- A Brief Chat #222: Richard Biever on theater as a tool for social change
Richard Biever is an assistant professor of musical theatre at the School of Performing Arts at Wichita State University. In this interview, we talk about using the stage as a ...
- A Brief Chat #221: Clint Carrick on visiting small town skateparks
Clint Carrick is the author of the book Small Town Skateparks, which chronicles his journey from Vermont to California, visiting skateparks in out-of-the-way places across the country. The book is ...
- A Brief Chat #220: Alice Teeple on photographing homelessness in NYC
Alice Teeple is, among other things, a documentary photographer. Her photo essay on homelessness in New York City was recently featured on the website Interlocutor. In this interview, Alice talks ...
- A Brief Chat #219: Albert Goldbarth on poetry and ’50s sci-fi
Albert Goldbarth has been publishing poetry for five decades. Albert’s newest collection, Everybody, is available from Lynx House Press or your local bookseller.
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- ABC Travelogue #1: Providence, Bristol and Newport (TEASER)
In which I travel to various places in Rhode Island and tell you what I see. Get the entire episode and many more bonus shows (plus a whole lot more) ...
- A Brief Chat #218: Michael Schiavo on poetry and observation
A conversation with poet Michael Schiavo about:
random Instagram photography
daily writing vs inspiration
the creation of his book The Mad Song
Emerson and transcendentalism
his current projects
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- A Brief Chat #217: Annalisa Barron on being a visual artist
Annalisa Barron is an interdisciplinary artist. In this interview, she talks about how gutting an apartment led her to become an art major; how she acquires the skills she needs ...
- A Brief Chat #216: Rick Schober of Tough Poets Press
Tough Poets Press started in 2015 to publish “new and rediscovered unconventional and neglected literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.” In this interview, founder Rick Schober talks about how he came ...
- A Brief Chat #215: Hannah Bingman on songwriting
Hannah Bingman is a singer-songwriter based in central Pennsylvania. In this interview she talks about the craft of songwriting; her spiritual journey; the inspiration of Sister Rosetta Tharpe; and more. ...
- A Brief Chat: November 2021 Bonus Show (Unlocked!)
This episode struck a chord with a lot of my subscribers, so I thought I’d unlock it for everyone. In it I talk about my continued attempts to find my ...
