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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.”

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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

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.

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

The Social Alchemy Symposium is a participatory gathering April 10-13 in New Harmony, a town twice the site of utopian experiments. Conversations — led by more than 20 authors, artists, designers, and philosophers from around the world — will look at the role of utopian thinking: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Attendees are welcome to join any parts of the free symposium in person, online, or both. Organized by Big Car Collaborative and the University of Southern Indiana. And made possible by Indiana Humanities, the Efroymson Family Fund, and New America.