Writers Read Their Early Sh*t Jason Emde
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The podcast where authors and artists share the lopsided pleasures of their predeveloped, over-early, unripe work.
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S3/E10 - Hannah Calder: foreskins & bladders
Jason welcomes writer Hannah Calder for an interface about chickens giving you the finger, how great Charles Dickens is, exploding kneecaps, riding horses naked down the beach, crazy parades, swollen breasts, writing the perfect book, the power & influence of early 90s music videos, and kissing viking lovers and/or dictators. It's a big one, & features the first early shit to actually be about Jason. Big wizard beats, as always, by DJ Max in Tokyo. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork & Joe Emde for help with the intro. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast, on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit, & on Bluesky at wrtes@bsky.social. Most of all: thank you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening.
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S3/E9 - Busting tropes with Wayne Ng
Jason welcomes novelist Wayne Ng for a rattle about being named Wayne or Jason, starting late, whether or not scribbling is writing, the realities of self-promotion, the ballsiness of writers, ass-kicking kung-fu Asian stereotypes, and the real reason why writers are cool. Big wizard beats, as always, by DJ Max in Tokyo. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork & Joe Emde for help with the intro. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast, on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit, & on Bluesky at wrtes@bsky.social. Most of all: thank you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening.
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S3/E8 - Tonya Lailey: the trick is fun
Jason welcomes beautifully laconic poet Tonya Lailey for an interface about wine agencies, comfort books, thin places, what's fab about Nova Scotia, Calgary's supportive writing scene, dot matrix printers, industrial agriculture, allowing the mistake, & how the trick is fun. Look for her debut collection, 'FARM: Lot 23,' out soon. Big whoop beats, as always, by DJ Max in Tokyo. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork & Joe Emde for help with the intro. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast, on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit, & on Bluesky at wrtes@bsky.social. Most of all: thank you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening.
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S3/E7 - Rob Harvilla doesn't give a hoot
CALM DOWN. Jason welcomes podcaster and author of '60 Songs That Explain the '90s' Rob Harvilla for a confabulation about furious moping, tongue exercises, the glory of New Kids on the Block's 'Games,' wack slacks and lame stains, not leaving your pizza burning, rad steez, clutching at borrowed pearls, and the best KISS song to sing at karaoke. Big whoop beats, as always, by DJ Max in Tokyo. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork & Joe Emde for help with the intro. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast, on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit, & on Bluesky at wrtes@bsky.social. Most of all: thank you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening.
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S3/E6 - Blackening pages with Jason Heroux
Jason welcomes Jason for a jaw about Thousand Island pirates, comfort reading, defacing books, fireworks for Hitler, getting your ego out of the way of the writing, & a naked onion in the park with Pierre Berton. Music, as always, by DJ Warm Farm Milk Max in Tokyo. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, & Sasha Emde for help with the outro. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast, on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit, & on Bluesky at wrtes@bsky.social. Most of all: thank you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening.
Also: check out the cool stuff available from Ex Libris Anonymous (not a sponsor, just a purveyor of wicked rad notebooks): https://www.bookjournals.com/home
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S3/E5 - Fiona Lam's acid grammar
Jason welcomes Vancouver's Poet Laureate for a ramble about Emily of New Moon, writing into fear & anxiety, concrete corpses in the living room, goth trenchcoats, werewolves draped in mourning, having some feelings & a trombone, reading to dogs, & the real answer to the question "How do I get published?" Music, as always, by savage hunk DJ Max in Tokyo. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork & to Joe Emde for help with the intro. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast, on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit, & on Bluesky at wrtes@bsky.social. Thank you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening.
Some links to what Fiona's been up to:
City Poems Project background (all four stages)
Sept 16/23 Free Public Curated Screening of City Poems Project Poetry Videos by post-secondary students at Word Vancouver 2023
Canine Library Event on Sept 9/23 at Trout Lake Park, Vancouver and Fiona's blog about last year's Canine Library event (with links to poems about dogs, videos and more)
Spontaneous Poetry Booth: Fiona's blog about last year's Downtown Eastside spontaneous poetry booth experience for the annual Heart of the Street Festival
And the recent poem Fiona read is from her 2019 collection, Odes & Laments
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