All Talk

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:Luis Camnitzer's talk at the Lab, Feb 2021 (link)Luster by Raven Leilani (link)"9 Rules for the Woke Birdwatcher" in Orion Magazine (link)"The Braided Essay as Social Justice Action" by Nicole Walker (link)Afterword by Tisa Bryant in Body Forms: Queerness and the Essay (link)Provisions: Poems Held Close in a Time of Crisis edited by Claire Schwartz and Nathan Goldman (link)"Roman Poem Number Thirteen" by June Jordan (link)Essy Stone's introduction to "Roman Poem Number Thirteen" in Provisions (link)Questions? Thoughts? Email us: alltalklisteners@gmail.com.About Us:Ellie Lobovits is a visual artist, educator, writer, and teacher of Jewish plant magic. ellielobovits.comLeora Fridman is a writer and educator, author of My Fault, Make an Effort, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. leorafridman.com

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:Ellie's fall 2020 plant workshops (link)Kale Mays (link)Ani DiFranco's song "Buildings and Bridges" (link)Conversation between Terry Tempest Williams and Ariana Reines (link)Shapes of Native Nonfiction edited by Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton (link)"Beauty & Memory & Abuse & Love" by Bojan Louis (link)Jewish Mourner's Kaddish (link)Tamar Ettun's Lilith project (link)Stranger Faces by Namwali Serpell (link)The Elephant Man (link)The 40-Year-Old Version (link)Questions? Thoughts? Email us: alltalklisteners@gmail.com.About Us:Ellie Lobovits is a visual artist, educator, writer, and teacher of Jewish plant magic. ellielobovits.comLeora Fridman is a writer and educator, author of My Fault, Make an Effort, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. leorafridman.com

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:Ariana Reines' workshops reading Inanna and more (link)The Lonely Letters by Ashon T. Crawley (link)the Song of Songs (link)Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib (link)Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (link)Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (link)Sophie Calle's exhibition "Take Care of Yourself" (link)Information about recent votes on evictions and defunding the police in Oakland, CA (link)Questions? Thoughts? Email us: alltalklisteners@gmail.com.About Us:Ellie Lobovits is a visual artist, educator, writer, and teacher of Jewish plant magic. ellielobovits.comLeora Fridman is a writer and educator, author of My Fault, Make an Effort, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. leorafridman.com

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:Black Lives Matter petition to #DefundThePolice (link)Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde“An Interview: Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich” (First published in Signs, vol. 6, no. 4 in summer of 1981. Edited from three hours of audio tapes recorded on August 30, 1979 in Montague, Massachusetts. Commissioned by Marilyn Hacker, guest editor of Woman Poet: The East.)“The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House” (From comments at "The Personal and the Political Panel" at the Second Sex Conference on September 29, 1979 in New York.)"How Did #BlackOutTuesday Go So Wrong So Fast?" (Vulture) (link)“Ten Steps of Non-Optical Allyship” by Mireille Cassandra Harper (link)Ijeoma Oluo on NPR discussing how police have two purposes: to protect and serve white people, and to control black people (link)Carceral Capitalism by Jackie Wang (link)Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel (link)“I ❤️ NY” video by Una Osato (link)The Center for Artistic Activism (link)Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) (link)Never Again Action (link)List of Bail Funds Across the Country -- please contribute if you can! (link)Questions? Thoughts? Email us: alltalklisteners@gmail.com.About Us:Ellie Lobovits is a visual artist, educator, writer, and teacher of Jewish plant magic. ellielobovits.comLeora Fridman is a writer and educator, author of My Fault, Make an Effort, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. leorafridman.com

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:Angst by Hélène Cixous (link)Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed (link)"Astra Taylor: The Case for Economic Disobedience" (link)The Debt Collective (link)"The Fairy-Tale Virus" by Sabrina Orah Mark (link)Questions? Thoughts? Email us: alltalklisteners@gmail.com.About Us:Ellie Lobovits is a visual artist, educator, writer, and teacher of Jewish plant magic. ellielobovits.comLeora Fridman is a writer and educator, author of My Fault, Make an Effort, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. leorafridman.com

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:Tara Brach's guided meditation "The Blessings of Yes" (link)Tara Brach's teacher Joseph Goldstein (link), whose teachers include Anagarika Sri Munindra, Sri S.N. Goenka, Nani Bala Barua (Dipa Ma), and the Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita. We joke about going "back to basics" with Tara, but it's important to us to note that Tara Brach's work is rooted in Asian Buddhist traditions. Ellie's recipe for chicken bone broth (link)Leora’s Google Hangouts morning meditation (link)Leonard Cohen's song "Anthem" (link)Disability Justice Culture Club (link)COVID-19 Relief Fund for Self Employed & Service Economy LGBTQ+ BIPOC (link)Never Again Action to release undocumented immigrants from detention who are highly at risk of COVID-19 (link)Johanna Hedva's Sick Woman Theory (link)Heather Kapplow's "Walking in the Time of COVID-19" (link)Morgan Bassichis' Quarantunes (link)History of the Free African Society of Philadelphia (link)"Amid coronavirus pandemic, neighbors delivering what government cannot" (Boston Globe) (link)"Pagar la renta en tiempos del COVID-19" (Paying rent in the time of COVID-19) (link)"Urgen medidas para afrontar la pandemia del coronavirus desde una perspectiva del derecho a la vivienda adecuada" (Urgent measures to address the coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of the right to adequate housing) (link)Guided invitation to Metta (lovingkindness) from Larry Yang (link)Indigo Girls on Spotify (link)"The Thing Is" by Ellen Bass (link)CABIN FEVER: Coping with COVID-19 playlist of online experimental films & videos (link)Social distancing: an online dance party (link)

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:Espacio Escultorio Sculpture Park (link) El Pedregal Nature Reserve (link)The book The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert (link) "Characteristics of White Supremacy" (link)Jewish Plant Magic retreats (link)Jewish history with garlic (link)Guggel Muggel (link)Dori Midnight’s Facebook inquiry about garlic (link)The book Animacies: Biopolitics, Racial Mattering, and Queer Affect by Mel Y. Chen (link)Questions? Thoughts? Email us: alltalklisteners@gmail.com.About Us:Ellie Lobovits is a visual artist, educator, writer, and teacher of Jewish plant magic. ellielobovits.comLeora Fridman is a writer and educator, author of My Fault, Make an Effort, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. leorafridman.com

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:The book On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine ScarryThe website Man Repeller (link)Toward A Hot Jew: Graphic Essays by Miriam Libicki (link)The exhibition “Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Dress,” at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco (link)The exhibition "Involuntary Archives. On the Theatre of Surveillance" by artist Miguel Fernández de Castro (link)Ellie’s film Birth on the Border (trailer link)The exhibition “Tyler Mitchell: I Can Make You Feel Good” at ICP (link)Aperture issue #223: Vision & Justice (link)The book The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion by Antwaun Sargent (link)“Pendeja, You Ain’t Steinbeck: My Bronca with Fake-Ass Social Justice Literature” by Myriam Gurba (link)“There’s Nothing Thrilling About Trauma” by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (link) Tweet referenced by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (link)“Oceanic Feeling and Communist Affect” by Jackie Wang (link) Questions? Thoughts? Email us: alltalklisteners@gmail.com.About Us:Ellie Lobovits is a visual artist, educator, writer, and teacher of Jewish plant magic. ellielobovits.comLeora Fridman is a writer and educator, author of My Fault, Make an Effort, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. leorafridman.com

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:The book Motherhood by Sheila HetiLeora’s review of Heti’s book (link)The book No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicolThe film “To Kid or Not to Kid” (link)The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise by Martín PrechtelThe essay “The Mother of All Questions” by Rebecca Solnit (link)The event “Miércoles de SOMA | Turbulencias del siglo XXI” (link)Rabbi Elliot Kukla's work on disability and chronic illness (link)“A Primer on Working With Disabled Group Members for Feminist / Activist Groups and Organisations” by Romily Alice Walden (link)Join the conversation! Are there instructions that you’ve made or come across that are especially meaningful to you? Email us: alltalklisteners@gmail.com.About Us:Ellie Lobovits is a visual artist, educator, writer, and teacher of Jewish plant magic. ellielobovits.comLeora Fridman is a writer and educator, author of My Fault, Make an Effort, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. leorafridman.com

In each episode we talk about a variety of books, writing, and art. Below are a few mentioned in this one:The 1965 essay by Joan Didion entitled "Los Angeles Notebook," first published in Slouching Towards BethlehemProtest led by union workers and tribal leaders against Trump’s support of fracking in Pennsylvania (link)"On Breaking Up," an essay of Leora's published in Speculative Nonfiction (link)Robin Wall Kimmerer and Terry Tempest Williams' 2019 event at the Harvard Divinity School (link) Rachel Zucker's book Mothers (link) (We quote her quote about quoting.)Blackfishing the IUD, the book by Caren Beilin and podcast from Wolfman Books (link) Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own (We reference her discussion of the red light of emotion vs the white light of truth.)Ellie's Instagram post about breakups (link) Ellie's forthcoming film (link)Sarah Ahmed's book Living a Feminist Life (link)About Us: Ellie Lobovits is a visual artist, educator, writer, and teacher of Jewish plant magic. ellielobovits.comLeora Fridman is a writer and educator, author of My Fault, Make an Effort, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. leorafridman.com