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Lit Up! with Nina Alvarez
by Lit Up with Nina Alvarez
A weekly radio show about literature and life purpose.
Episodes
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Part of Doing Something is Listening
This week Nina speaks about opening The Aurora Center for Creative and Spiritual Arts and her up and down journey making the decision. And how: "Ever since I signed that lease, I've shifted." Nina talks about learning to hold creative endeavors gently, being patient, listening for guidance. What...
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What Are My Questions?
After a 2-month summer break, I sat down one September Saturday morning and talked with Dan about what I wanted Lit Up to be. Trying to get to something richer and more personal, more artful and fun. Not that I don't love the 14 interviews I've done, but that I knew it was time for Lit Up to take...
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Make Your Own Opportunities: Interview with Bookwriter Alec Michael Powell and Playwright Kate Royal
Rochester theater up-and-comers Alec Michael Powell and Kate Royal talk about collaborating on their first musical "The Weekends," a show about the disillusionment the current crop of 20-somethings feel transitioning from college to "the real world." They discuss allowing character personalities…
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Listen to Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter Susanna Rose
Meet singer-songwriter Susanna Rose: lovely, humble, and the real deal. She's heard songs playing in her head since she was a child, but it wasn't until she learned guitar at 21 that she found a way to get them out. In this episode, Susanna Rose gives us a live performance of "Song to Myself," as...
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I Want to Put a Different Face to Travel Media: Interview with Professional Blogger Jessica DeJesus
Have you ever dreamed of quitting your job and becoming a professional blogger? Travel and food blogger Jessica DeJesus is making the plunge this summer. She talks to us about her #litup moment, how she got started, the ups and downs of building her visibility and audience, how Wayne Dyer's The...
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Some Years Are Questions, and Some Years Are Answers: Interview with Yoga Instructor Tate DeCaro
Meet Tate DeCaro, a newly minted yoga instructor. In 2013, while asking the question "What do I want to do with my life," an unexpected illness struck. This started a chain of events in which she changed her diet and her relationship with exercise and yoga. In 2014 she decided to take a trip to...
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We are All Children of the Same God: Interview with Author Alan Hilfiker
This week we talk with poet and fiction writer Alan Hilfiker about his newly published book MEMORIAL DAY (Meliora Publications), his formative experiences in his first English class at the University of Rochester: "I was struck, I was inspired. I never got over it." We discuss his interest in…
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Memorial Day by Alan Hilfiker
Reading of the poem "Memorial Day" by Alan Hilfiker (published May 24, 2015). Narrated by Jonathan Foss. In this stark and solemnly paced story-poem, inspired by a New York Times cover photo of a young woman sitting by a military gravestone, poet Alan Hilfiker introduces two characters: Old...
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I Know How to Entertain. I Don’t Know How to Change the World: Interview with Director Melyssa Hall
Spend a half-hour with the infectious spirit of young but accomplished Director/ Actor/ Producer Melyssa Hall. We talk about her booth "The Art of Conversation" at the Venice, New York Biennale, her newly minted role as an artistic intern at Ithaca's Kitchen Theater, her love of fantasy over...
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Being a Conduit for Other People's Stories: Interview with Journalist Robin Flanigan
Meet Rochester writer and essayist Robin Flanigan, whose words and work chronicle the deep meaning behind everyday life. Her journey from writing for free for a community newspaper to making a living as a successful writer is the blueprint every young writer needs to study. Hear about how the...
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Applause is More Addictive Than Any Drug You Could Name: Interview with Actor Jack Simel
Interview with Rochester actor/director Jack Simel on a lifetime of loving applause, the much-missed Shipping Dock theater, community theater as it's changed over the past 40 years, and why coming back to Rochester to get back into acting was a good idea. He also discusses his upcoming…
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Empathy and Deep Listening in the Art of Poetry: Interview with Poet/Therapist Charlie Cote
Poet and therapist Charlie Cote brings a sense of deep listening to his work and writing. In this interview, Charlie reads some of his recent work, we talk about how he became a poet, and we discuss Poetically Connect, Charlie's on-the-fly poems-on-demand.
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Writing & Researching Controversial Topics: Interview with Dramaturg Claudia Nolan
This week I interview Dramaturg Claudia Nolan and Playwright Kate Royal on the dynamic, creative, and research-oriented role of the dramaturg in the production of Royal's recent play "Mammoth" and her upcoming staged reading of "Girls Can Tell," a play about sexual assault on college campuses.
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Take the Time to Step Out of Yourself: Interview with Author Julian Campbell
Interview with novelist Julian Foster, who has a lot to say about the art of writing, and the realities we live in. Foster is one of those rare people who can speak across dividing lines of class, race, gender, We talk about his book Before I Wake, recent violence among young girls in urban...
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Channeling Your Characters: Interview with Playwright Kate Royal
Interview with Kate Royal on the role of the playwright, director, and actors as conduits in a cycle of channeled humanity; and how her recent play "Mammoth" was her coming out play, even though she didn't know it when she was writing it.
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Breaking Through Creative Blocks: Interview with Writer Christine Green
Interview with writer Christine Green on how she got through her writers block using an accountability buddy, intuition, and re-creating the conditions of the last time she felt good about herself as a writer.
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A weekly radio show about literature and life purpose.
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