In our latest installment of the In the Telling series, listen to Gibson Fay-Le Blanc read a selection of poetry. Two of these poems -- "Self Help" and "Numinous" -- appear in Issue 15: Hope.

Gibson Fay-Le Blanc’s first collection of poems, Death of a Ventriloquist, was chosen by Lisa Russ Spaar for the Vassar Miller Prize and published in 2012. His poems have appeared in magazines including Guernica, the New Republic, and Tin House and are forthcoming in jubilat and the Literary Review.

Episode by Tim Mucci

Artwork by Andrea Sparacio

Music by:
BloodyJoe - BloodyJoe DeepShining 
Gonzo Gonzales - Munstertaler 

In the Telling #24: Gibson Fay-Le Blanc

We're kicking off a special collection of In the Telling podcasts: stories, essays, and poetry by our 2015 Pushcart Nominees. These episodes are curated by our new series editor Joseph Scalora. Each episode includes an introduction by our poetry, fiction, and nonfiction editors. 

This first episode features Elizabeth Onusko. Poetry Editor Tom Haushalter nominated her poem, "This Close and No Further" (Issue 17), for the 2015 Pushcart Prize.

Elizabeth Onusko’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Journal, Poetry East, The Collagist, Front Porch Journal,Radar Poetry, and The Adroit Journal, among others, and has been featured on Verse Daily. She is the author of a chapbook, The Prague Winter (Finishing Line Press).

Episode by Joseph Scalora

Music by Gabriel Lane
Performed by Gabriel Lane and Ian McConnell

2015 Pushcart Nominees: Elizabeth Onusko, Poetry

Here's the second installment in our special collection of In the Telling podcasts: stories, essays, and poetry by our 2015 Pushcart Nominees. These episodes are curated by our new series editor Joseph Scalora. Each episode includes an introduction by our poetry, fiction, and nonfiction editors. 

This episode features Sarah V. Schweig. Poetry Editor Tom Haushalter nominated her poem, "Contingencies II" (Issue 16), for the 2015 Pushcart Prize.

Sarah V. Schweig is the author of the chapbook S (Dancing Girl Press). Her poetry and criticism has appeared or is forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, BOMB Magazine, Boston Review, Everyday Genius, HTML Giant, Maggy, Painted Bride Quarterly, Publishers Weekly, Tin House, Verse Daily, The Volta, Slice, West Branch, and Western Humanities Review, among others. Her prose appears regularly at The Dodo, and occasionally at The Huffington Post. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Columbia University, where her manuscript was the recipient of the David Craig Austen Memorial Award, and previously a 2012 Emerging Poet Resident at Poets House, a 2010 Tennessee Williams Scholar at Sewanee Writers Workshop, and a 2010 Ruth Lilly Fellowship finalist, she studies philosophy at The New School for Social Research and lives in Brooklyn.

Episode by Joseph Scalora

Music by Gabriel Lane
Performed by Gabriel Lane and Ian McConnell

2015 Pushcart Nominees: Sarah V. Schweig, Poetry

Here's the third installment in our special collection of In the Telling podcasts: stories, essays, and poetry by our 2015 Pushcart Nominees. Each episode includes an introduction by our editors. The series is curated by Joseph Scalora.

In this episode, editor-in-chief Elizabeth Blachman discusses why she nominated Dave Patterson's story "Flight" (Issue 16) for the Pushcart Prize, and then Patterson reads his story.

Dave Patterson is from Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He attended the Bread Loaf School of English and is a graduate of the Stonecoast MFA program. His work has appeared in Slice, the Apple Valley Review, Clare Literary Journal, and Hot Metal Bridge, among other literary magazines.

Episode by Joseph Scalora

Music by Gabriel Lane & Ian McConnell

2015 Pushcart Nominees: Dave Patterson, Fiction

Here’s the fourth installment in our special collection of In the Telling podcasts: stories, essays, and poetry by our 2015 Pushcart Nominees. Each episode includes an introduction by our editors. The series is curated by Joseph Scalora.

In this episode, editor-in-chief Elizabeth Blachman discusses why she nominated Mona Awad’s story “Hearts and Minds” (Issue 17) for the Pushcart Prize, and then Awad reads her story.

Mona Awad received her MFA in fiction from Brown University. Her work has appeared in Slice, McSweeney’s, The Walrus, Joyland, Post Road, St. Petersburg Review, and many other journals. She is currently pursuing a PhD in creative writing and English literature at the University of Denver. Her debut novel, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl (Penguin), comes out next month.

Episode by Joseph Scalora

Music by Gabriel Lane & Ian McConnell

2015 Pushcart Nominees: Mona Awad, Fiction

Here’s the sixth and final installment in our special collection of In the Telling podcasts: stories, essays, and poetry by our 2015 Pushcart Nominees. Each episode includes an introduction by our editors. The series is curated by Joseph Scalora.

In this episode, nonfiction editor Christopher Locke discusses why he nominated Chris Offutt's essay “At Last, Sex” (Issue 17) for the Pushcart Prize, and then Offutt reads his story.

Chris Offutt is an award-winning author and screenwriter. He worked on the HBO drama True Blood and the Showtime series Weeds. His books include Kentucky Straight, The Same River Twice, The Good Brother, Out of the Woods, and No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays, The Best American Short Stories, and many other anthologies. He lives near Oxford, Mississippi. 

Episode by Joseph Scalora

Music by Gabriel Lane & Ian McConnell

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