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Literature for the Halibut

Literature for the Halibut is a literary program featuring your favorite living and dead writers, some of whom you may not even know you love yet. Trust us, we are your fishing buddies. We taught you how to fish and how to read. Listen once and you'll get hooked. Produced in the studios of KDHX Community Media in St. Louis, MO.
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Literature for the Halibut is a weekly literary program featuring your favorite living and dead writers, some of whom you may not even know you love yet. Trust us, we are your fishing buddies. We taught you how to fish and how to read. Listen once and you'll get hooked.

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Jan 14, 2016

A Jewish con sells himself out by getting a swastika tattoo.  A young woman finds a strangled guy on her first day of work at a synagogue.  A turn of the century Jewish bootlegger (the last man legally hanged in Illinois) asks for a black hood at his hanging -- as one final jab at the KKK. 

All this (not to mention Moses himself) is Jewish Noir, a collection of all-new short stories published in 2015 by PM Press.

In this episode, Nicky speaks with two St. Louis fiction writers published in the collection, Jedidiah Ayers & Tasha Kaminsky.  The two read excerpts from their stories & talk about the seedy side of fiction, the Jewishness of noir & the background behind their narratives.  Midway through, the group is joined by Kenneth Wishnia, editor of the collection. 

 

Jan 2, 2016

In 2016, what are the limits of what a magazine can do? Please Hold Magazine is a quarterly digital publication founded by Kristie Wickwire one year ago. Each issue collects multimedia pieces built around a different theme, the most recent issue's being "Home". Expanding the idea of literature beyond the written word, Please Hold compiles pieces poetry, video, audio, and even GIFs to accomplish what a print magazine cannot. Pictured: Mohsen Zare's contribution to the "Home" issue, a GIF titled "DVLottery to Home", which is discussed in the episode.

 

Also discussed in the episode: to hear the rest of Michael Ridge's Found Home Recordings, click here.

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