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Open Book with Elena PassarelloIntroducing "Open Book" with Elena PassarelloOpen Book is a literary limited series that “cracks the spine” on a writer’s most intimate relationship: the one they have with books. Each episode, award-winning writer and Live Wire announcer Elena Passarello hosts candid conversations with some of today’s acclaimed authors, like Karen Russell and Melissa Febos – covering all things bookish, from reading habits and book recommendations to controversial literary opinions. Eavesdrop on the kind of passionate book talk that’s typically reserved for late nights and second glasses of wine.
2025-06-0402 minLive Wire with Luke BurbankIntroducing "Open Book" with Elena PassarelloOpen Book is a literary limited series that “cracks the spine” on a writer’s most intimate relationship: the one they have with books. Each episode, award-winning writer and Live Wire announcer Elena Passarello hosts candid conversations with some of today’s acclaimed authors, like Karen Russell and Melissa Febos – covering all things bookish, from reading habits and book recommendations to controversial literary opinions. Eavesdrop on the kind of passionate book talk that’s typically reserved for late nights and second glasses of wine.
2025-06-0402 min
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2025-05-2100 min
Live Wire with Luke BurbankIjeoma Oluo, Sarah Marshall, and Anna Tivel (REBROADCAST)Writer and activist Ijeoma Oluo unpacks her new book Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too, which shares conversations with those who are making positive changes in powerful systems; podcaster Sarah Marshall, host of You're Wrong About, reveals the real reason we take our shoes off at the airport; and singer-songwriter Anna Tivel performs "Disposable Camera" off her newest album Living Thing. Plus, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share the work of people who are real change-makers in their own communities.
2025-02-0752 min
Live Wire with Luke BurbankAnnie Rauwerda, Ivan McClellan, and Sami Braman (REBROADCAST)Annie Rauwerda, founder of the social media account Depths of Wikipedia, shares some more obscure entries from the website, including "The Kentucky Meat Shower;" photojournalist Ivan McClellan discusses his new book Eight Seconds, an exploration of Black rodeo culture in America; and fiddler Sami Braman plays the title track off her latest album Riveter. Plus, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello reveal what Wikipedia rabbit holes our listeners are falling down.
2025-01-2452 min
Live Wire with Luke BurbankNoé Álvarez, Naomi Fitter with Jon the Robot, and John Craigie (REBROADCAST)Writer Noé Álvarez traces his family lineage through the history of the accordion in his latest book Accordion Eulogies: A Memoir of Music, Migration, and Mexico; professor of engineering Naomi Fitter introduces us to Jon, a stand-up comedian robot she developed who riffs on the dating life of a bot; and singer-songwriter John Craigie explains the awkwardness of running into fans at the post office, before performing "Judas" from his latest album Pagan Church. Plus, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share what our listeners would like their hypothetical robots to do.
2025-01-1052 min
Live Wire with Luke BurbankIan Karmel & Dr. Alisa Karmel, Zainab Johnson, and Meklit (REBROADCAST)Comedian and writer Ian Karmel pairs up with his sister Dr. Alisa Karmel to unpack the book they co-authored T-Shirt Swim Club, about growing up fat in a world made for thin people; stand-up comedian Zainab Johnson riffs on being one of 13 children; and Ethio-jazz artist Meklit performs the title track off her new EP "Ethio Blue." Plus, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello talk sibling rivalry.
2024-12-2752 min
Live Wire with Luke BurbankPaul F. Tompkins, José Olivarez, and Esmé Patterson (REBROADCAST)On the special holiday edition of Live Wire, comedian and podcaster Paul F. Tompkins talks about passive-aggressive Christmas carolers and the most tense rendition of “O Holy Night" he's ever heard; poet José Olivarez discusses his latest collection Promises of Gold, which explores the various types of love in our lives, from self-love to platonic love and over to romance; and singer-songwriter Esmé Patterson performs her original Christmas song “If I.” Plus, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share our listeners favorite holiday traditions.
2024-12-2051 min
Live Wire with Luke BurbankDanzy Senna, Penny Lane, and Johnny Franco and His Real Brother DomAuthor Danzy Senna unpacks the struggles of her protagonist to write the quintessential biracial comedy, in her newest (and very meta) novel Colored Television; filmmaker Penny Lane discusses her latest documentary Confessions of a Good Samaritan, which follows her personal quest to donate one of her kidneys to a stranger; and Brazilian rock duo Johnny Franco and His Real Brother Dom perform "We Used to Be Awesome." Plus, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share some kind acts from strangers.
2024-12-1352 min
The Archive ProjectErica Berry & Sabrina Imbler (REBROADCAST)This episode features a great event from the 2023 Portland Book Festival on the relationships between humans and animals, and on our ideas about the meaning of animals.
Erica Berry is the author of Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear, winner of the 2024 Oregon Book Award in creative nonfiction. Erica is based in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, and teaches in Literary Arts Writers in the schools program.
Sabrina Imbler is the author of How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures, which was the winner of the 2022 Los Angele...
2024-10-2859 minThe Archive ProjectErica Berry & Sabrina Imbler (REBROADCAST)This episode features a great event from the 2023 Portland Book Festival on the relationships between humans and animals, and on our ideas about the meaning of animals.
Erica Berry is the author of Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear, winner of the 2024 Oregon Book Award in creative nonfiction. Erica is based in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, and teaches in Literary Arts Writers in the schools program.
Sabrina Imbler is the author of How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures, which was the winner of the 2022 Los Angele...
2024-10-2859 min
Film FestLabyrinth with Elena PassarelloGet lost with us and our new best friend Hoggle in an impossible maze of imagination and puberty - we're taking on Labyrinth! Polite bescarfed worms, giant gentle beasts, gloved hands with minds of their own...we leave no stone unturned on the way to rescue our baby brother from David Bowie's leotard bulge. Elena Passarello - author, teacher, actor, Live Wire announcer, and first guest with a Wikipedia page - joins us on our journey through the sweet and terrifying mind of Jim Henson!Learn more about Elena at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...
2023-10-102h 09
Poetry UnboundBenjamin Gucciardi — The RungsA social worker holds a group for teenagers at a school. They only half pay attention to him. Then something happens, and they pay attention to each other.Benjamin Gucciardi was born and raised in San Francisco, California. His first book, West Portal (University of Utah Press, 2021), was selected by Gabrielle Calvocoressi for the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry and was named a finalist for the Northern California Book Award and the Julie Suk Award. He is also the author of the chapbooks Timeless Tips for Simple Sabotage (Quarterly West, 2021), chosen by Elena Passarello as the...
2023-06-0515 min
Book FightEp 399: Elena Passarello & Justin St. GermainTwo guests this week, as we're joined by the co-hosts of the literary nonfiction podcast I'll Find Myself When I'm Dead. Though Elena and Justin are also quite accomplished nonfiction authors in their own right. Justin St. Germain is the author of the memoir Son of a Gun, and more recently a book-length essay about Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. Elena Passarello is the author of the essay collections Let Me Clear My Throat and Animals Strike Curious Poses. The book they chose for us to read is a collection by Donald Hall, former U...
2022-05-231h 11
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadGet In the CageFor our Season 4 finale, we watched the new Nicholas Cage movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Elena’s idea) and talked about it for more than two hours. Also: acting methods, Michael Syrah, Bob Dylan, email signatures, Goodreads, bad date movies, David’s recent experience on a TV set, the Nic Cage of sports, knuckleballs, Nick Cave, Elena sings some hits, Dracula, Elena’s going on tour, Justin drops his laptop near the end, Elvis hair, and (lots) more!
2022-05-122h 12
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadRevisionThis week, we’re talking about revision. We discuss a chapter of Stephen Koch’s The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop that’s one of the better nuts-and-bolts revision guides, common drafting issues, the role of feedback and workshops, why revision is often taught poorly or not at all, and what our processes look like. Also: our recent appearance on a more professional podcast, some sports talk, Mary Karr, Ecco Homo, Van Halen, and more!
Some things we mention:
Book Fight! – https://bookfightpod.com
Justin’s interview with Tim States for Words & Sports: https://www.w...
2022-04-201h 47
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMarch Faxness: the Final FourThis week we’re checking in with March Faxness again, now that the field has narrowed to four songs/essays (including David’s!). We discuss the recent games, preview the semifinals, and make our picks for who’s going to win. Also: Elena takes up a new instrument, we’ve met a lot of Xness writers since our last episode—one of whom, Tim States, we include a mini-interview with—some AWP Philadelphia/Tucson Book Fest talk, a long tangent about the worst movies we’ve ever seen, David’s day on the Indigo Girls tour bus, Neil Gaiman’s wardrobe, and mo...
2022-03-291h 10
TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastEp. 96: SWC 11: Elena Passarello & Mary FlinnIn our fourth and final episode recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in the summer of 2021, Elena Passarello (Animals Strike Curious Poses) tells James about sleeping in Elvis's teenage bedroom, getting advice from long-haul truckers, and having screams sent to her. Plus the legendary Mary Flinn of Blackbird. Apply to the Sewanee Writers' Conference by March 15! Buy Elena's books! Check out Blackbird! Check out Bea Troxel's music! Produced/ Mixed by Ryan Shea. Subscribe! Rate! Enjoy! Instagram: tkwithjs Twitter: @JamesScottTK tk with js at g m...
2022-03-141h 37
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMarch Faxness Round 1 RecapThis week we’re talking about possibly the best essay-related week of the year: March Faxness round 1, in which 64 essays about cover songs faced off in a tournament. We try to touch on our favorites—although we probably missed some—and discuss the bracket and upcoming games. Also: Elvis Costello gets spicy on Twitter, we all get spicy about the Mountain Goats, dork rodeos, community college bowl, Denry’s back(!), Drake’s reading list, Kamp Kilmer, Justin tries to understand NFTs, Elena explains the Chicken Van, some country music talk, is the shopping cart a dance?, roof-raising techniques, and Elena does...
2022-03-101h 18
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMarch Faxness PreviewThis week we’re talking about the real reason this podcast exists: the annual March Xness essay/song tournament, which is about cover songs this year.
Some things we mention:
March Faxness (and the previous tournaments): http://marchxness.com
Follow March Xness on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marchxness
March Faxness Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rNwexRZ9dmA0nvssrPlDK
Joan Jett’s “Crimson & Clover”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXFra7gjElw
Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Q3mHyzn78
2022-02-231h 20
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadThere's No I in EssayThis week we’re talking about essays that aren’t in the first person. Elena picked one example, Eliot Weinberger’s “The Rhinoceros,” and Justin picked another, an excerpt from Claudia Rankine’s Citizen. Also: the new Macbeth, the acting role Elena was recently offered, Elena recites some Lady Macbeth, some Arnold Palmer talk, and a mini-spelling bee.
Some things we mention:
Eliot Weinberger’s “The Rhinoceros”: http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/120/1206206707.pdf
Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen
Brian Doyle’s “Joyas Voladoras”:
https://theamericanscholar.org/joyas-volardores/
...
2022-02-091h 59
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadThe Pushcart Prize 2022This week we’re talking about this year’s edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology. We compare it to Best American, discuss the important differences, and focus on a few selections from the anthology. Also: Build-A-Bears, Paint & Wine, Burt Reynolds, male pattern baldness, egg donation, BoJack Horseman, some March Faxness warmup talk, and more!
Some things we mention:
The Pushcart Prize:
http://www.pushcartprize.com
March Faxness:
http://marchxness.com
Kathryn Schulz’s essay on The Great Gatsby (suggested in a listener email): https://www.vulture.com/2013/05/schulz-on-the-great-gatsby.html
“Open Hou...
2022-01-281h 31
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadBest American Essays 2021This week we’re talking about this year’s edition of Best American Essays. We compare it to previous years (spoiler: this one is a bummer), discuss the new subgenre of pandemic essays, and focus on a few selections from the anthology. Also: David makes us a pandemic cocktail, Justin’s dog makes a few barky cameos, we (well, one of us) question the entire Best American Essays enterprise, and we do a year-end lightning news/round. See you next year!
(Note: we don’t mention Joan Didion’s death because it occurred the morning after we recorded...
2021-12-291h 54
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadThe Address BookThis week we discuss our first listener pick, Sophie Calle’s “The Address Book,” which was suggested by Will Howard. Also: lots of “Succession” talk (including a couple of potential spoilers), John McPhee’s inscrutable diagrams, more Chekhov, the kids’ music these days, whether we’d want to be address-booked, what we’d say about each other if it happened, Elena makes up a song about the 1985 Chicago Bears, and more! (Also, send us your favorite essays of 2021 for Pushcart nominations.)
Some things we mention:
Sophie Calle’s The Address Book:
http://sigliopress.com/book/the-address-book/
2021-12-151h 45
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadEssays About FeelingsThis week we discuss our feelings, how to write about feelings, our feelings some more, and two essays about feelings: Jerald Walker’s “Breathe,” and Chris Offutt’s “Trash Food.” (Sorry about the audio quality—we had some tech issues this week.)
Jerald Walker’s “Breathe” in New England Review:
https://www.nereview.com/vol-40-no-3-2019/breathe/
Chris Offutt’s “Trash Food” in Oxford American:
https://main.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/550-trash-food
Allen Gee’s “Old School,” the other essay about James Alan Macpherson that we mention. (Excerpt only):
https://blog.pshare...
2021-12-011h 53
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadJeoparello!This week we discuss the biggest news in the entire world since our last episode—Elena's appearance last week on Jeopardy!
Elena’s episode (until it gets taken down):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExlEesN4Sl8
Elena’s J-Archive.com contestant page: https://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=14301
“The Jeopardy! Essay” by Mike Garabedian:
https://www.academia.edu/44462679/The_Jeopardy_Essay
A clip from Mike’s appearance on Jeopardy!:
https://www.facebook.com/WhittierCollege/videos/how-smart-are-our-librarians-theyre-jeopardy-smart-heres-a-flashback-to-collecti/1056618957686460/
Elena’s Twitter thread about being on Jeopardy!:
https://twitter.com/elenavox/status...
2021-11-171h 46
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadVanthony BourdilmerIn our Season 4 premiere, we discuss what we've been up to since last season, a reader email, Big People Fashion, AI voice prints, and the recent Anthony Bourdain & Val Kilmer documentaries. Also: Elena does her best Christopher Walken impression, and we tackle the eternal question: is Val Kilmer a good actor?
Links:
Roadrunner: https://www.amazon.com/Roadrunner-Film-About-Anthony-Bourdain/dp/B09BB55XXX
The Vanity Fair article on Bourdain and Argento: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/07/anthony-bourdain-asia-argento-roadrunner
Helen Rosner's New Yorker piece: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/the-ethics-of-a-deepfake-anthony-bourdain-voice
Val...
2021-11-032h 03The Archive ProjectHelen Macdonald (Rebroadcast)In this episode of The Archive Project, we feature Helen Macdonald from an online Portland Arts & Lectures event in October 2020. Helen Macdonald is a multitalented naturalist, illustrator, writer, and historian of science at the University of Cambridge. She has worked as a professional falconer and has assisted with raptor research and conservation projects across Eurasia. Her 2016 book, H Is for Hawk, much like Macdonald herself, defies any single label. At once memoir, natural history, literary biography, it explores grief and loss, the relationships between humans and animals, obsession, memory, myth, and history.
Macdonald joined us to talk...
2021-08-0251 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadNonfiction TheaterIn our season 3 finale, we discuss documentary/nonfiction theater. Elena explains the subgenre, and David joins us to discuss “The Laramie Project,” a nonfiction play. Also: a stapler anthology update, a stapler anthology cocktail, some true crime talk, a theater-themed lightning round, our worst performances, and more! Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you next season.
“The Laramie Project,” full text: http://www.harringtonartsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/The-Laramie-Project-Script.pdf
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2021-07-062h 07
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadHaving and Being HotThis week, we’re re-recording the lost episode from two weeks ago, about Eula Biss’ 2020 book Having and Being Had. We discuss its main topics—capitalism and class—as well as whether it’s a book-length essay and why or why not. Also: other books we’re reading, a creaky chair, the hottest day in Oregon history, how much money we’d cut our thumbs off for, and more!
Links:
The upcoming (7/5) Essay Daily Salon with Justin and Jana Larson: http://www.essaydaily.org/p/the-essay-daily-salon-series.html
Jana’s book, Reel Bay:
https://coffeehousepress.org/products/reel-bay...
2021-06-281h 58
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadEssays About Sex (w/Dave Madden)This week, our special guest, longtime friend, and fellow nonfiction professor Dave Madden joins us to discuss two essays about fucking: Samuel Delaney’s “Ash Wednesday,” and Kristen Dombek’s “Letter from Williamsburg.” Also: Father’s Day presents, workshop models, a debate about sentences, Sizzler essays, and more!
Links:
Dave’s website: https://www.davemadden.org
Dave’s web designer, Beth Sullivan: https://bethsullivan.com
Samuel Delaney’s “Ash Wednesday”: http://bostonreview.net/arts-society/samuel-r-delany-ash-wednesday
Kristin Dombek’s “Letter from Williamsburg” (subscription required for full essay): https://www.theparisreview.org/letters-essays/6236/letter-fr...
2021-06-211h 52
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadIFMWID Rewind: I'm Your HuckleberryOur episode for this week failed to record (thanks, Zoom!), so we're going back to the archives. More than a year ago, back when the pandemic was still young, we recorded an episode about Val Kilmer's memoir I'm Your Huckleberry. It has the fewest downloads of any of our episodes, for some mysterious reason, so we decided to dig it out and re-post it to hold you over until we can get our shit together and finish Season 3. Also: other parts of the Kilmer corpus, including his poetry, art, and music; the movie Tombstone and related trivia; David's Old...
2021-06-141h 33
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadOne Long Episode About Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn GouldThis week, we discuss the 1993 Canadian/French Canadian film “Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould,” which we think is essayistic in many ways. Also: breath mints found in orifices, the thesis circle of life, writing too-long essays, apocalyptic media, Hamlet 2, “Canadian stakes,” lyric vs. narrative, accessibility, Graham Gano, and more!
Links:
The full movie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv7nPiZHKy4
Gould’s radio documentary “The Idea of North”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgnGV4hOKU
Justin’s essay from Territory: http://themapisnot.com/issue-iii-justin-st-germain
Find out more at https...
2021-06-071h 49
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadInterviews with EssayistsIn this week's episode, we discuss two "The Art of ..." interviews from the Paris Review: one on the essay with Hilton Als, and another with Geoff Dyer about nonfiction in general. Also: our mutual love of Mrs. Dalloway, Elena’s study abroad experience, our rocky resumption of vaccinated socializing, Val Kilmer has a documentary, a couple of weird bird stories, one sad cat story, a lightning round about celebrities, lots of interviewing talk, and more!
Links:
“The Art of the Essay” with Hilton Als (subscription required):
https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7178/the-art-of-the-essay-no-3-hilton-als
“The Art...
2021-06-012h 01
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadOld Person EssaysIn this week's episode, we're talking about our generations. After Justin's mini-generation was dubbed Geriatric Millennials, we decided to read two examples from Donald Hall's book Essays After Eighty. Also: a Uhaul story, teaching 9/11 essays to Gen Z, a little baseball talk about the "yips," times we biffed it in public, an old-themed lightning round, and lots & lots of old-person complaining about the kids these days.
Essays After Eighty: https://bookshop.org/books/essays-after-eighty/9780544570313
“Out the Window” isn’t available in full online, but here’s a brief excerpt from the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker...
2021-05-241h 51
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadTexas Review All-Essay IssueThis week, we discuss the Texas Review's All-Essay Issue from late 2020, including two specific essays by Wendy C. Ortiz and Vincent James. Also: a virgin fake-gin cocktail, Godzilla vs. Kong, terrible jobs we've had, times we've gotten fired, an alarming amount of Will Smith content, and more!
Links:
Texas Review All-Essay Issue: http://www.thetexasreview.org/issues/
Seedlip non-alcoholic gin: https://www.seedlipdrinks.com/en-us/shop/?gclid=CjwKCAjwqIiFBhAHEiwANg9szlLXeKgBYIgMBhVevVOy1k5ZvO7TBpKnn4q-54ihA48uesXAxa7L5hoCMlYQAvD_BwE
Godzilla vs. Kong: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5034838/
Will Smith's 5...
2021-05-171h 24
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadDidion on WritingIn this week’s episode, we discuss a new(ish) collection of Joan Didion’s previously uncollected essays, including a few about writing, two of which we picked to focus on. Also: Elena’s cat mishap, large-text editions, why we were all born in the wrong era for making money off of writing, a Didion-themed lightning round, and more!
Links to some things we mention:
Didion’s new book, Let Me Tell You What I Mean: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/666038/let-me-tell-you-what-i-mean-by-joan-didion/9780593318485
Didion’s “Why I Write”: https://lithub.com/joan-didion-why-i-write/
We couldn’t find a free full...
2021-05-101h 41
Black Mountain RadioSimulation = Memory + EmotionIn this episode, cartoonist Amy Kurzweil discusses art and simulation with her father, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil; poet Vi Khi Nao takes listeners through a sound walk in Las Vegas; novelist Lisa Ko and visual artist Toisha Tucker reminisce on virtual karaoke nights in early quarantine; and writer Elena Passarello presents an essay on puppets and the legacy of Elvis Presley.
2021-05-0953 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadTwo Essays on PerformanceIn our first episode of Season 3, we discuss Zoom dance parties, Arlo's new theme song, our forays into magazine writing, the essays and essayistic things we've been reading/watching/etc. in 2021, and two specific essays: Sergio Troncoso's "Literature & Migration," and Hanif Abdurraqib's "I Would Like to Give Merry Clayton Her Roses."
Links:
The Sergio Troncoso essay we discuss: https://literalmagazine.com/a-third-culture-literature-and-migration/
Hanif Abdurraqib's new book, A Little Devil in America: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/592315/a-little-devil-in-america-by-hanif-abdurraqib/
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2021-05-031h 37The Archive Project2021 Oregon Book AwardsOur 34th annual Oregon Book Awards is presented in this special, state-wide broadcast and podcast episode, with special thanks to our partners at Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Since 1987, the Oregon Book Awards have celebrated the work of our state’s authors. This year, 173 books from 41 towns across Oregon were submitted. Out-of-state judges determined the finalists and winners. In this episode of The Archive Project, you’ll hear excerpts read by the winning authors themselves. We’re also thrilled to share an interview with Molly Gloss, this year’s CES Wood Award recipient, and archival audio of treasured Oregon writer B...
2021-05-0353 min
Get BookedThe Handsell: April 26, 2021This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Let Me Clear My Throat by Elena Passarello, inspired by This Is The Voice by John Colapinto.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-04-2608 min
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'MearaEpisode 254: Elena Passarello on Weird Freelance Work, Podcasting, and Oatmeal BrainElena Passarello is the author of Animals Strike Curious Poses, Let Me Clear My Throat, and the co-host of I'll Find Myself When I'm Dead. Keep the conversation going on social media @CNFPod and consider being a member in the Patreon group, patreon.com/cnfpod. Stay cool, CNFers, stay cool forever!
2021-04-2358 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMarch Plaidness FinalIn our episode previewing the March Plaidness final, we discuss the two remaining essays/songs, the outcomes of recent games, some favorite fallen essays, and our post-Plaidness playlist. Also: Justin’s hot tub experience with Skrillex, pickup truck pools, our plans for a PodVan, a very 90s conversation about what’s cool, and more!
Links:
March Xness tournament site, with all the essays: www.marchxness.com
The post-March Plaidness Spotify playlist Elena made: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3oCUXkIdZQ8hGYw3mREmsO?si=VdHkUZxuRm-qTvGjs_YtFQ&nd=1
John Melillo's band, Algae & Tentacles: https://alga...
2021-03-291h 14
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMarch Plaidness #4: Buttholes or Bust!in our penultimate March Plaidness episode, we start with a confession before moving onto a discussion of G.K. Chesterton's problematicness; our plans for building a multimedia shitpost empire; our first foray into cinema; David's vision for a "Pepper" video; Arlo's production company; Dead Moon; Rusted Root; voting bots; Justin's book's release date; how wrong Elena was about Throwing Muses; whether Hootie would, in fact, have won; Local H kicking ass; lots of Plaidness essay shoutouts; Daylight Savings shenanigans; our picks for the rest of the tourney; Billy Joel vs. Huey Lewis; Justin makes an early plea for what...
2021-03-231h 29
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMarch Plaidness Round 2 RoboepisodeWe ran into our first recording snafu and lost the entire episode, so we enlisted the help of robot actors to help us reconstruct it from memory. In this episode, we cover the Round 2 matchups for March Plaidness, the annual essay tournament. Enjoy, because we're probably gonna have to take this down once we get a cease & desist.
Go vote for Pepper here: http://marchxness.com/sweet16-alicevsbutthole/
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2021-03-1708 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMarch Plaidness Round One RecapIn Episode 2 of our special March Plaidness mini-season, we recap most of the first-round games (including David’s win with “Pepper”). Also: lots of Better Than Ezra imitations, Arlo gives a Gen Z take on grunge, Elena tells a story about meeting a member of Nirvana, Denry makes his pod debut, we discuss March Princeness, our wah-oh contest, a mailbag, Jurassic Prom, and more!
Links to some things we mention:
March Xness tournament site: www.marchxness.com
The March Plaidness Spotify playlist: https://t.co/1hu1IrEJOh?amp=1
Cracker, “Big Dipper”: https://www...
2021-03-081h 19
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMarch Plaidness PreviewTo kick off Season 3, we discuss March Plaidness, this year’s grunge-focused version of the annual March Xness essay competition: past years, this year’s matchups, and David’s entry this year on the Butthole Surfers’ “Pepper.”
Links to some things we mention:
March Xness tournament site: www.marchxness.com
PJ Harvey live in Syndey in 2001: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwr4M1Al5cE
The March Plaidness Spotify playlist:
https://t.co/1hu1IrEJOh?amp=1
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2021-03-011h 10The Archive ProjectHelen MacdonaldIn this episode of The Archive Project, we feature Helen Macdonald from an online Portland Arts & Lectures event in October 2020. Helen Macdonald is a multitalented naturalist, illustrator, writer, and historian of science at the University of Cambridge. She has worked as a professional falconer and has assisted with raptor research and conservation projects across Eurasia. Her 2016 book, H Is for Hawk, much like Macdonald herself, defies any single label. At once memoir, natural history, literary biography, it explores grief and loss, the relationships between humans and animals, obsession, memory, myth, and history.
Macdonald joined us to talk...
2020-12-2151 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadI'll Find Myself When It's ChristmasIn our season finale (really this time), we debrief about season 2, discuss our essayistic Christmas plans--including what books we’re going to buy as gifts--reflect on how much we enjoy interacting with listeners, and do a holiday-themed lightning round. Also, send us your flash submissions and nominations for anthologies! See you in Season 3.
Episode links:
Elena’s cat sweater (sorry, it’s out of stock): https://vipoutlet.com/product/fifth-sun-mens-ugly-christmas-cats-in-lights-with-led-lights-long-sleeve-pullover-sweater-xl-red-60-cotton/
Pre-order Justin’s book: http://www.igpub.com/truman-capotes-in-cold-blood-bookmarked/
Melissa Faliveno’s TOMBOYLAND: https://www.melissafaliveno.com/tomboyland
Donovan Hohn’s INNER COAST: https...
2020-12-1653 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadTracy DaughertyIn our Season 2 finale (probably--we haven't figured it out for sure), we welcome our friend Tracy Daugherty, the author of many books of nonfiction and fiction, to discuss his recent books in both genres, as well as a trio of short essays he selected. Also: the Sixties, West Texas, a West Texas cocktail, country music, the return of our resident mixologist, another mystery guest who stays mostly off-mic, and a lightning round.
Episode links:
Tracy Daugherty’s website: www.tracydaugherty.com
The three essays we discuss: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uoq5co0vjk4215j/3%20essays%20for%20Podcast.pdf?dl=0
...
2020-12-091h 54
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadBest American Essays 2020In what is probably our penultimate episode of Season 2, we Zoom about the brand-new edition of Best American Essays, edited by our old friend from Season 1, André Aciman. We cover Robert Atwan’s intro, Aciman’s preface, and two selections from the anthology itself: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich’s “Body Language,” and Barbara Ehrenreich’s “The Humanoid Stain.” Also: reader mail, an update on our flash anthology, and we solicit listener suggestions for what essays we should nominate for Best American Essays and the Pushcart Prize.
Episode links:
Alex’s essay: https://harpers.org/archive/2019/12/body-language-genderqueerness/
Barbara Ehrenreich’s essay...
2020-12-021h 56
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadThe DIAGRAM Tarot DeckIn Grab Bag Part 2: Grab Harder, we discuss DIAGRAM’s new tarot deck anthology to commemorate its 20th Anniversary, and Elena uses it to give us all a tarot reading. Also: an album Elena wants to nominate for the Essay Prize, we tackle the question of who’s weirder: poets or playwrights, Bonnie mentions her mother’s famous McDonald’s career, we learn the future for ourselves and our podcast, and more!
DIAGRAM’s 20th anniversary tarot deck: http://www.thediagram.com/nmp/anthologies.html
Find out more at https://i-ll-find-myself-when-i-m-dead.pinecast.co
2020-11-2556 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMemoirs & MFAsIn Part 1 of our first grab-bag episode, we answer a reader question about memoirs and, in honor of MFA application season, offer unsolicited advice about MFA programs. Also: more regional-accent conversation, an appropriate cocktail, Arlo’s inappropriate song, and more.
Episode links:
Sound Tribe Sector 9, the jam band from Elena’s high school: https://sts9.com/
The grab bag version of a Long Island Iced Tea:
½ oz Triple Sec (we used Bols)
½ oz gin (we used New Amsterdam)
½ oz light rum (we used Bacardi)
½ oz vodka (we used a pint of Prazska Justin’s brother b...
2020-11-181h 37
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadShapes of Native Nonfiction
In this episode, we discuss selections from the 2019 anthology Shapes of Native Nonfiction, co-edited by Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton. Also: Elena does Pennsylvania accents, we issue a warning about robots taking over college campuses, we honor Pennsylvania’s contribution to saving democracy with a Philly cocktail, a Philly-themed lightning round, and more!
Episode links:
Shapes of Native Nonfiction: https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295745756/shapes-of-native-nonfiction/
Sasha LaPointe’s craft essay, “Fairy Tales, Trauma, Writing into Dissociation”:
https://therumpus.net/2016/10/the-saturday-rumpus-essay-fairy-tales-trauma-writing-into-dissociation/
Toni Jensen’s essay “Women in the Fracklands”:
https://catapult.co/stories/women-in-the-fracklands-on-water-land-bodies-and-standing-rock
Elissa Washuta on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/elissawashuta...
2020-11-111h 32
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadOld Ass Essays (with Megan Ward)In this episode, we welcome our friend, colleague, and local Victorian expert Megan Ward to discuss Old Ass Essays: what that means, how old we’re talking, and a few examples from the 1830s by none other than Charlie Dickens himself. Also: our spelling bee failures, a special lightning round, a dog in a unicorn costume, and an authentic (sorta) Victorian cocktail that we light on fire!
Episode links:
Megan’s faculty profile: https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/users/megan-ward
Megan’s book, Seeming Human: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814213759.html
Dickens’ Sketches...
2020-11-021h 42
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadFlash! (Part 2)In this episode, we continue the flash conversation from last week, along with our resident barkeep (not “mixologist”) David. He makes us an essayistic shot, and we all discuss Sex and the City, our shared Italian heritage, the flash equivalents of the drama world, David’s Instagram animal searches, where we’re all absconding for the rest of the pandemic, and, eventually, even more flash essays: Bernard Cooper’s “Live Wire,” and a bunch that Elena put together for a lightning round.
Episode links:
Bernard Cooper’s “Live Wire”: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Maps_to_Anywhere/SN5...
2020-10-281h 04
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadFlash! (Part 1)In Episode 6, we discuss very short essays, AKA “Flash,” a term and genre we have mixed feelings about. First we try to figure out what flash means, and then we discuss two (possibly) examples: Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” and Scott Latta’s “On Sequencing.” Also: near-death experiences, we continue to demonstrate our ignorance of Canadian geography, Glenn Gould’s appearance in two different versions of Joy Williams’ essay “Hawk,” Squirrel burgers, chicken grease coffee, which Muppets we’d be, and more.
Episode links:
The article about rigging Apple Podcast rankings: https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/29/18097381/apple-podcast-charts-click-farm-advertiser-revenue
Listener Andrew Forb...
2020-10-211h 11Book FightEp 348: Counting CrowsThis week's reading is an essay by Elena Passarello about birdsong. But it's also other stuff! We talk about writing that make you look at the world a bit differently, and writers who can make you care about things you never thought you cared about. In the second half of the show, we discuss a recent Twitter kerfuffle over writing and money and whether publishing a book can (or should) change your life. The essay we discussed, "Of Singing," was published in The Iowa Review, but is also available in Passerello's 2012 collection, Let Me Clear My Throat...
2020-10-1958 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadThe Krause Essay Prize (with Jess Kibler)In Episode 5, we welcome Jess Kibler to the show to discuss the Krause Essay Prize, a $10K award given to the best essay of the year, chosen by students in Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program. Jess is currently getting her MFA at the NWP, and is a former student of Elena’s at OSU. We discuss the Krause Award winner for 2020, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s GRASS, as well as why and how the judges chose it, Jess’ path to becoming an essayist, other recent nominees (including Elena’s), and a lightning round about Jess’ home state of Oregon.
Episode li...
2020-10-141h 25
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadEssays on FilmIn Episode 4, we welcome our spouses, David and Bonnie, back to the podcast to talk about movies that might be essays. Also: a very delayed mailbag, a story about three-thousand-dollar Pennsylvania whiskey, Arlo makes a cameo, we all do impromptu Werner Herzog impersonations, penguin suicide, essayistic film moves, and (much) more.
Links to some things we mention:
(In response to the question about queer & trans essayists):
T Fleischmann’s books:
Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through: https://coffeehousepress.org/products/time-is-the-thing-a-body-moves-through
Syzygy, Beauty:
http://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/syzygy-beauty-an-essay-t-fleischmann
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich’s website, with links to t...
2020-10-071h 45
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadPet the Whatever: How Essays Become Books (w/George Estreich)In Episode 3, we talk with our friend and colleague, George Estreich--an essayist, memoirist, poet, and Renaissance man--about how essays turn into books. We discuss our own respective experiences with our books’ origins, as well as examples from books we’ve recently read. Also: writing about children, llamas vs. alpacas vs. emus, Comrade Bunny, collectionists, which Beatles we would be, and the lightning round makes its return.
Links to some things we mention:
Check George’s website for more about him and his books: http://www.GeorgeEstreich.com
George’s Salon essay is here: https://www.salon.com/2014/02/12/when_my...
2020-09-301h 24
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadDon't Write Checks Your Facts Can't CashIn Episode 2, we talk about a thorny issue in nonfiction: the fact check. We discuss a recent essay on the subject by Emma Copley Eisenberg in Esquire, among other things relevant and not: our fact-checking experiences, recent controversies on the subject, John D’Agata, facts vs. truth, journalistic standards vs. creative nonfiction standards, Hanif Abdurraqib’s 68to05 project, Sylvester Stallone’s oeuvre, and more.
Links to some things we mention:
Emma Copley Eisenberg’s essay: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a33577796/nonfiction-book-fact-checking-should-be-an-industry-standard/
Eisenberg’s book: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/emma-copley-eisenberg/the-third-rainbow-girl/9780316449205/
Benjamin Dreyer’s book: https://www...
2020-09-231h 02
The SteerEssayist Elena PassarelloSuperstar Oregon essayist Elena Passarello discusses what it’s like to write and think deeply about Elvis Presley in 2020. We chat about her short-lived attempt to be the world’s first prominent female Elvis tribute artist, find out how to sleep in Elvis’ childhood bedroom, and learn all about her SECRET VEGAS WEDDING. We also consult Public Enemy, Gillian Welch, Nick Cave, and Lester Bangs for their thoughts on the so-called King of Rock & Roll.
2020-09-171h 30The SteerElena Passarello--PlaylistSongs to accompany our chat with essayist Elena Passarello and her writing project on Elvis Presley. Within: deep-cut songs by Elvis, songs about Elvis, songs written for (or almost performed by) Elvis, and songs we wish Elvis would have lived long enough to cover.
2020-09-171h 18
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadBad Idea EssaysTo kick off Season 2, we discuss what essayistic things we’ve been up to over the summer--including our spinoff podcast--before moving on to the “Bad Idea Essay,” a term coined (we think) by S1E3 guest Ander Monson. Our example essay is David LeGault’s “On Excess” (link below), an essay we both wound up liking, for reasons we try to explain. Also: our own attempts at Bad Idea Essays, famous examples of the form, and more.
Links to some things we mention:
David LeGault’s essay, “On Excess”: https://thespectacle.wustl.edu/?p=262
David LeGault’s book, 10,000,000 Man...
2020-09-161h 02
2020-06-2900 minThe Archive Project2020 Oregon Book AwardsThe 2020 Oregon Book Awards ceremony was originally scheduled on April 27, 2020 as a live event. However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our 33rd annual ceremony was reimagined into this special, state-wide broadcast and podcast episode, with special thanks to our partners at Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Since 1997, the Oregon Book Awards have celebrated the work of our state’s authors. This year, 215 books from 44 towns across Oregon were submitted. Out-of-state judges determined the finalists and winners. In this episode of The Archive Project, you’ll hear excerpts read by the winning authors themselves. Our guest hosts for this spec...
2020-06-2330 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadPublishing Paid Us/The Fire This TimeIn Episode 11, we discuss the recent #PublishingPaidMe conversation, talk about our own advances and experiences with the publishing industry, and discuss a few essays from The Fire This Time, a recent anthology by Jesmyn Ward.
2020-06-1800 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadI'm Your HuckleberryFor our tenth episode extravaganza, we discuss Val Kilmer's memoir I'm Your Huckleberry (and other parts of the Kilmer corpus, including his poetry, art, and music), the movie Tombstone and related trivia, David's Old Western cocktail, Frank Stallone, fake memoirs, and much, much more.
2020-06-111h 32
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadBest American PodcastsIn Episode 9, we discuss podcasts: whether they're essays, our favorites, and how they relate to creative nonfiction. Also we drink the best beer in the world, possibly start yet another podcast, and Elena coins the term "bike diapers."
2020-05-281h 26
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadBest American Essays 2003, Part 2In Part 2 of our episode about the Best American Essays 2003, we discuss Adam Gopnik's essay "Bumping Into Mr. Ravioli" and André Aciman's "Lavender," as well as the 2003 Billboard charts, imaginary friends, bong-hit essays, and more.
2020-05-2151 min
Live Wire with Luke Burbank"Live Wire House Party" with François Clemmons and Joey CliftHost Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share small wins they've accomplished; François Clemmons, famously known as Officer Clemmons on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," discusses how Fred Rogers became a mentor and father figure to him during personally turbulent times; comedy writer Joey Clift explains how he painstakingly crowdsourced musicians to make an album for every state in the union... a feat which was promised (yet never finished) by singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens; and Luke and Elena try their hands at writing and performing their own regional songs.
2020-05-1552 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadBest American Essays 2003, Part 1This week’s episode is a slew of firsts: a five-essay, four-microphone, three-guest, two-part show we recorded (mostly) outside on Elena’s patio. In Part 1, your co-hosts welcome regular guests David, Bonnie, and Arlo to discuss selections from Best American Essays 2003, a volume Elena happened upon in her neighborhood little free library. We talk about Atul Gawande’s essay “The Learning Curve,” Ian Frazier’s “Researchers Say”--both first published in the New Yorker--and the Rachel Cohen essay “Lost Cities,” originally from Threepenny Review. Also, David makes a 2003-specific cocktail, we discuss where we were in 2003, and more.
2020-05-141h 07Live Wire with Luke Burbank"Live Wire House Party" with Luke & Elena’s Moms, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Fantastic NegritoIn honor of Mother's Day, host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello invite their moms on the show to discuss how their daily routines have changed since lockdown; filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld shares anecdotes on his complicated relationship with his mother, working with the Coen Brothers, and leg wrestling Will Smith; and Grammy Award-winning blues artist Fantastic Negrito takes us on a journey through his musical rebirth, before serenading us with his song, "Nobody Makes Money."
2020-05-0852 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadJ.D. Daniels' "Letter From Majorca"In Episode 6, we discuss J.D. Daniels' essay "Letter from Majorca," from Best American Essays 2013, and the concept of negation. Also the first essays we ever wrote, a literary cocktail from old San Francisco, and an outro song by Curtis Eller.
2020-05-071h 14
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadDaum, Didion, and Essays about Leaving NYCIn Episode 5, we discuss recent essay-adjacent events including a major loss in the literary world, Meghan Daum's essay about leaving NYC during quarantine, and the tradition of essays about leaving New York, including Joan Didion, Eula Biss, and others.
2020-04-301h 31
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadJoy & Death in the Cascadia Subduction ZoneIn this episode, we discuss Zadie Smith's essay "Joy" and the Mount Eerie song "Real Death." But our conversation quickly goes off the rails after David serves his latest literary cocktail, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a high-proof, face-heating concoction that is partly to blame for this episode being way too long.
2020-04-231h 41
Novel Gazing PodcastWhat is the Truth? (Literary Nonfiction)Mary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are the best books of literary nonfiction? What IS literary nonfiction? And, what are you reading now?
This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of The Paris Hours by Alex George and The Reading Women podcast.
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BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED:
The 2020 International Booker Prize Shortlist is Mostly Women Again
An interview by Juliet Jacques with McKenzie Wark on her new book Reverse Cowgirl
Reverse Cowgirl by McKenzie Wark
Reading...
2020-04-2154 min
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadAnder MonsonIn episode 3, we welcome the essayist, professor, and creative community-builder Ander Monson, who talked with us about his new book of essays, the movie Tron, his bygone app the Memoirizer, and much more.
2020-04-161h 18
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadWhat Isn't an Essay?In Episode 2, special guests Arlo, Bonnie, and David help us answer the question: What isn't a literary essay? Also featuring a literary cocktail, our first Blind Item, a profane joke about bears, and more.
2020-04-101h 13
I'll Find Myself When I'm DeadMarch Badness finalEpisode Notes
On the first episode of I'll Find Myself When I'm Dead, we welcome our former MFA student, Zoe Bossiere, to discuss her matchup with Elena in the finals of March Badness, the annual essay tournament hosted by Megan Campbell and Ander Monson - http://marchxness.com/#/badness-final/ - as well as why we like the tournament format, the essay form, her promotional strategy, velvet Elvises, why we're making a podcast, and more.
2020-03-311h 06
DeviateHow to be a better public speaker“The average human ear tunes out after about six minutes of orality. It used to be nine.” –Elena Passarello
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Elena talk about the first giraffe ever to live in Paris in the 19th century (3:30); how public presentation and performance differs from other kinds of speaking and reading, and how to prepare for it (9:00); the role of nervousness in public speaking, and how to deal with it (21:00); how prepare a text or script before reading or using it as an outline in a public speaking situation (31:00); and the importance of concrete languag...
2020-03-1759 minDeviate with Rolf PottsHow to be a better public speaker“The average human ear tunes out after about six minutes of orality. It used to be nine.” –Elena Passarello
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Elena talk about the first giraffe ever to live in Paris in the 19th century (3:30); how public presentation and performance differs from other kinds of speaking and reading, and how to prepare for it (9:00); the role of nervousness in public speaking, and how to deal with it (21:00); how prepare a text or script before reading or using it as an outline in a public speaking situation (31:00); and the importance of concrete languag...
2020-03-1759 min
DeviateHow to enhance your career by becoming a better public speaker and reader“The average human ear tunes out after about six minutes of orality. It used to be nine.” –Elena Passarello
In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Elena talk about the first giraffe ever to live in Paris in the 19th century (3:30); how public presentation and performance differs from other kinds of speaking and reading, and how to prepare for it (9:00); the role of nervousness in public speaking, and how to deal with it (21:00); how prepare a text or script before reading or using it as an outline in a public speaking situation (31:00); and the importance of concrete languag...
2020-03-1759 minLive Wire with Luke BurbankElena Passarello (Short)This podcast short features the original interview with award-winning writer Elena Passarello who, after this appearance, became Live Wire's announcer. Elena is the author of two books of nonfiction, "Let Me Clear My Throat" (2012) and "Animals Strike Curious Poses" (2017). She is also the first female winner of the annual "Stanley and Stella Shouting Contest" held in New Orleans. Listen to this podcast to hear Elena's winning scream! And stay tuned for a song by folk rock singer This is The Kit, who performed on Live Wire in 2017.
2019-03-2924 min
A Good ReadNicola Walker and Sarah Ann KennedyActor Nicola Walker and Peppa Pig voice artist Sarah Ann Kennedy join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Gillian Flynn, Elena Passarello and Carly Simon.Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello
Publisher: Penguin Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Publisher: Weidenfeld & NicholsonBoys in the Trees by Carly Simon
Publisher: HachetteFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2019.
2019-03-2627 min
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'MearaEpisode 123—Elena Passarello on Listening to the Book, Polaroids, and Self-Doubt "I wanted to dig deeper into the essay collection AS they essay," says Elena Passarello. Welcome wayward CNFers, it’s the Creative Nonfiction Podcast, the show where I speak to bad ass writers, filmmakers, movers and shakers about the art and craft of telling true stories. Here you’ll learn the story, tips, and tactics that will inspire you to greater heights in your own own work. I’m your host Brendan O’Meara, hey, hey. Yeah, it’s Elena Passarello, not only is she wicked smaht, but we had a super fun, loose, entertaining conversation about her essays from Animals St...
2018-10-261h 49The Archive ProjectLit Crawl Portland 2017 (Rebroadcast)This special episode of The Archive Project is broken up into three sections, each corresponding to a single event during Lit Crawl Portland 2017. Lit Crawl is an eclectic mix of literary events staged in nontraditional locations. From poetry readings in bars to literary trivia and karaoke in hotel lobbies, Lit Crawl seeks to unite readers and writers in a single night jam-packed with literary fun. The first segment features a reading cohosted by De-Canon: A Visibility Project, White Noise, and YesYes Books, and showcasing poets Nabila Lovelace, Alyssa Ogi, Danez Smith, and Mahogany Browne. In the second segment, Elena...
2018-10-0350 min
Book Lounge by LibbyEp. #245 - Read Harder Challenge Part 3We're back with a bunch more recommendations to help you tackle the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge! Here's what we're chatting about today: Book About Nature Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett Shark Drunk by Morten Strøksnes Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson Western True Grit by Charles Portis The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van...
2018-07-1240 minThe Archive ProjectLit Crawl Portland 2017This special episode of The Archive Project is broken up into three sections, each corresponding to a single event during Lit Crawl Portland 2017. Lit Crawl is an eclectic mix of literary events staged in nontraditional locations. From poetry readings in bars to literary trivia and karaoke in hotel lobbies, Lit Crawl seeks to unite readers and writers in a single night jam-packed with literary fun. The first segment features a reading cohosted by De-Canon: A Visibility Project, White Noise, and YesYes Books, and showcasing poets Nabila Lovelace, Alyssa Ogi, Danez Smith, and Mahogany Browne. In the second segment, Elena...
2018-04-1149 minLive Wire with Luke Burbank“Brave New World” with Adam Gopnik, Elena Passarello, and BlossomLuke Burbank reflects on the lessons he learned from a day without his iPhone, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik shares his 40-year nostalgia theory and how sex with a long-term partner can reach civil war reenactment status, essayist Elena Passarello coins the term “animalsonified” while examining humans’ complicated relationships with famed mammals, and RnB singer Blossom performs the brand new track, “Possibilities.”
2017-11-2058 min
ME READING STUFFAFTER DARK! Elena Passarello - Animals Strike Curious PosesDear Reader, Remember Aileen Wuornos' hair? That's what mine looks like right now. I always thought I kinda looked like her (with more frequent baths) anyway. I'm downing sparkling water and Alka Seltzer. This is my bacchanal. With love, RobynYear by yearthe monkey's maskreveals the monkey.-BashoLINKS:Buy "Animals Strike Curious Poses" here: http://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/animals-strike-curious-poses-elena-passarelloBuy "The World Doesn't End" here: https://olivesbooks.com/products/9780156983501-0156983508-the-world-doesnt-endFollow me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil...
2017-11-1612 min
The OrganistThe Voice is a ThiefWill Marlon Brando's anguished shout from A Streetcar Named Desire survive as a cultural meme long after Brando himself is forgotten? Will the Stella scream become an enduring cultural reference in the vein of Shakespeare's quotations? In 2011, essayist Elena Passarello won New Orleans' annual Stella scream competition by channelling Brando's abject bawling. This week we speak with her about screams, cries, and the full range of the human voice. How does the body play into the sound of our voice? Is it possible to hear a broken foot bone when a performer speaks or sings? As interviewer Niela Orr...
2017-06-0829 min
Futility ClosetThe Giraffe Who Walked to Paris In 1824 the viceroy of Egypt sent a unique gift to the new king of France: a two-month-old giraffe that had just been captured in the highlands of Sudan. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll follow the 4,000-mile journey of Zarafa, the royal giraffe, from her African homeland to the king's menagerie in Paris. We'll also visit Queen Victoria's coronation and puzzle over a child's surprising recovery. Intro: In 1952 a stray cat made a home in Classroom 8 of a California elementary school. Abe Lincoln's ghost seems...
2017-05-2933 min
So Many Damn Books64: Melissa Febos & "Animals Strike Curious Poses"When Melissa Febos stops by the Damn Library to talk about her new book "Abandon Me," Christopher goes "Beyond Booze" for the drink, and Drew is also there, because of course he is! They talk pop psychology, gift giving, and everyone having different versions of a memory, amongst other topics. Then they move on to Elena Passarello's "Animals Strike Curious Poses" and marvel at her modern bestiary. Part of a song: Unit 4+2 - Concrete and Clay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2017-04-2546 min
The Dinner Party Download381: Thomas Middleditch, Justin Simien, Cold War Kids“Silicon Valley” star Thomas Middleditch gets silly and waxes poetic on his days as a Dungeons & Dragons wizard… “Dear White People” creator Justin Simien tells us how to deal with a Northerner who says y’all… Two-fifths of Cold War Kids mix a sentimental playlist… and author Elena Passarello introduces us to Mozart’s favorite pet. […]
2017-04-2100 min
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastAmpersand Episode 12: George Saunders, Patricia Smith, Juan Felipe HerreraGeorge Saunders on his novel, Lincoln in the Bardo; U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on the importance of poetry in the current political climate; Patricia Smith and Elena Passarello read from their new books.
2017-02-1531 minTK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastEp. 27: Mike Scalise and Ariel Lewiton Pt. 2In part 2 of their conversation, James and Mike Scalise, author of the memoir THE BRAND NEW CATASTROPHE, discuss an old wound, social media, and how winning the Center for Fiction's Christopher Doheny Award let to the incredible sequence of events surrounding the sale of Mike's book. Then, Sarabande Director of Marketing and Publicity/ Mike's editor/ excellent writer Ariel Lewiton joins James to discuss her many roles and how she got to where she is. Mike Scalise: http://mikescalise.tumblr.com/bnc Mike and James Discuss: THREE FEET HIGH AND RISING by De L...
2017-02-141h 01The Archive ProjectSandra Cisneros & Elena PassarelloIn this episode of The Archive Project, award-winning novelist, poet, and author of The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros, discusses her new book, A House of My Own: Stories from My Life, at the 2015 Wordstock Festival. A House of My Own is a richly illustrated compilation of true stories and nonfiction pieces that, taken together, form a jigsaw autobiography—an intimate album of a beloved literary legend. Cisneros is in conversation with Elena Passarello, author of the essay collection Let Me Clear My Throat.
“I grew up in Chicago, with poor neighborhoods and poor schools but grea...
2016-10-2653 min
Reasonably Sound13: Shopworn Sound EffectsMike takes you on a tour of the most commonly heard sound effects. And fair warning, when you hear them on this episode, you’ll start hearing them EVERYWHERE. Plus, Mike tells you why sides of beef and planks of wood were integral to the making of the Rocky movies.
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Audio-Vision by Michel Chion
In Search of a Concrete Music by Pierre Schaeffer
The Wilhelm Scream by Elena Passarello
10 Ridiculously Overused Movie Sound Effects
http://whatculture.com/film/10-ridiculously-overused-movie-sound-effects.php
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What is this sound effect I keep hearing?
http://ask.metafilter.com/150543/What-is-this-sound-effect-I-keep-hearing
Stock Sound Ef...
2015-01-1933 min