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Radio Free Book Club -Vladimir by Julia May Jonas

Join the Radio Free Book Club team—novelist Dan Barden, award-winning author Susan Neville, smart reader and NFL official Steve Woods, and host Ken Honeywell for a no-holds-barred discussion of the provocative novel - Julia May Jonas' Vladimir

Radio Free Book Club is a radio show book club produced monthly at 99.1 WQRT in Indianapolis. We talk about contemporary novels, with an alternating cast to book club members. Yes: There will be spoilers. We hope you’ll join us!

Dear Black Girl: A Discussion ft. Tamara Winfrey Harris

A special presentation from A public reading and discussion at The Tube Factory Artspace featuring Ta,ara Winfrey Harrisand her book "Dear Black Girl" Letters from Your Sisters About Stepping into your Power.

Tamara Winfrey-Harris is a writer who specializes in the ever-evolving space where current events, politics and pop culture intersect with race and gender. She says, “I want to tell the stories of Black women and girls, and deliver the truth to all those folks who got us twisted—tangled up in racist and sexist lies. I want my writing to advocate for my sisters. We are better than alright. We are amazing.”

Create Hear: 1000 Words’ Chris Smith and Greg Rose

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond.

In this episode Shauta Marsh sits down with Chris Smith and Greg Rose of 1000 Words.

Words and Music Episode 6: Jean Garrigue and Roger Mitchell

Words and Music on WQRT is a series of audio programs highlighting the lives and work of Indiana Writers. The series — produced by Big Car Collaborative and first heard on our FM radio station, 99.1 WQRT and streaming at wqrt.org — is made possible by a grant from Indiana Humanities.

In this episode, Indianapolis-based writers Susan Neville and Jim Walker talk with poet Roger Mitchell about his deep interest in preserving the legacy of Indiana-born poet Jean Garrigue. Mitchell, now retired from Indiana University, ran the school’s MFA program. He lives in upstate New York and now spends much of his time researching and writing an in-depth exploration of Garrige’s life and work. Mitchell, the author of numerous books of poetry and a work of nonfiction himself, hopes to see this project soon become a published biography of Garrigue — someone he never met before her death in 1972.

Audio production for this episode, including music, by Jim Walker. Poetry read by Shauta Marsh.

Create Hear: Eli Cravens

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond.

In this episode Mary Goodwin sits down with Eli Cravens to discuss his latest residency with Aurora + Herron.

Eli Craven (elicraven.com) is an artist based in Lafayette, Indiana. He received a BFA from Boise State University in 2011 and an MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2016. Craven’s research resides in the critical investigation of the image and its relationship to ideologies of sexuality, desire, and death. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography at Purdue University.

Create Hear: Amy Klingman & Ish Muhammad Nieves

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond.

In this episode Shauta Marsh sits down with Amy Klingman and Ish Muhammad Nieves

Amy Kligman has been the Executive Artistic Director at Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City.

Ish Muhammad is a self-taught artist residing in Northwest Indiana.. He is a founding member of Crazy Indiana Style Artists (CISA). CISA is recognized as Indiana’s first Latino Art Collective.

Create Hear : LaShawnda Crowe Storm

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond.

In this episode Shauta Marsh sits down with LaShawnda Crowe Storm to discuss her latest exhibition Sister Song: The Requiem at the Tube Factory Artspace.

Radio Free Book Club -The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

Radio Free Book Club will be tackling one of this summer’s biggest books: The Candy House, Jennifer Egan’s so-called sibling novel to her Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show only on 99.1 WQRT

Create Hear: Carlie Foreman

Produced by artists and curators from Big Car Collaborative, Create Hear is your place to listen to conversations with people making intriguing, innovative, and impactful things happen on the cultural front in Indianapolis, across Indiana, and beyond.

In this episode Shauta Marsh sits down with Carlie Foreman to discuss her latest exhibition Full Disclosure at the Tube Factory Artspace.

Radio Free Book Club - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

This month, join our panel of four for a lively discussion of Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility—one of the year’s big books by the author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel. It’s a time-tripping science fiction mystery with some interesting things to say about the pandemic, moon colonies, book tours in the 23rd century, and, like most good novels, the human condition. Ken Honeywell spearheads this monthly show only on 99.1 WQRT