Podcast: CQ Speaks | Carolina Quarterly

CQ Speaks is the voice of The Carolina Quarterly. Join us monthly for an irreverent mix of curated readings, interviews with authors, editor tell-alls, and issue release parties. For readers, writers, and the curious.

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On Certainty with Kristen Case April 21, 2022
Colin Dekeersgieter sits down with Kristen Case to talk about her work “On Certainty” in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue. They discuss the ethics of the “you” in writing and the limits of our knowledge of an other, precision in language, the home’s connection to writing, and more! Enjoy.
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Suite/Music with Patrick Milian April 3, 2021
Colin Dekeersgieter talks with Patrick Milian about his suite of poems in the Winter 2021 issue of The Carolina Quarterly. They talk about the ethics of form, the freedom of collaboration, and more. Patrick reads three of his poems from the issue.
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On Field Music With Alexandria Hall November 30, 2020
Colin Dekeersgieter sits down with Alexandria Hall to discuss her poetry collection Field Music (2020). They discuss the art of mishearing, abundance and porosity, the shame of thinking poetically, and more. Alexandria reads three poems. There's some giggling.
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Academic Madness October 29, 2020
Colin Dekeersgieter talks with Leo Collins about Maurice Natanson's essay "Academic Madness" from the Winter 1963 issue of The Carolina Quarterly. Raymond Carver is ignored. Colin maybe sealions. Things get personal.
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Harvey's "The Coat of Many Coloreds" September 29, 2020
Colin Dekeersgieter sits down with essayist and fiction writer Alisa Koyrakh to discuss Aisha A. Harvey's short story "The Coat of Many Coloreds" in the Summer 2020 Issue. Stay tuned to the end to hear Adam Houle read his poem "Easy Bird."
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The Spring 2020 Issue August 16, 2020
Colin sits down with editor-in-chief Kylan Rice to talk about the Spring 2020 issue of The Carolina Quarterly. This episode features readings by poet Jessica Q. Stark. Enjoy!
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Langston Hughes in Chapel Hill (pt.2 "Christ in Alabama") June 3, 2020
Colin Dekeersgieter sits down with poet and scholar Emilio Taiveaho Peláez for the second part of their discussion on Langston Hughes's visit to Chapel Hill and his publications in Contempo: A Review of Books and Personalities. "Under discussion here is Langston Hughes’s 1931 poem 'Christ in Alabama' & listenin’ through this conversation it’s clear that […]
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Episode 8: Langston Hughes in Chapel Hill (pt.1) February 25, 2020
Colin Dekeersgieter sits down with poet and scholar Emilio Taiveaho Peláez to discuss the impact of Langston Hughes's visit to Chapel Hill and his publications in Contempo: A Review of Books and Personalities.
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Episode 7: A Retrospective December 17, 2019
Colin Dekeersgieter sits down with The Carolina Quarterly's Non-Fiction Editor Jo Klevdal for a retrospective on the journal's first issue with a focus on Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paul Green. For more, visit: TheCarolinaQuarterly.com @NC_Quarterly facebook.com/carolinaquarterly Donate at PayPal: carolina.quarterly0168@gmail.com
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Episode 6: The Friend November 11, 2019
Colin Dekeersgieter sits with The Carolina Quarterly's Editor-in-Chief Kylan Rice to discuss the newest issue of The Carolina Quarterly. For more, visit: TheCarolinaQuarterly.com @NC_Quarterly facebook.com/carolinaquarterly Donate at PayPal: carolina.quarterly0168@gmail.com
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