The Nuts and Bolts of Writing

The Unconventional Courier Literary Zine Interviews Episodes

Interviews with writers and other creators from our literary zine, "The Unconventional Courier."

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Nov. 6, 2023

EP 225: Interview with Writer Carrie Knowles About Her Novel, “The In…

Today, co-hosts Fortunus Games (a.k.a. Imelda) and Tete DePunk talk to artist and writer Carrie Knowles about her novel, “The Inevitable Past,” which I, TeteDepunk, and R.N. Roveleh have had the pleasure of reading. Check out...

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Aug. 14, 2023

EP 213: Writer and Artist Carrie Knowles’ Approach to Visual Art

Hi, everyone. Today, we’re talking to artist and writer Carrie Knowles about her approach to visual art. This is part three of our interviews with Carrie — please check out episodes 211 and 212 for my previous discussions wit...

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Aug. 7, 2023

EP 212: Interview with Writer Carrie Knowles About Writing Non-Fiction

Today, host Imelda Wei Ding Lo (@fortunusgames) talks to artist and writer Carrie Knowles about her approach to writing non-fiction. Check out our previous episode, ep 211, about her approach to writing fiction. Carrie Knowle...

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July 31, 2023

EP 211: Interview with Writer Carrie Knowles About Writing Fiction

Today, host Imelda Wei Ding Lo (@fortunusgames) talks to artist and writer Carrie Knowles about her approach to writing fiction. We will continue our conversation with her in episodes 212 and 213, where we’ll talk about her a...

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July 10, 2023

EP 208: Interview with Author Ryan Keating

Today, R. N. Roveleh, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, will be interviewing writer Ryan Keating. Four of his poems have appeared in our literary magazine “The Unconventional Courier." Ryan Keating is a wr...

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June 12, 2023

EP 204: Interview with author and artist Nick Young

Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, interviews author Nick Young, who submitted an impressive range of his respective stories, “Oasis” in Issue 5, “Alabama” in Issue 6, and his most recent stor...

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May 29, 2023

EP 202: Interview with author Laura Cooney

Today, R. N. Roveleh, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing and co-editor of the literary magazine The Unconventional Courier , interviews writer Laura Cooney. Her short-story “Musically Challenged. Challenged ...

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May 15, 2023

EP 200: Interview with Poet and Author Indranil Ghosh

Today, Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, will be interviewing the electrifying poet and author Indranil, who submitted his collection of respective poems to Issues 2, 3, and 5 of our literary ...

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May 8, 2023

EP 199: Interview with author Gershom Mabaquiao

In this episode, R. N. Roveleh, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing and co-editor of the literary magazine The Unconventional Courier , interviews writer Gershom Gerneth Mabaquiao. He is a writer of fiction a...

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April 24, 2023

EP 197: Interview with Ali Ashhar about his poetry

In this episode, Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, interviews poet Ali Ashhar, who submitted several of his poems, including “Life’s Lore” to Issue 5 of our literary zine, “The Unconventional ...

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April 17, 2023

EP 196: Interview with author Ashwini Gangal

In this episode, R. N. Roveleh (a.k.a. Helevorn), one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, interviews writer Ashwini Gangal. Two of her short stories have appeared in our literary magazine “The Unconventional Cou...

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April 3, 2023

EP 194: Interview with author DC Diamondopolous

Host Imelda Wei Ding Lo (a.k.a. Fortunus Games) talks to author DC Diamondopolous, whose short story, “ Life with Angie ,” appeared in Issue Five of our literary zine, “The Unconventional Courier.” DC Diamondopolous is an awa...

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March 13, 2023

EP 191: Interview with poet and author Leslie Cairns

Today, Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, will be interviewing poet and author Leslie Cairns, who submitted her poem “Family Trees”,” to Issue 2 of our literary zine, “The Unconventional Courie...

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Feb. 27, 2023

EP 189: Interview with writer and playwright Thomas Misuraca

In this episode, Tete DePunk, one of the co-hosts of The Nuts and Bolts of Writing, interviews writer Thomas Misuraca, who submitted his short story, “Words Enough and Time,” to Issue 6 of our literary zine, “The Unconvention...

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Feb. 12, 2023

EP 186: Interview with author Tejaswinee Roychowdhury

Update: April 14, 2023: This episode was featured on Superstition Review's blog ! The feature also includes a never-before-seen text interview with Imelda Wei Ding Lo (Fortunus Games), the host and interviewer in this episode...

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