westworld. (Conversation recorded June 21, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 68: Richard Georges | 20 Jun 2018 | 01:09:53 | |
Richard Georges is a writer, editor, and lecturer in the British Virgin Islands. In his new collection of poems, Giant, Richard gives us a portrait of the BVI through landscape, through its history and its present. In our conversation, Richard and I talked about his book, the aftermath of empire in the BVI, and the relationship between poetry and myth. For the second segment, Richard talked about the particular moment that the BVI faces today in the wake of Hurricane Irma. (Conversation recorded June 12, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 67: Min Jin Lee | 06 Jun 2018 | 00:49:13 | |
Min Jin Lee is a writer based in New York. Earlier this year I read Min's latest novel, Pachinko, and it just blew me away. In our conversation, we talked about the book and it's journey to publication, and the importance of making art out of what's true. Then for the second segment we talked about persistence as a writer, dealing with rejection, and learning to be OK with looking foolish in the beginning. (Conversation recorded May 22, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes: | |||
| Episode 66: Hannah Cohen | 23 May 2018 | 01:02:48 | |
Hannah Cohen is a poet and editor based in Virginia. I recently picked up a copy of Hannah's new chapbook Bad Anatomy and the way that the poems encompass both vulnerability and strength really struck me, as did the self-deprecating perspective. In our conversation, Hannah and I talked about Bad Anatomy, about emotional truth in poetry, as well as her work as co-editor of the online poetry magazine Cotton Xenomorph. Then in the second segment we discussed the challenges of working as an artist with a day job, especially a day job that isn't in academia. (Conversation recorded May 15, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 65: Alanna Airitam | 09 May 2018 | 01:11:59 | |
Alanna Airitam is a portrait photographer based in San Diego, CA. In her series "The Golden Age," Alanna makes portraits of African Americans in the style of the Dutch Realism Golden Age of painting, images full of grace and beauty representing black people in a fine art context, a context from which they are all too often excluded. In our conversation we talked about that series, as well as her "Being Heard" project, which began as a response to seeing how different marginalized women were being excluded from the mainstream activist narrative. Then for the second segment, Alanna and I had a wide-ranging conversation about the roots of social injustice in our society. (Conversation recorded April 10, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 64: Andy Burgess | 25 Apr 2018 | 01:00:16 | |
Andy Burgess is a multidisciplinary artist based in Tucson, AZ. Known for his paintings of mid-century and modernist paintings, Andy's wide-ranging practice also encompasses collage, printmaking, and photography, and more recently he has become a publisher, having started his own photobook publishing company, Dark Spring Press. In our conversation Andy and I talked about his approach to painting as a form of visual problem-solving, about finding an authentic path in the art world, and about learning to make beautiful photobooks. Then for the second segment, Andy chose nostalgia as his topic. (Conversation recorded March 30, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 63: Morgan DeLuna | 11 Apr 2018 | 01:01:38 | |
Morgan DeLuna is a photographic artist based in Southern California. In her Phenotype series, Morgan uses self-portraiture to explore her diverse genetic heritage. In our conversation we talked about that series, and the question that both of us have heard so many times: "What are you?" We also discussed her Extrospection photographs, a series of abstract bodyscapes documenting the topography of her physical existence over time. For the second segment, we talked about social media and its effects on human interaction and on the medium of photography. (Conversation recorded March 13, 2018) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 144: Gerardo Sámano Córdova | 30 Aug 2023 | 01:15:39 | |
Gerardo Sámano Córdova is a writer and artist from Mexico City. In his debut novel, Monstrilio, Gerardo draws from both horror and literary fiction traditions to tell a story about grief, family, and self-acceptance. In our conversation, Gerardo and I talked about genre expectations, genre fiction as a site of art, and what it means to be monstrous. For the second segment, we talked about the tension between fulfilling your own artistic vision and creating work that will sell. Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Goodpods | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes:
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| Episode 62: Devin Kelly | 28 Mar 2018 | 00:57:06 | |
Devin Kelly is a poet and teacher based in New York, NY. Devin's latest book of poems, In This Quiet Church of Night, I Say Amen was a recent favorite of mine, an elegiac, contemplative book about family, love, and the ways in which life is more about the search than the finding. In our conversation, we talked about Devin's book as well as several of his essays, and Devin also read his poem "Elegy For the Long Drive." Then in the second segment, Devin chose whales as his topic. (Conversation recorded February 8, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 61: Ty Franck | 14 Mar 2018 | 00:52:52 | |
Ty Franck is a writer based in Albuquerque, NM. Along with Daniel Abraham, Ty is the author of the bestselling science fiction series The Expanse. In our conversation, Ty and I talked about The Expanse, how it got started, and the process by which he and Daniel write the series. Then in the second segment, Ty asked the question: "Who owns the stuff in space?" (Conversation recorded February 6, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 60: Brenda Biondo | 28 Feb 2018 | 00:58:26 | |
Brenda Biondo is a fine art photographer based in Colorado. Brenda's work focuses on three distinct areas: constructed abstractions centered on atmospheric color and light; conservation and land-based issues; and the way cultural artifacts move from the past into the present. In this conversation we talked about her documentation of American playgrounds, her background in journalism, her interest in land use and conservation, and her love of abstraction and modernist paintings. In the second segment, we talked about portfolio review events and how invaluable an opportunity they are for photographers. (Conversation recorded January 4, 2018.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 59: Justyna Badach | 14 Feb 2018 | 01:41:22 | |
Justyna Badach is a photographic artist based in Philadelphia, PA. Justyna's work examines the iconography of the masculine history of art in relation to her work as a female artist. In this episode we discussed several of her photographic series, including her Untitled Film Stills, Bachelor Portraits, and Land of Epic Battles series, how she uses her work to insert herself into spaces from which women have historically been excluded, and how she interrogates and challenges conventional notions of masculinity. The for the second segment we had a wide-ranging conversation, starting with the connection between writing and images, then moving to the importance of empathy, the roots of American anxiety, and how the current insistence on art having a social practice resembles propaganda mechanisms in totalitarian regimes. (Conversation recorded December 21, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 58: Linda Alterwitz | 31 Jan 2018 | 00:40:12 | |
Linda Alterwitz is a photographic artist based in Las Vegas, NV. Linda's work brings science and technology together with art to make some visually striking and very human images. In this episode we talked about her creative process, including how she first became interested in using medical imagery to make art. Then for the second segment, Linda chose balance as her topic. (Conversation recorded December 5, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:> Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes: | |||
| Episode 57: Lisa M. Robinson | 17 Jan 2018 | 01:15:09 | |
Lisa M. Robinson is a fine art photographer based in Tucson, AZ. Lisa's conceptual landscape photography has been hugely influential to me as an artist, so I was thrilled to get the opportunity to talk with her for the show. In our conversation we talked about her artistic process, the conceptual underpinnings of her new Chronos and Terrestra series, and why her work has meant so much to me. Then in the second section, we talked about the place of contemplative art in today's chaotic political environment. (Conversation recorded December 14, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 56: Chris Engman | 03 Jan 2018 | 01:02:00 | |
Chris Engman is a fine art photographer based in Los Angeles. I first encountered Chris's work when he gave an artist lecture at the Medium Festival of Photography a few years ago, and his work just blew my mind. Chris's work focuses on the nature of photography and human perception, and he uses his meticulously constructed photographs to explore themes of time, impermanence, and memory. We had a great conversation about his work and process, and about the meditative nature of driving. (Conversation recorded November 30, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 55: Daniel Gonçalves | 20 Dec 2017 | 00:57:43 | |
Daniel Gonçalves is a portrait, editorial, and commercial photographer based in Los Angeles. I met Daniel at this year's Medium Festival of Photography, where he was participating in the portfolio reviews and showing work from his "Second Amendment Cowboy" series. We had a great conversation for this episode about his work exploring American gun culture and his fascination with Americana. For the second segment, we talked about the idea of home. (Conversation recorded November 21, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 54: Courtney Balestier & Mike Sakasegawa | 06 Dec 2017 | 01:16:46 | |
Courtney Balestier is a writer and the host of WMFA, a podcast where writers talk writing. I've been a fan of WMFA for several months now so I was very excited to collaborate with Courtney on this episode, which will be released jointly on both shows. In our conversation we took a behind-the-scenes look at both of our shows, diving into our interviewing processes and why each of us started our podcasts. We also talked about the creative projects we've been working on recently, and our shared fascination with place and identity. (Conversation recorded November 29, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 53: Eleonora Ronconi | 22 Nov 2017 | 00:57:59 | |
Eleonora Ronconi is a photographer originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, now a resident of the Bay Area. I first saw Eleonora's work via the Six Shooters project have followed her work ever since. Most recently I was pleased to see her work again at this year's Medium Festival of Photography, where she was showing her series "Serás Mis Ojos," a beautiful body of work about memory and family. In this episode we talked about that series as well as her other work, how photography allowed her to find her voice, and where she finds inspiration. (Conversation recorded November 17, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 143: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah | 02 Aug 2023 | 01:07:07 | |
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is a writer based in the Bronx, NY. In his debut novel, Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana presents us with a dystopian future America where convicted prisoners fight each other to the death in a televised bloodsport. The book is both a blistering critique of the US carceral system and an insistence on the inalienable humanity of every person. In our conversation, Nana and I talked about what satire and dystopia open up for him as a writer, why it’s important to him to implicate both the reader and himself in his work, and how he thinks about prison abolition. Then in the second segment, we talked about the seductive nature of success as an artist in a capitalist society. Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Stitcher | Goodpods | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes:
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| Episode 52: Sarah Gailey | 08 Nov 2017 | 01:11:23 | |
Sarah Gailey's two recent novellas, River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow, were a huge amount of fun for me as a fan of both Westerns and speculative fiction. Our conversation covered both of those books, her serialized novelette The Fisher of Bones, as well as her Hugo-nominated column at Tor.com about the women of Harry Potter. In the second segment, Sarah talked to me about Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg. Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 51: Mari Ness | 25 Oct 2017 | 01:04:48 | |
Mari Ness is a speculative fiction writer and poet based in central Florida. I was recently turned on to Mari's work by a mutual acquaintance of ours, and I really enjoyed digging through her short stories and poetry. In our conversation we talked about her new book Through Immortal Shadows Singing, her experience working in the speculative poetry genre, and what she loves about revising fairy tales. For the second segment, Mari chose Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery as her topic. (Conversation recorded September 12, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 50: Alexander Chee | 11 Oct 2017 | 01:08:25 | |
Alexander Chee is the author of two novels, Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night. I read the latter of the two last year and it was one of my favorite books of the year. I was pleased to get a chance to talk with Alexander about that book, as well as his essay "How to Write an Autobiographical Novel," which will be included in his forthcoming collection of the same name. In our wide-ranging conversation we also talked about the work of Joan Didion, as well as a surprising influence on the structure of The Queen of the Night. For the second segment, Alexander chose our current political moment as his topic, as well as Ta-Nehisi Coates' recent essay "The First White President." (Conversation recorded September 9, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 49: Maggie Smith | 27 Sep 2017 | 01:20:41 | |
Maggie Smith is a poet living and working in Bexley, Ohio. In 2016 Maggie's poem "Good Bones" became a viral hit—it's since been translated into nearly a dozen languages and was named by PRI as "the official poem of 2016." That poem is now the title poem of her latest collection, a book that I found deeply moving. I was pleased to talk with Maggie about her new book and her writing process. Then for the second segment we talked about the idea of place, and raising our kids in a different century from the one we grew up in. (Conversation recorded August 2, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 48: Celeste Ng | 13 Sep 2017 | 01:17:11 | |
Celeste Ng is a writer based in Cambridge, MA. Celeste's first novel, 2014's Everything I Never Told You, is, without exaggeration, one of the most important books of my life. When I read it in 2016, it gave me my first real glimpse at what representation in fiction could mean, and it was revelatory. Celeste's newest novel, which was just released this week, is called Little Fires Everywhere, and I was thrilled to get the chance to talk with her about it. In our conversation we talked about both books, about the importance of representation in media and culture, our shared obsession with Hamilton, and about Celeste's fascination with family roles. For the second segment, Celeste talked about how she got over her phobia of octopuses. (Conversation recorded July 27, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 47: Kevin Miyazaki | 30 Aug 2017 | 01:11:52 | |
Kevin Miyazaki is an editorial and fine art photographer based in Milwaukee, WI. I've been a fan of Kevin's for some time now, both for his own work as well as his work highlighting and supporting the photographic community. We had a great conversation about his work and process, particularly about his use of image pairings and how effectively his photographs suggest a narrative, but with a sense of mystery as well. We also talked a lot about our common experiences as Japanese-Americans, and how our family histories inform our loves and our work. For the second segment, Kevin chose aging and ageism in creativity as his topic. (Conversation recorded August 3, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 46: Rizzhel Mae Javier | 16 Aug 2017 | 01:19:26 | |
Rizzhel Mae Javier is a photographer and installation artist based in San Diego, CA. I first met Rizzhel when we were both participating in the portfolio reviews at the Medium Festival a few years ago, and her stop-motion, flipbook-style pieces immediately caught my attention. More recently, Rizzhel was named one of the 2017 emerging artists by the SD Art Prize for her "Unmentionables" project, creating new art out of old mementos. We had a great conversation for the show about her artistic process, what she loves about making mistakes, and her experience as a teacher. For the second segment, Rizzhel chose the Philippines as her topic. (Conversation recorded July 26, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:> Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 45: Jennifer DeCarlo | 02 Aug 2017 | 01:15:06 | |
Jennifer DeCarlo is the director of jdc Fine Art, which was one of my favorite galleries in San Diego. Today, Jennifer splits time between San Diego and Chicago, and still works constantly championing the artists she represents. I've appreciated Jennifer's insight and eye for years, so I was pleased to have a chance to sit down and talk with her. We talked about her background and how she came to start her own gallery, how she views her role as a gallerist, and also her experiences as a portfolio reviewer. For the second segment, Jennifer chose art collecting as her topic. (Conversation recorded June 22, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 44: scott b davis | 19 Jul 2017 | 01:14:53 | |
As a photographer, scott b davis is known for his stunning, shadowy platinum prints, which you really have to see in person to get the full effect. He's also the founder and executive director of the Medium Festival of Photography, which is not only one of my favorite events of the entire year, but also directly contributed to the genesis of this very podcast. In our conversation, scott and I discussed his work, what drew him to the platinum process, and how discovery plays a central role in his art and artmaking. In the second segment, scott chose Mexico as his topic, a place that's geographically close to us here in San Diego, even if it sometimes feels psychologically far away. (Conversation recorded June 6, 2017.) Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 43: Susan Rosenberg Jones | 05 Jul 2017 | 01:08:40 | |
Susan Rosenberg Jones is a photographer based in New York City. I've been a fan of Susan's for several years, starting with her series "Second Time Around," about her experience of being a newlywed in her 60's. We had a great conversation about that series as well as her series "Building 1," about the community in her apartment building. For the second segment, Susan and I talked about Neal Rantoul's article in PetaPixel, "A Disturbing Trend in Photography." Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 142: Rachel Zucker | 28 Jun 2023 | 01:47:23 | |
Rachel Zucker is a writer, podcast, and teacher based in New York and Maine. Her latest book, The Poetics of Wrongness, is a collection of essays (originally written and performed for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series) delving into her own poetics, motherhood, the history of confessional poetry, and the ethics of “say everything” poetry. In our conversation, Rachel and I talked about wrongness as a stance against moral purity, about addiction to doubt, and about poetry as an opportunity to create outside of capitalism. Then in the second segment, we talked about her new project, the Commonplace School for Embodied Poetics. Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Stitcher | Goodpods | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes:
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| Episode 42: Jess T. Dugan | 21 Jun 2017 | 01:28:44 | |
Photographer Jess T. Dugan is one of my favorite contemporary portrait artists, whose work explores issues of gender, sexuality, identity, and community. Jess's 2015 book Every Breath We Drew is a favorite of mine, and I was pleased to be able to discuss that book with her, as well as her recent series To Survive On This Shore, photographs and interviews with transgender and gender non-conforming people over the age of fifty. We had a great conversation about her artistic process, how she approaches making a portrait, and how her tools inform her work. For the second segment, Jess chose "golden hour" as her subject, the time just before sunset when the light is both striking and rapidly changing. (Conversation recorded May 8, 2017) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 41: Kinsee Morlan | 07 Jun 2017 | 00:56:41 | |
Kinsee Morlan is the engagement editor at Voice of San Diego, author of the Culture Report, and host of the San Diego Culturecast. As one of the main arts and culture writers in the region, Kinsee has a great view of the breadth of the arts scene here in San Diego, so I was excited to get a chance to talk with her. In our conversation we talked about her work with Voice of San Diego, what's great about the arts in San Diego and what gets overlooked, public art in the city, and the diversity of the city's various neighborhoods. For the second segment, we talked about getting kids exposed to the arts, and staying engaged with the arts community as a parent. (Conversation recorded May 5, 2017.) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 40: Rachel Hulin | 24 May 2017 | 01:13:24 | |
Rachel Hulin is a photographer and writer based in Providence, Rhode Island. I first came to know Rachel's photographic work several years ago, and when I saw that she'd recently published her first novel, I snapped up a copy as quickly as I could. In our conversation we talked about her book, Hey Harry Hey Matilda, about working in multiple creative disciplines, and the differences between photography and writing. For the second segment, Rachel chose creative flow as her topic. (Conversation recorded May 4, 2017.) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 39: Becky Senf | 10 May 2017 | 01:26:58 | |
Dr. Becky Senf is the Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, and the Norton Family Curator of Photography, a joint appointment between the Center and the Phoenix Art Museum. In our conversation, Dr. Senf and I talked about her work at the Center, and what the breadth and depth of the Center's archival collection enables in terms of researching and understanding the artists whose work is housed there. We also talked about a deeply personal exhibition she curated for Art Photo Index, entitled "Not MY Family Values," which is a favorite of mine. For the second segment, we talked about the #BuyArtFriday hashtag that she started, and what her hopes are for the initiative in the future. (Conversation recorded April 4, 2017.) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
Keep the Channel Open is a bi-weekly podcast featuring in-depth conversations with artists, writers, and curators. The show is hosted by San Diego-based photographer and writer Mike Sakasegawa.
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| Episode 38: Brandon Taylor | 26 Apr 2017 | 01:02:42 | |
Brandon Taylor is a writer and a Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. One of my favorite contemporary writers, Brandon's short stories are marvelously crafted, understated and emotionally charged, while his personal essays and cultural critique are insightful and often lyrical—all of it is just a joy to read. In today's conversation, Brandon and I talked about his work and his process, how he often finds himself inventing around the margins of the stories he takes in, and how and why he always resists the reductive take. For the second segment, Brandon chose expectation as his topic, both the excitement and terror of one's own anticipation of the future, but also the expectations others can put on us. (Conversation recorded April 4, 2017.) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 37: Jonas Yip | 12 Apr 2017 | 01:09:53 | |
Jonas Yip is a photographer and musician in the Los Angeles area, not to mention a friend of mine. I first met Jonas several years ago at the first Medium Festival of Photography, where we immediately hit it off. As he puts it in his bio, Jonas is "more interested in capturing feeling than in capturing detail," something that I've always found to be true about his work. For today's show we talked about several of his bodies of work, including his "Somewhere Between" series and his "Paris: Dialogue" series. For the second segment, we talked about the idea of the Internet as an archive, and what that might mean for our culture as we move into the future. (Conversation recorded March 22, 2017.) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share: Connect: Show Notes: | |||
| Episode 36: Barbarella Fokos | 29 Mar 2017 | 01:04:02 | |
Barbarella Fokos is a writer and filmmaker based in San Diego, CA. I came to know Barbarella's work through The Artist Odyssey where, as one of the executive producers, she creates documentary films about artists and their processes and motivations. In our conversation, we talked about her work with The Artist Odyssey as well as her previous work, including her Emmy-winning show Art Pulse TV. I was also pleased to get her perspective on San Diego's burgeoning art scene. Finally, in the second segment, Barbarella chose as her topic the distinction between art and craft. (Conversation recorded February 27, 2017.) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 35: Paul Turounet | 15 Mar 2017 | 01:39:45 | |
Paul Turounet is a photographer who lives and works in the San Diego area. Paul's work focuses on the border region between the United States and Mexico, which is a topic that is always relevant here in San Diego, but which has taken on even greater import over the past few months. Using forms from traditional darkroom prints to artist books to site-specific installations, Paul's photography encompasses a wide range of experiences, and I was happy to get the chance to talk with him for today's show. We talked about three of his series, "Tierra Brava," "Bajo La Luna Verde," and "Estamos Buscando A," all of which deal with various psychological aspects of the border region. For the second segment, we talked about the idea of artistic commitment. (Conversation recorded February 24, 2017.) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 34: Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib | 01 Mar 2017 | 01:07:33 | |
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib is a poet from Columbus, Ohio. For today's episode I was pleased to talk to Hanif about his 2016 book The Crown Ain't Worth Much, one of my favorite reads of 2016. The poems in this book are an intensely personal account of his experiences growing up in Columbus, and in our conversation we talked about Hanif's approach to writing from experience, and how art can engender empathy. We also talked about music, a subject he's very familiar with as a music and culture writer for MTV News. For the second segment, we talked about a subject near and dear to Hanif's heart: the Columbus Blue Jackets. (Conversation recorded January 23, 2017.) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 33: José Olivarez | 15 Feb 2017 | 01:22:38 | |
José Olivarez is a poet living and working in Chicago, Illinois, and is also co-host of one of my all-time favorite podcasts, The Poetry Gods. In our wide-ranging conversation we talked about how The Poetry Gods came to be, toxic masculinity in the poetry world, and how discovering poetry allowed José to find his artistic voice. In the second segment, we talked about beginnings and endings. (Conversation recorded January 1, 2017.) iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 141: KTCO Book Club - The Scapegracers (with Sarah Gailey) | 24 May 2023 | 01:03:33 | |
For our latest KTCO Book Club episode, writer Sarah Gailey joins us for a discussion of H. A. Clarke’s YA novels The Scapegracers and The Scratch Daughters. In our conversation, Sarah and I talked about the ways Clarke’s novels subvert genre expectations, about the quality of teen girls’ rage, and about why these books are “capital-I Important.” Subscribe:Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | Stitcher | Goodpods | TuneIn | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes:
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| Episode 32: Ginger Shulick Porcella | 01 Feb 2017 | 01:00:04 | |
Ginger Shulick Porcella is the Executive Director of the San Diego Art Institute, an experimental, bi-national contemporary arts center in San Diego, CA. In the three years since Ginger has been leading SDAI, it has grown to become one of most vibrant, innovative art spaces in San Diego, something that has been exciting for art-minded folks in San Diego, like me. In our conversation, Ginger and I talked her curatorial background, the changes she's made at SDAI, how it's grown, what's to come, and how she engages with the San Diego arts community. In the second segment, we talked about one of Ginger's favorite topics: conspiracy theories. (Conversation recorded December 5, 2016.) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share:Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect:Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes:
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| Episode 31: Christina Riley | 18 Jan 2017 | 01:06:25 | |
Christina Riley is a photographer and musician currently based in Seaside, California. When I first saw Christina's 2014 book Back to Me, I was immediately blown away by the emotional power and authenticity of the photographs. We talked about Christina's experience with bipolar disorder, her photographic process, and what it's like to move from Ontario, Canada to a small coastal community in Northern California. For the second segment, Christina chose change as her topic. Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share: Connect: Show Notes: | |||
| Episode 30: Rachael Short | 04 Jan 2017 | 00:50:48 | |
Rachael Short is a fine art photographer based in Carmel, California. After graduating from the Brooks Institute, Rachael had a thriving wedding and portrait photography business, which ended in 2010 when she was in a car accident that broke her neck and left her paraplegic. Nowadays, Rachael uses her iPhone as her primary tool, and makes beautiful platinum prints from her iPhone images. I talked with Rachael about her work, the town we're both from, the gallery she owns, and her experience as a board member with the Center for Photographic Art. For the second segment, we talked about the importance of supporting the people in our communities. (Conversation recorded November 20, 2016) Subscribe:iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | RSS Support:Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share: Connect: Show Notes: | |||