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Jason is joined by writer Wang Ping for a wide-ranging interface about the infinite potential of the body, what makes Gary Snyder a true master, doing the work in your dreams, invisible whips, dragons and rivers, and how it's not possible to walk into the wrong room. This episode also features WRTES's first reading in Chinese, with Ping reading her translation back into Chinese of Gary Snyder's English translation of a Han Shan Cold Mountain poem. That doesn't happen every episode. Don't miss it.

Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo for the wizard music, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. And, if you feel like it, check out the podcast I co-host with Scottish writer & pal Iain Maloney, Books About Bands, available at https://booksaboutbands.buzzsprout.com/ as well as all the usual places. Cheers. 

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Sorry for the delay, folks—been busy with the washing & the cleaning & that—but here at last is my free-ranging chat with Gary Barwin, roaming from how one ends up in a place to David McFadden to walking like James Joyce to other people's milk. We even get around to some of Gary's early shit. Enjoy. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo for the wizard music, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. 

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Jason welcomes Jaclyn Desforges for a convivial interface about letting the robots do all the stuff, writing about coconut oil, Clarice Lispector, lonely feet, weird babies, and running for mayor of Milton, Ontario. A splendid time is guaranteed for all. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo for the wizard music, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. 

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Jason welcomes Christine Fischer Guy for an amiable gab about ordering beers around the world, Glenn Gould, Danielle Steele, rising to touch the universal, synesthesia, & tuberculosis. Like, love, subscribe, & join the early sh*t chat on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo for the wizard music, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. 

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Jason welcomes his university poetry prof & the squire of Appledore Tom Wayman for a jabberwocky about the ego needed for writing, Leonard Cohen, Robert Bly, Gary Snyder, being hung with horseshoes, the perils of teaching poetry, gathering wood & chopping it, and, in a corner garden: wilder, lower wolves! (That's an REM reference, you know). Like, love, subscribe, & join the early sh*t chat on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo for the wizard music, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. 

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Can you handle THIS bandwidth? Jason welcomes the boundlessly rejuvenate Guy Elston for a confab about waitresses climbing in your mouth, mom & pop landlords, fart walks, addict pigeons, unicycles, books being around something, robot mushrooms and, of course, death. Nice & ugly! What are you waiting for? Like, subscribe, & join the early sh*t chat on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo for the wizard music, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. Happy Year of the Horse, everyone. May it serve you well.

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Jason welcomes globetrotting writer Beka Shane Denter for a gabfest about the charms of Copenhagen and Tokyo, the glory of old Rolling Stones magazines, how books smell like life, doing things for the last time with your kids, and writing it all down. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast & on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. 

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Jason eases you into season five with some rubbish teenage poetry. Just what you wanted! Join the early shit chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast & on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo for the music, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. 

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Jason welcomes writer Ayelet Tsabari for a chinwag about needing the beach, apples revolving in space, the jaw-dropping beauty of Vancouver, surfing between languages, being out in real life, scribbling at the end of the world, & tears for the writer, tears for the reader. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast & on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo & Red Flag Waltz for the music, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. Season Five will kick off in the fall. Cheers.

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Jason welcomes writer & rock star Andrew Whiteman (of Broken Social Scene, Apostle of Hustle, & Bourbon Tabernacle Choir fame) for a wide-ranging interface about giant Greek eyes, secretly grooving to Sade, the glory of Prince, being possessed by the guilty spirit of Dostoevsky's Raskolninov, the split self, spontaneous eruptions, & Frank O'Hara. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast & on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, DJ Max in Tokyo for the wizard music, and you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. 

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