Surprise! It’s a new(ish) episode with pieces that have been featured on the show before. While we’re between seasons, we thought it would be fun to put out a remix episode!
Paula Harris – “Chris pauses to enjoy the flowering cherry trees near his office, while a small Japanese man stands in front of them saying “beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful” over and over again; Chris sends me a photo of the trees in bloom, but not of the small Japanese man.” published by Twin Pies Literary
Paula Harris lived in Aotearoa/New Zealand; her writing has been published in various journals, including The Sun, Hobart, Passages North and Aotearotica. Paula passed away in July 2023. Here’s a lovely essay written by a friend of hers. For more of her work, visit her website: www.paulaharris.co.nz
Twitter: @paulaoffkilter | Instagram: @paulaharris_poet
George Saunders – “Sticks” from his collection Tenth of December, published by Penguin Random House.
George Saunders is the author of eleven books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for best work of fiction in English. You can find his website at georgesaundersbooks.com.
Dorothy Chan – “Triple Sonnet for Dennis Rodman #91, on my Television Screen,” published in AAWW’s The Margins.
Dorothy Chan is the author of BABE (Diode Editions 2021). You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at @dorothykchan, or on her website at dorothypoetry.com.