Slow Stories Podcast
1) Maggie Smith — "You're a human before you're an artist."
What ingredients are necessary to write? Where does a story begin and end? Why is the blank page both endlessly exciting and daunting? For renowned poet, memoirist, and educator Maggie Smith, these qu...Show More
2) Pico Iyer — "Words are only as rich as the silence that underlies them."
What moves you—and where? Who are you when everything else falls away? What can you find in stillness? Renowned travel writer and speaker Pico Iyer has pursued these questions throughout his storied c...Show More
3) Caleb Femi — "Poetry never leaves you."
Think about the last time you felt connected to night: the moon’s luminous glow, the rhythms of a house party, the pulsing of the music, the heartbeat of a community. Caleb Femi’s modern epic, The Wic...Show More
4) Gloria Noto — "Awareness is a reflection."
What is the role of beauty in this day and age? For some, it’s an aesthetic pursuit; for others, it’s simply a state of mind. If we’re talking about the global, multibillion-dollar industry, it’s some...Show More
5) Ayşegül Savaş — "We're always in the midst of it."
What makes a day? Is it the routine of brewing morning coffee or walking through the neighborhood? Is it more meaningful if it's spent in the company of others? And if we do find ourselves alone, what...Show More
6) Lauren Elkin — "To me, it's all interesting."
What does it mean to be faithful? This question is central to Lauren Elkin's debut novel, Scaffolding, which follows the trials and tribulations of two couples across time and space, occupying the sam...Show More
7) Rachel Schwartzmann — "Was it a beginning, or had the story been writing itself all along?"
A note from Slow Stories' own Rachel Schwartzmann regarding her new book, SLOWING!— Order SLOWING: https://lnk.to/Slowing/ Subscribe to Slow Stories on Substack: https://slowstories.substack.com/ Re...Show More
8) Amy Lin — "Grief is a problem of narrative."
What does it mean to grieve? What does it look and feel like? Why is it still so hard for us to understand? These are just a few questions Amy Lin tackles in her astounding memoir Here After. In a ser...Show More
9) Claudia Dey and Heidi Sopinka — "We're very conscious of that aliveness in our relationship."
Shared vision is at the heart of every great partnership—but a good sense of humor helps, too. Claudia Dey and Heidi Sopinka understand this sentiment. While their longtime friendship has been filled ...Show More
10) Victoria Chang — "It takes a lot of energy to be slow."
"Point of view has a terrible memory. I've looked at photos scrolling up and over, zooming in and out, and realize it is not love I want, just the ability to zoom back out. A woman loses herself when ...Show More