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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 37 episodes available.
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
September 15, 2023#12: Book Launch Event for "Old Songs" with Olga Sedakova, Rowan Williams, & Martha KellyRenowned Russian poet, Olga Sedakova, is joined by her translator, Martha M.F. Kelly, and former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, to celebrate the Slant Books publication of Sedakova's Old Songs....more1h 13minPlay
August 22, 2023#11: Book Launch Event for "Twin A: A Memoir" with Amit MajmudarAmit Majmudar reads from his new memoir, "Twin A," recently published by Slant Books. He then answers questions from the audience....more1h 8minPlay
April 28, 2023#10: Book Launch Event for "Sleeping as Fast as I Can" with Richard MichelsonRichard Michelson reads from his new poetry collection, "Sleeping as Fast as I Can," just published by Slant Books. He then answers questions from the audience....more1hPlay
March 13, 2023#9: A Conversation on "Hunger of Memory" with Author Richard RodriguezOn the occasion of the publication of the 40th anniversary edition of Richard Rodriguez's classic memoir, Hunger of Memory, a conversation between Gregory Wolfe, Publisher & Editor of Slant Books, Dave Griffiths, author of A Good War is Hard to Find, and Richard Rodriguez. ...more1h 17minPlay
February 09, 2023#8: A Conversation about Cormac McCarthy with Jonathan GeltnerSlant Books publisher & editor Gregory Wolfe welcomes novelist Jonathan Geltner to the podcast to talk about "The Passenger" and "Stella Maris," two recent novels by Cormac McCarthy....more1h 23minPlay
FAQs about SlantCast:How many episodes does SlantCast have?The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.