Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?

Alex Schechter
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A new podcast featuring conversations with queer writers about their artistic journeys.

  1. OCT 5

    Write The Book You Want To Write with Aiden Arata

    This week, first-time author Aiden Arata shares some thoughts on trusting your vision, artifice in the 2010s, and what it even means to write about "the internet."  Be sure to check out Aiden's new book, You Have a New Memory. Thanks for listening, and remember to subscribe!

    47 min

  2. SEP 21

    Friendship with Alejandro Heredia

    Novelist Alejandro Heredia kicks off the new season with a delightful and deep conversation about destroying the self, late-night prowls, and the necessity of friendship. You can find Alejandro's novel, Loca, here. If you like what you hear, please subscribe!

    45 min

  3. 06/16/2024

    When Words Fail with Alex Schechter & Billy Lezra

    On the season finale, we're flipping the script! Host Alex Schechter reads his new story, "Novice," and then gets interviewed by Billy Lezra, a California-based author and returning guest on the show.  Check out Rough Cut Press, the queer digital arts journal co-founded by Billy; and read their new essay in Electric Literature. Theme music by Nesasio.  Transition music by onderwish. If you like what you hear, please subscribe!

    1 hr

  4. 06/05/2024

    Dare to Write with Éric Morales-Franceschini

    Puerto Rican-American poet Éric Morales-Franceschini joins me this week to talk displacement, challenging myths of the "homeland," and writing poetry on a dare.  Buy his award-winning collection Syndrome here! Theme music by Nesasio Transition music by StrangerEight Thank you for listening, and remember to subscribe!

    1h 2m

  5. 05/20/2024

    Lost & Found with C.D. Rose

    On this week's episode, British author C.D. Rose and I discuss travel, found photographs, short stories as jeweled devices, and finding a muse in German Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin.  C.D. Rose's newest collection of short stories, Walter Benjamin Stares At the Sea, is available here.  Thank you for listening, and please remember to subscribe!

    53 min

  6. 05/07/2024

    Creating Family with Stephen Van Dyke

    LA-based author Stephen Van Dyke pops in this week to chat about being a Huell Howser-type, growing up in Albuquerque, NM, and his upcoming public art project: "Rim of the World Road Concert." Support the project's Kickstarter, and buy Stephen's book.  Thank you for listening, and please remember to subscribe!

    1h 2m

  7. 04/22/2024

    A Voice Amplified with Joey De Jesus

    This week I catch up with New York-based poet Joey De Jesus about ookie-spooky dreams, his non-traditional poetry collection Hoax, and that time he ran for NY State Assembly.  Find Joey's Instagram here.  Thanks for listening, and please remember to subscribe!

    1h 8m

  8. 04/07/2024

    Inherited Knowledge with Carson Faust

    Two-spirit writer Carson Faust joins me this week to talk grandmothers, the supernatural, and our mutual love for Fiona Apple. His story, 'Eulogy for a Brother, Resurrected,' is published in the new all-Indigenous anthology Never Whistle At Night. Buy it here.  Thank you for listening, and please remember to subscribe!

    53 min
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