The Collidescope Podcast

Jan 30 2025 11 ep. 74 mins 9
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The Collidescope Podcast takes the literary values of George Salis' online publication www.TheCollidescope.com and presents you with innovative stories handpicked and read by George. He also interviews notable authors and discusses invisible books with friends.

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Literary Hypnotism: A Rare Interview with Lee Siegel

Jan 30 2025 102 mins  
In this episode, the writer Lee Siegel and host George Salis discuss Siegel's prolific work, his obsession with Orientalism, magic on the streets and on the page, Darconville’s Cat by Alexander Theroux, the allure of audiobooks, his recent forays into painting, fatalism within literature and without, and much more. Lee Siegel is the Emeritus Professor of Religion at the Universit

Insidious Nostalgia: A Rare Interview with REYoung

Jul 29 2024 92 mins  
In this episode, the hermetic writer REYoung and host George Salis discuss the “Ponzi scheme” of Dalkey Archive, Young’s experiences as a student of the wonderful novelist Paul West, the perpetuity of Christmas, the emptiness of branding, David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest and The Pale King, Latin American and Greek fiction, and much more. REYoung was born in Pittsburgh,

Invent Your Breathing: An Interview with Barton Smock

Jun 29 2024 59 mins  
In this episode, Barton Smock and host George Salis discuss the essence of poetry, death metal, the fear of god, the state of contemporary poetry, and more. Barton Smock lives in Columbus, OH, with his wife and four children. He is the author of numerous self-published works. Author of Ghost Arson (Kung Fu Treachery Press, 2018) and Wasp, gasp. (Incunabula, 2023). Buy Wasp, gasp he

Infinite Fecundity: A Rare Interview with Michael Brodsky

Feb 28 2024 126 mins  
In this episode, Michael Brodsky and host George Salis discuss suffering in the writer’s external world and the internal world, reaching toward perfection and the impossibility of containing the cosmos in a novel, the necessity/obligation of creating art versus abstaining from it, how words have a right to life, the most important book Michael has read, his 1,200-page magnum opus

Sweet Adversity by Donald Newlove

Dec 16 2023 89 mins  
George Salis and guest Henry Gelinas discuss the invisible book Sweet Adversity by Donald Newlove. Henry Gelinas is a stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and writer from Charlotte, North Carolina. Purchase the Sweet Adversity here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578423890 Purchase Those Drinking Days here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578362212 Purchase The Painter Gabriel here: ht

Thou Worm Jacob by Mark Jay Mirsky

Nov 15 2023 69 mins  
George Salis and guest Jacob Pascoe discuss Thou Worm Jacob by Mark Jay Mirsky. Jacob Pascoe is a writer and filmmaker based in Vancouver. His work spans narrative film and music videos to prose and essays. He studied film production and literature at the University of British Columbia. His website is here. Pascoe's review of A Death: Notes on a Suicide by Zalman Shneour: https://t

Movieland by Ramón Gómez de la Serna

Oct 07 2023 69 mins  
George Salis and guest Matthew Taylor Blais discuss the invisible book Movieland by Ramón Gómez de la Serna, translated by Ángel Flores. Matthew Taylor Blais is a filmmaker currently based in Vancouver, Canada. Buy de la Serna’s Movieland here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578336817 Subscribe to Sital Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/c/SitalCinema Support The Collidescope�

Will Isn't Free: A Rare Interview with Alan Singer

Jul 07 2022 66 mins  
In this episode, Alan Singer and host George Salis talk about whether or not an MFA is useful, the increasingly stifling atmosphere of universities, the question of free will versus ‘acting’, the primitive muses of violence and sex, film adaptions, dealing with doubt as a writer, Alan’s fruitful friendship with Joseph McElroy, his unfortunately failed attempt to befriend Djun

Oono by Patricia Eakins

Mar 01 2022 61 mins  
The story of a species of creature known as oono, so massive it can't be seen in full, and the ignook couple who is trying to start a family in the arctic wilderness. Their only hope is for the aspiring father to connect with an oono spirit even if it means deceiving him, even if it means becoming more than human. Interview with Patricia Eakins: https://thecollidescope.com/2019/10/

A Woman With Sauce by Alexander Theroux

Nov 30 2021 45 mins  
The culinary stand-off between a potential son-in-law and a potential mother-in-law from hell, with hilarious results. This story is from Early Stories (Tough Poets Press). Beyond the Zero Podcast with guest George Salis: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hm5RJQZrqTuuAtynNgFcW?si=33HWHqUDRZqDx_NE77rlwQ&dl_branch=1&nd=1 Tough Poets Press: https://toughpoets.com/ Interview wi