Possible Architect Podcast

Episode 14: Tom Spanbauer

asaturpentine — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:12:08 -0700

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

asaturpentine — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 09:48:54 -0800

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

asaturpentine — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:03:00 -0700

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

asaturpentine — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:17:00 -0700

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.

Episode 10: Davis Schneiderman (part 2)

asaturpentine — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:19:00 -0700

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)

asaturpentine — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:20:00 -0700

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

Episode 08: Corvus Elrod

asaturpentine — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:21:00 -0800

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.

Episode 07: Lydia Netzer

asaturpentine — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:22:00 -0700

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.

Episode 06: Debra Di Blasi

asaturpentine — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:23:00 -0700

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.

Episode 05: Lidia Yuknavitch

asaturpentine — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:25:00 -0700

Episode 05: Lidia Yuknavitch (26 min 54 sec)

Lidia Yuknavitch reads to a standing-room-only crowd from her novel Dora: A Headcase. Introduced by novelist Chuck Palahniuk and recorded on September 8, 2012 at Powell’s Books in Portland, OR.

Episode 04: Ben Slotky

asaturpentine — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:26:00 -0700

Episode 04: Ben Slotky (10 min 30 sec)

Fiction writer Ben Slotky reads two stories in the epistolary format, “Dear Dead Dog” and “Real Not Fake.”

Episode 03: Stephen Graham Jones

asaturpentine — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:27:00 -0700

Episode 03: Stephen Graham Jones (39 min 44 sec)

In our third episode, I talk with Stephen Graham Jones about his rocket-fueled writing process, the place of genre fiction in MFA programs, and what exactly he means by saying “it’s all lies to me.”

Episode 02: Dave Gibbons

asaturpentine — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:28:00 -0700

Episode 02: Dave Gibbons (7 min 39 sec)

Dave Gibbons and I discuss what sets comics apart from other media, both in terms of how a reader experiences them as narrative devices, as well as how they convey memorable characters.

Episode 01: Lance Olsen & Trevor Dodge

asaturpentine — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:59:00 -0700

In this launch episode, Lance and I discuss our collaboration on Architectures of Possibility, its genesis and first iteration as Rebel Yell, and what the future holds. (25 min 40 sec)