Author Tony Tulathimutte talks with Nirica Srinivasan about the mosaic of interconnected short stories focused on the "underrated sorrows of rejection" in his new collection, Rejection
Sarah Ghazal Ali discusses THEOPHANIES
Sarah Ghazal Ali in conversation with Isabelle Sakelaris about her vivid debut poetry collection, Theophanies
SACRED MONSTER ~ Chloë Cassens discusses JEAN COCTEAU
Chloë Cassens represents the Severin Wunderman Collection, the largest collection of works by iconoclastic French artist Jean Cocteau. In this podcast interview with Logan Royce Beitmen, Cassens discusses Cocteau’s massive cultural influence & her efforts to increase awareness about his life and legacy.
STEAL THIS HOLZER
Want to steal an original Jenny Holzer? Joshua Caleb Weibley gives you some tips on just how you might do that (if you're so inclined), along with his unflinching review of the confusing, problematic, and underwhelming exhibition Jenny Holzer: Light Line, up through September 29 at NYC's Guggenheim Museum
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Julia Hannafin
Author Julia Hannafin in conversation with Nirica Srinivasan about their debut novel Cascade
Curator Marissa Del Toro discusses DESERVE WHAT YOU DREAM at NXTHVN
An interview with curator Marissa Del Toro about Deserve What You Dream, an art exhibition at NXTHVN in New Haven, CT, that explores the healing power of daydreaming amid racial disparities in sleep quality
STEVEN SEIDENBERG'S architectures of silence
Lens-based artist Steven Seidenberg in conversation with Isabel Hou about his series/book, The Architecture of Silence, which documents the abandoned lives in the Italian South and the failed post-war land reform movement (Riforma Fondiaria)
Fascism, queerness, & the making of modern sports: MICHAEL WATERS discusses his book THE OTHER OLYMPIANS
Author Michael Waters discusses his book The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports, a very detailed look at the long history of gender identity and testing in sports and many of the major athletes and officials involved in the controversies
CINDY JUYOUNG OK on WARD TOWARD
Poet Cindy Juyoung Ok in conversation with Isabelle Sakelaris about her collection Ward Toward
Ben Shattuck discusses THE HISTORY OF SOUND: STORIES
Author Ben Shattuck talks in-depth with Nirica Srinivasan about his new book The History of Sound: Stories, which features a fantastically unique structure: each story has a companion story, which contains a revelation about the previous, paired story
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Gabriel Birnbaum
Brooklyn-based musician Gabriel Birnbaum talks about his new record, Patron Saint of Tireless Losers, along with his developing professional focus on therapy & improving mental health for musicians
Silence as an architect of experience in THE HEARING TEST
Nirica Srinivasan reviews Eliza Barry Callahan’s novel The Hearing Test
HOPE BOYKIN'S movements of meaning
Catherine Tharin in conversation with the prolific dancer, choreographer, educator, director, writer, & speaker Hope Boykin
Interlocutor Interviews PODCAST ~ Lara Aburamadan
Independent Palestinian visual artist & journalist Lara Aburamadan discusses her aim to artistically portray images of Gaza that show its people's everyday life & culture
Gemma Rolls-Bentley discusses QUEER ART: FROM CANVAS TO CLUB, AND THE SPACES BETWEEN
Gemma Rolls-Bentley talks about her new book Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between & the ways it considers queer art within the context of the current moment
Memory, identity, & synchronicities: Elisa Gabbert's ANY PERSON IS THE ONLY SELF
Writer, poet, and essayist Elisa Gabbert talks in-depth with Nirica Srinivasan about her new essay collection Any Person Is the Only Self
A conversation with choreographer & performer JOHN SCOTT
Irish choreographer, performer, & artistic director John Scott talks with Catherine Tharin about his career & his new show Heroes, a journey of music and movement, playing at NYC’s La Mama Theatre from May 30 through June 2
Pushing against the limits of possibility: R.O. KWON discusses EXHIBIT
In a perceptive and revelatory interview with Nirica Srinivasan, author R.O. Kwon explores the intricacies of her newly released novel, Exhibit
ANABELLA LENZU on movement & motherhood
Dancer, choreographer, scholar, and educator Anabella Lenzu talks with Catherine Tharin about her new project, Listen to Your Mother, at NYC’s La MaMa Theatre from May 16 - 19
The surreal percussive textures of AMY AILEEN WOOD
Grammy Award-winning drummer and producer Amy Aileen Wood talks about her collaborative & experimental new album, The Heartening, now out on L.A.’s Colorfield Records