The Lives of Writers

Jeff Alessandrelli

Episode Summary

Michael talks with Jeff Alessandrelli about the nonprofit book press/record label Fonograf Editions, feeling like more of a reader than a writer, supporting the work of other writers, his poetry collection FUR NOT LIGHT, the non-autobiographical "I," his novel or fictional essay or literary collage AND YET, writing about sex, desire, and the fluid self, the process of collaging in the work of other writers, and more.

Episode Notes

Michael talks with Jeff Alessandrelli about the nonprofit book press/record label Fonograf Editions, feeling like more of a reader than a writer, supporting the work of other writers, his poetry collection FUR NOT LIGHT, the non-autobiographical "I," his novel or fictional essay or literary collage AND YET, writing about sex, desire, and the fluid self, the process of collaging in the work of other writers, and more.

Jeff Alessandrelli is the author of six books, most recently the poetry collection Fur Not Light and the novel And Yet. His poetry and prose have been published in places like The American Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, and Prairie Schooner, and his reviews and interviews in The Rumpus, Kenyon Review, Rain Taxi, and more. He directs the nonprofit book press/record label Fonograf Editions.

Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.

 

 

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