Gulf Coast Podcast
1) Yasmin Zaher
Yasmin Zaher joins Vanessa Golenia to discuss her debut novel, THE COIN. Their conversation touches on what it means to write intuitively without outlines or plans or even a structure in mind, about l...Show More
2) Flora Chan
Designer Flora Chan joins poetry editor, Marshall Woodward, to discuss what makes a "good" book cover, how authors can have a stronger voice in the design process, and what design can do (if anything)...Show More
3) Nick Flynn
Nick Flynn joins co-hosts Vanessa Golenia and Maha Ahmed to discuss his latest collection of poetry, LOW. In this episode, we discuss finding poetic inspiration at church, near-death experiences, and ...Show More
4) Cate Pasquarelli
We invited Cate Pasquarelli to discuss her recent project, The Museum of Embellished History—an art installation that presents a “museum show” about the fictional events of New Bantam, Connecticut. In...Show More
5) Connor Towne O'Neill
Connor Towne O’Neill is the producer of White Lies — the NPR podcast documentary which became a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for its work reinvestigating the unsolved murder of civil rights activist, Rev. ...Show More
6) Kelly Link
Fiction Editor, Madeleine Gaudin, is joined by Pulitzer Prize finalist, Kelly Link, to discuss her recent collection, White Cat, Black Dog, in addition to her forthcoming debut novel, The Book of Love...Show More
7) Levi Vonk and Axel Kirschner
Levi Vonk and Axel Kirschner join Vanessa Golenia to discuss Border Hacker, a work of narrative nonfiction that tells the story of their friendship and how they met on a migrant caravan in 2015. In th...Show More
8) Joe Hall
Joe Hall joins Ryan Bollenbach to discuss Joe's new book Fugue and Strike. In this episode, Joe and Ryan discuss the inextricable relationship between climate change and capitalism, the fugue state of...Show More
9) Sabrina Orah Mark
Sabrina Orah Mark joins Ryan Bollenbach and Vanessa Golenia to discuss her new memoir, Happily: A Personal History-with Fairytales. In this episode, the award-winning fiction writer and poet discusses...Show More
10) Peter Turchi
Peter Turchi joins Vanessa Golenia to discuss his new book, (Don't) Stop Me If You've Heard This Before, essays on the craft of fiction writing. In this episode, Turchi discusses what writers can lear...Show More