THIS MONDAY, 9/8: I’ll be reading at KGB Bar w/ Tom Thompson & Sullivan Summer. Starts at 7:30, doors at 7. More info here!: bit.ly/3VCoIss

Episode 19: I Guess It’s a Good Thing I Have a Therapy Appointment Tomorrow — Hey, It's Me Mike and Rachel talk about the promises we make when we have kids.

Hello, friends. There’s a new #HeyItsMe episode today, in which @rachzuck.bsky.social and I talk about how when we become parents, we make promises to our kids which are really promises to ourselves. www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 16: Hours of Recorded Evidence — Hey, It's Me Mike and Rachel talk about how to navigate their friendship when they are in very different places emotionally.

Hello friends. There’s a new #HeyItsMe today, in which @rachzuck.bsky.social and I talk about how to navigate our friendship when we’re in very different places in our lives emotionally: www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/epi...

Massive uncooked ribeye steak.

Massive ribeye in frying pan.

Massive ribeye resting.

Plate with mashed potatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, sliced ribeye with person spooning wine reduction sauce over the food.

Food is very important to us. When he got sick Abram was working as a line cook at two restaurants in Portland, ME. Leeward and The Honeypaw.

Here’s what we made for dinner last night.

On Tuesday my son goes into the hospital for 4-6 weeks for an autologous stem cell transplant with the hope of wiping out every last Ewing Sarcoma cancer cell that might have survived the 11 rounds of chemo that he’s already undergone.

The Keep Going Song The Bengsons · The Keep Going Song (Live from Our Home at the End of the World) · Song · 2020

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I'm Not Alone Aly Halpert · Loosen · Song · 2022

I’m not going to be here very often but maybe a little. We’ll see.

Sending so much love & a song: open.spotify.com/track/4uK2qe...

I would have thought I couldn’t let anyone else drive. But I let you drive now & it’s divine. Thank you.

Episode 15: It’s Okay — Hey, It's Me Rachel gives an update about her situation, and she and Mike talk about putting Commonplace on hiatus.

Hello, friends. There's a new #HeyItsMe today, in which Rachel gives an update about her situation, and we talk about how and why she needs to put her show @commonplacepod.bsky.social on hiatus. www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/epi...

Reading with Rachel: A Year-Long, on-line Reading Celebration! This course is for anyone who wants to listen to Rachel talk about 12 new books, and for anyone who wants to read, write and/or talk about books in a supportive and open community. No previous writing...

I'll be offline from Jan 20-27 but before I go, wanted to let y'all know we've got a few spaces left for The Ferguson Report: poems with Nicole Sealey salon on Jan 30! You can sign up here: forms.gle/nACPDa64KJou...

It's a joy. A complicated, in-process, weird JOY. This is one version of it: docs.google.com/forms/d/1v2C...

Oh wow, thank you Amorak! I've been thinking about this conversation & the form of it & "criticism" since @sakeriver.bsky.social & I had it... something is shifting in my thinking... not quite ready to express it yet.

I’m grateful to be having a normally sad, unhappy birthday today compared to the devastatingly sad birthdays of my past. That said, the day’s not over!

Thank you for all you do! And for being my friend! It was an honor to get to talk about this (and other books) with you this year! And to hear you talk about books with other people.

Episode 142: Rachel Zucker — Keep the Channel Open Rachel Zucker is a writer, podcast, and teacher based in New York and Maine. Her latest book, The Poetics of Wrongness, is a collection of essays (originally written and performed for the Bagley Wri...

In June, I talked with @rachzuck.bsky.social about her essay collection The Poetry of Wrongness: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/202...

“How are you making these decisions?” With difficulty.
“How do you feel about this?” Like a total freak.

THIS is what I wanted & most want to give for Hanukkah. I listened over 2 days: crying, learning, nodding. I feel seen & understood as a Jew in ways I never have B4. Thank you @davidnaimon.bsky.social & Naomi Klein for loosening your tongues & describing a container for hope.

My therapist has been asking when my psychiatrist will be back from maternity leave. Just found out: this week! So, this should be interesting. #Unmedicated

Ok but tell me how to deal with the fucking nonstop thinking?!? Like “excuse me mind could you please shut up I’m trying to write a book!”

Writing. Is. Ridiculous.

Episode 145: KTCO Book Club - Bianca (with Rachel Zucker) — Keep the Channel Open For this KTCO Book Club conversation, poet and podcaster Rachel Zucker returns to the show to discuss Eugenia Leigh’s poetry collection Bianca. In our conversation, we talked about our approaches ...

Today on #ChannelOpenPod, @rachzuck.bsky.social returns to the show for a KTCO Book Club conversation about Eugenia Leigh's poetry collection Bianca, how to talk about difficult subject matter, and form as an embodiment of the healing process: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/202...

THIS WAS A JOY TO MAKE! Hope you enjoy nearly as much as I did!

Episode 118: Laurel Snyder — Commonplace: Conversations with Poets (and Other People)

I don't even know where to start with this. I wish everyone could be interviewed by a friend who knows and sees all the disparate parts, and loves them enough to make even the messes feel beautiful.

How will I ever thank @rachzuck.bsky.social for this? Please play it at my funeral.

The weirder the better. But I won’t get greedy! So glad you’re considering!

Thank you Mike!!! 💖

New episode of Commonplace! www.commonpodcast.com/home/2023/10...

Extra socks! Warm socks! Socks!

And therefore too much like the rest of my life.

For example, I texted a man I was supposed to have coffee with today that I’m just not feeling the enm thing right now but good luck & he gave me a lecture on nonattachment & told me to take Buddhism off my profile. So turns out enm was not the only best reason not to go out with him. #DatingFail