t4t

t4t

t4t is a podcast about writing while trans. Hosted by Hazel Jane Plante.

Episodes

November 28, 2022 24 mins

I mentioned a few of my other projects, including the following: 

  • my next novel, Any Other City, coming out with Arsenal Pulp Press in April 2023
  • my newsletter, Whatever Happened to Hazel Jane?
  • my band, Certain Women
  • The episode transcript can be found here.

    The podcast theme song is "Tall Girl" by Wares from the album Survival, which you can (and probably should) get via Bandcamp. (This song appears courtesy of Wares and Mint R...

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    I talk to Ryka Aoki about everything from Béla Bartók and Dolly Parton to writing works with the underlying message of "I love you." 

    Books by Ryka Aoki: 

  • Light From Uncommon Stars
  • He Mele a Hilo
  • Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul
  • Seasonal Velocities 
  • Some of the works/people/etc. mentioned in this episode:

  •  Rykaworld (her newsletter) 
  • Béla Bartók
  • Pass with Care by Cooper Lee Bombardier
  • Yoko Ono
  • Dolly Parton 
  • The episode transc...

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    October 26, 2022 74 mins

    I talk with Jeanne Thornton about everything from the history of recorded music to writing as a form of magic.

    Some of Jeanne's work:

  • Summer Fun
  • The Black Emerald: Novellas & Stories 
  • The Dream of Doctor Bantam
  • Some of the works/people/etc. mentioned in this episode: 

  • The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson (ofc)
  • I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir by Brian Wilson (with Ben Greenman)
  • Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music by ...
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    October 25, 2022 80 mins

    I talk with Megan Milks about everything from what it was like to publish four books in 2021 (!?!) to writing about pop culture, queerness, bodies and shame. 

    The four books Megan Milks published in 2021: 

  • Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body
  • Slug and Other Stories
  • Tori Amos Bootleg Webring (Remember the Internet #2)
  • We Are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers (co-edited with Marisa Crawford)
  • Some of th...

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    October 24, 2022 61 mins

    I talk with Kai Cheng Thom about everything from writing for children and her perennial influences to how her creative work intersects with her embodiment and loving justice work.

    Works by Kai Cheng Thom that are mentioned: 

  • Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir
  • I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes at the End of the World
  • A Place Called No Homeland
  • From the Stars in the Sky to the ...
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    January 12, 2022 83 mins

    I talk with Cassia Hardy about writing songs and playing with her band Wares. 

    You can find Wares (and get their music) via Bandcamp

    We mention plenty of musicians during our conversation, including the following: 

  • Cocteau Twins
  • My Bloody Valentine
  • Feist
  • New Pornographers
  • Broken Social Scene
  • Vagabon
  • Mitski
  • Waxahatchee
  • Metallica
  • Arthur Russell
  • Joan Armatrading
  • Yoko Ono
  • Courtney Barnett
  • Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet
  • Electrelane's Th...
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    December 2, 2021 136 mins

    I talk with Morgan M Page about everything from creative collaborations and her trans history podcast One From the Vaults to writing mtf4ftm noir-influenced fiction and the desire to have writer/filmmaker Virginie Despentes spit in your face.

    Links and works related to Morgan M Page that are mentioned or relevant to the conversation: 

  • her website 
  • her Twitter
  • her Instagram
  • One from the Vaults, particularly the Valentine's Day episod...
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    July 8, 2021 86 mins

    I talk with artist/cartoonist/writer Bishakh Som about everything from goth as gender to how she created two wildly different books that came out around the same time: Apsara Engine and Spellbound. You should follow her on Instagram, where she often posts stunning for-sale work. 

    The episode transcript will be uploaded in the not-too-distant future. (Sorry!)

    The podcast theme song is "Tall Girl" by Wares from the album Surviv...

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    May 26, 2021 94 mins

    I talk with Torrey Peters about everything from writing about shame and bodies to Hemingway and commas.  

    Works by Torrey that we discuss: 

  • Detransition, Baby
  • Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones
  • The Masker
  • Some of the works/writers/etc. mentioned in this episode: 

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder's essay “Six Films by Douglas Sirk" (New Left Review, no. 91, May/June 1975)
  • Topside Press
  • Karl Ove Knausgård
  • T Fleischmann’s Time is the Thing a B...
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    May 12, 2021 113 mins

    I talk with McKenzie Wark about a range of topics, including writing, editing (her superpower), glimpsing yourself in works by other writers, and writing about sex. 

    Books by McKenzie that we discuss:  

  • I'm Very into You: Correspondence 1995–1996 [with Kathy Acker] (2015)
  • Reverse Cowgirl (2020)
  • Philosophy for Spiders: On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker (forthcoming, Sept 2021)
  • Articles written by McKenzie that are mentioned:  

  • Girls Li...
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    April 13, 2021 60 mins

    I talk with Vivek Shraya about her writing process and her writing, including How to Fail as a Popstar and The Subtweet

    The episode transcript is available right here.

    Photo of Vivek Shraya by Heather Saitz, 

    The podcast theme song is "Tall Girl" by Wares from the album Survival, which you can (and probably should) get via Bandcamp. (This song appears courtesy of Wares and Mint Records.)

    Our logo was designed by Rojina Farrok...

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    March 26, 2021 102 mins

    I talk with Kama La Mackerel about their debut poetry collection ZOM-FAM and a slew of other topics, including femme armour, shame, and intuition. 

    The episode transcript is available right here

    Photo of Kama La Mackerel by Laurence Philomene.

    The podcast theme song is "Tall Girl" by Wares from the album Survival, which you can (and probably should) get via Bandcamp. (This song appears courtesy of Wares and Mint Records.)

    Our...

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    For this Valentine's Day episode about the messiness of love, John Elizabeth Stintzi reads “The Night After Flights of Cider” from their book Junebat (Anansi, 2020). 

    The podcast theme song is "Tall Girl" by Wares from the album Survival, which you can (and probably should) get via Bandcamp. (This song appears courtesy of Wares and Mint Records.)

    Our logo was designed by Rojina Farrokhnejad at HandMadeDesign

    t4t is recor...

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    February 1, 2021 97 mins

    I talk with Casey Plett about writing and some of the things she's written, including her debut novel Little Fish and her collection of stories A Safe Girl to Love

    Episode transcript is available right here. The transcript also includes a list of links to things that we both mention in this episode (articles, interviews, events, etc.). 

    The podcast theme song is "Tall Girl" by Wares from the album Survival, which you ca...

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    January 25, 2021 15 mins

    Welcome to t4t. In this brief episode, I explain what I mean by the phrase "writing while trans," who I am, and what to expect from this podcast. 

    Episode transcript is available right here

    The podcast theme song is "Tall Girl" by Wares from the album Survival, which you can (and probably should) get via Bandcamp. (This song appears courtesy of Wares and Mint Records.)

    Our logo was designed by Rojina Farrokhnejad at ...

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