SIDE B: An interview with Rebecca Valley.
Empty Salon contributor Rebecca Valley meets with the operator to discuss Place, Performance, and the work of returning– to a body, a home, a piece of art. Despite timezone errors and podcast anxiety, Rebecca and Jarid debate Cornfields, Disneyland, Domestic Theater, as well as explore Rebecca's relationship to her hometown and its presence in her manuscript, LAKE ECHO.
Listen to Rebecca's poems 'Stage Directions for a Stick in the Wind' and 'The Word' from LAKE ECHO in the COMPULSION PETAL anthology: emptyroomradio.com/rebecca-valley-s2/
Rebecca Valley is a poet and essayist living in Cambridge, Vermont. She received her MFA in Poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her chapbook the Salvageman was published by o-blek editions in April 2022. She currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Drizzle Review and curates writing prompts on performing and making art in your home on Instagram @living_room_theatre. You can find her online at www.rebeccavalley.com.
This is the first of two artist-dialogues with contributors to the second installation of Empty Salon. Recorded in May of 2022.
View the full anthology /// Empty Salon: COMPULSION PETAL /// emptyroomradio.com/salon-2
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EMPTY ROOM
2023
