Episodes
Tom Sleigh about his romance with experience, fancy jackets, and one last visit to the dog beach.
Published 05/17/22
Sylvie Kandé and her translator Alexander Dickow on the courage of migrants, the limits of language, and an epic without a nation.
Published 05/03/22
Kim Moore on playing the trumpet, misogyny, and the men we love.
Published 04/19/22
Tommye Blount on transformation, Kids Incorporate, and the joy of drowning in diction.
Published 04/05/22
Oksana Maksymchuk and Oksana Lutsyshyna on life as a refugee, the God of comfort, and the deep roots of the war.
Published 03/22/22
Julie Enszer and Elena Gross on community care, the AIDS epidemic, and OutWrite, the conference that shaped queer literary history.
Published 03/08/22
Hoa Nguyen on photographs, her mother's past with the motorcycle circus, and the quiet ways to talk to ghosts.
Published 02/22/22
Poet and playwright Malcolm Tariq on listening, field trips with his brother, and the perils of dating while Black.
Published 02/08/22
Kaveh Akbar on human wondering, fat squirrels, and the best spouse in the world.
Published 01/25/22
Bianca Stone on family trauma, wrinkled towels, and the case against self-improvement.
Published 01/10/22
Remembering the life, poetry, and activism of Janice Mirikitani, plus a few words on love by bell hooks.
Published 12/21/21
Keats Conley on smelly ducks, spiders, and the limits of the human perspective.
Published 12/07/21
Steven Espada Dawson on possibility, toothpaste, and the grief of cosmic aloneness.
Published 11/23/21
Noor Hindi on home ownership, evictions court, and her father's grief.
Published 11/09/21
Clint Smith on being human, healing on a plantation, and the difference between Jefferson and Grant.
Published 10/26/21
Isabel Duarte-Gray on town gossip, folk remedies, and the music of Kentucky.
Published 10/13/21
Poet and priest Spencer Reece on his cousin's murder, the AIDS epidemic, and bearing witness to a moment.
Published 09/28/21
Chen Chen on nourishment, homophobia, and breaking free of the fear of failure.
Published 09/14/21
Zohra Saed on cooking, culture, and the volunteer-led rescue operation to get Afghans to safety.
Published 08/31/21
Mary Jo Bang on her 15-year long translation effort to remake Dante’s Divine Comedy for the modern ear.
Published 08/10/21
Tracy Fuad on Yelp reviews, mortality, and the weather in her mind.
Published 07/27/21
torrin a. greathouse on public transport, horror, and the love of a chosen family.
Published 07/13/21
Raymond Antrobus on forgiving his dad, becoming a father, and poetry dubs on late-night BBC
Published 06/29/21
Natasha Trethewey on writing a memoir about her mother’s life and murder.
Published 06/15/21
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