Making connections through conversation with the art, literature, and creative work that matters to us, and the people who make it. Hosted by writer and photographer Mike Sakasegawa, Keep the Channel Open is a series of in-depth and intimate conversations with artists, writers, and curators from across the creative spectrum.
The poems in Abbie Kiefer’s debut collection, Certain Shelter, are, in my reading, about aftermath. They are about grief and loss, whether that is the loss of the speaker’s mother to cancer or her hometown’s changing landscape. But they are also about change and rebirth, and both the anxiety and the possibility of an unknown future. In our conversation, Abbie and I talked about television as a touch point in her poems, how memory is layered, and how ephemerality is central to the human experience. Then for the second segment, we talked about doing things you’re not good at.
(Recorded February 7, 2025)
Bonus Reading: Subscribers to the Likewise Media Patreon campaign can hear Abbie read her poem “I’ve Learned to Accept.”
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Abbie Kiefer (https://www.abbiekieferpoet.com/)
Purchase Certain Shelter: Print (Portland, ME) | June Road Press (publisher)
Abbie Kiefer - Upcoming Events (https://www.abbiekieferpoet.com/events)
Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers (https://www.soulsgrowndeep.org/gees-bend-quiltmakers)
While I Yet Live (https://vimeo.com/338319342)
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Episode Credits:
Editing/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa
Music: Podington Bear (https://www.soundofpicture.com/)
Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo
29 Jan 2025
Episode 158: Marisa DeLuca
The paintings in Marisa DeLuca’s series Spectre document the changing urban landscape of the city she lives in—Oceanside, California—mourning spaces made ephemeral by the forces of gentrification. In our conversation we talked about the difference between painting and photography, how process affects the ontology of an art object, how audiences make meaning, and the intersection of art and activism. Then for the second segment, Marisa and I talked about spirit of place and the importance of the commons in communities.
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Marisa DeLuca (https://marisadeluca.com)
HereIn - Marisa DeLuca with Herein
San Diego Union-Tribune - Saving what was: Oceanside artist captures on canvas memories of her fast-changing city
Marisa DeLuca - E. G. (https://marisadeluca.com/EG)
Dérive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9rive)
Marisa DeLuca - Beloved (https://marisadeluca.com/Beloved)
Marisa DeLuca - Or No Side (https://marisadeluca.com/Or-No-Side-menu)
Marisa DeLuca - Keeper (https://marisadeluca.com/Keeper-Menu)
Hauntology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauntology)
Grant Kester
Artists in Solidarity (https://artistsinsolidarity.com)
Jeanette Winterson (https://www.jeanettewinterson.com)
Save Our Heritage Organisation (https://sohosandiego.org)
The Whaley House Museum (https://www.whaleyhousesandiego.com)
Pollock-Krasner House (https://www.pkhouse.org/en/home)
Jacques-Louis David - Portrait of Cooper Penrose
Marianela de la Hoz (https://marianeladelahoz.com)
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Episode Credits
Editing/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa
Music: Podington Bear (https://www.soundofpicture.com/)
Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo
25 Dec 2024
Episode 157: Checking In
In the wake of this year’s election, I found myself feeling a lot of things, but most of all that what sustains us through difficult times is always relationships and community. So I reached out to some past guests of the show and invited them to share some updates about where they are, who they’re connected to, and how they’re thinking about their work right now. At the end of the episode, I close by sharing a clip from the latest episode of Hey, It’s Me.
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Commonplace - Episode 86: Global Roll Call, Part 1
José Pablo Iriarte (https://www.labyrinthrat.com)
Jennifer Baker (https://www.jennifernbaker.com)
Lisa M. Robinson (https://www.lisamrobinson.com)
Susan Rosenberg Jones (https://www.susanrosenbergjones.com)
Gabrielle Bates (https://www.gabriellebat.es)
André Ramos-Woodard (https://www.andreramoswoodard.com)
Maggie Tokuda-Hall (https://www.prettyokmaggie.com)
Alanna Airitam (https://www.alannaairitam.com)
Alyssa Harad (https://alyssaharad.com)
David Naimon (https://tinhouse.com/podcasts/)
Becky Senf (https://www.rebeccasenf.com)
Amanda Marchand (https://www.amandamarchand.com)
Matthew Salesses (https://matthewsalesses.com)
Rachel Zucker (https://rachelzucker.net)
Hey, It’s Me - Episode 13: Bring Your Whole Self, Including Your Hopelessness (https://www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/episode-13)
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Episode Credits
Editing/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa
Music: Mike Sakasegawa
Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo
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