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Online book launches, readings, conversations about a wide range of literary topics -- welcome to SlantCast, the official podcast of Slant Books. Slant is an independent, not-for-profit literary press... more
FAQs about SlantCast:How many episodes does SlantCast have?The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.
July 17, 2024#22: Book Launch Event for "Whole: A Novel"SlantCast host Gregory Wolfe is joined by Derek Updegraff for the book launch of his novel "Whole," recently published by Slant Books. After his reading, Updegraff responds to questions from the attendees....more1h 12minPlay
June 21, 2024#21: Book Launch Event for "Gather the Olives" with Bret LottSlantCast host Gregory Wolfe is joined by Bret Lott for the book launch of his new book, "Gather the Olives: On Food and Hope and the Holy Land," recently published by Slant Books. After his reading, Lott responds to questions from the attendees....more1h 11minPlay
May 23, 2024#20: Book Launch Event for "Matters for You Alone"SlantCast host Gregory Wolfe is joined by poet Leslie Williams for the book launch of her new collection, Matters for You Alone, recently published by Slant Books. After her reading, Williams responds to questions from the attendees....more59minPlay
April 02, 2024#19: Book Launch Event for "Living the Liturgy"SlantCast host Gregory Wolfe is joined by poet Professor Timothy P. O'Malley of the University of Notre Dame to discuss Luigi Giussani's "Living the Liturgy: A Witness," recently published by Slant Books....more59minPlay
February 05, 2024#18: Book Launch Event for "Moon Grammar"SlantCast host Gregory Wolfe is joined by poet Matthew Porto to launch the publication of "Moon Grammar," his debut poetry collection, just out from Slant Books....more57minPlay
January 17, 2024#17: Book Launch Event for "There Will Never Be Another Night Like This"John Salter reads from his new short story collection, published by Slant Books: "There Will Never Be Another Night Like This" and fields questions from the audience and from SlantCast host, Gregory Wolfe. ...more58minPlay
December 20, 2023#16: Book Launch Event for "Kinderszenen"SlantCast host Gregory Wolfe is joined by Kamil Suskiewicz, a Polish writer and thinker, to mark the publication of "Kinderszenen," a searing memoir by the late Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz, a book about growing up during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw (and much else)....more1h 11minPlay
November 14, 2023#15: Book Launch Event for "Leaping from the Burning Train"Jeanne Murray Walker reads from her new memoir, published by Slant Books: "Leaping from the Burning Train: A Poet's Journey of Faith" -- which tells the story of her journey from a childhood immersed in fundamentalism to a broader and more capacious faith, guided by her love for poetry -- and fields questions from SlantCast host, Gregory Wolfe. ...more1h 2minPlay
November 07, 2023#14: A Conversation about Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse with Jonathan GeltnerSlantCast host Gregory Wolfe, publisher & editor of Slant Books, is joined by novelist Jonathan Geltner to discuss the fiction of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Jon Fosse....more1h 10minPlay
October 13, 2023#13: Book Launch Event for "Searching for Home" by Robert PackTo celebrate the posthumous publication of Robert Pack's final poetry collection, SlantCast host Gregory Wolfe is joined by poets Paul Mariani, Richard Jackson, Jane Scharl, with special guest appearances by Gary Margolis and Julia Alvarez!...more1h 0minPlay
FAQs about SlantCast:How many episodes does SlantCast have?The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.