semi-prose

Allie, Evan, Kristina, and Max discuss bad experiences versus life experiences (3:04); that whole idea of being down (10:06); Yasuko Thanh joins the conversation (13:56); a list can be a dramatic thing (20:26); some bad portraits of sex workers (25:53); Beloved, The Pogues, and 600 pounds (28:46)

Allie, Evan, Kristina and Max explain the differences between Smutty Sunday and Smut Salon (4:39); the fantasy of the half-formed man (6:30); that time in undergrad when Evan escaped a cult (11:34); Mona Awad joins the conversation (16:40); bunnies because they're androgynous (17:00); you look so good I just want to kill you (20:50); 'The Noise Made by People', 'Carrie', and Rebecca Godfrey (28:20)

Allie, Kristina, Evan and Max discuss those fumes from past relationships (1:50); the shame that motivates (7:40); whatever fucked up things you get from your parents (13:01); Sonya Lalli joins the conversation (15:57); how finding the right partner is like finding the right career (18:21); Allie, Max, and Sonya talk about the Dev’s in their own pasts (23:17); Katy Perry, Julia Roberts, and Ayesha At Last (28:52)

Allie, Kristina, Evan, and Max discuss what makes for a good ghost story (7:50); telling a ghost story is an intimate thing (12:51); the most frightening hauntings are your exes (14:58); Leanne Shapton joins the conversation (17:02); it’s photography that’s sinister (20:24); when you smell someone, you kind of know (22:10); Edith Wharton bringing the scary (27:21)

Allie, Kristina, and Max discuss the novel's stickiest sex scenes (1:14); how telling stories is different than giving advice (5:38); the narrator as sex worker, the reader as client (12:18); Joshua Whitehead joins the conversation (14:07); stories do everything (16:00); a humility is just a humiliation you love so much (23:15); doing bear sex better than Marian Engel did (26:59)

Welcome to Season 2 of semi-prose! Allie, Evan, Kristina, and Max discuss 'A Mind Spread Out on the Ground' by Alicia Elliott and how Kristina used to hate on all your selfies, but no longer(6:12); explanation or excuse? (9:00); seeing mental illness in Kanye, Britney, and Jean Grey (12:00); Alicia joins the conversation (13:30); another semi-prose related story of theft (21:40); to love someone who you sometimes don't know who they are (25:45); to love someone who's an abuser (27:00)

Allie, Evan, Kristina and Max discuss 'The Beauty of the Moment' by Tanaz Bhathena and being cheated on (4:40); on finally seeing your parent as a shitty person (8:23); if you wait for that, you're going to be waiting for a long time (15:11); Tanaz joins the conversation (15:20); why not Mississauga? (16:30); there's hope in YA (24:58); Coldplay, Drew Barrymore, and 'The Sun is also a Star' (27:20)

Allie, Evan, Kristina and Max discuss ‘Original Prin’ by Randy Boyagoda and feeling guilty about being attracted to your ex (3:24); Catholic residue and the hypest hymns (11:24); it’s my cross(fit) to bear (15:11); Randy joins the conversation (16:04); it ain’t that hard being a Catholic today (18:15); Allie asks her heavy question about women (22:00); I Can’t Feel My Face when I’m with Thee (28:20)

Allie, Evan, Kristina, and Max discuss 'Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race' by Naben Ruthnum and how Gordon Ramsay brought the realness (0:33); Harold and Kumar, trailblazers (8:38); defending Fieri and mourning Bourdain (12:37); Naben Ruthnum joins the conversation (16:07); white girlfriends, longing for home, authenticity through food (17:04); curious, intelligent, and non-prescriptive (25:33)

Allie, Evan, Kristina, and Max, discuss Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson and how the supernatural ain’t no thang (8:00); calming chaos through cooking (9:20); Eden Robinson joins the conversation (17:40); let’s call it screwball gothic (19:40); a staunch defense of Nickelback (20:20); the everydayness of AA (21:15); Long Hair, Don't Care (29:08)