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The Collidescope Podcast
George Salis
12 episodes
1 month ago
In this episode, the writer Garielle Lutz and host George Salis discuss turning the quotidian into art, the epistolary work of writers, the limits of vocabulary and the mispronunciation of words, how literary voices are extinguished in academic institutions, the lack of a serious readership, her fascination with individual sentences, her sense of bodily abstraction and how it has affected her life and writing, her late-life autism diagnosis, how she’s a “freak-magnetic” in public, her ostensi...
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In this episode, the writer Garielle Lutz and host George Salis discuss turning the quotidian into art, the epistolary work of writers, the limits of vocabulary and the mispronunciation of words, how literary voices are extinguished in academic institutions, the lack of a serious readership, her fascination with individual sentences, her sense of bodily abstraction and how it has affected her life and writing, her late-life autism diagnosis, how she’s a “freak-magnetic” in public, her ostensi...
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Episodes (12/12)
The Collidescope Podcast
Obscure Clearly: An Interview with Garielle Lutz
In this episode, the writer Garielle Lutz and host George Salis discuss turning the quotidian into art, the epistolary work of writers, the limits of vocabulary and the mispronunciation of words, how literary voices are extinguished in academic institutions, the lack of a serious readership, her fascination with individual sentences, her sense of bodily abstraction and how it has affected her life and writing, her late-life autism diagnosis, how she’s a “freak-magnetic” in public, her ostensi...
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7 months ago
2 hours 23 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Literary Hypnotism: A Rare Interview with Lee Siegel
In this episode, the writer Lee Siegel and host George Salis discuss Siegel's prolific work, his obsession with Orientalism, magic on the streets and on the page, Darconville’s Cat by Alexander Theroux, the allure of audiobooks, his recent forays into painting, fatalism within literature and without, and much more. Lee Siegel is the Emeritus Professor of Religion at the University of Hawaii. He has published many novels, including Love in a Dead Language and Typerotica, multiple non-fiction ...
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10 months ago
1 hour 42 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Insidious Nostalgia: A Rare Interview with REYoung
In this episode, the hermetic writer REYoung and host George Salis discuss the “Ponzi scheme” of Dalkey Archive, Young’s experiences as a student of the wonderful novelist Paul West, the perpetuity of Christmas, the emptiness of branding, David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest and The Pale King, Latin American and Greek fiction, and much more. REYoung was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently resides in a limestone cave deep beneath the city of Austin, Texas. He is the author of six n...
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1 year ago
1 hour 32 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Invent Your Breathing: An Interview with Barton Smock
In this episode, Barton Smock and host George Salis discuss the essence of poetry, death metal, the fear of god, the state of contemporary poetry, and more. Barton Smock lives in Columbus, OH, with his wife and four children. He is the author of numerous self-published works. Author of Ghost Arson (Kung Fu Treachery Press, 2018) and Wasp, gasp. (Incunabula, 2023). Buy Wasp, gasp here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/barton-smock/wasp-gasp/paperback/product-gjn5k5q.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Hung...
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1 year ago
59 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Infinite Fecundity: A Rare Interview with Michael Brodsky
In this episode, Michael Brodsky and host George Salis discuss suffering in the writer’s external world and the internal world, reaching toward perfection and the impossibility of containing the cosmos in a novel, the necessity/obligation of creating art versus abstaining from it, how words have a right to life, the most important book Michael has read, his 1,200-page magnum opus Invidicum (2023), and much more. Michael Brodsky, born in New York City on August 2, 1948, is a novelist, p...
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1 year ago
2 hours 6 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Sweet Adversity by Donald Newlove
George Salis and guest Henry Gelinas discuss the invisible book Sweet Adversity by Donald Newlove. Henry Gelinas is a stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and writer from Charlotte, North Carolina. Purchase the Sweet Adversity here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578423890 Purchase Those Drinking Days here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578362212 Purchase The Painter Gabriel here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9798218249823 The last interview with Donald Newlove: https://thecollidescope.com/2...
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1 year ago
1 hour 29 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Thou Worm Jacob by Mark Jay Mirsky
George Salis and guest Jacob Pascoe discuss Thou Worm Jacob by Mark Jay Mirsky. Jacob Pascoe is a writer and filmmaker based in Vancouver. His work spans narrative film and music videos to prose and essays. He studied film production and literature at the University of British Columbia. His website is here. Pascoe's review of A Death: Notes on a Suicide by Zalman Shneour: https://thecollidescope.com/2022/07/17/a-death-notes-on-a-suicide-by-zalman-shneour%ef%bf%bc/ Support The Collidescope’...
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2 years ago
1 hour 9 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Movieland by Ramón Gómez de la Serna
George Salis and guest Matthew Taylor Blais discuss the invisible book Movieland by Ramón Gómez de la Serna, translated by Ángel Flores. Matthew Taylor Blais is a filmmaker currently based in Vancouver, Canada. Buy de la Serna’s Movieland here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578336817 Subscribe to Sital Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/c/SitalCinema Support The Collidescope’s efforts via Patreon and get awesome benefits: https://www.patreon.com/TheCollidescope The text review of de la Ser...
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2 years ago
1 hour 9 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Will Isn't Free: A Rare Interview with Alan Singer
In this episode, Alan Singer and host George Salis talk about whether or not an MFA is useful, the increasingly stifling atmosphere of universities, the question of free will versus ‘acting’, the primitive muses of violence and sex, film adaptions, dealing with doubt as a writer, Alan’s fruitful friendship with Joseph McElroy, his unfortunately failed attempt to befriend Djuna Barnes, and much more! Alan Singer is the author of six novels, including The Charnel Imp, The Inquisitor’s Tongue,...
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3 years ago
1 hour 6 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Oono by Patricia Eakins
The story of a species of creature known as oono, so massive it can't be seen in full, and the ignook couple who is trying to start a family in the arctic wilderness. Their only hope is for the aspiring father to connect with an oono spirit even if it means deceiving him, even if it means becoming more than human. Interview with Patricia Eakins: https://thecollidescope.com/2019/10/18/imaginary-beings-an-interview-with-patricia-eakins/ Review of Eakins' first novel: https://thecollidescope.c...
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3 years ago
1 hour 1 minute

The Collidescope Podcast
A Woman With Sauce by Alexander Theroux
The culinary stand-off between a potential son-in-law and a potential mother-in-law from hell, with hilarious results. This story is from Early Stories (Tough Poets Press). Beyond the Zero Podcast with guest George Salis: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hm5RJQZrqTuuAtynNgFcW?si=33HWHqUDRZqDx_NE77rlwQ&dl_branch=1&nd=1 Tough Poets Press: https://toughpoets.com/ Interview with Alexander Theroux: https://thecollidescope.com/2020/07/05/the-apocalypse-of-wordlessness-an-interview-with-...
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4 years ago
45 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
Night Soul by Joseph McElroy
Welcome to The Collidescope Podcast! I’m George Salis, founder and editor of The Collidescope, an online publication dedicated to promoting innovative fiction. I started this podcast as another way to promote the kind of writing I love. For my first choice, Joseph McElroy was kind enough to give me permission to read the title story from his collection Night Soul, which was published by Dalkey Archive in 2011. This particular story stands out for its intimacies between a father and his infant...
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4 years ago
39 minutes

The Collidescope Podcast
In this episode, the writer Garielle Lutz and host George Salis discuss turning the quotidian into art, the epistolary work of writers, the limits of vocabulary and the mispronunciation of words, how literary voices are extinguished in academic institutions, the lack of a serious readership, her fascination with individual sentences, her sense of bodily abstraction and how it has affected her life and writing, her late-life autism diagnosis, how she’s a “freak-magnetic” in public, her ostensi...