Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?

When Words Fail with Alex Schechter & Billy Lezra

On the season finale, we're flipping the script! Host Alex Schechter reads his new story, "Novice," and then gets interviewed by Billy Lezra, a California-based author and returning guest on the show. 
Check out Rough Cut Press, the queer digital arts journal co-founded by Billy; and read their new essay in Electric Literature.
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Dare to Write with Éric Morales-Franceschini

Puerto Rican-American poet Éric Morales-Franceschini joins me this week to talk displacement, challenging myths of the "homeland," and writing poetry on a dare. 
Buy his award-winning collection Syndrome here!
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Lost & Found with C.D. Rose

On this week's episode, British author C.D. Rose and I discuss travel, found photographs, short stories as jeweled devices, and finding a muse in German Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin. 
C.D. Rose's newest collection of short stories, Walter Benjamin Stares At the Sea, is available here. 
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Creating Family with Stephen Van Dyke

LA-based author Stephen Van Dyke pops in this week to chat about being a Huell Howser-type, growing up in Albuquerque, NM, and his upcoming public art project: "Rim of the World Road Concert."
Support the project's Kickstarter, and buy Stephen's book. 
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A Voice Amplified with Joey De Jesus

This week I catch up with New York-based poet Joey De Jesus about ookie-spooky dreams, his non-traditional poetry collection Hoax, and that time he ran for NY State Assembly. 
Find Joey's Instagram here. 
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Inherited Knowledge with Carson Faust

Two-spirit writer Carson Faust joins me this week to talk grandmothers, the supernatural, and our mutual love for Fiona Apple.
His story, 'Eulogy for a Brother, Resurrected,' is published in the new all-Indigenous anthology Never Whistle At Night. Buy it here. 
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Dreaming with Wendy Chen

I'm talking dreams this week with poet Wendy Chen. Wendy is the author of Unearthings (Tavern) and the forthcoming novel, Their Divine Fires (Algonquin). Buy it here. 
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Intuition with Nabila Lovelace

Poet Nabila Lovelace joins me this week to talk growing up in Queens, community as a foundation of poetry, and repurposing Homer's Iliad in her debut collection, Sons of Achilles. 
Buy her book here. 
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Radical Presence with Anthony Rey Lucas

This week I catch up with Anthony Rey Lucas, co-host of At the CCC, a weekly podcast on queer recovery. During our conversation, we get into the importance of connection, abstinence versus moderation, Vedantan teachings, and grounding yourself in the now. 
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'Pig' with Sam Sax

Poet Sam Sax joins me to discuss his newest collection, Pig. We also get into poetry readings as politically transformative spaces, embodied research, ecology, and the charms of used bookstores. 
Find his book here and follow him @samsax1.
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