
Welcome to Let’s Have a Renaissance, a podcast about literature and the arts, where authors, editors, publishers, and creative professionals from all walks of life discuss what it takes to thrive in the arts and sustain a creative career. We're always ready to welcome new guests! To join the conversation, drop us a line through our contact form: www.thedatekeepers.com
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 77 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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In this episode, we speak with our friend and fellow MacDowell alumnus Steve Chang about writing, thinking, masking, code-switching, genre-bending, emojis, and Camus. Enjoy!
In this episode, we speak with author Alexia Nader about the challenges of writing a first novel, techniques to sustain reader engagement across sections of a multigenerational novel, and how to overcome the fear that writing is a waste of time. Alex... more
In this episode, we speak with pianist and composer Ben Krause about where and how to find opportunities as an aspiring composer, the productive tension between composers and performers, and whether music industry jobs are vulnerable to AI automation... more
Anne Harris’s drawings and paintings have been exhibited at The New York Public Library, The Yale University Art Gallery, The Fogg Museum, The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden, and elsewhere. She’s also the originator of The Mind’s I, a collabor... more
Thea Chacamaty holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan and has received support from the Steinbeck Fellowship, Writing by Writers, the Tin House Workshop, and others. In this episode, we discuss her affinity for short fiction, the nov... more
Josue Bessiake is a painter with an interest in material science and the structure of things. He’s presented work at the National Gallery of the Bahamas, the Chautauqua School of Visual Arts, the Charles Wright Museum, and elsewhere. His work has bee... more
Tom Levy is a London-based painter. He holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and has shown paintings in museums and galleries in the US and the UK, including at the UN building. In this episode, we discuss his artistic practice and preoccupat... more
Derrick Austin is a poet and ekphrastic writer with two poetry collections published and a third in progress, all with BOA Editions. He holds an MFA from the University of Michigan and has been a Cave Canem fellow, an Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scho... more
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