<description>&lt;p&gt;A highly emotional conversation with Darryl Pinckney, a long time contributor to &lt;em&gt;The New York Review of Books &lt;/em&gt;whose most recently published work &lt;em&gt;Come Back in September&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;em&gt;A Literary Education On West Sixty-Seventh Street, &lt;/em&gt;revisits his relationship with writer Elizabeth Hardwick. Other topics we dive into include writing in the U.S. today as compared to in less troubling eras.&lt;/p&gt;
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A highly emotional conversation with Darryl Pinckney, a long time contributor to The New York Review of Books whose most recently published work Come Back in September: A Literary Education On West Sixty-Seventh Street, revisits his relationship with writer Elizabeth Hardwick. Other topics we dive into include writing in the U.S. today as compared to in less troubling eras.

"Writing In a Time of Uncertainty"

<description>&lt;p&gt;Ronaldo Wilson, winner of the Publishing Triangle's 2010 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, the 13th Annual Asian American Literary Award for Poetry, 2007 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and so many other accolades looks back at the powerful creative alliance we formed on the streets of New York in the early 90's.&lt;/p&gt;
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Ronaldo Wilson, winner of the Publishing Triangle's 2010 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, the 13th Annual Asian American Literary Award for Poetry, 2007 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and so many other accolades looks back at the powerful creative alliance we formed on the streets of New York in the early 90's.

Ronaldo Wilson, Poet, Artist and Author of "Poems of the Black Object"

<description>&lt;p&gt;If you've ever had questions about the contradictions of life in the U.S., Jeffrey Sommers addresses them in a discussion in which we try and make sense of why the largest economy in the world has such a crumbling infrastructure, weak job market and rise in mass shootings that symbolize a wider American pessimism about the future.&lt;/p&gt;
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If you've ever had questions about the contradictions of life in the U.S., Jeffrey Sommers addresses them in a discussion in which we try and make sense of why the largest economy in the world has such a crumbling infrastructure, weak job market and rise in mass shootings that symbolize a wider American pessimism about the future.

Jeffrey Sommers Author and Political Economist on the Decline of the U.S. Job Market and The Lingering Ghost of Reagan

<description>&lt;p&gt;London based writer and visual artist Geraldine Snell and I discuss her playfully self-searching book published by Dostoeveksy Wannabe in 2019 that consists of a series of messages to a performer she develops obsessive feelings towards.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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London based writer and visual artist Geraldine Snell and I discuss her playfully self-searching book published by Dostoeveksy Wannabe in 2019 that consists of a series of messages to a performer she develops obsessive feelings towards.&nbsp;

Geraldine Snell, Visual Artist and Author of "Overlove"

<description>&lt;p&gt;Nicole and I discuss lazy liberalism, tech titans, stopping socialism from becoming another brand and discover our mutual deep affection for "Culture and Society" by Raymond Williams.&lt;/p&gt;
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Nicole and I discuss lazy liberalism, tech titans, stopping socialism from becoming another brand and discover our mutual deep affection for "Culture and Society" by Raymond Williams.

Nicole Aschoff Editor of Jacobin Magazine and Author of "The New Prophets of Capital"

New York writer and musician jennifer jazz, author of "Spill Ink On It," a memoir about being young, androgynous and restless in the wild wild eighties, published by Spuyten Duyvil Press, engages in critical and soul searching conversations with other writers about writing.

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