Sandra Ridley

Episode 110: Writing into Health Trauma with Christine McNair and Elee Kraljii Gardiner

I speak with Christine and Elee about our writing on our personal health traumas and the intersection of art and health. We also read from our works: Elee – Trauma Head; Christine – Toxemia and me – Beast Body Epic. Amanda: AngelHousePress.com; AmandaEarl.com Elee: https://eleekg.com/ Preeclampsia Foundation Canada: https://www.preeclampsiacanada.ca/ Virtual launch of Beast Body Epic…

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Episode 83: Kristine Snodgrass

The Small Machine Talks Episode 83 – Kristine Snodgrass, WAAVe Gallery Recorded on December 22 , 2021 Kristine Snodgrass: https://www.kristinesnodgrass.com/ Hysterical Books: https://www.hystericalbooks.com/product-page/waave-global-gallery Anhinga Press: http://www.anhingapress.org/ We discuss the recently published Women Asemic Artists and Visual Poets (WAAVe) Global Gallery anthology published by Hysterical Books in 2021. We start with finding out more about Kristine….

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The Small Machine Talks to Jennifer K. Dick, Episode 75

recorded on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 via Zoom Jennifer K Dick is an author, translator, readings curator & assistant professor of American Literature at the Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France. Her previous books include Circuits & Fluorescence. That Which I Touch Has No Name is appearing in 2020 from Eyewear Publishing, London. Her chapbook,…

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Episode 68: Interview with Klara Du Plessis

recorded on October 29, 2020 via Zoom Klara du Plessis is a poet, critic, and literary curator. Her debut collection of multilingual long poems, Ekke, won the 2019 Pat Lowther Memorial Award, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, and garnered much critical acclaim. She lives in Montreal and Cape Town. In her second…

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The Small Machine Talks – Episode 60: Experiment-O Readers & Friends – Part II

Welcome to the Small Machine Talks. I’m Amanda Earl and this is episode 60, the second part of our segment featuring contributors to Experiment-O. Since I talked about the magazine in the previous episode, I won’t repeat too much, except to say that it is an online pdf magazine that celebrates the art of risk…

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Episode 48 – Interview with Nina Jane Drystek

The Small Machine Talks co-hosted by Amanda Earl and a.m. kozak Episode 48: Interview with Nina Jane Drystek Recorded on August 15, 2019, Ward 14 nina jane drystek is a poet, writer and performer based in Ottawa. her poetry has appeared in Canthius, talking about strawberries, the DUSIE: Tuesday poem, Bywords.ca, in/words, ottawater, small talk…

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Episode 21 – Interview with Joseph Ianni

a.m. kozak and Amanda Earl have a great conversat…

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Episode 17 with a.m. kozak and Amanda Earl

We discuss recent poetry readings and launches in…

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Episode 14 – VERSeFest Special

The Small Machine Talks, Episode 14, the VERSeFes…

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Episode 9 – Interview with Sarah MacDonell

Episode 9 – Interview with Sarah MacDonell
The Cl…

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