Arts Calling
Arts Calling brings you down to earth conversations with artists in the literary, visual, and performing arts. Your host Jaime Alejandro catches up with friends and artists across disciplines and cultural backgrounds to learn their origin story, how to overcome real-world hardships, and why it is essential to remain true to an artistic calling. Stop by artscalling.com for the latest episodes!
Episodes
Read Anne's essay at Howlround: https://howlround.com/senses-are-present-boycotts-endurance-art-series and her latest at Coalitionist: https://coalitionist.substack.com/p/anne-mason-the-catasterism!
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling writer and theater artist Anne Mason! (www.acmcreativeconsulting.com)
About our guest:
To be more precise, Anne is a life writer, theatre artist, and creative consultant who is passio...
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling Scott Macklin, of the musical collective Now Defunkt! (www.nowdefunkt.com)
About our guest:
Scott Macklin is a highly accomplished and innovative leader in higher education with extensive experience developing and implementing transformative programs and strategies. His work focuses on developing narrative-based learning systems and comprehensive strategies to improve education and ...
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling author A.M. Sosa! (amsosa.net)
About our guest:
A. M. Sosa (they/them) is a queer Mexican-American writer from Stockton, CA, and a graduate of UC Irvine's MFA Programs in Writing where they were awarded the 2022 Henfield Prize. They have received support from Tin House, Community of Writers, and the Carolyn Moore Writing Residency. Their debut novel, And I'll Take Out Your Eyes, is ...
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling humorist, poet, and essayist Kurt Luchs! (kurtluchs.com)
About our guest:
Kurt Luchs was born in Cheektowaga, New York, grew up in Wheaton, Illinois, and has lived and worked all over the United States, mostly in publishing and media. Currently he’s based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His first poetry publication came at age sixteen in the long-gone journal Epos, right next to a poem by B...
Weekly shoutout: A new essay on HowlRound by theatermaker and friend of the show, Anne Mason!
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling author Monica Macansantos! (monicamacansantos.com)
About our guest: Monica Macansantos is a Filipino writer from Baguio, and is currently a Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellow with the Carson McCullers Center in Columbus, Georgia. She is the author of the essay collection, Returning to My ...
Weekly shoutout: Check out my friends at FunUsual Suspects!
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling singer songwriter Josh Jensen! (https://linktr.ee/joshjensenmusic)
About our guest: Josh Jensen is a singer songwriter based in Seattle that once graced the Bellingham musio stages with his band Sweet Beets. Josh’s honeyed vocals and fingerstyle guitar accompany a wide range of what he dubs as PNW Americana stylin...
Weekly shoutout: Ghostlit, poems by Theodora Ziolkowski, now available!
Hi there, Today I am delighted to be arts calling literary agent and author Jessica Berg! (https://www.rosecliffliterary.com)
About our guest: Jessica Berg is a literary agent, author, and the founder of Rosecliff Literary, where she champions bold, emotionally resonant fiction with unforgettable characters, strong stakes, and a sense of urgency. She i...
Weekly shoutout: Check out Lynchpins, our ongoing David Lynch tribute series!
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling Camille U. Adams once again! (https://www.camilleuadams.com/)
About our guest: CAMILLE U. ADAMS, Ph.D. was born and raised in beautiful Trinidad and Tobago. She is the author of the explosive memoir How To Be Unmothered: a Trinidadian memoir, finalist in the Restless Books Prize in New...
Weekly shoutout: Check out Lynchpins at the coalition, our ongoing David Lynch tribute series!
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling novelist Nancy Kricorian! (https://nancykricorian.net)
About our guest:
Nancy Kricorian, who was born and raised in the Armenian community of Watertown, Massachusetts, is the author of four novels about post-genocide Armenian diaspora experience, including Zabelle, which was translated ...
Weekly shoutout: coalitionworks issue 10 is now live!
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling writer, actor, and producer Sandra Cruze! (sandracruze.com)
About our guest:
Sandra Cruze was steeled in the uprisings of the 60’s and 70’s, and underground art world of DTLA, where she sang in punk bands, reggae bands and performed in street theater. She believes the "PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD" and picked hers ...
Weekly shoutout: Christopher Soriano-Palma (AC23) releases a new poetry collection!
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We're back! Today I am delighted to be arts calling musician/producer Mo Milan! (momilan.com)
About our guest:
Mo Milan is a Las Vegas-based composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, crafting music under two distinct monikers: Cocoa Pastel and Mo Milan.
As Cocoa Pastel, she delivers vibrant, synth-driven pop infused with dark wave ...
Weekly shoutout: Read Issue 5 of Engine(Idling Lit!
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We're back! Today I am delighted to be arts calling playwright/producer Anna Capunay! (annacapunay.com)
About our guest:
Anna Capunay is a Queens, NY native. Her plays include: A Cat’s Tale (Roy Arias Stages), and Cowl Girl (The Players Theatre). These works were adapted for the screen -- A Cat’s Tale winning Best Director for Comedy and Best Ensemble Cast for Comedy ...
Weekly shoutout: Read the latest literary releases from Punk Noir Magazine!
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We're back! Today I am delighted to be arts calling author Theodora Ziolkowski! (www.theodoraziolkowski.com)
ABOUT OUR GUEST: THEODORA ZIOLKOWSKI is the author of the novella, On the Rocks (2018 & 2020, The University Press of SHSU/Texas Review Press) and the short story chapbook, Mother Tongues (2016 & 2018, The Cupboard). On the Rocks...
Weekly shoutout: Subscribe to Flash Perspectives from author Tommy Dean!
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We're back! Today I am delighted to be arts calling writer/performer Jen Ponton! (jenponton.com)
About our guest:
JEN PONTON (writer/performer SUGARCOATED) returns triumphantly to the New York stage with Sugarcoated, her autobiographical solo show, in its New York premiere. Last seen off-Broadway in Halley Feiffer’s How To Make Friends and then Ki...
Weekly shoutout: New classes and projects from friend of the show, playwright Sarah Congress!
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We're back! Today I am delighted to be arts calling author Em J Parsley! (emjparsley.com)
About our guest: Em J Parsley (they/he) is a fiction writer, poet, educator, and environmentalist who received their MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso and makes their home in rural Kentucky with their beautif...
Weekly shoutout: Visit Coalitionist, a new literary project at the coalition!
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We're back! Today I am delighted to be arts calling acclaimed poet Kim Dower! kimdowerpoetry.com
About our guest:
Kim (Freilich) Dower (City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood from October 2016 – October 2018) has published five highly acclaimed collections of poetry all from Red Hen Press.
Her most recent book, the bestselling, I WORE THIS DRES...
Weekly shoutout: Check out new indie artists over at Washingtones Records!
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling indie folk singer-songwriter Hannah Wyatt! (linktr.ee/hannahwyatt)
About our guest: hannah wyatt is an emerging indie folk singer-songwriter. her melancholic sound has blossomed over the years with influence from a score of artists the likes of keaton henson, joe purdy, the civil wars, gregory alan isakov,...
Weekly shoutout: Be sure to check out books by Vine Leaves Press!
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling author, yogi, and writing teacher Jennifer Lang! (israelwriterstudio.com/about)
About our guest: Born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jennifer Lang lives in Tel Aviv, where she runs Israel Writers Studio. Her prize-winning essays appear in Baltimore Review, Under the Sun, Midway Journal, and elsewhere. She holds an ...
*Content Warning: Strong language of a sexual nature a few times. Just a heads up.
Weekly shoutout: The Originals Bureau Season 3, now available: Outstanding original scripts!
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Today I am delighted to be arts calling poet and educator Charles K. Carter! ckcpoetry.com
ABOUT OUR GUEST: Charles K. Carter (they/he) is a queer poet and educator from Iowa who currently lives in Oregon. They share their home with their artist ...
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Today, I am delighted to share this conversation with the exceptional creative team behind Welcome to the Big Dipper, a new musical!
The York Theatre Company Presents WELCOME TO THE BIG DIPPER Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Roberts Book by Catherine Filloux and John Daggett Additional Lyrics by John Daggett
Inspired by the Play “All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go” by Catherine Filloux
DIRECTED BY DEMONE SERAPHIN
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