Writers Read Their Early Sh*t
by Jason Emde
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S5/E9 - Laurie D. Graham is twiddling her thumbo
S5/E9 - Laurie D. Graham is twiddling her thumbo
About this podcast
The podcast where authors and artists share the lopsided pleasures of their predeveloped, over-early, unripe work.
Episodes
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- S5/E9 - Laurie D. Graham is twiddling her thumbo · 1 h 12 min · Season 5 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail A delightful, wide-ranging chat with the delightful Laurie D. Graham. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, & rush out to buy her latest book, Calling It Back To…
- S5/E8 - Wang Ping & wind crossing grasses · 1 h 2 min · Season 5 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail Jason is joined by writer Wang Ping for a wide-ranging interface about the infinite potential of the body, what makes Gary Snyder a true master, doing the work…
- S5/E7 - Gary Barwin: babysitting money & an evil cow · 1 h 24 min · Season 5 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Sorry for the delay, folks—been busy with the washing & the cleaning & that—but here at last is my free-ranging chat with Gary Barwin, roaming from how one ends…
- S5/E6 - Jaclyn Desforges has lonely feet · 48 min · Season 5 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes Jaclyn Desforges for a convivial interface about letting the robots do all the stuff, writing about coconut oil, Clarice Lispector, lonely feet…
- S5/E5 - Christine Fischer Guy & the lion with diamond teeth · 1 h 2 min · Season 5 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes Christine Fischer Guy for an amiable gab about ordering beers around the world, Glenn Gould, Danielle Steele, rising to touch the universal…
- S5/E4 - Tom Wayman expands your life · 1 h 6 min · Season 5 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes his university poetry prof & the squire of Appledore Tom Wayman for a jabberwocky about the ego needed for writing, Leonard Cohen, Robert Bly…
- S5/E3 - Guy Elston fulfils the nation's crisp & wistful quotas · 59 min · Season 5 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail Can you handle THIS bandwidth? Jason welcomes the boundlessly rejuvenate Guy Elston for a confab about waitresses climbing in your mouth, mom & pop landlords…
- S5/E2 - Beka Shane Denter blooms where she is · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes globetrotting writer Beka Shane Denter for a gabfest about the charms of Copenhagen and Tokyo, the glory of old Rolling Stones magazines, how…
- S5/E1 - Jason Emde is a Birthday Dog · 25 min · Season 5 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail Jason eases you into season five with some rubbish teenage poetry. Just what you wanted! Join the early shit chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast & on…
- S4/E9 - Ayelet Tsabari scribbles at the end of the world · 56 min · Season 4 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes writer Ayelet Tsabari for a chinwag about needing the beach, apples revolving in space, the jaw-dropping beauty of Vancouver, surfing between…
- S4/E8 - Andrew Whiteman's glittering surface · 1 h 13 min · Season 4 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes writer & rock star Andrew Whiteman (of Broken Social Scene, Apostle of Hustle, & Bourbon Tabernacle Choir fame) for a wide-ranging interface about…
- S4/E7 - Caroline Topperman's roots cast a shadow · 57 min · Season 4 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes writer & traveler Caroline Topperman for a ramble-chat about Poland, Paris, having a lot of houses in your brain, the glory of Judy Blume, high…
- S4/E6 - Kelly Watt: little stories & little wars · 57 min · Season 4 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes pilgrim & author Kelly Watt for a ramble about the secret intelligence of chickens, the power of pilgrimage, fighting the enemy Rick, learning…
- S4/E5 - Lee Shedden will write foot powder jingles for money · 1 h 13 min · Season 4 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes hunky singer-songwriter Lee Shedden for a vast ramble about getting drunk in Calgary, how books are bullshit, Martin Amis, listening to KISS on…
- S4/E4 - Jason Emde's massive slab of life · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes himself for a reading of an Okanagan University College-era essay, circa 1994, on Lawrence Sterne's 'Tristram Shandy.' Should he have been allowed…
- S4/E3 - Iain Maloney isn't the only gaijin on the podcast · 56 min · Season 4 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail All differences are sorted & congratulations exchanged as Jason is joined by author & rocker & colleague Iain Maloney for an interface about Iain's…
- S4/E2 - Jacke Wilson and His Little Brain · 1 h 9 min · Season 4 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail Little Brain or Great Brain? Choose your own adventure! Jason welcomes writer & host of The History of Literature podcast Jacke Wilson for a jaw about getting…
- S4/E1 - Tonight will be fine with Susan Wadds · 54 min · Season 4 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail Welcome to WRTES Season 4, in all the alleys & under all the streetlamps, & join Jason and author Susan Wadds for a salubrious & contagious confab about sacred…
- S3/E15 - A one-way ticket to Saturn with DJ Max in Tokyo · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 15Send us Fan Mail Jason welcomes back DJ Max in Tokyo for the spectacular Season Three finale: negative influences, funky but not too funky drumbeats, Gifu vs Tokyo, Max's lurid…
- S3/E14 - Jason & Tom are literary sex-beasts · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 14Send us Fan Mail The tables are comprehensively turned as Jason reads some of his early, Lawrence Durrell-infused early prose to Tom. Will Tom denounce it for the pretentious…
