Here’s a special Fundraiser 2019 edition of Living Writers with wonderful guests George Cooper, Brent Bryan of Big Love Recording Collective, Angie Berkley + Gina Brandolino of the podcast Behind the Scaffolding, and Scott Beal from Skazat! http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-02-20-1700-EST.mp3 Download Audio Fun-Fundraiser 2019: any pledge big or small counts greatly to us. Donate online here!
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Carol Jacobsen reads from For Dear Life: Women’s Decriminalization and Human Rights in Focus (University of Michigan Press 2019). We talk about social justice documentaries, the Michigan Women’s Justice and Clemency Project, feminism, human rights, survival, and art. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-02-13-1700-EST.mp3 Download Audio
Cartoonist Katie Cook talks about her current project Nothing Special (webtoons.com). We talk about drawing, process, characters, story creation, Star Wars, My Little Pony and fantasy. And, of course, about Nothing Special: “A Girl. A Boy. A Hot Mess. A Radish. An Adventure.” http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-02-06-1700-EST.mp3 Download Audio
A conversation with Literati Bookstore’s John Ganiard. We talk about upcoming events and ways to be involved at the bookstore as well as some winter book picks and what’s on the horizon (is it too early to look forward to spring?). We also read Mary Oliver poems and talk typewriters. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-01-23-1700-EST.mp3 Download Audio
Gina Brandolino reads from her latest essay The Monster Inside: Frankenstein’s Legacy (2018).We talk about horror, the devil, films, monsters, and things you can’t unsee. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-01-16-1700-EST.mp3″ Download Audio
Bob Hicok reads from Hold (Copper Canyon Press 2018). We talk about the making of a poem and removing stops between things, like our minds do. We also talk about violence and stories and feeling invincible while writing. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-01-09-1700-EST.mp3 Download Audio
Guest host Amanda Uhle talks with Leland de la Durantaye, author of Hannah vs. the Tree (McSweeney’s 2018). A Michigan native, De la Durantaye is currently a professor, critic, and translator based in Los Angeles. They talk about the book’s Michigan setting, the power of families in novels, and much more. http://beanball.wcbn.org/rss/Living_Writers/wcbn-living_writers-2019-01-02-1700-EST.mp3 Download Audio photo credit: Rosalie Atkinson
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