Episodes

  • Erin O’Luanaigh Interview - 1 - Week Critique - 0033
    Sep 21 2022
    Adam al-Sirgany interviews Erin O’Luanaigh about developing her ekphrastic poem “The Swing” shaped by a painting of Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Interview conducted on 12/17/2021. The Interview Series is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs, support our work, and view Erin’s poems, first and final, visiting https://www.1weekcritique.com. For more information on Erin’s work, please see her website: https://www.erinoluanaigh.com Her Twitter at @erinowhat Or find her podcast (sub)Text at https://subtextpodcast.com NB: Across the Interview Series, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you. All rights to the work remain with the author.
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    46 mins
  • StoryTalk - Ep 00033 - New Pocahontas By Jonathan Blum
    Sep 21 2022
    In this episode, Ingrid Wenzler, Matthew K. Schmidt, and Adam al-Sirgany discuss “New Pocahontas” from Jonathan Blum’s 2019 collection The Usual Uncertainties (Rescue Press). StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting https://www.1weekcritique.com. NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • StoryTalk - Ep 00029 - The Golden Bird By The Brothers Grimm
    Jul 9 2022
    In this episode, Adam al-Sirgany, Matthew K. Schmidt, and Ingrid Wenzler, discuss The Brothers Grimm’s version of “The Golden Bird” from their 1812 anthology Children’s and Household Tales (trans. Edgar Taylor And Marian Edwardes, 1905). StoryTalk is a production of the Iowa-based arts and education nonprofit 1-Week Critique (1WC), which provides pedagogical resources and editorial support to students and teachers of the literary arts. You can learn more about our programs or support our work by visiting https://www.1weekcritique.com. NB: Across StoryTalk, we occasionally discuss difficult issues of many kinds. While we believe that literature is one of the appropriate venues in which to speak to material that can be disturbing, we recognize not all individuals are best served by engaging all matters directly. We hope you'll view as it's right for you.
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    1 hr and 6 mins