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Virtual Memories Show

A weekly podcast about books and life, not necessarily in that order

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Episode 593 – Bob Fingerman

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2024/06/25

Virtual Memories Show 593: Bob Fingerman “My artistic goal before I die is to have one complete book to look as loose as the way I draw background characters. Then I’ll feel like I’ve achieved Feiffer-hood.” With That’s Some Business You’re In (Zoop), cartoonist-humorist-author Bob Fingerman has created a career retrospective to celebrate (lament?) his … Continue reading "Episode 593 – Bob Fingerman"

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Episode 592 – Swan Huntley

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2024/06/20

Virtual Memories Show 592: Swan Huntley “I write all my books in first person because I’m very interested in denial, the space between what the character knows and what the reader knows about them.” Author & illustrator Swan Huntley joins the show to celebrate her two new books, I WANT YOU MORE (Zibby Books), and … Continue reading "Episode 592 – Swan Huntley"

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Episode 591 – Stan Mack

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2024/06/11

Virtual Memories Show 591: Stan Mack “To do them one week at a time is one thing, all you have to do is hit that darned deadline. But to look at 20 years in front of you . . . it’s such a wide span of what New York was in those days.” Legendary cartoonist … Continue reading "Episode 591 – Stan Mack"

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Episode 590 – Jim Moske

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2024/05/21

Virtual Memories Show 590: Jim Moske “One of the major themes in the book is the dichotomy in the artistic field between fame – leaving a lasting mark on the culture — and oblivion.” With his amazing new book, DEATHS OF ARTISTS (Blast Books), archivist Jim Moske explores art, mortality, media, fame and our secret … Continue reading "Episode 590 – Jim Moske"

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Episode 589 – Adam Moss

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2024/05/14

Virtual Memories Show 589: Adam Moss “My whole career had been based on a dialogue with others, and I didn’t know how to talk to myself, how to listen to myself. So this book was a way to try to understand the artist’s head.” With his amazing new book, THE WORK OF ART: How Something … Continue reading "Episode 589 – Adam Moss"

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Episode 588 – Randy Fertel

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2024/05/06

Virtual Memories Show 588: Randy Fertel “The paradox of spontaneity is that it’s rhetorical while claiming to be free of rhetoric.” With WINGING IT: Improv’s Power & Peril in the Age of Trump (Spring Publications), author, professor & philanthropist Randy Fertel explores the role of improvisation & spontaneity in the arts, sciences & culture. We … Continue reading "Episode 588 – Randy Fertel"

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Episode 587 – DW Young

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2024/04/30

Virtual Memories Show 587: D.W. Young “From his time at the Village Voice, there were tremendous stories, there were tremendous adventures, but there was tremendous Work, above all.” For more than 40 years, the breathtaking pictures of photographer James Hamilton have chronicled New York City and America (and a couple of war zones), and now … Continue reading "Episode 587 – DW Young"

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Episode 586 – Jen Silverman

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2024/04/23

Virtual Memories Show 586: Jen Silverman “I didn’t set out to write a political novel. I wrote a novel about people who are finding themselves embroiled in the politics of their moments.” Author-playwright-screenwriter-poet Jen Silverman returns to the show to celebrate their amazing new novel, THERE’S GOING TO BE TROUBLE (Random House). We get into … Continue reading "Episode 586 – Jen Silverman"

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Episode 585 – Leonard Barkan

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2024/04/16

Virtual Memories Show 585: Leonard Barkan “Engaging in reading, body & soul, present & past, is an insurance policy against loss.” With Reading Shakespeare Reading Me (Fordham), professor Leonard Barkan blends memoir and deep reading of Shakespeare’s greatest plays to explore his lifelong relationship with literature and the way(s) we use art to construct our … Continue reading "Episode 585 – Leonard Barkan"

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Episode 584 – Emily Raboteau

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2024/04/09

Virtual Memories Show 584: Emily Raboteau “The flipside of despair about everything we could lose from climate change is there’s so much worth saving, so much beauty, so much precious.” After a ~10-year gap, Emily Raboteau rejoins the show to celebrate her amazing new essay collection, LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL: Mothering Against “The Apocalypse” (Holt). We … Continue reading "Episode 584 – Emily Raboteau"

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Bonus Episode – Trillian Stars and Kyle Cassidy

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2024/04/08

Virtual Memories Show Bonus Episode: Trillian Stars and Kyle Cassidy “We want to give Lizzie that book she never got when she was alive.” Photographer and writer Kyle Cassidy and actor and model Trillian Stars join us for a Bonus Episode to talk about their new Kickstarter, THIS IS ONLY EARTH, MY DEAR – POEMS … Continue reading "Bonus Episode – Trillian Stars and Kyle Cassidy"

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Episode 583 – Leela Corman

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2024/04/02

Virtual Memories Show 583: Leela Corman “My positionality when I work with the Holocaust is not insular; it is my way of carrying my little corner of humanity’s coffin at the funeral.” At long last, artist Leela Corman joins the show as we celebrate her breathtaking new graphic novel, VICTORY PARADE (Schocken Books)! We talk … Continue reading "Episode 583 – Leela Corman"

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Episode 582 – Keith Mayerson

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2024/03/26

Virtual Memories Show 582: Keith Mayerson “I loved comics growing up; I was too young and stupid to appreciate fine art.” How did an eBay search lead to the discovery of a lost classic of comics? How can art help us build a better America? Artist and teacher Keith Mayerson joins the show to talk … Continue reading "Episode 582 – Keith Mayerson"

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Episode 581 – Edith Hall

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2024/03/20

Virtual Memories Show 581: Edith Hall “I was kept in ignorance of everything that made my mother who she was, by her. It was a sort of conspiracy of silence. I felt a little like Oedipus going out on a journey to find out who he was. . . . This book turned out to … Continue reading "Episode 581 – Edith Hall"

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Bonus Episode – Dean Haspiel

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2024/03/17

Virtual Memories Show Bonus Episode: Dean Haspiel “What if Spider-Man became Peter Parker?” LEAN INTO DEAN! Cartoonist, playwright, schmoozer, etc. Dean Haspiel returns for a Bonus Episode to talk about his new Kickstarter, THE RED HOOK X DEAN HASPIEL (closing March 28, 2024, so GO SUPPORT IT)! We get into why he’s making the plunge … Continue reading "Bonus Episode – Dean Haspiel"

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Episode 580 – David Small

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2024/03/12

Virtual Memories Show 580: David Small “With old age I’ve abandoned the self-consciousness and insecurity that has kept its bony little fingers on my shirt collar. I don’t feel it anymore. I don’t care. I don’t need to do what I’m doing; I do it out love.” With his brand new collection, THE WEREWOLF AT … Continue reading "Episode 580 – David Small"

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Episode 579 – Brad Gooch

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2024/03/05

Virtual Memories Show 579: Brad Gooch “Sonny Mehta told me, ‘People who read biographies really want to know what the silverware was on the table, or what the curtains were like in the parents’ house.’ That was great advice, because it was about getting grounded.” With RADIANT: The Life and Line of Keith Haring (Harper), … Continue reading "Episode 579 – Brad Gooch"

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Episode 578 – Japan

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2024/02/25

Virtual Memories Show 578: Japan No conversation this week, except for our host, Gil Roth, in conversation with some virtual memories of his own! On the occasion of going to the movies for the first time since 2018, to see Wim Wenders’ amazing new film PERFECT DAYS, he reflects on a cusp-of-pandemic trip to Japan. … Continue reading "Episode 578 – Japan"

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Episode 577 – Scott Guild

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2024/02/20

Virtual Memories Show 577: Scott Guild “I wish I could’ve understood the book I wanted to write and written it in one go, but here we are, 10 years later.” With his fantastic debut novel, PLASTIC (Pantheon), Scott Guild brings us a dystopian future of eco-terrorism, meta-reality, and . . . a world populated by … Continue reading "Episode 577 – Scott Guild"

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Episode 576 – Aaron Lange

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2024/02/13

Virtual Memories Show 576: Aaron Lange “As I researched more and more, Peter Laugher just stood out from the pack. Not because he was more talented or more important, but he had a certain charisma about him, even from the grave.” What is the meaning of Cleveland? Cartoonist Aaron Lange joins the show to talk … Continue reading "Episode 576 – Aaron Lange"

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