Words, Music, Ghosts, Oceans (Episode 152)

The Leftscape

When Jan Steckel was a guest on The Leftscape back in April of 2019, she read from her book of poetry, Like Flesh Covers Bone (Zeitgeist Press, 2018), which went on to win two Rainbow Awards. Her earlier poetry book, The Horizontal Poet (Zeitgeist Press, 2011), won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award. Jan Steckel's creative prose and poetry have appeared in Scholastic Magazine, Yale Medicine, Bellevue Literary Review, Canary, Assaracus, and elsewhere. This time in our featured interview, the Oakland, California based writer is back to share from her new debut fiction collection, Ghosts and Oceans (Zeitgeist Press, 2023). In The Artscape, Wendy Sheridan asks Robin Renée about current gigs, DJing post-punk, stage fright, and other happenings on the creative front. In This Fortnight I Learned, they cover Kit Kat flavors, an ending and beginning for KISS, and Wendy's music streaming in Japan. All the News We Can Handle includes contention over the Zulu kingship, a Texas abortion case, activists working to stop severe anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Uganda, George Santos on Cameo, the Pantone color of the coming year, and a fosssil called Turtwig. This is the last show of the season! Stay tuned for reposts of some of our favorites, check us out on Patreon, and catch us on social media @leftscape. Have a beautiful holiday season and a great start to 2024. We'll see you soon! Leftscape Love, Robin and Wendy Things to do: Read Ghosts and Oceans by Jan Steckel. https://www.zeitgeist-press.com/index.php/product/ghosts-and-oceans/ Ghosts and Oceans on Amazon See Robin Renée's live performance on Friday, December 15th, 7-9pm with Sharief & Friends at Mr. Pi's, 247 Raritan Ave, Highland Park, NJ. Stream music by Wendy Sheridan's band, Music for the Goddess: Listen to DJ Andrew Genus / Robin Renée on Mixcloud. See Turtwig!