Nik Korpon reads excerpts from his novel, Stay God, at Leela European Café, Denver CO, 4/9/10
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A single feed containing Caleb J. Ross podcasts including Important Question, The Velvet Podcast, and The World’s First Author Podcast as well as a collection of live readings by Caleb J. Ross and his writing contemporaries.
Gordon Highland (Major Inversions) reads an excerpt from his in-progress novel, Flashover, at Leela European Café, Denver CO, 4/9/10
Caleb J Ross reads a non-fiction piece called “The Author Who Gets Free Drinks: A (Hopefully) True Story,” at Leela European Café, Denver CO, 4/9/10
Richard Thomas reads excerpts from his novel, Transubstantiate, at Leela European Café, Denver CO, 4/9/10
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This is a very special episode of The Velvet Podcast. Caleb J Ross interviews author Brian Evenson about his upcoming AWP Conference panel, Crime, Horror, Sci‐Fi, and Fantasy… Seriously. Extract below:
(Anthony Smith, Brian Evenson, Stephen Graham Jones, Tod Goldberg, Mark Smith, Seth Harwood) Six writers of genre fiction who also teach and/or have graduated from university creative writing programs discuss how they approach genre fiction as a serious literary pursuit rather than as a lesser form of fiction. In addition, they discuss attitudes towards genre fiction in the university and how those attitudes have changed over the years.Though this podcast doesn’t deal directly with The Velvet community, Evenson is a highly respected author around those parts, and there is a plug or two about The Velvet Podcast. I want to personally thank Mr. Brian Evenson for taking time out of his day to chat with me. He has made this fanboy quite happy.
Why the disparity between genre fiction and literary fiction? Why are these two modes so often thought of as mutually exclusive? Though genre fiction (the big ones: mystery, sci-fi, horror) are taught at the university level, there is a palatable disinterest among much of academia. In this episode, four The Velvet members discuss these questions and more.
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Originally posted 3/14/2010
Online writing communities can seem, to outsiders, as a self-felicitating, collection of self-proclaimed capital-W “Writers,” appearing more cliquish than communal. To insiders, the writing community is a necessity. In this episode, three The Velvet members who have been on both the inside and the outside discuss the benefits and unfortunate hindrances of the writing community.