The Virtual Memories Show

R Sikoryak talks about his just-completed new book, Constitution Illustrated (Drawn & Quarterly), what he learned about the US Constitution & America in the process of making that book, and how that deadline insulated him a little from the effects of sheltering in place

Eddie Campbell talks about Pandemic Hair, his next book, the only bucket list item that matters, and more

Audrey Niffenegger talks about her decision to add a pair of 2-month-old kittens to her pandemic household, how she's found a place for This Whole Situation in her sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife, and more

Annie Koyama talks about whether the pandemic has affected her plans to close down Koyama Press in 2021, the big farewell she had planned this year's Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and more

Writer Kathe Koja rejoins the show to talk about her new story collection, Velocities, and how she's coping with life during the pandemic

Documentary photographer Jonathan Hyman talks about his travels from Maine to Maryland to photograph towns and "open the economy" rallies during the pandemic

Author Peter Trachtenberg talk about his surprise at how well he's dealing with This Whole Situation, the essay he's working on about Katherine Anne Porter's Pale Horse, Pale Rider, the realization that Americans are more afraid of going broke than contracting COVID-19, and more

Author, archivist and curator David Leopold talks about curating art in a quarantine, organizing the Socially Distant Theater virtual exhibition of Al Hirschfeld's drawings of solo shows, and more

Cartoonist Glynnis Fawkes talks about how her knowledge with Ancient Greece & archeology informs her perspective on the current pandemic, and how how she's making a diary comic about her family, but setting it in 1347 during the Black Death

Gary Clark talks about the musical of Sing Street and how its Broadway debut has been postponed by the pandemic

Architecture writer Witold Rybczynski talks about how his present circumstances — retired from teaching, helping his wife recover from a broken arm, and editing his next book — have enabled him to transition into shelter-in-place mode pretty smoothly

Author & activist Nathaniel Popkin talks about the potential for creative moments in the midst of self-isolation, the abuse of war imagery during the pandemic, the unique social aspects of Philadelphia, & more

Cartoonist and educator Tom Hart joins the show to talk about how the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) is adapting to the pandemic era

Author, teacher & activist Kate Maruyama talks about whether writers have a responsibility to write a positive future and how she helped organize the Writing Better Futures in Times of Crisis virtual event

Writer/ editor Ron Hogan talks about why you don't need to write King Lear while in quarantine (or finish War & Peace, although he's hoping to do that), how to handle bad writing days regardless of whether there's a pandemic on, becoming a Quaker via Zoom, and more