Listen "Jen Calleja on Time and Goblins"
Episode Synopsis
'I want the story the story to be as disorientating for the reader as it is for me...I'm not trying to offer an answer or a safe and complete world...'
The incredibly talented Jen Calleja joins the RP Pod to talk about her short story collection, I'm Afraid That's All We've Got Time For (Prototype Publishing), and Goblins (Rough Trade Books), a personal exploration of 'goblinery.'
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Rippling Points:
That's all we've got time for: setting 'temporal parameters' for writing a story
Is it really the way it is? Working with and against lessons learned in youth
Buy I'M AFRAID THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT TIME FOR here
Buy GOBLINS here
Reference Points
Books and Writers
Jen Calleja's poetry collection, SERIOUS JUSTICE
Interview with the writer Megan Nolan
The Complete Short Stories of Leonora Carrington
Films
Labyrinth (1986: Jim Henson)
Artists
Paula Rego
Rachel Louise Hodgson
Ideal lockdown literary listening.
Follow Liam on Twitter - @liamhbishop
Follow the Rippling Pages on Instagram - @rippling_pages
The incredibly talented Jen Calleja joins the RP Pod to talk about her short story collection, I'm Afraid That's All We've Got Time For (Prototype Publishing), and Goblins (Rough Trade Books), a personal exploration of 'goblinery.'
Enjoyed this episode - why not send a small donation to support with the running costs! Thank you! - https://ko-fi.com/liambishop
Rippling Points:
That's all we've got time for: setting 'temporal parameters' for writing a story
Is it really the way it is? Working with and against lessons learned in youth
Buy I'M AFRAID THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT TIME FOR here
Buy GOBLINS here
Reference Points
Books and Writers
Jen Calleja's poetry collection, SERIOUS JUSTICE
Interview with the writer Megan Nolan
The Complete Short Stories of Leonora Carrington
Films
Labyrinth (1986: Jim Henson)
Artists
Paula Rego
Rachel Louise Hodgson
Ideal lockdown literary listening.
Follow Liam on Twitter - @liamhbishop
Follow the Rippling Pages on Instagram - @rippling_pages
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