The Collidescope Podcast

In this episode, Michael Brodsky and I 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 Invidicum (2023), and much more.Michael Brodsky, born in New York City on August 2, 1948,  is a novelist, playwright, and short-story writer. He is best known for his novels, including Detour (1977) (for which he received the Ernest Hemingway Foundation Citation from PEN); Xman (1987); and *** (1994), as well as for his translation of Samuel Beckett’s Eleuthéria. He lives in Manhattan, on Roosevelt Island. His latest novel is Invidicum.Buy Invidicum here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9798218272203Stigmata of the Intrinsic Lesion: A Rare Text Interview with Michael Brodsky: https://thecollidescope.com/2023/03/01/stigmata-of-the-intrinsic-lesion-an-interview-with-michael-brodsky/Support The Collidescope’s efforts via Patreon and get awesome benefits: https://www.patreon.com/TheCollidescopewww.TheCollidescope.comIntro/outro music: DJ GriffinSupport the show

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/81719/9780578423890Purchase Those Drinking Days here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9780578362212Purchase The Painter Gabriel here: https://bookshop.org/a/81719/9798218249823The last interview with Donald Newlove: https://thecollidescope.com/2021/04/18/what-heartbreak-the-wind-will-bring-an-interview-with-donald-newlove/My text review of Sweet Adversity and Those Drinking Days: https://thecollidescope.com/2023/12/30/sweet-adversity-and-those-drinking-days-by-donald-newlove/Support The Collidescope’s efforts via Patreon and get awesome benefits: https://www.patreon.com/TheCollidescopeIntro/outro music: DJ GriffinSupport the show

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://thecollidescope.com/2022/07/17/a-death-notes-on-a-suicide-by-zalman-shneour%ef%bf%bc/Support The Collidescope’s efforts via Patreon and get awesome benefits: https://www.patreon.com/TheCollidescopewww.TheCollidescope.comIntro/outro music: DJ GriffinSupport the show

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/81719/9780578336817Subscribe to Sital Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/c/SitalCinemaSupport The Collidescope’s efforts via Patreon and get awesome benefits: https://www.patreon.com/TheCollidescopeThe text review of de la Serna’s Movieland: https://thecollidescope.com/2023/09/24/movieland-by-ramon-gomez-de-la-serna/Intro/outro music: DJ GriffinSupport the show

Alan Singer is the author of six novels, including The Charnel Imp, The Inquisitor’s Tongue, and most recently Play, A Novel (Grand Iota, 2020). He also writes about aesthetics and the visual arts. His most recent work in this area is Posing Sex: Toward a Perceptual Ethics for Literary and Visual Art (Bloomsbury, 2018).In this episode, we 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 Djuna Barnes, and much more! Purchase Singer’s latest novel here: https://www.grandiota.co.uk/alan-singer.phpDancing in Chains: An Interview with Alan Singer: https://thecollidescope.com/2021/01/24/dancing-in-chains-an-interview-with-alan-singer/A review of The Ox-Breadth by Alan Singer: https://thecollidescope.com/2021/11/01/the-ox-breadth-by-alan-singer/A review of The Charnel Imp by Alan Singer: https://thecollidescope.com/2021/01/24/the-charnel-imp-by-alan-singer/Intro/outro music: DJ GriffinSupport the show

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/2019/10/18/imaginary-beings-an-interview-with-patricia-eakins/Review of Eakins' first novel: https://thecollidescope.com/2020/01/12/the-marvelous-adventures-of-pierre-baptiste-by-patricia-eakins/Huge thanks to Patricia for permission to read this story!Intro/outro music: DJ GriffinSupport the show

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=1Tough Poets Press: https://toughpoets.com/Interview with Alexander Theroux: https://thecollidescope.com/2020/07/05/the-apocalypse-of-wordlessness-an-interview-with-alexander-theroux/A review of Darconville's Cat: https://thecollidescope.com/2020/03/07/darconvilles-cat-by-alexander-theroux/A review of Laura Warholic: https://thecollidescope.com/2020/07/05/laura-warholic-or-the-sexual-intellectual-by-alexander-theroux/Huge thanks to Alex for permission to read this story!Intro/outro music: DJ GriffinSupport the show

Welcome to The Collidescope Podcast!I’m George Salis, founder and editor of The Collidescope, an online publication dedicated to promoting innovative fiction. I started this podcast as another way to promote the kind of writing I love. For my first choice, Joseph McElroy was kind enough to give me permission to read the title story from his collection Night Soul, which was published by Dalkey Archive in 2011.This particular story stands out for its intimacies between a father and his infant son. The feeling of connection to the past, to one’s parents, beyond the past, a connection to a being that’s future even as you’re becoming past. McElroy explores this connection with an emphasis on language, on communication, what’s implicit if not subconscious, instinctual.For plenty of text interviews, reviews, as well as fiction and poetry in general, feel free to visit www.TheCollidescope.com. If you’d like early access to content like this and other cool benefits, such as monthly book picks or editorial services, then be sure to support the publication through Patreon.com/TheCollidescope.There’s always awesome content in the works, so stay tuned and thanks so much for your support. Together, we can make the invisible visible or, in this case, the unheard heard.Other links:Joseph McElroy interview: https://thecollidescope.com/2021/04/04/a-chaotic-science-an-interview-with-joseph-mcelroy/Review of Women and Men: https://thecollidescope.com/2021/06/01/women-and-men-by-joseph-mcelroy/Intro/outro music: DJ GriffinSupport the show