The ARTWIFE Book Club Podcast
1) CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT: Jaina Cipriano
Welcome to the CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT series on The ARTWIFE Book Club podcast! Every other month, we'll be interviewing an artist whose work we've published in the magazine. Join us as we get to know o...Show More
2) THE COIN by Yasmin Zaher (And What It Can Teach Us About Artistic Values)
We're starting 2025 with one of the best books we've read in awhile: The Coin by Yasmin Zaher. After a quick zip through the (bananas, unhinged, incredible) plot, we use the lens of this book to talk ...Show More
3) End-of-Year Reflections + Favorite Books This Year
In this short lil snack of an episode, we process some heavy shit and talk through the unique mixture of bleakness and hope stretching out ahead of us. Then Hannah runs down a list of her top 5 books ...Show More
4) CHALLENGERS
It's our first-ever movie night on the pod! We're looking at Challengers, a perfect film about three self-loathing, deeply unwell people visiting psychosexual drama upon each other repeatedly for more...Show More
5) A STAR IS BORN: Storytelling, Astrology, and Barbra Streisand with Wonder Bright
This month, we're taking a field trip! Join us as we depart from our usual fare of writing & writers and romp instead into the realm of performance, performers, and the life of the artist. We're joine...Show More
A STAR IS BORN: Storytelling, Astrology, and Barbra Streisand with Wonder Bright
1:01:30 | Oct 1st, 2024
6) NOTHING TO SEE HERE: 3 Signs Your Work Might Lack Depth
This month we're back with another SHORTS episode...and we're doing things a little differently this time! Rather than look at the craft of an individual piece of work, we're turning our attention to ...Show More
7) CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN by Sayaka Murata
The hero's journey...reimagined! We're celebrating 1 year of The ARTWIFE Book Club with Sayaka Murata's novel about a protagonist who passes through all the stages of the traditional hero's journey—a ...Show More
8) SHORTS: MY BOY ONLY BREAKS HIS FAVORITE TOYS by Taylor Swift
Studying the craft of writing with the help of lyrics from Taylor Swift? Don't threaten us with a good time! This month, we do a close reading of the lyrics from the song My Boy Only Breaks His Favori...Show More
9) The ARTWIFE Interview: THIEVES with Valerie Werder
We read it, we loved it, and now we get to obsess over it...with the author! The book is Thieves, the writer is Valerie Werder, and Valerie herself joins us on this episode to talk about the creation ...Show More
10) SHORTS: VINSON CUNNINGHAM IS A RITUALISTIC EATER by Vinson Cunningham
ARTWIFE is back from spring break with a close look at Vinson Cunningham Is a Ritualistic Eater, a sublime essay published in Grub Street (read it here: https://www.grubstreet.com/article/vinson-cunni...Show More