Strange Currencies: A Podcast For Songwriters

The September edition of the Show Do Tell Reading Series: Aida Zilelian is a New York writer and English teacher. Her debut novel The Legacy of Lost Things was released in March 2015 (Bleeding Heart Publications) and was the recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. She has been featured on NPR, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Kirkus Reviews, among other radio and print platforms. Most recently, her short story collection These Hills Were Meant for You was shortlisted for the 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Award. She is currently completing her third novel. Matthew Thorburn is the author of seven collections of poems, including The Grace of Distance (LSU Press, 2019) and the book-length poem Dear Almost (LSU Press, 2016), honored with the Lascaux Prize for Collected Poetry. His work has also been recognized with a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, as well as fellowships from the Bronx and New Jersey arts councils and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. He lives with his wife an