Like Writing a Bike Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/like-writing-a-bike Poets, writers, dreamers, and fools, unite! Tune in as your host, Alex Gast, talks with some of his literary heroes about their craft processes and drop countless nuggets of poetic wisdom. © 2025 Alexander Gast f0c1cb3a-c303-557e-a65b-60b7041bbae0 no en Fri, 09 Feb 2024 12:09:02 -0800 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:53:16 -0800 https://img.transistor.fm/aJ5XH_vAc8gO7whwoc4yHSM3x-llmcbPTWwxcp34Oog/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ2MzE3LzE2OTgx/NjQxNTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Like Writing a Bike episodic Alexander Gast Poets, writers, dreamers, and fools, unite! Tune in as your host, Alex Gast, talks with some of his literary heroes about their craft processes and drop countless nuggets of poetic wisdom. Poets, writers, dreamers, and fools, unite. poetry, writing, art, interviews, books, craft Alexander Gast No No Episode Five (Special Episode): Elizabeth Otylia, Amelia Loeffler, and Ash Chen 5 5 Episode Five (Special Episode): Elizabeth Otylia, Amelia Loeffler, and Ash Chen bonus 35feabf4-4b15-47ce-830d-7d98069d0c9f https://share.transistor.fm/s/18c0dd6b Welcome to the season one finale of the show! As a special treat, come along with me today and listen to some bomb-ass poetry recitations by UNC's own Elizabeth Otylia, Amelia Loeffler, and Ash Chen. All poems are original and 100% guaranteed to drop your jaw to the floor. Thanks for listening, and see you all next season!

]]> Welcome to the season one finale of the show! As a special treat, come along with me today and listen to some bomb-ass poetry recitations by UNC's own Elizabeth Otylia, Amelia Loeffler, and Ash Chen. All poems are original and 100% guaranteed to drop your jaw to the floor. Thanks for listening, and see you all next season!

]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:19:29 -0800 Alexander Gast Alexander Gast 418 Welcome to the season one finale of the show! As a special treat, come along with me today and listen to some bomb-ass poetry recitations by UNC's own Elizabeth Otylia, Amelia Loeffler, and Ash Chen. All poems are original and 100% guaranteed to drop your jaw to the floor. Thanks for listening, and see you all next season!

]]> poetry, writing, art, interviews, books, craft No Episode Four: Allison Hedge Coke 4 4 Episode Four: Allison Hedge Coke full 0d31c2e3-7139-4d0e-8ef6-677da3ab3249 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3dbfa88e Welcome to episode four of Like Writing a Bike! Tune in to hear me gab with one of our time's defining poets, Allison Hedge Coke. She shares so much wisdom on poetry as an act of service, tips to giving an electric reading, and the power in protecting your peace through solitary writing time. She's simply magical!

]]> Welcome to episode four of Like Writing a Bike! Tune in to hear me gab with one of our time's defining poets, Allison Hedge Coke. She shares so much wisdom on poetry as an act of service, tips to giving an electric reading, and the power in protecting your peace through solitary writing time. She's simply magical!

]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:10:18 -0800 Alexander Gast Alexander Gast 1755 Welcome to episode four of Like Writing a Bike! Tune in to hear me gab with one of our time's defining poets, Allison Hedge Coke. She shares so much wisdom on poetry as an act of service, tips to giving an electric reading, and the power in protecting your peace through solitary writing time. She's simply magical!

]]> poetry, writing, art, interviews, books, craft No Episode Three: Rebecca Lee 3 3 Episode Three: Rebecca Lee full 4c9d6105-e642-4ace-a90a-4a9c3866f605 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9ac09f3a Tune in for episode three as I dive into a convo with Rebecca Lee, recent Guggenheim fellow and one helluva writer. She'll share her thoughts on finding your own personal ambition, writing sporadically, and South Park. And y'all, I meant it when I said Bobcat and Other Stories is my favorite collection of all time. Fund Jeff Bezos's next journey by ordering it here, or pretend it's twenty years ago and GO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE! You're not gonna want to miss this episode; she's brimming with free knowledge!

And, as promised, here's the link to the South Park creators' nugget of wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGUNqq3jVLg

]]> Tune in for episode three as I dive into a convo with Rebecca Lee, recent Guggenheim fellow and one helluva writer. She'll share her thoughts on finding your own personal ambition, writing sporadically, and South Park. And y'all, I meant it when I said Bobcat and Other Stories is my favorite collection of all time. Fund Jeff Bezos's next journey by ordering it here, or pretend it's twenty years ago and GO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE! You're not gonna want to miss this episode; she's brimming with free knowledge!

And, as promised, here's the link to the South Park creators' nugget of wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGUNqq3jVLg

]]> Thu, 09 Nov 2023 13:10:14 -0800 Alexander Gast Alexander Gast 1484 Tune in for episode three as I dive into a convo with Rebecca Lee, recent Guggenheim fellow and one helluva writer. She'll share her thoughts on finding your own personal ambition, writing sporadically, and South Park. And y'all, I meant it when I said Bobcat and Other Stories is my favorite collection of all time. Fund Jeff Bezos's next journey by ordering it here, or pretend it's twenty years ago and GO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE! You're not gonna want to miss this episode; she's brimming with free knowledge!

And, as promised, here's the link to the South Park creators' nugget of wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGUNqq3jVLg

]]> poetry, writing, art, interviews, books, craft No Episode Two: Sophie Klahr 2 2 Episode Two: Sophie Klahr full 84d970dc-ca6e-4c89-aa0c-94b912b69b3f https://share.transistor.fm/s/4cf4d402 Welcome back to the show! Tune in to hear me yap with Sophie Klahr, the author of three books of poetry including her most recent collaborative work, "There Is Only One Ghost in the World," which won the 2022 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction contest. Throughout this episode, she'll drop more than a few poetic gems that you won't want to miss out on. Give it a listen!

]]> Welcome back to the show! Tune in to hear me yap with Sophie Klahr, the author of three books of poetry including her most recent collaborative work, "There Is Only One Ghost in the World," which won the 2022 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction contest. Throughout this episode, she'll drop more than a few poetic gems that you won't want to miss out on. Give it a listen!

]]> Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:34:07 -0700 Alexander Gast Alexander Gast 1605 Welcome back to the show! Tune in to hear me yap with Sophie Klahr, the author of three books of poetry including her most recent collaborative work, "There Is Only One Ghost in the World," which won the 2022 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction contest. Throughout this episode, she'll drop more than a few poetic gems that you won't want to miss out on. Give it a listen!

]]> poetry, writing, art, interviews, books, craft No Episode One: Naomi Ovrutsky 1 1 Episode One: Naomi Ovrutsky full 4b99afba-a9d2-4c79-af89-97461539e529 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f066204d Tune in as I talk craft with up-and-coming poet Naomi Ovrutsky! Y'all, she is the bomb. Submit to Orlando, her limited edition queer literary magazine, here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftDXT19WtuRudrX8hXdf6hgb_ckMyqXjWIvFMvNwwyyY3bBQ/viewform

]]> Tune in as I talk craft with up-and-coming poet Naomi Ovrutsky! Y'all, she is the bomb. Submit to Orlando, her limited edition queer literary magazine, here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftDXT19WtuRudrX8hXdf6hgb_ckMyqXjWIvFMvNwwyyY3bBQ/viewform

]]> Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:23:24 -0700 Alexander Gast Alexander Gast 1507 Tune in as I talk craft with up-and-coming poet Naomi Ovrutsky! Y'all, she is the bomb. Submit to Orlando, her limited edition queer literary magazine, here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftDXT19WtuRudrX8hXdf6hgb_ckMyqXjWIvFMvNwwyyY3bBQ/viewform

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