EPISODE 63: Addressing The Reader with Bronwen Tate
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Bronwen Tate writes poems about sex after miscarriage, among other things. She is brilliant, she is my friend. Recorded from my bed in 2022, I don’t entirely remember what we talked about…definitely writing, higher education, friendship, and Barbara Johnson. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes website Barbara Johnson’s essay “” Subscribe to Bronwen Tate’s Read the feature on Bronwen in Jill Hess's published in Typo Mag (as read aloud in the episode by Bronwen) Bronwen curates...
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EPISODE 62: Having an American Baby with Leslie Tai
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Filmmaker Leslie Tai’s How To Have an American Baby is streaming on PBS through March 10, 2024. The POV documentary is an intimate look at the shadow economy that caters to Chinese parents who travel to the US to give birth for citizenship. We discuss the film, the commodification of American motherhood, the tragedies of infant morbidity, and what birth sounds like (in any language). Trigger warning: this episode includes discussion of death and medical malpractice. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes Watch on PBS ...
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EPISODE 61: Planting Willow with Mary Lauren Fraser
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This episode is an enlightening conversation with basket weaver and green burial expert . Content warning: Mary weaves urns and coffins. We talk a lot about death and dying in this episode. Show Notes Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and .
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EPISODE 59: Navigating Survival with Erin M. Riley
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Erin M. Riley makes narrative, painterly weavings that give voice to complex stories of domestic abuse and intimacy. We talk trauma, healing, self-splintering, and weaving. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes
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MINI EPISODE with NYC Crit Club
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NYC Crit Club is a misleading name for the collaborative learning program that Catherine Haggarty and Hilary Doyle founded five years ago. A) You can take classes with them from anywhere in the world B) it's super inclusive (affordable!)- less a club, more a gathering. I'm teaching there in the spring and Mira Fucking Schor is teaching there in the fall..two icons! Listen on for more info. Enrollment opens August 15th. PS: We don't usually do #ads because that would break from this pod's brand of time consuming and unprofitable that Amy has built over so many years. But...
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EPISODE 58: Sleep Training with Didier William
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Didier and I talk Miami, Haiti, immigrant experiences, concepts of home, and painting (of course). Also: how to not sleep train a baby. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes
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EPISODE 57: Accessorizing Theory with Gaby Collins-Fernandez
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At the beginning of the pandemic artist, critic, and co-editor of Precog magazine Gaby Collins-Fernandez gave a lecture to an empty room at The School of Visual Arts in New York City. It was about The Baroque and it was brilliant. That lecture, Georgia O’Keefe, Washington Heights, and more. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes
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EPISODE 56: Tending To Wounds with Estefania Puerta
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Colombia born artist Este Puerta went to Catholic school in Boston, performed on the streets of Argentina, and unravels the term “Vermonter.” Wounds, wombs, and other wonders in this episode. Never miss an episode of The Amy Beecher Show. or follow us on and . Show Notes
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EPISODE 43: Drawing on the Walls with Jaqueline Cedar
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If I could listen to a podcast and sing The Wheels On the Bus at the same time, I would listen to this week’s re-release of my conversation with Jackie Cedar, painter and founder of Good Work Gallery. I recorded it with her during the pandemic, before Ben…the cognitive equivalent of a scene you vaguely remember from a movie you once saw….
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EPISODE 24: Banjo Camp with Cassandra Jenkins Re-release
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This week's re-release is with Cassandra Jenkins! She’s on tour right now, killing it. Somebody at a party once told me this was their favorite episode. Or was it that it was the only one they listened to? Not sure. Go for it.
info_outlineToday’s re-release is episode 37 with Leah Guadagnoli whose show Love Lies Bleeding ends November 13th at Hollis Taggart in Chelsea. Wonderful early Judy Chicago vibes going on there. Check it out.
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