Arts Archive

Host Ale Díaz-Pizarro speaks to Mexican-born, New York-based composer Jorge Sosa about his upcoming opera with White Snake Projects, MONKEY, his work and trajectory, and the place of violence in opera.

Interview with renowned American conductor Gil Rose and host Ale Díaz-Pizarro, originally broadcast during Saturday Night at the Opera on 7/22/23. Re-broadcast 7/26/23 as part of an extended News & Arts segment.

Teri Noel Towe, WKCR BachFest 2015. The 6 'Brandenburg' Concertos, BWV 1046 - BWV 1051, and all of the alternate versions and reuses thereof. December 24, 2015.

Born to a Mexican mother and Jewish father, Rosebud Ben-Oni is a recipient of the 2014 NYFA Fellowship in Poetry and a CantoMundo Fellow. She was a Rackham Merit Fellow at the University of Michigan, and a Horace Goldsmith Scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of SOLECISM (Virtual Artists Collective, 2013), a contributor to The Conversant, and an Editorial Advisor for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.

THE JONESES, a documentary film directed by Moby Longinotto and produced by Bunny Lake Films, takes a compelling look into the everyday life of transwoman Jheri Jones and her family. Listen to Jheri Jones on Studio A.

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The following is a live interview and recording with Bianca Stone. Bianca is a poet and visual artist, and the author of Someone Else’s Wedding Vows, Poetry Comics From the Book of Hours, and artist/collaborator on a special illustrated edition of Anne Carson's Antigonick.

David Moscovich is the Romanian-American author of You Are Make Very Important Bathtime (JEF Books, Chicago, IL) and LIFE+70[Redacted], a print version of the single most expensive literary e-book to ever be hacked (forthcoming October 11, from Lit Fest Press.) He is the recipient of fellowships from New York University, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, and also sponsorship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). He holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU and is editor and publisher of Louffa Press.

David Moscovich is the Romanian-American author of You Are Make Very Important Bathtime (JEF Books, Chicago, IL) and LIFE+70[Redacted], a print version of the single most expensive literary e-book to ever be hacked (forthcoming October 11, from Lit Fest Press.) He is the recipient of fellowships from New York University, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, and also sponsorship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). He holds an MFA in Fiction from NYU and is editor and publisher of Louffa Press.

The following is a live interview and recording with Jacqueline Bishop. The Gymnast & Other Positions is Jacqueline most recent book and has been awarded the 2016 OCM Bocas Award in Non-Fiction. She is also the author of the novel, The River’s Song; and two collections of poems,Fauna and Snapshots from Istanbul.

Marcia Butler’s life has been driven by creativity. For 25 years she performed throughout the world as a professional oboist. She was hailed by the New York Times as “a first rate artist” and performed with such luminaries as pianist Andre
Watts, soprano Dawn Upshaw and jazz great Keith Jarrett. In 2002 Marcia changed careers and began an interior design firm. She has served well over 100 clients and her design work has been published in shelter
magazines.

The following is a recording of a live reading and interview with Jen Fitzgerald. Jen is a poet, essayist, and a native New Yorker who received her MFA in Poetry at Lesley University. She is a community activist and freelance writer with experience in both the creative and professional spectrum. She is the host of New Books in Poetry Podcast as part of the New Books Network, a member of New York Writers Workshop, and was a Bread Loaf 2014 Conference participant.

The following is a recording of a live interview and reading with Charles Salzberg. Charles is the author of the Henry Swann detective series, Swann's Last Song, which was nominated for a Shamus Award, Swann Dives In, and Swann's Lake of Despair, nominated for 2 Silver Falchions, and a finalist for the Beverly Hills Book Award and the Indie Excellence Award. His novel, Devil in the Hole, based on a true crime, was named one of the best crime novels in 2013. In his latest, Triple Shot, Twist of Fate is one of the three novellas.

Yvonne Cassidy was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and moved to New York in 2011. Yvonne is the author of three novels published by Hachette: The Other Boy, What Might Have Been Me and How Many Letters Are In Goodbye? In addition to being published widely in Europe, How Many Letters Are In Goodbye? was published in the U.S. by Llewellyn YA imprint Flux in March 2016.

Musician Anais Mitchell and actor Nabiyah Be talk about the New York Theater Workshop production of "Hadestown," a musical Mitchell wrote based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Nabiyah Be stars as Eurydice in the play, which is running at the NYTW until July 31, 2016.

The following is a live reading with Naomi Extra and Claire Schwartz with Alexandra Watson as a co-host.

Alexandra Watson is Apogee's Executive Editor. She's been working with Apogee since Issue 01 launched, in 2012. She teaches writing at Columbia and Baruch College.

The following is a recording of a live reading and interview with Dennis Norris II and Robert Balun. Dennis is a graduate of Haverford College and holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Sarah Lawrence College. His fiction appears in Bound Off: An Online Literary Audio Magazine and Madcap Review. He has won awards and fellowships for his short fiction from the Hurston/Wright Foundation, the NYS Summer Writers Institute, VONA, and the Vermont Studio Center, and in 2015 was named a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow.

Gregory Moss is a playwright and educator. His play “Indian Summer” explores summer romance at a beach town in Rhode Island. WKCR programmer Kally Patz talks with Mr. Moss about Rhode Island’s eccentric locals, his fascination with Shakespeare, and the role of time in his play.