In this episode of The Common’s Contributors in Conversation podcast, Issue 08 contributors Terese Svoboda and Ralph Sneeden read and discuss their pieces “Dutch Joe” and “Stepping Off.”
LAUREN DELAPENHA
Lauren Delapenha speaks to Emily Everett about her poems “Supermarketing” and “If You Are Learning English,” which appear in The Common’s spring issue. Lauren also discusses her process, her time at the Disquiet Literary Program in Lisbon, and balancing both teaching and writing.
JULIET MCSHANNON
Juliet McShannon speaks to Emily Everett about her story “Rescue,” which appears in The Common’s spring issue. The story follows a woman on her search for a lost dog through a neighborhood very different from her own and explores ideas of loss, class, community, and healing.
STEFAN BINDLEY-TAYLOR
His characters are brimming with schemes, heart, hidden motives, and a desire to survive in this unfamiliar and foreign world. There is such a tenderness to the way he renders their lives, held together by his signature, dazzling creolized prose.
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