In our first podcast of 2021 The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Linda D. Addison and Marc Laidlaw. The interviews were recorded on Wed. Jan. 6 and Thurs, Jan. 7, 2021.
Show Notes
The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series kicks off 2021 with Linda D. Addison and Marc Laidlaw. (0:42:52). Linda reads the poem ‘When Interior Light Becomes Bright’ from Dark Duet (2013) and inspired by Eartha Kitt; the short story ‘Live and Let Live” (0;12:36) from her collection, How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend, 2011); the poem ‘The Place of Broken Things’ cowritten with Alessandro Manzetti from their joint collection The Place of Broken Things (Crystal Lake, 2019); and the poem ‘Dying From This (for Hank Charles Bukowski Jr.)’ also from Dark Duet. Marc reads an excerpt from Underneath the Oversea, his latest novel published in 2020 (0:56:11). They also share their experiences with lockdown living, their writing and publishing news, and their quarantine reading recommendations (scroll down to Additional Links for how to order).
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Additional Links
COVID Long Haulers Awareness and Education Facebook page
Eartha Kitt interview (BBC, 1989)
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Mourning Meal trailer (dir Jamal Hodge)
Miscreations, edited by Doug Murano & Michael Bailey (Written Backwards)
The Dystopian States of America, edited by Matt Bechtel; a charity anthology benefiting the ACLU
Don’t Turn Out the Lights, edited by Jonathan Maberry (HarperCollins)
PRE-ORDER: Weird Tales Issue #364
Black Speculative Arts Movement (Curating the End of the World: Red Spring exhibition)
Chiral Mad 5, edited by Michael Bailey (full TOC)
PRE-ORDER: Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda (Titan Books)
Her Life Matters by Alessandro Manzetti & Stefano Cardoselli (introduction by Linda D. Addison)
Otherwheres: Speculative Poetry by Akua Lezli Hope
Pets During Wartime by Weston Ochse (Thunderstorm Books)
Bone Chase by Weston Ochse (Gallery / Saga Press)
Slay, edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz (Mocha Memoirs Press)
Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Afro Puffs are the Antennae of the Universe by Zig Zag Claybourne (Obsidian Sky Books)
TOD 001 Alyssa Wong: A Shitstorm in Flavortown and Marc Laidlaw: Swimming Upstream to Spawn
Review: Underneath the Oversea by Marc Laidlaw (Locus)
‘Deep Magnetic Throne,’ short story in music by Marc Laidlaw
‘Infinite Terror,’ Laidlaw’s take on old ‘70s TV ghost anthology shows (video)
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock by Dan Callahan
Show Credits
Hosts/Producers: Scott Nicolay and Anya Martin
Co-Host, News from The Weird: Justin Steele
Co-Host, Reviews from The Weird: Gordon B. White
Symposium Assistant Director: Melanie Crew
Symposium Programming Coordinator: Jess Lewis
Symposium Logistics: Melissa Eisner
Logo Design: Nick “The Hat” Gucker
Music: Michael Griffin