Podcast appearances and mentions of joseph skibell

On this episode of F***ing Shakespeare, our guest is the one and only Jericho Brown. Poets, lovers, and one who desires to hear beautiful language spoken by a beautiful voice, this episode is for you. We talk about Brown’s duplex, a poetic form he created for his new book “The Tradition,” his passion for his work and how he also doesn’t drive a Bentley. I’m not going to ruin the surprise or anything, but Jericho sings. That’s all I’m gonna say; just listen.Brown’s writing can be found here:His latest collection, The Tradition, from Copper CanyonWhile you’re reading his work, check out his other collections, The New Testament and PleaseHis work also appears in issue 6 of The Bennington Review, the NYT, no. 226 of The Paris ReviewIf you cannot get enough of his reading voice, here he is reading more poems: “The Card Tables” and “Trojan” for the Poetry Foundation. And “Night Shift” and “Colosseum” on The New Yorker.Honorable mentions:Jericho discovered Laura “Ralphi” Burgess’s work and used it for the gorgeous cover for The Tradition.Shout out to Jericho’s fantastic colleagues at Emory: T Cooper, Hank Klinbanoff, Joseph Skibell, Tayari Jones, Tiphanie Yanique, Robyn Schiff, and Heather Christle.Visit Jericho’s website for more about him and/or follow him on Twitter to for your daily Jericho Brown dosage. Photo credit: John Mitchell US cover, Copper Canyon Press

On this week's podcast, we check in with legendary guitarmaker Ken Parker. The archtop creations that Parker has built over the last decade are truly works of art (in fact, one example is in the permanent collection of the Met). Parker was the subject of a mammoth two-part Fretboard Journal feature in both the FJ #38 and FJ #39, penned by author Joseph Skibell. On this week's podcast, we catch up and hear about some of this builder's more recent developments. He tells us about the importance of hide glue in his instruments; we learn about a new pickup he's using that was developed by Bob Palmieri; and we hear about his recent acquisition of some wood from the famed “The Tree” and what he plans to do with it.  This week's episode is sponsored by Retrofret Vintage Guitars.  

Martha Frankel’s guests this week are Brendan Kiely, Jason Reynolds, Joseph Skibell and Francesco Marciuliano.

A Blessing on the Moon is a new music-theater work composed by Andy Teirstein, and based on the novel by Teirstein’s collaborator, Joseph Skibell (the novel was published by Algonquin Books, 1997). Joseph Skibell often describes A Blessing on the Moon as “a novel masquerading as a folk tale.” Andy Teirstein describes his musical adaptation as “an opera masquerading as a folk spiel.” The journey of Chaim Skibelski, who has just been shot dead, and his Rabbi, who is now a crow, as they wander through Poland searching for an afterlife, lends itself easily to the genre of music-theater. Words, music and movement can be expressive of the edges of experience explored in the magical realism of this epic narrative, which contains wry humor, poetry, and a sharp sense of each character's perspective, even extending to the Polish family that has moved into the protagonist’s home, and the German soldier who has shot him. Co-sponsored by The Creative Writing Program and The Goldwasser Fund

A Blessing on the Moon is a new music-theater work composed by Andy Teirstein, and based on the novel by Teirstein’s collaborator, Joseph Skibell (the novel was published by Algonquin Books, 1997). Joseph Skibell often describes A Blessing on the Moon as “a novel masquerading as a folk tale.” Andy Teirstein describes his musical adaptation as “an opera masquerading as a folk spiel.” The journey of Chaim Skibelski, who has just been shot dead, and his Rabbi, who is now a crow, as they wander through Poland searching for an afterlife, lends itself easily to the genre of music-theater. Words, music and movement can be expressive of the edges of experience explored in the magical realism of this epic narrative, which contains wry humor, poetry, and a sharp sense of each character's perspective, even extending to the Polish family that has moved into the protagonist’s home, and the German soldier who has shot him. Co-sponsored by The Creative Writing Program and The Goldwasser Fund.

Joseph Skibell (Creative Writing Program)