In this episode, we get to know Lucy K. Shaw, founder of Shabby Doll House. We talk about how she has been able to use the internet to help her find her voice and her community and to build a magazine from the ground up. We had a really great time with Lucy and hope you will, too.
This episode finds us hangin’ and rappin’ with the wonderful Erika Anderson, curator of the Renegade Writers reading series in Crown Heights. We talked about all sorts of madness, including Erika’s experience after publishing a very personal essay in The New York Times. Dig her. We sure do.
Our first out of town guest! Eric and I got to hang out with the infamous Jim Ruland while he was in town for Book Expo America. Jim has been running his reading series Vermin on the Mount for ten years in Los Angeles and San Diego. He co-wrote the book Giving the Finger with Scott Campbell Jr., of Deadliest Catch fame, and also has a novel–Forest of Fortune–forthcoming from Tyrus Books. Jim was a rad guest and we talked […]
If you don’t know Teebs, you’re about to. Eric and I sat down with one of the hardest working and most genuinely love-filled poets in America, who just so happens to live in Bushwick, Tommy Pico. We cover a ton of ground in this episode–from Tommy’s early years on a reservation to his arrival in NYC and the beginnings of his growth as a human being and as a writer. We really hope you enjoy this as much as we […]
This episode was something Eric and I have wanted to do since we had the idea for the show. At this point, everyone in New York City know about the Franklin Park Reading Series and we wanted to spend some time with the mother of the series, and let everyone get to know Penina Roth. Penina is lovely and kind and engaging and she loves what she does [and she does A LOT]. This episode was recorded on Mother’s Day, […]
This episode, we sat down with Natalie Eilbert and Dolan Morgan from The Atlas Review. We covered a lot in the conversation—the origins and future of their magazine, blind submissions, the kind of work they’re looking for, Dolan’s hair, Natalie’s forthcoming work, and Dolan indulged us and took the first shot at a new part of the show Eric really wanted to see happen—and we really hope you have as much fun listening to it as we obviously had participating […]
Editor’s note: Today marks the debut of a new and regular feature here at Vol.1 Brooklyn. Almost Live at Mellow Pages finds Sean H. Doyle and Eric Nelson interviewing people throughout the New York literary scene. This interview was conducted a few weeks ago, hence the reference to a benefit that has since taken place. Here’s what Sean and Eric had to say about the first episode: For our podcast debut, we sat down with the proprietors of Mellow Pages […]