In this month's episode of More Friends, Tryn Collins chats with writer and cartoonist Lydia Conklin. At the time of the episode's recording, Lydia's collection of short stories Rainbow Rainbow was about to be released, and had recently been named one of the "Twenty-one most anticipated books of 2022" by Time Magazine. Lydia visited us on the Island this summer and read selections from Rainbow Rainbow in a program co-presented by and hosted at the Fishers Island Library, and we are excited to hear Lydia and Tryn dig into the gritty details of writing and publishing this powerful and intimate collection of stories. Please listen and share!

On this episode of More Friends, Tryn Collins speaks with Ge Gao, a writer based in New York City.

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We're excited to release the sixth episode of More Friends.  On today's episode, Tryn talks with Kaveri Raina – an amazing painter who was on the island back in March 2018 – about her recent shows, the mysterious material of burlap, embracing slowness, and morose advice. Stick around!

We're excited to release the fifth episode of More Friends. Tryn talks with alumni fellow Simone Kearney (21), an artist and writer who lives and works in New York and who, at the time of the interview, had just brought a beautiful new book, *Days*, into the world, published by Belladonna Press. Tryn and Simone talk about the politics of a period, thinking with your hands, and the "helium of thought." Tune in!

We're excited to release the fourth episode of More Friends with Andrea McGinty (32). Andrea and Tryn talked about moving upstate, her recent (then) show at Sunny in New York, and of course... Larry the cat.

We're excited to release the third episode of More Friends with Allana Clarke (15). The conversation explores Clarke's use of materials, forms, and processes and the inspiration behind her work.

Today’s episode is with an old friend, Elizabeth Tubergen, who also created the 2021 Public Art Commission Soft Wait. The conversation dove into the sources of inspiration for the work, Tubergen's relationship with Long Island Sound, and the emergence of Soft Wait as a form of radical flatness. She also discusses her work, home renovations, and the brilliance of the late Ursula K. Le Guin. This one isn’t to be missed!

We are excited to present the first episode of More Friends, with Katherine Taylor, hosted by Tryn Collins. Katherine was a Lighthouse Works fellow back in 2017. In this wide-ranging interview, Tryn and Katherine talk about why the characters in Katherine's novel are eating and drinking so much, her love of beautiful sentences, and their mutual fear of their hometowns.

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Katherine is the author of the novels Valley Fever (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2015) and Rules for Saying Goodbye (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007). Her stories and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Elle, Town & Country, Allure, ZYZZYVA, The Southwest Review, and Ploughshares, among other publications. She has won a Pushcart Prize and the McGinnis Ritchie Award for Fiction. Katherine lives in Los Angeles.