Littoral Littoral

A conversation on arts-in-community, with local writer Bill Batson and River River poetry editor A. Anupama. Recorded at the Nyack Boat Club and produced by David e. Bell. Sponsored by CSU's Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians.

In this episode, poetry editors Ghada Khalil and A. Anupama talk "process." The writing of poems in salon and in solitude, the curation of the journal, and the untranslatableness of experience to language (but how delightful to try), among other topics, offer a sweet glimpse of poetic mind.

Maureen Amaturo, a regular at River River's community writing circles, reads from "Unseasonable" and "American Breakfast," two of 16 pieces of her work that have been accepted for publication at a rich and diverse list of journals and magazines in the last year. She talks with Donna Lee Miele about her submission process, which she considers as much a part of her writing life as the time she spends writing. Maureen writes fiction and creative nonfiction, and she is a fashion and beauty columnist and a writing educator.

Richard Maldonado, singer-songwriter and regular performer at our local farmers' markets, talks about creative process and songmaking. Also some conversation about our FLASH poetry outreach and the song it inspired. (Yes, there's a song at the end!) Interviewed by Anupama at the historic Nyack Boat Club.

Produced by David e. Bell

The album, Summer Sessions 2018, is available on Bandcamp, here: https://richardamaldonado.bandcamp.com/album/summer-sessions-2018

Read more about Richard's artistic process on his website: https://boatshopmusicstudio.blogspot.com/