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Episode 3: Lidia Yuknavitch on Reading the Waves and Riding the Currents: A Recto/Verso Artist Interview with Liz Asch

Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of 12 books including The Chronology of Water, Reading the Waves, which is her latest book, the Misfits Manifesto, Thrust, Verge, The Small Backs of Children, Joan of Dirt, and Dora: A Headcase. Lidia is the founder of Portland’s cherished school of Corporeal Writing. She has decades of experience teaching, has won awards up the wazoo, and is one of the most beloved members of the literary community where we live here in Portland, Oregon, and her reach extends so far, into the hearts of countless readers, friends, and admirers. Lidia is outrageously talented, perceptive and thoughtful, and she is also one of the most generous people I’ve ever known. I consider myself extremely lucky to walk on this planet at the same time as Lidia Yuknavitch and am so grateful to call her a dear friend.

Episode 1: Anna Diem on Songwriting, Singing, and Producing: A Recto/Verso Artist Interview with Liz Asch

Anna Diem is a Portland, Oregon based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Her album Hello Oregon came out in 2022, Small Victories in 2019, and Gay Love Songs is her 2018 EP.  Anna has a wide range of singles as well. Her lyrics are poetic and intimate, and she sings about love and queerness, culture, nostalgia, and yearning, mostly in the alt-pop genre. You can find her music on Spotify, Apple, Youtube, and Bandcamp.

 

Thanks to Ezra Greenhill for our theme song and to Alix Grande for production support.