by efc8d-admin | Aug 25, 2026 | Human Rights, Palestine, Poetry, Politics and Culture, The Arts
Today it is a true honor to welcome Feisal G. Mohamed to Speaking Out of Place to discuss his new poem, Nowhere is safe in Gaza. This book is “an erasure poem using as source text South Africa’s Application Instituting Proceedings against Israel for Violations of the...
by efc8d-admin | Jun 16, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Ecology, Environment and Biosphere, Ethics, Nature, Philosophy, Politics and Culture, The Arts
Today it is my immense pleasure and honor to welcome Amitav Ghosh to Speaking Out of Place to talk about his new novel, Ghost Eye. The novel is about reincarnation, but also a lot more. In our conversation we talk about the need to address the terrible set of...
by efc8d-admin | Apr 25, 2026 | Climate Crisis, Ecology, Empire and Colonialism, Ethics, Palestine, Poetry, Politics and Culture, The Arts
Today I have the immense pleasure of speaking with author Anna Badkhen about her new collection of essays, To See Beyond. Badkhen talks about how her experiences as a veteran war correspondent exposed her to War’s multiple forms of violence, destruction, and carnage,...
by efc8d-admin | Feb 16, 2026 | Environment and Biosphere, Nature
Today it gives me special pleasure to speak with Helen Whybrow about her book, The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life. Besides being a detailed account of the day to day, season by season life on her farm, where she and her family raise sheep, build a broad...
by efc8d-admin | Jan 29, 2026 | Art and Cultural Resistance, Politics and Culture, Race, The Arts
Today I am deeply honored to speak with novelist, essayist, and scholar Yuri Herrera about his new novel, Season of the Swamp, which is a deeply researched and dazzlingly imagined account of Benito Juarez’s time spent in exile in New Orleans. We talk about what that...
