C.P. Heiser and Olivia Taylor Smith


C.P. Heiser is the Publisher of Unnamed Press and Executive Director of its sister nonprofit Phoneme Media. Olivia Taylor Smith is the Executive Editor and Director of Publicity and Marketing. Producer: Jon-Barrett IngelsManager: Sarah BeckerHost: Jon-Barrett IngelsGuests: C.P. Heiser and...

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Kate Gale


Kate Gale is Managing Editor of Red Hen Press; Editor of the Los Angeles Review; President of the American Composers Forum, LA; faculty member in the Low Residency MFA program at the University of Nebraska in Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction; and author of...

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Jonathan Lethem


Jonathan Lethem is the author of novels Motherless Brooklyn (Vintage) and Fortress of Solitude (Vintage), novellas This Shape We're In (McSweeney's), short story collections such as Lucky Alan and Other Stories (Doubleday), and nonfiction books They Live (Softskull Press) and...

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The Elements of Genre


As part of the Summer Writing Project, an annual collaboration between Black Hill Press, JukePop, and 1888 that advocates writing and supports reading, we present a panel to discuss The Elements of Genre.Why is genre important?  This panel dissects the art of genre from Mystery...

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Why I Publish


As part of the Summer Writing Project, an annual collaboration between Black Hill Press, JukePop, and 1888 that advocates writing and supports reading, we present a panel to discuss Why I Publish.Inspired by George Orwell’s essay Why I Write, this panel of Southern California Publishers...

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Anna Quinn


Anna Quinn is the founder of Writers' Workshoppe and Imprint Books in Port Townsend, Washington. Producer: Jon-Barrett IngelsManager: Sarah BeckerHost: Jon-Barrett IngelsGuest: Anna Quinn

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A program concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations carried out against communities or populations on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

Supported by the California State Library.

Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Chapman University is committed to leading the conversation in our community on issues of humanity, unity and justice. As such, the college has undertaken, semester-long examinations of key societal issues.

These interdisciplinary conversations promote thoughtful dialogue; mindful reflection; social tolerance; awareness and respect; peace and kindness.

Documenting process and purpose, this interdisciplinary series is an educational resource provided to discuss the evolution of visual, performing, and literary arts at the intersection of technology, science, history, and health.

Medium History explores memories and moments through creativity and expression, capturing the cultural ethos of that time and place through storytelling and representation.

Visual material culture, such as art, and other multimodal forms can elicit responses, emotions, and opinions—human expressions, tied to temporal and cultural aesthetics. This program explores how creative mediums provide context for history beyond dates, and names, and figures.

An education program that considers unresolved symptoms of The Fire Problem.

This special podcast series will examine and explain underlying challenges and vulnerabilities with our climate, environment, politics, and vegetation.

Our Without… program provides an opportunity for community leaders to share stories about today, with context from our past, and learn moving forward.

Our first two series consider life without books and life without libraries. Each guest has three minutes to record their Microcast episode.