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Episode 67: Min Jin Lee Jun 06, 2018

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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.)

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Episode 66: Hannah Cohen May 23, 2018

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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.)

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Episode 65: Alanna Airitam May 09, 2018

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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.)

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Episode 64: Andy Burgess Apr 25, 2018

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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.)

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Episode 63: Morgan DeLuna Apr 11, 2018

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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)

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Episode 62: Devin Kelly Mar 28, 2018

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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.)

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Devin Kelly
Purchase In This Quiet Church of Night, I Say Amen: IndieBound | B&N
C. S. Lewis
Robert Hayden - "Those Winter Sundays"
Maggie Nelson - Bluets
Devin Kelly - "Anthony Edwards as Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw in Top Gun (1986)"
Devin Kelly - "Running Towards My Father"
Devin Kelly - "Caulking the Wagon"
Philip Hoare - The Whale
Between the Covers - Ursula K. Le Guin: Late in the Day
Anelise Chen - So Many Olympic Exertions

Episode 61: Ty Franck Mar 14, 2018

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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.)

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James S. A. Corey
Purchase Persepolis Rising: IndieBound | B&N
SyFy - The Expanse
Veronica Mars
World Government Summit
Moon Treaty
Outer Space Treaty
Moon (movie)
Helium-3
Regolith
Jules Verne - From the Earth to the Moon
Robert Heinlein - Starship Troopers
The Shape of Water
Ursula K. Le Guin - Earthsea

Episode 60: Brenda Biondo Feb 28, 2018

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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.)

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Episode 59: Justyna Badach Feb 14, 2018

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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.)

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Episode 58: Linda Alterwitz Jan 31, 2018

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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.

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