Storytelling on Orchard Street
Episodes
Episode 67: Steven Seidenberg
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
#poet #photographer #author new #book Coda (published by Omnidawn 2025) #philosophical #discourse #visual #artist #poetic #discourse #timbres #publish...
Episode 66: Larry O'Connor
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Canadian born #author #editor #fictive #memoirist #journalist
Episode 65: Caroline Reddy
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
#published #poet #workshop #facilitator #activist #reiki #meditation
Episode 64: Fury Young
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
#musician #multidisciplinary #artist #activist #founder #co-executive #director FREER Records for formerly and currently incarcerated musicians #debut...
Episode 63: Barbara Solslky
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
#romantic #poet #singer #musician #band Barbiana Complex #spoken #word
Episode 62: Suzanne Cope
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
#guest Suzanne Cope #scholar #narrative #journalist #author Women Of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies and Couriers Who Fought The Nazis #political #s...
Episode 61: Dorothy Friedman
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
#podcast #guest #award #winning #poet #nyc #lower #eastside #art #culture #teacher #theater #published #writer
Episode 60: Mary Morris
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Morris #award #winning #author seventeen #books #novels five #travel #memoirs three #collections #short #stories #former #professor at #Princeton...
Episode 59: David Lawton
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
#poet #theatre #actor #musician David Lawton #beat #culture new #book Graveyard Of Memory #available Bottlecap Press #band Hydrogen Junkbox
Episode 58 comedian: Shane Lorenzen
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
#comedian #variety #show #host #teacher #cemetery #educator #guide #podcast #comedy #short #film #writer #producer
Episode 57: Samm Cohen
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poet, artist, art therapist, musician Samm Cohen www.sammcohen.com
Episode 56: Alise Versella
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
#italian #american #poet
Episode 55: Jerry T Johnson
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry T Johnson is a poet and spoken word artist whose poetry has appeared in a variety of literary publications worldwide. Jerry Is author of three p...
Episode 54: Catherine Gigante-Brown
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
#Brooklyn #born #Italian #American #novelist #poet #author #writer #editor #playwright Catherine Gigante-Brown
Episode 53: Peter Marra
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Marra has had over 300 #poems #published either in #print or #online in over 25 #journals. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to the #EastVillage in the...
Episode 52: Carla Zanoni
22 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carla Zanoni is a writer, poet, and journalist whose Spanish-English chapbook, Knowing/Saber—exploring grief, whimsy, and life in New York City—wa...
Episode 51: Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is a New Romantic poet and author of 20 books. He received an MFA in poetry after studying with Allen Ginsberg. He publishes Li...
Episode 50: Evelyn Katz
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The most dangerous woman is an unapologetic funny woman. This is Evelyn F. Katz—a writer whose voice is both humorous and haunting. Her work has...
Episode 49: Leisha Nicole Stanek
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leisha Nicole Stanek is a writer, performance poet and publisher. This fall, Leisha debuted her provocative one woman show “What We’re Doing In Io...
Episode 48: Joe Irizarry
01 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Irizarry was born into a blue-collar family and grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, in the 1980s. He began writing poetry after a moment of reflect...
Episode 47: Yvonne Sotomayor
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ms. Yvonne Sotomayor, is an internationally-touring bilingual poet, is also an educator, administrator, producer and artist, born of Peruvian dreamers...
Episode 46: Maria Giura
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Giura is the author of Celibate: A Memoir, which won a 1st Place Independent Press Award and What My Father Taught Me, a finalist for the Pate...
Episode 45: Anne Kadet
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#writer #reporter #independent #journalist #philosopher Anne Kadet #nyc #life at Cafe Anne
Episode 44: Pete Dolack
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#next #guest #Pete Dolack #activist, #photographer #poet and #writer
Episode 43: Amy Barone
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#poet #correspondent #nature #lover #traveller Amy Barone #bravitas #italian #american #writer
Epiaode 42: Alan Semerdjian
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#poet #musician #teacher #nassaucounty #poetlaureate @alansemerdjian
episode 41: Douglas G. Cala
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#podcast #guest #poet #storyteller #spokenword #multimedia #youth #poetry #slam #judge @douglasgcala
Episode 40: Kathy Curto
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Curto teaches at Sarah Lawrence College/The Writing Institute and Montclair State University as well as several nonprofit organizations and writ...
Episode 39: Saara Dutton
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Saara Dutton is a writer, performer, and gadfly about town. She's been published in The New York Times, The New York Observer, Salon and Writer...
Episode 38: John Pietaro and Laurie Towers
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Pietaro and Laurie Towers have been performing over decades in duet or as the Red Microphone (with saxophonists Ras Moshe Burnett and Rocco John ...
Episode 37: Jane LeCroy
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jane LeCroy is a NYC based poet, singer, performance artist and home-birthing mother of 3, who fronts the avant-pop band, The Icebergs, and the spon...
episode 36: Sparrow
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sparrow lives in a trailer in the snowbound hamlet of Phoenicia, New York with his wife Violet Snow. He has published 11 books, including Small Happin...
episode 35: Felix Guzman
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Felix Guzman is a New York City native, homegrown poet, community organizer and advocate. He is the author of three chapbooks, Savage Garden Concrete ...
Episode 34: Nicca Ray
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nicca Ray is the author of the poetry collections, Curve (Gutter Snob Books), and Back Seat Baby (Poison Fang Books,) and the memoir, Ray by Ray: A Da...
Episode 33: Jacob R. Moses
06 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pete talks to Jacob R. Moses. Jacob is a poet and spoken word artist from Staten Island, NY. He is the author of the full-length poet...
Episode 32: Meghan Grupposo
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Originally from the gorgeous woods of southern New Hampshire, USA, Meghan Grupposo holds a BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School. She is a co-founder...
Episode 31: C.O. Moed
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
C.O. Moed grew up on New York’s Lower East Side when it was still a tough neighborhood. An alum of the infamous WOW Cafe, her work has appeared in...
Episode 30: Meagan Brothers
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meagan Brothers is the author of Debbie Harry Sings in French, a 2009 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and its prequel, Supergirl Mixtapes. Her thi...
Episode 29: Serge Rodriguez
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Serge Rodriguez is the General Manager of the P & T Knitwear bookstore podcast studio. Serge was born and raised in the Lower East Side of Manhatt...
Episode 28: Puma Perl
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Puma Perl is a poet, writer, and performer and is the author of two chapbooks, Ruby True and Belinda and Her Friends, and three full-length poetry co...
Episode 27: Pete Solomita and Fred Argenziano, The Bitter Pill Collective
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Solomita and Fred Argenziano, The Bitter Pill Collective. This collaboration of long time friends blends the poetry of Pete with the guitar playi...
Episode 26: Bruce Whitacre
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce E. Whitacre’s poetry collection, Good Housekeeping, will be out in 2024 from Poets Wear Prada. His debut collection, The Elk in the Glade, was...
Episode 25: Charles William Lane
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pete Solomita talks to Charles William Lane. A native of Florida, Charles is a New York based television producer, writer, and director. Working ...
Episode 24: Wil Wynn
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wil Wynn is the pseudonym for Guillermo Echanique Wynn, a bilingual (Spanish) poet, translator, spoken word enthusiast and performer, publisher (Chimb...
Episode 23: Matthew Hupert
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Hupert is a writer and multi-media artist from New York City. He is a founder of the the NeuroNautic Institute & of NeuroNautic Press. H...
Episode 22: Francine Witt
07 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Pete Solomita talks to Francine Witte. Francine Witte’s flash fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals. Most rece...
Episode 21: Evie Ivy
22 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pete Solomita talks to Evie Ivy, a dancer/poet in the NYC poetry circuit. Evie hosts one of the longest running poetry open mics in the city at T...
Episode 20: Jennifer Blowdryer
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Blowdryer is a poet, writer and musician. Formerly known as Megan Baring-Gould Waters, she got her name from her San Francisco punk band The ...
Episode 19: Rich Dana
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Dana is a zine-maker and a lover of arcane technologies, visionary art, and analog anarchy. Rich also runs Obsolete Press, creating limited edi...
Episode 18: Farid Bitar
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Pete Solomita talks to Farid Bitar. Farid, who has roots in Palestine, is a published author of two poetry books, an artist and...
Episode 17: Cheryl J. Fish
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cheryl J. Fish is a poet, fiction writer and environmental humanities scholar. Her debut novel Off the Yoga Mat, the story of three characte...
Episode 16: Felicia
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Pete Solomita talks to Felicia. Felicia is an essayist, cultural critic, and historic preservationist of the Lower East Sid...
Episode 15: Paul Schack
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pete Solomita talks to Paul Schack, a Nebraska to New York City transplant with a passion for art, wellness, the great outdoors and human potenti...
Episode 14: Aria Anjali and Agneshwar
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pete Solomita interviews Aria Anjali and Anand Agneshwar. Aria Anjali is a 14 year old singer/songwriter, piano player, guitarist and performer i...
Episode 13: George Wallace
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pete Solomita interviews George Wallace, writer in residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, author of 40 chapbooks of poetry, and editor of NYC:...
Episode 12: Ron Kolm
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Kolm is a contributing editor of Sensitive Skin. Ron is the author of Divine Comedy, Suburban Ambush, Night Shift, A Change in the Weather, Welcom...
Episode 11: Jennifer Juneau
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Pete Solomita interviews Jennifer Juneau. Jennifer is poet & novelist with numerous short stories published in magazines lik...
Episode 10: Adam Selbst
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pete Solomita interviews Adam Selbst, a designer, writer and storyteller from Brooklyn, NY. He has been mugged over 15 times, attacked by a tiger...
Episode 9: Madeline Artenberg
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pete Solomita interviews Madeline Artenberg. Madeline was a photo journalist and street theater performer before discovering her love for poetry....
Episode 8: Fred Argenziano
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Pete Solomita interviews long time friend, musician and songwriter Fred Argenziano. They talk about their history, music influences in playing an...
Episode 7: Mimsey Mack
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Solomita interviews Mimsey Mack, a musician, writer and poet. Mimsey talks about her childhood, becoming a born again christian and then getting ...
Episode 6: Begoyna Plaza-Rosenbluth
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pete interviews Begoyna Plaza-Rosenbluth, film and stage actress, writer and director. Begonya reads her new essay The Passion Flower, dedicated to De...
Episode 5: Phil Gammage
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Solomita interviews singer/songwriter, author and designer Phil Gammage. They talk about Phil moving from Texas to NYC, his love of film noir and...
Host: Pete Solomita Guest: Phillip Giambri
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Author Phillip Giambri talks to Pete about his Poetry Reading Series Rimes Of The Ancient Mariner and the Silver Tongued Devil anthology of the over 1...
Pete Solomita and Pauline Findlay
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#poetry #music #interview #drama #videos #culture #nyclife #books #author #actress #chef
Pete Solomita and Linda Kleinbub
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#poetry #conversation #art #music #gardening #nyc #life #culture
Pete Solomita & Wayne Kral
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Solomita and Wayne talk about poetry, music, art and NYC cultural life