situation / story Podcast
1) LIGHTNING FLOWERS w/Katherine E. Standefer
Katherine Standefer is the author of Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life (Little, Brown Spark 2020), which was a Finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction, select...Show More
2) UPDATE - Important Changes
thank you for listening to situation / story. this post is public, so feel free to share it!The project continues to evolve. Tune in to this short episode for a grasp on how things are changing and ho...Show More
3) DEFENESTRATE w/Renée Branum
Renée Branum’s stories and essays have appeared in several publications including The Georgia Review, Narrative Magazine, The Gettysburg Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Lit Hub. Her story “As the...Show More
4) A FACE FOR PICASSO w/Ariel Henley
I am ugly. There's a mathematical equation to prove it.At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome -- a rare condition where the bones in the he...Show More
5) BAD TOURIST w/Suzanne Roberts
Suzanne Roberts is a travel writer, memoirist, and poet. Her books include the 2012 National Outdoor Book Award-winning Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail (Bison Books, 2012), ...Show More
6) MADE IN CHINA w/Anna Qu
Anna Qu is a Chinese American writer. She writes personal essays on identity and growing up in New York as an immigrant. Her work has appeared in Poets & Writers, Lithub, Threepenny Review, Lumina, Ka...Show More
7) GOING SHORT w/Nancy Stohlman
Flash fiction, slashing word counts, and obliterating genre, oh my!Nancy Stohlman’s latest book, Going Short: An Invitation to Flash Fiction, was a 2021 Reader Views Gold Award winner, a Next Generati...Show More
8) BLACKTOP WASTELAND w/S.A. Cosby
When I started reading BLACKTOP WASTELAND in August, on recommendation from a friend, I don't think I realized quite how much S.A. Cosby would reveal about the contradictions and complexities of rural...Show More
9) DON'T GO CRAZY WITHOUT ME w/Deborah A. Lott
About the Book:Deborah A. Lott grew up in a Los Angeles suburb in the 1950s, under the sway of her outrageously eccentric father. A lay rabbi who enjoyed dressing up like Little Lord Fauntleroy, he ta...Show More
10) TOMBOYLAND w/Melissa Faliveno
About the Book:In this intrepid debut essay collection, Melissa Faliveno traverses the liminal spaces of her childhood in working-class Wisconsin and the paths she’s traveled since, compelled by quest...Show More