Latest Riverriver Podcast Episodes

#7: Pineapple - interview with Bill Batson

Littoral - April 04, 2020 21:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A conversation on arts-in-community, with local writer Bill Batson and River River poetry editor A. Anupama. Recorded at the Nyack Boat Club and produced by David e. Bell. Sponsored by CSU's Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians.

#6: Clementine - conversation with River River poetry editor Ghada Khalil

Littoral - March 05, 2020 18:20 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode, poetry editors Ghada Khalil and A. Anupama talk "process." The writing of poems in salon and in solitude, the curation of the journal, and the untranslatableness of experience to language (but how delightful to try), among other topics, offer a sweet glimpse of poetic mind.

#5: Blood orange - Interview with writer Maureen Amaturo

Littoral - January 09, 2020 07:12 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Maureen Amaturo, a regular at River River's community writing circles, reads from "Unseasonable" and "American Breakfast," two of 16 pieces of her work that have been accepted for publication at a rich and diverse list of journals and magazines in the last year. She talks with Donna Lee Miele abo...

#4: Apple - Interview with songwriter Richard Maldonado

Littoral - November 26, 2019 14:31 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Richard Maldonado, singer-songwriter and regular performer at our local farmers' markets, talks about creative process and songmaking. Also some conversation about our FLASH poetry outreach and the song it inspired. (Yes, there's a song at the end!) Interviewed by Anupama at the historic Nyack Bo...

#3: Tomato - Interview with Nick Norwood

Littoral - October 23, 2019 13:58 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Interview with poet Nick Norwood, director of the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians. Readings from his new book, Eagle and Phenix, along with conversation about McCullers' legacy and plans in Nyack. Poetic craft topics include family portraits and elegies, poetry of place, and wor...

#2: Pawpaw - Reading and conversation with Sigrid Nunez and Lori Soderlind

Littoral - October 15, 2019 13:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Reading and conversation between Sigrid Nunez, a 2018 National Book Award winner, and Lori Soderlind, writer and director of the MFA in creative writing program at Manhattanville College. They cover the joys and pitfalls of it all: writing, teaching, travel, and troublesome dogs. Recorded at the ...

#1: Mango - interview with Rockland Poets' Bryan Roessel

Littoral - August 28, 2019 13:52 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A conversation between poet-organizers, Bryan Roessel of Rockland Poets with A. Anupama, River River's director and editor. Mostly about the brand-new prize for local poets, coming up in the September 2019 slam, among other mangoes. RiverRiver.org RocklandPoets.com Produced by David e. Bell More ...