A podcast for Wild Roof Journal’s creative community. Conversations with writers, artists, lit mag editors. A better version of your favorite college lit seminar.
Episodes
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
In the September episode, WRJ collaborator Rachel Lauren Myers joins hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt.
We talk about why Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider" is an old favorite. We also cover an excellent listener question: "What are you values and how do they show up in your work?"
And we take a few tangents to chat about John Steinbeck, Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, Sylvia Plath's diary, and more.
Thanks for listening!
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
In the August episode, WRJ collaborator Rachel Lauren Myers joins hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt.
We talk about the dynamic poem "I Read a Lot" by Evalyn Lee (from Issue 15) as well as one of Rachel's favorites, "Monument" by Keith Kopka. In between these poems, we take a detour to consider the question "What keeps you going on a difficult writing day?" (...And yes, listening to podcasts is one of our strategies, so press play and settle in for our chat!)
We hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did having it.
Both of the selections we cover are accessible at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
In the July episode, Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich and Emma McNamara join Aaron and Chris to consider the question of "How do you revise?"
If you’ve ever struggled with cutting, chopping, trimming, and changing your writing in order to take that next step toward completion, then listen up! We cover a few techniques that we have found helpful to our ongoing writing practices.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
In the June episode, Issue 14 contributors Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich and Emma McNamara join hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt.
Kathleen and Emma share a bit about their creations before we move on to chat about two favorites from Wild Roof Journal’s May issue: Melissa Mulvihill's prose poem "A Mouthful of Storm" and Dawn Erickson's short story "Fortson."
We found so much to connect with between these two selections, so settle in and enjoy the conversation!
Each of the selections we cover are accessible at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.
Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
In the May episode, Ash Good and Eben Bein join Aaron Lelito to consider the question of "How does your writing process begin?"
If you’ve ever felt stuck, stalled, or sluggish as you try getting a new piece of writing off the ground, listen up! We cover a few techniques that we have found helpful to our ongoing writing practices.
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Friday Apr 01, 2022
For the April episode, Ash Good and Eben Bein, who both contributed poems to WRJ's Issue 13, join editor Aaron Lelito. (Roundtable cohost Chris Vogt has a limited presence in this one due to internet connection problems!)
We cover three evocative poems from Wild Roof Journal’s March issue. We even have some "behind the scenes" insights from each of the featured writers!
Each of the selections we cover are accessible at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
In the March episode, Rachel Arturi Pruzan and Marybeth Holleman join Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt to consider the question of "What is a book/artwork you have grown with over time?"
Several previous WRJ contributors offer their responses as well. Guess what? We come up with quite the eclectic mix--get your reading lists out for this one!
Each of the selections we cover are accessible at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
In the February episode, editor Aaron Lelito and roundtable co-host Chris Vogt are joined in conversation by Rachel Arturi Pruzan and Marybeth Holleman, who both have been published in Wild Roof Journal (be sure to check out their work here and here).
We cover four excellent selections from Wild Roof Journal’s January issue (Issue 12). How did these pieces speak to us? Listen and find out! Each of them is available to view at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Join us for the "after party" segment of our most recent roundtable discussion. We kept the fun going for a bit of extra art & lit talk. We hope you enjoy the looser side of of podcast recording process...
In this "AP" discussion, Anna Genevieve Winham and Vian Borchert join co-hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt to address the question of "What is your favorite break-up poem?"
Each of the pieces we cover are available to view at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
In the December episode, editor Aaron Lelito and roundtable sidekick Chris Vogt are joined in conversation by Anna Genevieve Winham and Vian Borchert, who both have been published in Wild Roof Journal (be sure to check out their work here and here).
We cover three stand-out selections from Wild Roof Journal’s November issue (Issue 11). Each of these pieces is available to view at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.
What made these pieces such a good fit for WRJ? Listen to hear our thoughts (as well as some "behind-the-scenes" insights from the creators!).