In this week’s podcast, we welcomed Samantha from Abu Dhabi to the home team in Philly! The group was in a celebratory mood for lots of reasons. Did You Know: Tim Fitts is the co-founder of Philly’s Home Brew Reading Series, which will not only provide you with free beer, but also, an experience only […]
Episode 66: What If Hansel and Gretel Had a Cage Fight?
Hello all and welcome to another episode of Slushpile! In this episode, look forward to not only critiquing a few poems along with the gang, but also some discussion on the original tale of Hansel and Gretel. Setting a new precedence, rather than lots of jackassery before we got down to business, we quickly moved […]
Episode 65: Cowboys and Baristas and Co-ops, Oh My!
Welcome to Robe-isode II—the one where Kathleen is in her robe instead of Jason! Though Tim Fitts, Ali (The Co-op) and Zoe Heller were in the studio in Philly, (hopefully in their outdoor clothes) most of the gang was not present in the studio for this recording. Instead, they could be found in the […]
The Skin, The Witches, and the Ghost of Tim Fitts
One of the things we love about our podcast is that it brings together speakers from all over the world. Getting to see and hear Marion and Samantha is our main reason to love modern technology! The topic of discussion rotated around three poems written by Ann V. Devilbiss (apologies again, Ann! Maybe it’s a nice thing that Kathleen […]
Episode 63: Tripletime
Greetings everyone, Slush Pile is fast approaching three years of publication. To honor this we have a rather excellent episode today. After some introductions, the gang discusses what they have been up to since their last sightings. Kathleen informs us of a catastrophe she had back at home involving her new kittens. Luckily Marion’s mother was in prime position […]
Episode 62: Six Degrees of Separation
Welcome back to another Painted Bride Quarterly Slush Pile. Today we have an excellent episode with a bit of something different. After a set of introductions in which Marion gets out her glue gun the gang dives right into a piece of non-fiction by Andrew Bertania labeled “The Offering”. Andrew Bertaina’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in many publications […]