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An oracle for the everyday creative | Whether it's through reading and writing, watching and listening, making, playing, or practicing, we’re digging into what inspires us to aspire, make a mess, and find joy as career and casual creatives.
Welcome back to our final episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone. I'm sharing my poem-in-progress, "Sortition," inspired by Sandy's poem fromEpisode 6,and by the Little Oracles poetic fragment "bone," part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.
We talk about skeletal neomorphs and personal specters, jury duty in 6th-century Athens, lexical campfires, and more, and reflect on the project as a whole. Plus, Sandy shares another special reading from her upcoming collection, The Glass Studio:the truly beautiful "Oracle," a perfect series send-off.
This is our final episode of 2023; thank you all for being here! While we're on break, you can find every Little Oracles episode in the archive.Happy New Year, and 'til next time, as always: take care, keep creating, and stay divine! <3
Resources
- Divinations | I: Welcome to the Miniseries; II: Twine, Maps, & the Meta-Meta; III: Lakes, Cosmic Convergence, & the Scientific Sublime; IV: Shells, Learning to Listen, & the Lyric You; V: Pockets, Tooth Fairies, & the Surreal Real; VI: Bolts, Friendly Ghosts, & the Opportunity to Tilt
- Little Oracles digital installation | bone,my chosen fragment
- Sandy's links | www.sandrayannone.com; Boats for Women; Salmon Poetry
- Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Facebook & YouTube
- References | "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound; "Whereas" by Layli Long Soldier (full collection); Lakota Nation vs. the United States (film by Laura Tomaselli); Segues: A Correspondence in Poetry by William Stafford & Marvin Bell; Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet
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Welcome back to our sixth (and penultimate!) episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone.
In this episode, Sandy shares her poem-in-progress, "By Years the Obstacles, at Night the Scars," inspired by my "Articles of Incorporation" fromEpisode 5: Pockets, Tooth Fairies, & the Surreal Real, as well as by the Little Oracles lexical fragment "bolt," which you can view as part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, back on view at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.
We talk about vintage toys as metaphor, learning to love line breaks, the “I–you" matrix, and more. And as a special treat, Sandy gifts us with a reading of “The Next Open Space,” which will appear in her forthcoming collection, The Glass Studio, published by Salmon Poetry in early 2024. Plus, I offer an excerpt from my response poem to "By Years the Obstacles, at Night the Scars" —the very last one of the series, dropping on December 19. Enjoy, and as always: take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Divinations I | Welcome to the Miniseries
- Divinations II | Twine, Maps, & the Meta-Meta (feat. Sandy's poem, "The Stars on the Snake River")
- Divinations III | Lakes, Cosmic Convergence, & the Scientific Sublime (feat. Allison's poem, "Hereafter")
- Divinations IV | Shells, Learning to Listen, & the Lyric You (feat. Sandy's poem, "Ecdysis Sonnet")
- Divinations V | Pockets, Tooth Fairies, & the Surreal Real(feat. Allison's poem, "Articles of Incorporation")
- The Little Oracles multimedia digital installation | bolt, Sandy's chosen lexical fractal
- Sandy's links | Website: www.sandrayannone.com; Boats for Women on Abe Books; Publisher website: Salmon Poetry
- Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Facebook and YouTube
- References | Bill Knott, American poet; Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet; Gail Tremblay, American writer & artist
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Welcome back to our fifth episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone.
In this episode, I read my poem-in-progress, "Articles of Incorporation," inspired by Sandy's "Ecdysis Sonnet" fromEpisode 4: Shells, Learning to Listen, & the Lyric You, as well as by the Little Oracles lexical fragment "pocket," which you can view as part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, back on view at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.
We talk about transubstantiation and the corporate body, secret sonnets and interrogative endings, randomized Dads, and more. Plus, Sandy shares an excerpt from her response poem to my featured reading —the last one she'll share in the miniseries, debuting in Episode 6, which drops December 12. Enjoy, and as always: take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Divinations I | Welcome to the Miniseries
- Divinations II | Twine, Maps, & the Meta-Meta (feat. Sandy's poem, "The Stars on the Snake River")
- Divinations III | Lakes, Cosmic Convergence, & the Scientific Sublime (feat. Allison's poem, "Hereafter")
- Divinations IV | Shells, Learning to Listen, & the Lyric You (feat. Sandy's poem, "Ecdysis Sonnet")
- The Little Oracles multimedia digital installation | pocket, my chosen lexical fractal
- Sandy's links | Website: www.sandrayannone.com; Boats for Women on Abe Books
- Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Facebook and YouTube
- References | Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet; transubstantiation (Wikipedia article)
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Welcome back to our fourth episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone.
In this episode, Sandy's shares her "Ecdysis Sonnet," inspired by my poem from Episode 3: Lakes, Cosmic Convergence, & the Scientific Sublime, as well as by the Little Oracles lexical fragment "shell," which you can view as part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, back on view at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.
We talk about giving ourselves permission to stretch poetic forms, liminality and belonging, human statues, and more. Plus, I share an excerpt from my response poem to Sandy's featured reading. Enjoy, and as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Divinations I | Welcome to the Miniseries
- Divinations II | Twine, Maps, & the Meta-Meta (feat. Sandy's poem, "The Stars on the Snake River")
- Divinations III | Lakes, Cosmic Convergence, & the Scientific Sublime (feat. Allison's poem, "Hereafter")
- The Little Oracles multimedia digital installation | shell, Sandy's chosen lexical fractal
- Sandy's links | Website: www.sandrayannone.com; Boats for Women on Abe Books
- Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Facebook and YouTube
- References | Segues: A Correspondence in Poetry by William Stafford and Marvin Bell on Abe Books, which includes "Wherever You Are" by Marvin Bell and "Testing, Testing, Not Being Lost" by William Stafford (as read by Sandy in this episode)
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Welcome back to our third (and numerically auspicious, so says Sandy) episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone.
In this episode, I share my poem "Hereafter," after Ada Limón's"After the Fire," and inspired by Sandy's poem from Episode 2: Twine, Maps, & the Meta-Meta, as well as by the Little Oracles lexical fragment "lake," which you can view as part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, back on view at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.
We get into the intensity of the word “if,” poetry as a chance to change, manifesting cosmic convergence (led by Ada Limón), and more. Plus, Sandy shares a snippet of her response poem to my featured reading. Enjoy, and as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Divinations I | Welcome to the Miniseries
- Divinations II | Twine, Maps, & the Meta-Meta (feat. Sandy's poem, "The Stars on the Snake River")
- The Little Oracles multimedia digital installation | lake,my chosen lexical fractal
- Sandy's links | Website: www.sandrayannone.com; Boats for Women on Abe Books
- Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Facebook and YouTube
- References | S01:E01 | ABC, Read with Me(if you want to find out more about the original Little Oracles digital installation); my poetry games and generators on Itch.io; "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound; Bill Knott, American poet
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In our second episode of the seven-part Divinations miniseries, poet Sandra Yannone and I dig into her work-in-progress poem, "The Stars on the Snake River," inspired by the Little Oracles lexical fractal "twine," part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, which isback on view atlittleoracles.com/exhibit.
We talk about the liminality of travel and creative revision, map-making, the poet Elizabeth Bishop (including a reading of her poem, "The Map"), and more. Plus, I share a snippet of my response poem to Sandy's featured reading! It's a meta-meta episode indeed. :)
Enjoy, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
Resources
- Divinations I | Welcome to the Miniseries
- The Little Oracles multimedia digital installation | twine, Sandy's chosen lexical fractal
- Sandy's links | Website: www.sandrayannone.com; Boats for Women on Abe Books
- Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Facebook and YouTube
- References | "The Map"by Elizabeth Bishop; S03:E17 | Creative Chat with John Harper: The Iterative Impulse in Making Art, Playtesting RPGs, & Cooking at Home
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Our first Divinations miniseries, featuring working poet Sandra Yannone, is here! I’m so thrilled to share the first episode of this seven-part miniseries, which chronicles our collaborative conversation in poems, in which Sandy and I debut work in progress, unpack poems, and dig into creative practice and process.
In this episode, Sandy and I preview what’s in store for this short (and oh-so-sweet) season, including discussions of creating with constraints, calling in the voices of our artistic forbears, the everyday portals to stories, and more.
Here’s a little bit about Sandy: Sandra Yannone’s debut collection, Boats for Women, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2019. Salmon will publish her second collection, The Glass Studio, in 2024. Her poetry and book reviews have appeared in Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, Lambda Literary Review and numerous others. Since March 2020, she has hosted the weekly reading series Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Zoom via Facebook.
Enjoy, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Sandy's links | Website: www.sandrayannone.com; Boats for Women on Abe Books
- Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Facebook and YouTube
- About the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation | S01:E01 | ABC, Read with Me
- On the locus of inspiration | S02:E15 | The Hot Takes Episode: The Inspiration Fallacy & I'm Your Bucklebury
- References | Envelopes of Air, a poetic conversation between Ada Limón and Natalie Diaz, in The New Yorker; "Ada Limón and Natalie Diaz Discuss Envelopes of Air" on The New Yorker Poetry Podcast; Segues: A Correspondence in Poetry by William Stafford and Marvin Bell on Abe Books; The Triggering Town and 31 Letters and 13 Dreams by Richard Hugo on Abe Books
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It's our first-ever miniseries! Over seven episodes, Little Oracles: Divinations chronicles an ongoing conversation in poems between poet Sandra Yannone and yours truly. We'll debut poems in progress, discuss the creative process, and dig into what it means to collaborate with and draw inspiration from other thinkers, makers, and creators.
I'm so excited to share this super-special series with all of you!
Enjoy, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine. <3
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Hard to believe we're closing out Season Two: Play as Practice, but here we are! This season has been such an amazing few months of imagination and experimentation and collaboration, and I'm so grateful to all of you who show up week after week to hang out in our little corner of curiosity and creativity here on the Internet.
Season Three heralds a new miniseries to round out the year (find out more in the episode!), and since it'll be a bit different in terms of format, we're announcing the Asynchronous Book Club themes and picks for November and December today!
November | Lost & Found: Family Stories
- The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
- Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
- Chilean Poet by Alejandro Zambra
December | Big Book Energy
- Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Thanks so much for being here, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Find every episode of the pod in the new Little Oracles Archive
- The Little Oracles origin story | S01:E01 | ABC, Read with Me
- Get some oomph from these eps about starting your next creative project | S02:E15 | The Hot Takes Episode: The Inspiration Fallacy & I'm Your Bucklebury and S02:E18 | Hauntings I: A Micro-Series Debut, My Golden Ghouls, & October ABC Picks
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Remember back in S02:E18, how I said I was haunted by friendship? Well, this episode is the culmination of one of those friendly hauntings, featuring a new short fiction piece by yours truly, with an original soundscape by the unmatched, ultra-marvelous Kaitlin Bruder — performer, graphic artist, producer, and co-creator of the Thin Places Radio podcast.
Collaborating with Kaitlin was a dream, and I can’t wait for you to hear how she took this short story to a lush, layered, and wholly unearthly level with her artistry.
Happy Halloween, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Kaitlin's links | Website: www.bruderkaitlin.com;Thin Places Radio: Spotify (and anywhere else you get pods)
- The Thin Places Radio episode + my extreme paean to TPR | S01:E13 | Creative Chat with Thin Places Radio: The Lure of Liminality, Asynchronous Connection, & Top Cryptids
- The Kristen O'Neal episode | S02:E19 | Hauntings II with Kristen O'Neal: The Comfort of Horror
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Welcome to another horror-licious Creative Chat, featuring the inimitable Shannon Joy Rodgers, an Emmy-wining writer, performer, inline skater, director, editor — she kinda does it all.
After seeing Shannon’s slyly comedic horror short, A Moment of Your Time — which is currently running the festival circuit before its wider release — I couldn’t wait to have her on the podcast to talk all kinds of things, including:
- the humor/horror Venn diagram;
- how her early years as a skater influenced her editing and storytelling;
- the value of diversity in media;
- the beauty of artistic collaboration (she co-wrote and co-starred in AMOYT with her husband, Ross Bryant);
- and (of course) what horror movies she’s loving right now.
Shannon is just so much fun to chat with; I’m sure you’ll love her insights, too. Enjoy, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
Resources
- Shannon's links | Website: shannonjoyrodgers.com; Instagram: @shannonjoyrodgers & @amoyt_film
- Media discussed | A Nightmare on Elm Street, feat. Freddy Krueger(film franchise, 1984-); Child's Play, feat. Chucky (film, 1988); Maximum Overdrive(film, 1986); Hellraiser (film franchise, 1987-); Candyman (film, 1992); Talk to Me (film, 2023);Scream VI(film, 2023); M3GAN(film, 2022); The Glass Cannon Network (RPG entertainment network, featuring Ross Bryant, aka Shannon's husband & A Moment of Your Time co-writer and co-star)
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This week, I’ve got some haunted Little Reviews for all you ghouls and goblins out there! We’re discussing three books about passing through the veil — perfect for this ghastly, ghostly time of year:
- Where the Wild Ladies Areby Aoko Matsuda (trans. Polly Barton)
- This Thing Between Usby Gus Moreno
- Bad Creeby Jessica Johns
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
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Welcome to a very special horror-forward Creative Chat with the amazing Kristen O'Neal: author of Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, and the co-creator of the Thin Places Radio podcast (TPR).
After an amazing chat with Kristen and her TPR collaborator Kaitlin Bruder back in Season One, I wanted to invite her back on the podcast to talk more about why she finds comfort in horror, her thoughts on the emerging (and nebulous) genre of "cozy horror," and what's haunting her right now, horror-wise — in fact, the second half of this chat is a veritable what's-what of horror film recommendations. (CW: Mentions of body horror; medical talk; horror films and imagery with moderate detail.)
Kristen is an unmitigated delight; I'm so glad to share our conversation with all of you. Enjoy, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
Resources
- Kristen's links | Website: kristenonealwrites.com; Instagram: @discountgoblin; Thin Places Radio: Spotify (and anywhere else you get pods)
- Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal
- The Thin Places Radio episode + my extreme paean to TPR | S01:E13 | Creative Chat with Thin Places Radio: The Lure of Liminality, Asynchronous Connection, & Top Cryptids
- Media discussed | The Babadook(film, 2014); His House (film, 2020); The Ring(film, 2002); Saw (film franchise, 2004-); The Ritual (film, 2017);Annihilation(film, 2018); Stephen Graham Jones (author) |The Exorcist (film, 1973);Night of the Living Dead(film, 1968); Possession (film, 1981); Alien (film, 1979); The Birds (film, 1963);Get Out (film, 2017); Nope(film, 2022); Lake Mungo(film, 2008)
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It’s October, and for me, that means chill autumn vibes, maybe decorating with a skeleton or two, and cozying up with some of my favorite haunted reads.It also means I’m kicking off a micro-series of episodes, dubbed Hauntings: five episodes all about reaching through the veil, or that cozy-haunted feeling of a cherished memory, or the comfort of horror. (More on that in one of our Creative Chats this month!)
In this episode, though, I’m sharing some of my “Golden Ghouls” — that is, the things that haunt me in a good way, and spur my creative practice. Maybe they’ll spark something for you, too.
I’m also extending the series theme to our October Asynchronous Book Club, and I’ve got three books for you — remember, you can read whatever you want, whenever you want, and always be sure to check content warnings before you dive in:
- Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin (one of our original January Immortal Beloveds that we’re meting out across the year)
- Strega by Johanne Lykke Holm (a favorite of Instagram’s Weird Women Book Club, @weirdwomenbookclub)
- Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson (one of my annual October reads; I love this collection, the 2017 Penguin edition of which includes a foreword by another of my favorite authors, Ottessa Moshfegh <3)
Enjoy … if you dare! (I’m just kidding. Kind of.) And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- On the meta meaning of this podcast | S1:E21 | Last Words, Words, Words: Season Finale (Or Is It?) + Teasing Season Two
- Writing about writing | Refuse to Be Done (Matt Bell); One Writer's Beginnings (Eudora Welty); Meader, Spiral, Explode (Jane Alison | Bonus Kenyon Review essay on M,S,E by Ruth Joffre); Mystery and Manners (Flannery O'Connor)
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Welcome back to another Johnversation, wherein I sit down with graphic artist and game designer (and my partner) John Harper! This season, we're digging into aesthetic and mechanical iteration: John takes us through his process for creating art, playtesting his games, and co-running a food lab in our home kitchen.
I love talking with John about creative practice and process, and I'm sure you'll love hearing his insights (and his tips and tricks for making amazing steak).
Enjoy, and, as always: take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- John's social media | Twitter:@john_harper, Instagram:@onesevendesign, Substack, Bluesky: @johnharper
- The first Johnversation | S01:E17 | Creative Chat with John Harper: Cataloging Inspiration, Remixing Tropes, and Decommodifying Craft
- John's games, including AGON | johnharper.itch.ioand Evil Hat Productions
- Cold-sear steak video | America's Test Kitchen on YouTube
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It's Little Reviews time, and today we're talking about dissonance — you know, that feeling of dissolution from the self; from memories; even from reality. I've got three books on the roll today:
- The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (trans. Stephen Snyder)
- The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghostsby Maxine Hong Kingston, our ABC pick for May (including a reference to The Tiger's Wife, which I reviewed in S02:E18 | Books Like a Surrealist Fable (feat. Téa Obreht & Ruth Ozeki))
- Second Place by Rachel Cusk, which I mentioned in S02:E12 | The Critical Conceit: Divine Creativity, Compliment Sandwiches, & September ABC Picks
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
Pass the popcorn, because it's time for some hot takes!
While these takes might not cause any cultural schisms, they nonetheless represent a couple of convictions I hold about creativity and creative practice, as illustrated by cornhole, solarpunk quilting RPGs, the movie Tombstone, AND crucial plot-points in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It’s kinda wacky! And bildungsroman-y! And sentimental!
Enjoy, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- S01:E11 | Hot Takes! Creativity Isn't What You Think & The "Right Time" Lie + April Book Club Picks(referenced in this week's episode)
- American Cornhole League Championships
- Tombstone(film)
- The Lord of the Ringstrilogy (books, films)
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Welcome to another Creative Chat, featuring a true Renaissance woman: artist and game designer Sabrina Sims. As a New York–based experimental media artist, Sabrina works across genre and media, including zine-making, fiber arts, installation work, live coding, games, synth music ... you name it, she probably does it.
I was so thrilled to sit down with Sabrina to talk about her creative practice and process, how community informs everything she makes, and her thoughts on DIY as both aesthetic and philosophy (also: what the heck live coding actually is). Sabrina is endlessly inspired, and I'm sure you'll come away inspired, too.
Enjoy, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
Resources
- Sabrina's Links | Website: www.starlyart.studio | Instagram: @starlyartstudio | Itch.io: starlybri.itch.io
- Mentioned in this episode: Big Bad Con, Thirsty Sword Lesbians (April Kit Walsh / Evil Hat Productions)
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It's time for some Little Reviews, featuring four books steeped in nostalgia and that late-summer feeling of looking back.
- Yerba Buenaby Nina LaCour
- Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore
- Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- S02:E03 | Books About the Aftermath | Featuring a review of We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
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What do Transcendentalism, the goddess Athena, and compliment sandwiches have in common? Find out in this episode about the duality of the critic (as informed by 19th-century journalist Margaret Fuller), the gravity of practice, and the holism of evaluating your own creative work. PLUS! September Asynchronous Book Club theme and picks!
As always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
Resources
- A Short Essay on Critics by Margaret Fuller
- Woman in the Nineteenth Century by Margaret Fuller
- Episodes referenced: S2:E9 | Creative Chat with Craig Shipman: On Curiosity, Confidence, and Close-Up Magic and S2:E2 | The YOLO Philosophy: Play, Praxis, and Paroxysm in Creativity
- September ABC Theme: A Life's Work, featuring The Odyssey by Lara Williams; The Employees by Olga Ravn; and The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada
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It's time for another Creative Chat, this time with one of the kindest, most thoughtful people I've ever met: writer and game developer Nychelle Schneider. Nychelle and I sat down for a wonderful conversation about her creative backstory (which includes Remote-Operated Vehicle builds!), and also:
- how she fell in love with writing (and is now getting an MFA in it);
- how her Pacific Northwest indigeneity informs her own science fiction (I love her thoughts on the interplay of cultural erasure and world-building); and
- how deep research underpins the rich and robust worlds she builds in roleplaying games (she's got nudibranch lore on lock).
This chat was one for the books; I'm sure you'll love Nychelle just as much as I do by the end. <3
Happy listening, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Nychelle Schneider on Twitter andInstagram; projects website: VoidalSpace.com
- The Wildsea RPG, featuring writing by Nychelle
- Blades in the Dark by John Harper (tabletop roleplaying game)
- The Dagger Isles | Blades in the Dark supplement, featuring writing by Nychelle
- Fallout: Cascadia | Video game mod for Fallout 4, featuring writing by Nychelle (in progress)
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It's Little Reviews time, and today we're talking about fallout: the space of personal crises in post-crucible societies. I've got four books on the docket, all of them book club picks:
- Harrowby Joy Williams, an ABC pick for June
- How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu, an ABC pick for July
- Space Invaders by Nona Fernández (trans. Natasha Wimmer), an ABC pick for June
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, an original ABC pick from January, which we revisited in March
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- S02:E03 | Little Reviews: Books About the Aftermath | Referenced in this episode's discussion of Space Invaders, in re: the quality of "haze" in writing
- The Crossingby Cormac McCarthy, and Mona by Pola Oloixarac | Referenced in this episode's discussion of Harrow
- Hades, Argentina by Daniel Loedel,The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch, andSalt Housesby Hala Alyan | Referenced in this episode's discussion of Space Invaders
- The Awakeningby Kate Chopin,or the graphic novel A History of Violence by John Wagner and Vince Locke, and Terminator(film) | Referenced in this episode's discussion of Mrs. Dalloway
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This week’s Creative Chat guest might be my new bestie: Craig Shipman, the fellow behind all the tabletop gaming content coming out of Third Floor Wars, including the luminous and illuminating Tabletop Talk podcast (one of my favorite listens, to be sure).
After guesting on Craig’s show (you can listen to our conversation here), I immediately asked Craig to join me on Little Oracles — and dang: he did not disappoint. We talk about the intersections of creativity, curiosity, and confidence; the music and media Craig’s loving right now; and how a career in close-up magic set Craig up for success in his corporate life and his current hobbies. After you listen, you'll probably want Craig to be your BFF, too.
Enjoy, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Third Floor Wars | Craig's creative output, collected
- Tabletop Talk: Ep 205 | Featuring yours truly, in conversation with Craig
- The Wire | TV series
- Darkest Dungeon 2 | Game website | Published & developed by Red Hook Studios
- Musicians referenced in this episode: Harry Styles, The National, Tool, Ani DiFranco, Billy Joel
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We're talking dopamine delivery! From fashion and decor to your creative brain, we're digging into the origins of pop culture's obsession with dopamine; existential nihilism and radical happiness; and how you can generate joy in just 10 minutes with a little creative challenge. Plus, our ABC picks for August, themed Bliss This Mess. ;)
As always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
Resources
- Dr. Dawnn Karen | Creator of "dopamine dressing"
- S01:E11 | Hot Takes! Creativity Isn't What You Think & The "Right Time" Lie | Referenced in this episode
- S02:E01 | Genre Clouds, Magical Girls as Queer Metaphor, and the Practice of Play | Referenced in this episode
- August Asynchronous Book Club picks, themed Bliss This Mess: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, and Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
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Welcome to another Creative Chat! This week, we're talking with Suzanne Wallace, the founder and creative director of IndieBard, a creative studio that specializes in small-scale storytelling: specifically, trailers for video games.
Just so you know, Suzanne has it all: she's warm, funny, fabulous, and so dang insightful about the world of video games — particularly indies — and how to tell an amazing distillate story in a visual format. (Plus, she's one of my favorite folks. <3)
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- IndieBard | Suzanne's studio website
- @SuzIndieBard | Suzanne on Twitter
- Lakeburg Legacies | Steam page | Published by Ishtar Games / "A social-based village management sim where love is your favorite resource."
- Strange Horticulture | Game website | Developed by Bad Viking & published by Iceberg Interactive / "An occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store."
- Derek Lieu Creative | Studio website | Suzanne's recommended resource for game trailer tips and tricks
- The Wreck Thread | Suzanne's amazing Twitter thread in re: the making of the trailer for The Wreck video game
- The Wreck | Game website | Published by The Pixel Hunt / "A mature 3D visual novel about sisterhood, motherhood, grief, and survival."
- Dredge | Game website | Developed by Black Salt Games & published by Team 17 / "A single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent."
- Fabledom | Game website | Developed by Grenaa Games & published by Dear Villagers, Doyoyo Games / "Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is the ideal laid back City builder."
- Sherwood Smith | Author website
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It's Little Reviews time, and today we're talking about bonds, and bonding, and the links we have to what we love and what we've lost. We're digging into three books today:
- With Teeth by Kristen Arnett
- Chouetteby Claire Oshetsky
- The Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera (trans. Lisa Dillman), and one of our ABC picks for June
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- S01:E02 | My Top Reads of 2022 & Relational Reading | Feat. my thoughts on Han Kang's The Vegetarian, referenced in this episode's discussion of Chouette
- Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (publisher website) | Referenced in this episode's discussion of Chouette
- Fleabag (TV series) | Referenced in this episode's discussion of Chouette
- "Parenthood Askew" books referenced in this episode | Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder; The Need by Helen Phillips; The Push by Ashley Audrain
- Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera
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In which I share a new Constitution, discuss the value of creative biodiversity, and get real about vacuums. Plus! A bunch of reading recs that helped me detach my sociocultural blinders, and July's book club picks, themed Bonfires & Bricklayers: The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner; Nightcrawlingby Leila Mottley; and How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Mariame Kaba (publisher website)
- Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Angela Y. Davis & Gina Dent
- Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad
- Claudia Rankine (author website)
- Eve L. Ewing (author website) | I recommend her collection 1919 in this episode
- Tommy Pico (author website) | I'm a huge Tommy Pico fan, but I recommend Nature Poem in this episode, particularly if you can find it as an audiobook
- Torrin A. Greathouse (author website)
- Sabrina Imbler (publisher website / author interview) | I mention How Far the Light Reaches in this episode
- Layli Long Soldier (National Book Award website for Whereas)
- Therese Marie Mailhot (author website) | I recommend Heart Berries in this episode
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It's another Creative Chat, this time with narrative director and DM to the stars, Kate Welch! Kate and I had a ball chatting about her creative backstory, the importance of trust and collaboration in creative team spaces, and, of course, plenty of Nerd Stuff (TM), including dial-up Internet, Star Wars roleplaying chatrooms, and Dungeons & Dragons.
Kate's a real one, and one of my fave folks to sit down with; I'm sure you'll fall in love with her, too. <3
As always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Kate Welch on Instagram
- "The Magic of D&D Can Save Us — But Only If You Let It" by Kate Welch (TIME Magazine, March 31, 2023)
- Acquisitions Incorporated & The C Team (aka, Kate's D&D crew | Presented by Penny Arcade Expo)
- Lindy West (Author)
- Tamsyn Muir (Author)
- The Last of Us (TV show | HBO)
- Exhalation(Book | Ted Chiang)
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It's Little Reviews time, and today we're whipping through a whopping SIX BOOKS, all of which sit in that emotionally rich and tender space of the aftermath – specifically, the aftermath of the death of a loved one, including:
- The Furrows by Namwali Serpell
- We Are Okayby Nina LaCour
- In Love: A Memoir of Love and Lossby Amy Bloom
- Afterglow (a dog memoir)by Eileen Myles
- Alive at the End of the Worldby Saeed Jones (one of our April ABC picks!)
- The Death of Vivek Ojiby Akwaeke Emezi
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- On the unreliable narrator | S01:E04 | Little Reviews: One's Company by Ashley Hutson and The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón
IG: @littleoracles
In the first Everyday Creative audio-essay of Season Two, we're looking at how play works within creative practice; the comic philosophy of Thomas Hobbes; and metaphorical boats. Possibly the most representational episode yet, because YOLO. :)
Thanks for being here, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
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We’re kicking off Season Two in an amazing Creative Chat with game designer (and old pal) Andrew Gillis, creator of Girl by Moonlight, an incredible tabletop roleplaying game all about magical girls, in crowdfund at the time of this airing!
I had an unmitigated blast talking with Andrew about their creator backstory, what magical girls mean to them, what’s inspiring their work right now … and some sneaky-peekies into projects currently bubbling away in their brain. * SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen the Netflix show Russian Doll, skip ahead from ~52:30 to 54:45. ***
Andrew is a treasure, and one of the most warm and thoughtful folks I know; I'm sure you'll enjoy their insights and good humor, too. <3
As always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Andrew Gillis on Twitter
- Girl by Moonlight crowdfund on Backerkit
- Blades in the Dark (tabletop RPG)
- The Englishman's Boy (book | Guy Vanderhaege)
- Tampopo (film | Juzo Itami)
- The City and the City (book | China Mieville)
- Russian Doll (TV series | Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Leslye Headland)
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Welcome to Little Oracles Season Two: Play as Practice, where we'll explore how discovery and experimentation, puzzling and solving, making messes and making magic keep us going as career and casual creatives.
We'll dig into creative expression, theory, and perspectives in Everyday Creative audio-essays; keep up that Big Book Energy with Asynchronous Book Club picks, Little Reviews of whatever I'm reading, and loads other bookish content; and talk with, learn from, and have more than a few laughs with incredible guest creators, makers, and thinkers in Creative Chats.
I can't wait to share this season with all of you; Season Two, Episode One drops June 6. Follow along on Instagram, check out the blog at littleoracles.com, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Trailer features upcoming Creative Chat guests Kate Welch, Suzanne Wallace, and Andrew Gillis. And there are plenty more on the make! <3
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And so we come unto the end of Season One with a minisode-length meditation on endings, Roman stonemasonry, and what's in store for Season Two! Thank you all for being here; can't wait to see you next season.
Until then, take care, keep creating, and stay divine. <3
Resources
- Tabletop Talk podcast, hosted by Craig Shipman
- Creative Chat with Lindsay Stewart
- Creative Chat with Thin Places Radio
- Creative Chat with John Harper
- Creative Chat with Peter Gaucys
Season Two trailer features upcoming Creative Chat guests Kate Welch, Suzanne Wallace, and Andrew Gillis.
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It was a dream come true to sit down with writer Peter Gaucys, co-proprietor of the delightful Orcas Paley in downtown Seattle, and my dear friends, longtime mentors, and one of the most brilliant creatives I’ve ever known.
This episode ranges widely (as is our wont), but we kick off with a conversation about conversations, and touch on all kinds of other topics, including eclecticism, multidisciplinary artistic practice, palimpsests, and ghosts. I absolutely adore talking with Peter, and when you listen, I think you’ll know why. <3
As always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
References / Resources
- Artist Saya Moriyasu
- Artist Lauren Grossman
- Traver Gallery | feat. Lauren Grossman, June 1 thru July 1
- Ugetsu (film)
IG: @littleoracles
It's minisode time! Today we're talking about some shorties: Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley, a collection of personal essays; Debriefing by Susan Sontag, a collection of Sontag's short fiction; and Galatea by Madeline Miller, a newly-published, standalone short story.
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
It's a magical, mystical minisode! Exploring time and trauma response in two novels: The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht and The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki.
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
It's our first Johnversation, wherein I chat with my partner, graphic artist and roleplaying game designer John Harper, about creative practice and process. This time, we get into inspiration across media – and specifically how film and television inform John's creative work – plus the power of remixing genres and tropes, and what we're watching lately that's fanning our creative flames.
Find John on Twitter @john_harper, and check out his games at johnharper.itch.io and Evil Hat Productions.
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
IG: @littleoracles
It's our first all-poets minisode! We're getting verse-y with it, reviewing The Trees Witness Everything by Victoria Chang, Bluets by Maggie Nelson, and The Crying Book by Heather Christle. AND we're announcing the May reading theme and pick for the Asynchronous Book Club (hint: my Mom is involved).
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
In Part 2 of this poetry extravaganza celebrating National Poetry Month, we're discussing ways to bring more poetry into your life that don't involve sitting down with a book of poems: podcasts, audiobooks, social media presences, performances, and even poetry roleplaying games.
**Resources
Podcasts**
- The New Yorker Poetry Podcast
- Vs. podcast
- Poetry Off the Shelf podcast
- The Poetry Magazine podcast
Social Feeds + Performances
- Megan Falley on Instagram and TikTok
- Button Poetry on YouTube
Poetry Roleplaying Games
- Sunraise by William Rotor
- No One Dies Alone in Revolution by AJ Ellis
- Mooncrackle Pen by calliing
- The Western Cantos & other poetry games by Allison Arth
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
In the first half of this duology on cool poetry stuff, we're going straight to the source: I'm talking about poets I love and why I love them. So if you're looking for some new poets to read, or you're new to the genre and want a little nudge this way or that, or you're old hat and you just wanna chill for 20 minutes with another poetry nerd: rest here, weary traveler. (Plus, a true tale of grace: me at age 15, a poet; a liberal application of system fonts; and my freshman honors English teacher.)
Resources
- "Repentance" by Natasha Trethewey
- "I Go Back to May 1937" by Sharon Olds
- Saeed Jones Reads Deborah Digges, the New Yorker Poetry Podcast & "The Job of a Poet Is to Witness," Saeed Jones interviews Patricia Smith for The Poetry Foundation
- Aria Aber Reads Frank Bidart, the New Yorker Poetry Podcast & "Poet of the Week: Aria Aber," Brooklyn Poets
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
IG: @littleoracles
It's the middle of the night, but you're not alone: you've got a Creative Chat with the folks behind the incredible Thin Places Radio podcast, Kristen O'Neal and Kaitlin Bruder!Kristen, Kaitlin, and I talk about the creative process behind audiofiction, the appeal of liminal spaces and thin places, asynchronous collaborative storytelling, and, of course, CRYPTIDS and UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA.
PLUS! Creepy-cozy children's films from the 1970s and inside scoop on Thin Places Radio lore. Join us for hugs, kisses, and hands across the veil. <3
- Listen to Thin Places Radio wherever you get pods, and here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thin-places-radio
- Find Thin Places Radio on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram
- The Original Tumblr blog: thinplacesradio.tumblr.com
- Give these fine folks a tip for their amazing art! ko-fi.com/thinplacesradio
- Mall Kids expansion by Matthew Gravelyn, featuring work by K & K: Kickstarter
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
Minisode! Minisode! Two weird 'n' wonderful books:Weasels in the Attic, a novel by Hiroko Oyamada, and Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, a short story collection by Kim Fu.
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
It's springtime here in the Northern Hemisphere, and so I'm feeling fun, flirty, saucy, and even a little bit spicy: the perfect conditions for some HOT TAKES about creative practice, and the ways we keep ourselves from engaging in it. Grab your popcorn!
Plus, we’re gonna get into the April ABC reading theme and our book club picks for the month of April. FUN! FLIRTY!
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
We're kicking off the Little Oracles Creative Chats series with writer, artist, designer, entrepreneur, and space-curation creator Lindsay Stewart. Lindsay and I talk about the bitter and the sweet of the creative life: everything from getting through creative slumps, to reframing the ways we talk about who we are and what we do, to how to make a warm and welcoming home (with a little dose of disco).
Follow Lindsay on Instagram @lindsaystewartdotcom. Home IGs she loves: @stephaniemichelle_athome, @theironvictorian.
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
A minisode+! We're talking about February's ABC picks, themed Grief Is a Ghost: Heartbreak, Hope, and Spiritual Salvage: Ghost Lover by Lisa Taddeo, Heartbroke by Chelsea Bieker, and The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride.
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
I've been a bit off-balance lately, so I'm turning to words for some comfort. Join my lil lexical quilting bee in this meditative episode about reframing pathways to compassion, communication, and empathy, perfect for word-nerds and the etymologically curious. Plus! Announcing our March ABC reading theme and book club picks.
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
It's a speed-dating minisode! I'm sharing my thoughts onStones by Kevin Young, How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, Devotion by Patti Smith, and Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong.
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
You read that right: I'm deep-sixing routines. Instead, I'm choosing chaos. (I mean kind of.)
Let's talk about reinventing routine-based creativity; John Keats and ~aesthetics~; and things that are inspiring me lately. It's a fun one!
Follow along on Instagram @littleoracles (and shoot me a DM if you want to join our creative cohort on Discord), check out the blog at www.littleoracles.com, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
Hawt Linx 4 U
- Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
- Off Book podcast & Play It By Ear | Improv musical shows!
- Holly is the GOAT | Phenotypic plasticity
- Harold the Holy Harlequin | Grammys fashion 2023
- Rachel Maksy: Living Disco Ball | YouTube maker
- Saeed Jones Reads Deborah Digges | New Yorker Poetry Podcast on Apple
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It's a minisode! A meta minisode, too: we're talking about short stories. I'm sharing my thoughts onDaddy by Emma Cline, Antarctica by Claire Keegan, and Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver.
A NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERS
I highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
It's a minisode! Two short book reflections: sharing my thoughts onOne’s Company by Ashley Hutson, the core book for January’s book club, and The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón, which we'll read for the ABC later this year, but if you read it already or you want some extra context beforehand, here ya go. <3
A NOTE ON SPOILERS
I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on anything, then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.
Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
Sometimes I just need to loaf around. In this episode, we're talking about how relieving the pressure to create, produce, and "do" can have an inverse effect: it gives us the time, the latitude, and the headspace to be more creative.
We unpack the word lazy (and get into the Seven Deadly Sins!), roll out a new, lazy cadence for the ABC and announce Feburary's book club picks, and let you in on a fun, low-key way to participate in the Little Oracles community.
I invite you to subscribe so you don't miss an episode, follow @littleoracles on Instagram for my signature big book energy in real time, and visit the blog at www.littleoracles.com for even more reading, writing, and creativity content.
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
My most memorable reads of 2022 ~ EXPOSED!! ~I started thinking about the emergent relationships among the books I read last year, and uncovered some beautiful synergies: listen as I triangulate trios of books around loose categories (for my mental health) to bring you a Delightful Dozen books that I'd wholeheartedly recommend to friends (and enemies), and that I'll surely pick up again and again as I wade into eternity. Plus some honorable mentions in goofball categories, like My Skin Is Crawling But I Like It, et al.
I invite you to subscribe so you don't miss an episode, follow @littleoracles on Instagram for my signature big book energy in real time, and visit the blog at www.littleoracles.com for even more reading, writing, and creativity content (e.g., more goofball honorable mentions).
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
IG: @littleoracles
Get the inside scoop on the origins and evolution of Little Oracles, and join us for the launch of the Little Oracles Asynchronous Book Club (ABC for short), a monthly, themed CYO reading list, curated by yours truly, Allison Arth.
Our January theme is Immortal Beloveds, and the list features books by authors I love that I have yet to read, plus books cherished by people I love IRL and online.
Read along, follow on Instagram @littleoracles, and visit the blog at www.littleoracles.com for even more creative content and big book energy.
And, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine.
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Hi, everybody, and welcome to the Little Oracles podcast, a podcast about what lights the creative fire in all of us. Whether it's through reading and writing, watching and listening, making, playing, or practicing, we’re digging into what inspires us to aspire, make a mess, and find joy as career and casual creatives.
I'm Allison Arth, I’m a lifetime creative both professionally and personally, and I’m so excited to launch Little Oracles Season One with one of my great loves: Words, Words, Words.
We'll talk about writing, storytelling, and communicating, AND we'll launch the Little Oracles Asynchronous Book Club, a themed, curated reading list I program every month. Join us on Instagram @littleoracles to read along, share recommendations, or just hang out, and head over to the blog at www.littleoracles.com for more bookish and creative content.
I invite you to subscribe so you don't miss an episode of this oracle for the everyday creative. Welcome to Little Oracles.
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