The Artist's Statement

How do authors create their masterpieces? What inspires their stories? Join Davin Malasarn, co-founder of the Granum Foundation, as he interviews writers about craft and the writing life.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 55m. Bisher sind 19 Folge(n) erschienen. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 15 hours 45 minutes

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BONUS: Jenny Boully and Sak Yant


In this bonus episode of The Artist’s Statement, we speak to Jenny Boully about the ancient art of Sak Yant and the role of the Thai language and Buddhism in her writing life.

Boully reads her essay “On the Eve of My Eternal Marking,” which first appeared in The Paris Review on July 10, 2019.

Host: Davin Malasarn

The Artist's Statement is brought to you by The Granum Foundation. Learn more at granumfoundation.org...


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 July 15, 2021  27m
 
 

episode 6: Jenny Boully: Imagination and Its Consequences


Jenny Boully, 2020 Guggenheim Fellow and author of Betwixt and Between: Essays on the Writing Life, The Book of Beginnings and Endings, The Body, not merely because of the unknown that was stalking toward them, and other works joins us from Bennington, Vermont, for Episode 6 of The Artist's Statement Podcast.


Boully discusses the origins of her recent books and how her work bridges genres...


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 July 7, 2021  52m
 
 

episode 5: Nikki Giovanni: Speaking of Water


The Artist's Statement Episode 5 features legendary poet Nikki Giovanni. She discusses the importance of spirituals as inspiration for her work and how artist's from poets to novelists to dancers inhabit truth. Giovanni recounts her early days as an activist and writer along her path to success, including her time at Fisk University...


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 June 7, 2021  1h20m
 
 

episode 4: Craig Cotter: Memories, Inventions


Craig Cotter, the author of four collections of poetry, including After Lunch with Frank O’Hara, joins us from Pasadena, CA for Episode 4 of The Artist's Statement. He talks about his early writing career as a student at Michigan State University and the poetry editor of Red Cedar Review. He discusses his poems “The Drayton Plains Nature Center” and “For Alex,” which include a major recurring character in his work...


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 May 3, 2021  1h1m
 
 

episode 3: Kuzhali Manickavel: Writing English in India


In this episode of The Artist's Statement, we feature short fiction writer Kuzhali Manickavel, whose work has been described as surreal, sci-fi, absurdist, and weird. Manickavel, who calls in from Bangalore, India, discusses how she characterizes her own work and how international perspectives can lead to alternative definitions...


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 April 2, 2021  59m
 
 

BONUS: Kathy Fish reads "Tenderoni"


Kathy Fish reads her flash fiction story, "Tenderoni." 

(Contains explicit language.)

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 March 7, 2021  4m
 
 

episode 2: Kathy Fish: Beauty in Brevity


Kathy Fish joins us for this episode of The Artist's Statement focused on flash fiction, defined as stories under 1,000 words. She discusses the genre, its origins, and how it can be distinguished from short stories and prose poetry. She also elaborates on techniques she uses to create her flash pieces, including juxtaposition, contradiction, and repetition, and how she finds titles for her work...


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 March 1, 2021  59m
 
 

episode 1: Colm Toibin: Rhythm and Life


Irish author Colm Toibin joins us for the inaugural episode of The Artist's Statement. He discusses his early writing career and his evolution from poet to journalist to novelist, and his return to poetry.  We examine Toibin's novella, A Long Winter, and short story "One Minus One" from his collection, The Empty Family. He reads from his latest novel, The Magician, which tells the story of writer Thomas Mann and is scheduled for publication by Viking Press in September, 2021...


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 February 1, 2021  43m
 
 

Welcome to the Artist's Statement


Writing is a balance of forces, the pull of intellect versus emotion, technique versus intuition. I’m Davin Malasarn. In the Artist’s Statement, we talk to writers about how they navigate those dynamics to create their work. What happens between that initial inspiration and the final, published piece? And, how do you find that spark in the first place?

Join me as we talk with some of today’s most exciting writers...


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 January 30, 2021  1m