Possible Architect Podcast show

Possible Architect Podcast

Summary: Possible Architect features conversations with and performances by writers and artists of all stripe and color. Hosted by Trevor Dodge. www.architecturesofpossibility.com

Podcasts:

 Episode 14: Tom Spanbauer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Episode 14: Tom Spanbauer (54 min 25 sec) In our discussion about his latest novel I Loved You More, Tom Spanbauer discusses his personal and creative growth up and out of eastern Idaho, and how the myriad forms of repression he experienced there helped shape his maturation, sexual awakening, and emergence as one of contemporary fiction’s most compelling voices and influential teachers.

 Episode 13: Ben Marcus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Episode 13: Ben Marcus (36 min 54 sec) In our conversation amidst the bustle of Sunday supper at the Heathman Hotel, Ben Marcus explains the nature of experiment in his work, how the teaching of creative writing inspires and also corrodes its practice, and the typecasting of MFA programs. 

 Episode 12: Matt Briggs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Episode 12: Matt Briggs   (29 min 39 sec) Matt Briggs and I discuss some of the assertions in his essay “Engage or Perish,” specifically how books function as unique nodes for social networking. We also talk about the changing stigma towards self-publishing, and the production marketplace for writing in today’s digital economy.

 Episode 11: Jay Ponteri | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Episode 11: Jay Ponteri (36 min 33 sec) Jay Ponteri and I discuss the metafictional qualities of both writing and publishing memoir, the intersection between revision and personal relationships, and the unique and fierce connections such deeply personal writing forges between authors and readers.

 Possible Architect 11: Jay Ponteri | File Type: application/octet-stream;charset=UTF-8 | Duration: Unknown

In this episode I talk with Jay Ponteri, author of Wedlocked, a provocative memoir written from inside a struggling marriage. In our discussion we explore the metafictional qualities of both writing and publishing a book like this one, the intersection between revision and personal relationships, and the unique and fierce connections such deeply personal writing forges between authors and readers. Jay directs the undergraduate creative writing program at Marylhurst University. (36 min 33 sec)

 Episode 10: Davis Schneiderman (part 2) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Episode 10: Davis Schneiderman (pt 2) (2 min 03 sec) Davis Schneiderman reads “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Autosummarized to 85 Words.” This performance was recorded by Don Meyer.

 Episode 09: Davis Schneiderman (part 1) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Episode 09: Davis Schneiderman (pt 1) (30 min 49 sec) Davis Schneiderman discusses writing and publishing in the age of digital distraction, the performance art of literary readings, and some of the methods of his creative madness

 Possible Architect 10: Davis Schneiderman (pt 2) | File Type: application/octet-stream;charset=UTF-8 | Duration: Unknown

In this micro-episode, Davis Schneiderman reads "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Autosummarized to 85 Words." This performance was recorded by Don Meyer. (2 min 03 sec)    

 Possible Architect 09: Davis Schneiderman (pt 1) | File Type: application/octet-stream;charset=UTF-8 | Duration: Unknown

In this episode I talk with Davis Schneiderman, author of such innovative novels as Abecedarium, Blank, Drain and DIS, as well as works of literary scholarship such as Retaking the Universe: William S. Burroughs in the Age of Globalization. In our conversation we discuss writing and publishing in the age of digital distraction, the performance art of literary readings, and some of the methods of his creative madness. Davis teaches at Lake Forest College, where he chairs both the English Department and American Studies program, and is Director of Lake Forest College Press / &NOW Books. (30 min 49 sec)

 Episode 08: Corvus Elrod | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Episode 08: Corvus Elrod (28 min 57 sec) Corvus Elrod and I discuss the communal and aesthetic power of games, the natures of agency and authorship inside them, and their intersections with prose, film and other media.

 Possible Architect 08: Corvus Elrod | File Type: application/octet-stream;charset=UTF-8 | Duration: Unknown

In this episode I talk with "semionaut" and narrative designer Corvus Elrod, creator, consultant and critic of tabletop games and videogames which strive to fuse together the fundamental elements of story and play. We discuss the communal and aesthetic power of games, the natures of agency and authorship inside them, and their intersections with prose, film and other media. (28 min 57 sec) Please also check out this 2011 interview with Corvus, conducted for the print edition of Architectures of Possibility. 

 Episode 07: Lydia Netzer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Episode 07: Lydia Netzer (35 min 56 sec) Lydia Netzer and I discuss the place of innovative fiction within the contemporary New York publishing world, book doctoring as a creative practice, and the role social networking plays in both the marketing and reader reception of literary fiction.

 Possible Architect 07: Lydia Netzer | File Type: application/octet-stream;charset=UTF-8 | Duration: Unknown

In this episode I talk with novelist Lydia Netzer, author of Shine Shine Shine. In our discussion we try to locate the place of innovative fiction within the contemporary New York publishing world, book doctoring as a creative practice, and the role social networking plays in both the marketing and reader reception of literary fiction. (35 min 56 sec)

 Episode 06: Debra Di Blasi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Episode 06: Debra Di Blasi (24 min 30 sec) Debra Di Blasi discusses the book as a fine art object, new possibilities for publishing afforded by CreateSpace and Apple’s iOS, and how Jaded Ibis Productions is leveraging new forays to create one-of-a-kind author editions.

 Possible Architect 06: Debra Di Blasi | File Type: application/octet-stream;charset=UTF-8 | Duration: Unknown

In this episode I talk with Debra Di Blasi, founding publisher of Jaded Ibis Productions and author of a number of works in fiction including The Jiri Chronicles, Drought, Say What You Like and What The Body Requires. In our conversation we discuss the book as a fine art object, new possibilities for publishing afforded by CreateSpace and Apple’s iOS, and how Jaded Ibis is leveraging new forays to create one-of-a-kind author editions. (24 min 30 sec)

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