The Collidescope Podcast

George Salis

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The Collidescope Podcast Podcast

The Collidescope Podcast takes the literary values of George Salis' online publication www.TheCollidescope.com and presents you with innovative stories handpicked and read by George. He also interviews notable authors and discusses invisible books with friends.

JUL 30

Insidious Nostalgia: A Rare Interview with REYoung

In this episode, the hermetic writer REYoung and host George Salis discuss the “Ponzi scheme” of Dalkey Archive, Young’s experiences as a student of the wonderful novelist Paul West, the perpetuity of Christmas, the emptiness of branding, David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest and The Pale King, Latin American and Greek fiction, and much more.REYoung was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently resides in a limestone cave deep beneath the city of Austin, Texas. He is the author of six nov...

1h 33m
JUN 30

Invent Your Breathing: An Interview with Barton Smock

In this episode, Barton Smock and host George Salis discuss the essence of poetry, death metal, the fear of god, the state of contemporary poetry, and more.Barton Smock lives in Columbus, OH, with his wife and four children. He is the author of numerous self-published works. Author of Ghost Arson (Kung Fu Treachery Press, 2018) and Wasp, gasp. (Incunabula, 2023).Buy Wasp, gasp here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/barton-smock/wasp-gasp/paperback/product-gjn5k5q.html?page=1&pageSize=4Hungrily P...

59 min
FEB 29

Infinite Fecundity: A Rare Interview with Michael Brodsky

In this episode, Michael Brodsky and host George Salis discuss suffering in the writer’s external world and the internal world, reaching toward perfection and the impossibility of containing the cosmos in a novel, the necessity/obligation of creating art versus abstaining from it, how words have a right to life, the most important book Michael has read, his 1,200-page magnum opus Invidicum (2023), and much more.Michael Brodsky, born in New York City on August 2, 1948, is a novelist, pla...

2h 7m
12/17/2023

Sweet Adversity by Donald Newlove

George Salis and guest Henry Gelinas discuss the invisible book Sweet Adversity by Donald Newlove.Henry Gelinas is a stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and writer from Charlotte, North Carolina.Purchase the Sweet Adversity here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578423890Purchase Those Drinking Days here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578362212Purchase The Painter Gabriel here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9798218249823The last interview with Donald Newlove: https://thecollidescope.com/2021/04/1...

1h 29m
11/15/2023

Thou Worm Jacob by Mark Jay Mirsky

George Salis and guest Jacob Pascoe discuss Thou Worm Jacob by Mark Jay Mirsky.Jacob Pascoe is a writer and filmmaker based in Vancouver. His work spans narrative film and music videos to prose and essays. He studied film production and literature at the University of British Columbia. His website is here.Pascoe's review of A Death: Notes on a Suicide by Zalman Shneour: https://thecollidescope.com/2022/07/17/a-death-notes-on-a-suicide-by-zalman-shneour%ef%bf%bc/Support The Collidescope’s effo...

1h 9m
10/07/2023

Movieland by Ramón Gómez de la Serna

George Salis and guest Matthew Taylor Blais discuss the invisible book Movieland by Ramón Gómez de la Serna, translated by Ángel Flores.Matthew Taylor Blais is a filmmaker currently based in Vancouver, Canada. Buy de la Serna’s Movieland here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578336817Subscribe to Sital Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/c/SitalCinemaSupport The Collidescope’s efforts via Patreon and get awesome benefits: https://www.patreon.com/TheCollidescopeThe text review of de la Serna’s Mo...

1h 10m
07/07/2022

Will Isn't Free: A Rare Interview with Alan Singer

In this episode, Alan Singer and host George Salis talk about whether or not an MFA is useful, the increasingly stifling atmosphere of universities, the question of free will versus ‘acting’, the primitive muses of violence and sex, film adaptions, dealing with doubt as a writer, Alan’s fruitful friendship with Joseph McElroy, his unfortunately failed attempt to befriend Djuna Barnes, and much more! Alan Singer is the author of six novels, including The Charnel Imp, The Inquisitor’s Tongue, a...

1h 6m
03/01/2022

Oono by Patricia Eakins

The story of a species of creature known as oono, so massive it can't be seen in full, and the ignook couple who is trying to start a family in the arctic wilderness. Their only hope is for the aspiring father to connect with an oono spirit even if it means deceiving him, even if it means becoming more than human.Interview with Patricia Eakins: https://thecollidescope.com/2019/10/18/imaginary-beings-an-interview-with-patricia-eakins/Review of Eakins' first novel: https://thecollidescope.com/2...

1h 2m
11/30/2021

A Woman With Sauce by Alexander Theroux

The culinary stand-off between a potential son-in-law and a potential mother-in-law from hell, with hilarious results. This story is from Early Stories (Tough Poets Press).Beyond the Zero Podcast with guest George Salis: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hm5RJQZrqTuuAtynNgFcW?si=33HWHqUDRZqDx_NE77rlwQ&dl_branch=1&nd=1Tough Poets Press: https://toughpoets.com/Interview with Alexander Theroux: https://thecollidescope.com/2020/07/05/the-apocalypse-of-wordlessness-an-interview-with-alexan...

46 min
09/13/2021

Night Soul by Joseph McElroy

Welcome to The Collidescope Podcast!I’m George Salis, founder and editor of The Collidescope, an online publication dedicated to promoting innovative fiction. I started this podcast as another way to promote the kind of writing I love. For my first choice, Joseph McElroy was kind enough to give me permission to read the title story from his collection Night Soul, which was published by Dalkey Archive in 2011.This particular story stands out for its intimacies between a father and his infant s...

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The Collidescope Podcast takes the literary values of George Salis' online publication www.TheCollidescope.com and presents you with innovative stories handpicked and read by George. He also interviews notable authors and discusses invisible books with friends.

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George Salis
Years Active

2021 - 2024
Episodes

10
Rating

Explicit
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