This week, we engaged in the particular magic of the prose poem, sussing out what it means, what it is, and who does it well. Listen for thoughts on work by Zachary Schomburg, Diane Glancy, Hanif Abdurraqib, Mary Oliver, and the one - the only - Maggie Nelson!

This week we're sitting down with special guest Han Teverbaugh, the curator of Better in Print Magazine. We talk about her vision for her work, the way she approaches creative spaces and mediums, and why community and collaboration are crucial to art. Then we get a sneak peak of the print edition and her plans for the future. 

To check out Better in Print, visit https://betterinprint.com/ or visit @betterinprintmag on Instagram. 

Pull out your acid wash jeans and spray your hair to the heavens this week, because we're going SUPER 80s with John Hughes! We're talking Ferris Bueller, the Molly Ringwald classics, and the dude who put teen America on our screens and in our hearts.

“With me, the present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life." - The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Join us this week as we discuss Sylvia Plath: her inextricably woven life and work, her stream of productivity and writing relationship with Ted Hughes, and her legacy as an American poet. 

This week on Loitering, we take a venture into visual art to talk about the life and work and politics of Frida Kahlo. Join us as we discuss Kahlo's artistic style and rejection of surrealism (and just what is surrealism anyway?), her personal politics, and the consumption of famous artists. 

This week we're talking about Toni Morrison, an American writer and Nobel laureate. We discuss her history as a teacher and editor, her role in shaping American literature, and in particular her 1987 novel Beloved. 

Thanks for listening! 

Babylon Berlin, Carly Rae Jepsen, Billie Eilish, and the Tiger King! Listen in to what we've been doing during quarantine. Send us your favorite quarantine pleasures!

Inspired by a recent movie day, Justine and Mandy talk this week about their favorite Kirsten Dunst films, and why she keeps popping up in all our favorite formative movies. We discuss some of our favorite roles she's played and how impressive her range as an actress is. 

Thanks for listening and sticking with us through our first remote recording day -- we hope you're all well, staying safe, and taking care. 

Parks & Rec is one of those shows you can't stop watching. Why? Check out our discussion on the rich characters, the workplace comedy, and why Leslie Knope is just so damn wonderful. 

What was it like to actually live through the 60s in California? This week we're talking about Joan Didion, one of our absolute favorite writers. We talk about her legacy, read some of her work, and then just kind of yell about how important she is as a nonfiction writer. 

A meandering conversation on a great essayist and short story writer, Charles D'Ambrosio. Discussing his latest collection of nonfiction, "Loitering," which inspired the name for our podcast! Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDY!!!

This week we're here to talk about that beloved American poet, Emily Dickinson. We talk about her life and legacy, as well as what (probably!) gets left out through generations of editing. Then we read some of her poems for good measure. 

This week we're taking a deep look at some digital art in the form of Martha Stewart's personal Instagram account: with special guest, poet, and digital textuality practitioner, Caroline!

This week we're joined by Kay to discuss the labyrinth of emotions, smart writing, and full-on monty of genius that is "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend." Mental health, musicals, and obsession: we've got it all here! 

Nora Fitton, lawyer, screenwriter, and comedian extraordinaire joins Mandy and Justine this week to talk about "Midnight in Paris," a 2011 Woody Allen film starring Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams. What makes Woody Allen such a weirdo? Why do we adore fictional Ernest Hemingway? Does name dropping modernists make you sound pretentious? Let's find out! 

Listen to Mandy and Justine dish about favorite characters, lines, and moments in the beloved Canadian show "Schitt's Creek."