Hope's new book of poetry, Traveling the River, is coming soon! We talk about pomes, life stuff, and some nitty-gritty details of starting an independent press!!

Prose & Cons

Hope Whitby, Valley Haggard & Elizabeth Ferris

Lydia has become a personal favorite artist of ours so why not have her back once again! This time she brought her friend Morgan Potts who performed during the Women in Radio fundraiser, both of them did an excellent job despite the general disarray and calamity within the bar. This week we were able to have calmer discussions about their work and what they had prepared. There were talks of dreams, coincidence, waitress culture, and more. Let's not forget that we had special guest host stand in Sumerth providing fresh and semi-profound insights. A very special episode, check it out!

Lydia Armstrong & Morgan Potts

What's the only thing better than four fantastic spoken word poets performing live? Four fantastic poets performing live as part of a fundraiser for the Sister Radio Documentary project. If you were not fortunate enough to attend this stellar event at Castleburg Brewery, never fear! We got you.

Sister Radio Fundraiser Live!

Hampton Sides is a visionary author who writes primarily narrative non-fiction. His most recent book, On Desperate Ground, about the Battle of Chosin Reservoir–the most infamous battle in the Korean War–is out now. I currently reading it and this book rocks my socks. And it makes for a great last minute xmas gift! Mr. Sides was so … Continue reading Hampton Sides →

Hampton Sides

Nerds, assemble! Let your geek flag fly, I say. Prose & Cons is cool and all, but how would you like to be transported to a world where anime is the sole source of entertainment? Where hentai, fan service, and camera angles are praised and condemned in the same sentence? Where whimsical tangents frequently derail the conversation and quickly devolve into uncontrollable fits of giggling? Fear not, child: you have arrived.

Crows & Pawns Top 3 Anime (movies) II

Once in a generation, the greatest poetic minds converge into a single evening. It is a beautiful gathering of precious souls and creative spirits, the likes of which will never be seen again. Until the next time. Word Nerds! is the brainchild of Ben and Dom, a Prose & Cons live event hosted by the … Continue reading Word Nerds! →

Word Nerds!

Who loves anime? Nerds love anime! And yeeeees, we are giant nerds. Although, to clarify, Dom, Douglass, and I are not the cool kind of nerd that has come into vogue in recent years (you kids don't know how good you have it!), we're slightly grown up versions of our even-more-awkward pimply tween selves who hid our manga collection and anime addiction from our cooler "friends." Dom, Douglass, and I are still the raging dorks we once were, and that is something worth celebrating!

Crows & Pawns – Top 3 Anime! (movies) pt.1

This book offers inspired clarity on a topic that makes many of us uncomfortable just to think about, let alone try to solve. Of course, Rome wasn't built in a day! (That doesn't have anything to do with institutional bias but I just thought I'd pepper in 1-2 historical fun facts.) Enacting real change in the world of systemic prejudice takes a constant intentional effort. That may be why so many lame-o CEOs are too reticent to try! Or maybe it's because they're reaping the rewards from a corporate structure that's been actively designed to benefit them? Who knows!

Tiffany Jana & Ashley Diaz Mejias

Here's a tidbit of info you might not know: there's a bleep-ton of murals in our fair city! There are many of them, and they are awesome. Now, FOR THE FIRST TIME, a collection of these murals has been curated by one of Richmond's most celebrated muralists, the Night Owl (aka Mickael Broth). Dom and I sat down with Mr. Owl to chat about how he started off as a lad, tagging walls, and the unjust consequences he ultimately faced. We even touch on the US prison industrial complex! Oh yeah, we also talk about murals. It's mostly about murals.

Mickael Broth – Murals of Richmond

What to say about these four precious souls? Young. Enthusiastic. Bright futures, all. AND SMERT AF [To be read in Stefon's voice] If you just stumbled out of the ICA, high on life and just a smidge of salvia, this episode is for you. Radio's hottest show is Prose & Cons. This podcast has everything: holographic poems, group telepathy, and milfs! LEt' s throw down some art SUBSCRIBE TODAY Come to our first ever live event, WEDNESDAY 11-7 at Stir Crazy roundabout 7 (please).

Lanvi, Koreena, Julia & Dante

Get it?? This week's episode is all about Richmond's favorite (adopted?) son, Edgar Allen! Dom conducts an informative AND entertaining interview with Tyler Minx of the Richmond Poe Museum and even manages not to screw it up too bad. Good job, Dom! Also, I spent WAY too long having fun with the intro and outro, so please, respect my art...

POEs and Cons

Are you a nerd? Do you love Japanese comics as much as we do? Good! This episode is for you. You, specifically. We have tailored this episode to your exact specifications, [insert name here]. Crows & Pawns is where we get even more ridiculously self-indulgent and instead of interviewing guests who are smart about things, we interview... ourselves?! Top 3 manga galore, enjoy!

Crows & Pawns – Top 3 Manga!

Life in 10 Minutes is a collection of stories that are brave and true. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious. Usually a bit of both. L10 founder Valley Haggard is the recipient of this year's Emyl Jenkins Award for the outstanding work she has done for her ever-growing village. This episode is dedicated to her.

Best of Life in 10 Minutes

We all have to go on our personal odysseys for growth and money or whatever, but it's not until we return home that we see how much we've grown...or regressed. Melissa's Mount Pleasant series shows us the life and times of Iris and her father Henry after she leaves the big city lights for simpler rural times. We talked about the second book in the series "Every Now and Then" and her plans for addressing racial tension in a time where compassion amongst races seems to be waning. Ben was off larping or planting microgreens so Dom handled this biz. Give it a listen..or don't! The least you could do though is check out Melissa's work. Enjoy.

Melissa Powell Gay

Surprise! We're huge nerds. Dom and I chat with young Douglass "Dougie Fresh" James about our top three favorite anime SHOWS of all time.

Crows & Pawns – Top 3 Anime! (series)

Talking poetry, writing, and life in RVA.