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Digging Through with Gessy Alvarez
by Digging Press
Digging Through with Gessy Alvarez is a podcast for cultural omnivores. Gessy Alvarez shares her love of art and culture as well as some of her offbeat observations. No snark. No bark. Just good talk.©️Digging Press LLC DiggingPress.com
Episodes
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Marie Baléo - Submersion
In this episode, Gessy Alvarez talks with French writer, poet, and editor Marie Baléo. Marie's chapbook Submersion is the winner of our 2021 Digging Press Chapbook Series Award. The poetry collection articulates dignity, admiration, and a profound kinship for Beirut, Lebanon. Submersion is a…
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Abigail Carl-Klassen, Ain’t Country Like You
Gessy Alvarez talks to Digging Press author Abigail Carl-Klassen about her chapbook Ain't Country Like You available at DiggingPress.com. About Ain't Country Like You Winner of the 2019 Digging Press Chapbook Series Award, Abigail Carl-Klassen depicts rural spaces inhabited by a community…
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Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Awabi 2nd Edition
Gessy Alvarez talks to Digging Press author Mandy-Suzanne Wong about her chapbook Awabi. About Awabi: A Duet of Short Stories Mandy-Suzanne Wong deftly explores the complex world of the ama — ocean women, mostly elderly, who eke out a living while diving deep to capture abalone, snails, and...
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Jenny Shank - Mixed Company
In today's episode, I’m talking to a dear friend, writer Jenny Shank. Jenny’s short story collection Mixed Company won the George Garrett Fiction Prize and was published by Texas Review Press in November 2021. From JennyShank.com: In Mixed Company Jenny Shank reveals moments of grace and…
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Amanda Headlee Till We Become Monsters
Gessy Alvarez talks to author Amanda Headlee about her new book, Till We Become Monsters published by Woodhall Press (June 1, 2021). Amanda Headlee's Bio: With a love of scary stories and folklore, Amanda Headlee spent her entire life crafting works of dark fiction. She has a fascination with the...
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Summer 2021 - the beginning of the end?
Hello, every loving one of you. Welcome to Digging Through with Gessy Alvarez. A podcast celebrating the cultural omnivores in all of us. In this episode, Gessy looks back at Summer 2021. Doesn’t it feel like June was 20 years ago and not two months ago?. Hear her reminisce about those good old...
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Dimitri Reyes - Every First & Fifteenth
In this episode Gessy talks with Dimitri Reyes, a Puerto Rican multidisciplinary artist, content creator, organizer, and educator from Newark, New Jersey. Dimitri is the winner of the 2020 Digging Press Chapbook Award. His award-winning chapbook, Every First & Fifteenth is forthcoming June 30…
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Last Story - Mispronunciation
It's the end of 2019 and we feel fine. Listen to Gessy Alvarez read the last story she wrote in 2019. We'll be launching our monthly reading series in the Red Room at KGB Bar, NYC in 2020. Join us for our first reading event on January 14. For details go to DiggingPress.com/reading-series. Happy...
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Storyteller Series feat. David S. Atkinson
Storyteller Series continues with a witty tale - Gummy Candies Maybe the Fourth State of Matter, But That’s Only After They’ve Been Admitted to the Union by David S. Atkinson. David S. Atkinson is the author of books such as "Roses are Red, Violets are Stealing Loose Change from my Pockets While…
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Storyteller Series Feat. Christopher Bowen
Storyteller Series continues with a captivating piece - How We Are Alone by Christopher Bowen. Christopher Bowen is the author of the chapbook, We Were Giants; the novella, When I Return to You, I Will Be Unfed; and the non-fiction, Debt. He blogs from Burning River and has traveled throughout…
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Storyteller Series Feat. Zuzanna Fiminska
Storyteller Series kicks off with a wondrous tale - Judge by Zuzanna Fiminska. Zuzanna Fimińska is a writer filling the world with great conversations and many points of view. Her work was published in Mslexia, Other Stories, Coil Magazine, Cecile's Writers, Cadaverine and others. She's the…
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Cultural Omnivore
We're back from a long hiatus. Gessy talks about what has kept her away for so long, Portland, AWP Conference, and answers the question everyone was asking her...What does 'Cultural Omnivore' mean? Opening and Closing Music Credit: Dusk Cathedral by Lee Rosevere RELEASED: April 2nd, 2019 GENRES:...
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Paul Beckman - Tough Guy, Heartfelt Writer
I invited Paul Beckman for a drink and a chat at my favorite spot, Great Jones Cafe in NYC. We talked about his new stories and where he grew up. Paul reads his stories: "Bad Man" and "Honey, Darling." Music Credits: Opening and Closing - The Grind by Justin Mahar Improvisata Persica 'Santur'....
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Bud Smith and Rae Buleri - Writer and Artist United
I had the pleasure of spending an evening with writer Bud Smith and artist Rae Buleri. We talk about their book Dust Bunny City, Bud's new book Double Bird, writing and art life, and all the fuzzy stuff in between. Music Credit: The Grind by Justin Mahar courtesy of MusOpen.org
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Swinging from a Chandelier
In this final episode of season one, Gessy has some fun reading a condensed version of her short story "Swinging from a Chandelier." She even attempts to carry a tune or two.
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Two New Obsessions
Gessy continues to obsess over formidable artists. This week she's living for Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector and artist Louise Bourgeois. Listen to an excerpt of Lispector's short story, The Dinner, from her New Directions' collection, Complete Stories. Learn about Louise Bourgeois' exhibit…
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Roberto Carlos Garcia and MELANCOLÍA, Pt.2
Part two of our interview with poet Roberto Carlos Garcia about his collection, Melancolía. We chat about life in the suburbs, higher powers, Get Fresh Books, and the state of poetic education. This is part two of two. Music: The Grind by Justin Mahar courtesy of MusOpen.org
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Roberto Carlos Garcia and MELANCOLÍA, Pt.1
In this episode I have the pleasure of interviewing poet, Roberto Carlos Garcia about his collection, Melancolía. We chat about life in the suburbs, family, our understanding of Duende and Melancolía as forces in our lives, and so much more. This is part one of two. Music: The Grind by Justin…
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”The Sense Of Sin Is My Master”
In this episode, Gessy shares her attraction to “outsider” female artists. She focuses on a retrospective at the New Museum in NYC entitled “Carol Rama: Antibodies. Note from Gessy: I’ve always been attracted to “outsider” female artists. These women who bravely defied conventions and civil…
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Grace Paley, Free Condoms, and Drag Queens, oh my!
Gessy went on vacation to the magical land of Ptown this week. She reminisces about her first visit and expounds (ha!) on her love for the wondrous fishing village. Grace Paley, retired cops, free condoms, and drag queens, oh my! Music: Opening -Sérénades, Op.96, Ferdinando Carulli, performed by...
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Self-Indulgence and Subway Explorations
Welcome to Digging Through with Gessy Alvarez. In this episode, I talk about self-indulgence, Bastille Day, subways, and what life means to me. Music: Opening -Sérénades, Op.96, Ferdinando Carulli, performed by Menecha Casano and Néstor Guestrin. Closing - Forgotten Dreams, Leroy Anderson,...
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Newfound Love for Sophie Calle
Welcome to Digging Through with Gessy Alvarez. In this episode, I talk about 4th of July, my obsession with art post-election, the artistic oasis that is Printed Matter in NYC, and the incomparable Sophie Calle. Music: Opening -Sérénades, Op.96, Ferdinando Carulli, performed by Menecha Casano and...
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Small Talk and Dog Years
Hello, every loving one of you. We just recorded our first podcast. Listen to our editor, Gessy Alvarez muse about her hate of small talk and love of dog years. Opening music: Sérénades, Op.96, Ferdinando Carulli, performed by Menecha Casano and Néstor Guestrin Closing music: Sung Oribe…
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Digging Through with Gessy Alvarez is a podcast for cultural omnivores. Gessy Alvarez shares her love of art and culture as well as some of her offbeat observations. No snark. No bark. Just good talk.©️Digging Press LLC DiggingPress.com
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Digging Through with Gessy Alvarez is a podcast for cultural omnivores. Gessy Alvarez shares her love of art and culture as well as some of her offbeat observations. No snark. No bark. Just good talk.©️Digging Press LLC DiggingPress.com
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