Emma Ramadan's guest appearances

Emma Ramadan

Skylight Books Podcast Series

Faced Out, with Brad & Liz

Tara Marsden

Mallory Ortberg

Ali Liebegott

Joseph Osmundson

Amy Goodman

Jennifer Romolini

Blas Falconer

Aris Janigian

Aline Smithson

Gabrielle Civil

Tom Gauld

Beth Pratt-Bergstrom

Lucy Yu

Alexandra Tweten

Wayétu Moore

OwlTail

Garr ta's first novel in a decade, In Concrete, follows the mania that descends upon a family when the father finds himself in possession of a concrete mixer. As he seeks to modernize every aspect of their lives, disaster strikes when the younger sister is subsumed by concrete.   Through puns, wordplay, and dizzying verbal effect, Garr ta reinvents the novel form and blurs the line between spoken and written language in an attempt to confront the elasticity of communication.  Translator Emma Ramadan talks with Skylight's Mike Jeffrey about her experience translating Garr ta's work. Produced by Maddie Gobbo, Lance Morgan, &amp; Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," an unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.

Garr ta's first novel in a decade, <a href="https://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9781646050550" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Concrete</a>, follows the mania that descends upon a family when the father finds himself in possession of a concrete mixer. As he seeks to modernize every aspect of their lives, disaster strikes when the younger sister is subsumed by concrete. Through puns, wordplay, and dizzying verbal effect, Garr ta reinvents the novel form and blurs the line between spoken and written language in an attempt to confront the elasticity of communication. Translator Emma Ramadan talks with Skylight's Mike Jeffrey about her experience translating Garr ta's work. Produced by Maddie Gobbo, Lance Morgan, &amp; Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," an unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit <a href="https://www.skylightbooks.com/event" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.skylightbooks.com/event</a> for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.

SKYLIT: Emma Ramadan, "IN CONCRETE"

[Note to the first-downloaders: Due to some technical issues, we've re-uploaded the podcast. There was a mysteriously missing 10 or so minutes around the 50 minute mark! -- BJ (8/1/20 6:38 PST)]A free-wheelin' episode this week! Liz &amp; Brad start off by talking about what's become of Wolfman Books since our last episode, and further lessons that a non-institutional space can offer. Then they get into the meat &amp; potatoes -- pandemic bookselling &amp; customer service. It gets passionate!They're joined in the second half by their good pal Emma Ramadan, co-owner of riffraff in Providence, Rhode Island. Our trio get into the weeds of bookselling and discuss how riffraff's outdoor bookstore is going, the upsides and down of virtual events and (unsurprising if you know Emma &amp; Brad) contentious perspectives on Bookshop. Fun!As ever: feel free to email us at facedoutpodcast@gmail.com, if you have any thoughts, confessions, accusations, etc. We love hearing from our fellow booksellers.

[Note to the first-downloaders: Due to some technical issues, we've re-uploaded the podcast. There was a mysteriously missing 10 or so minutes around the 50 minute mark! -- BJ (8/1/20 6:38 PST)] A free-wheelin' episode this week! Liz &amp; Brad start off by talking about what's become of Wolfman Books since our last episode, and further lessons that a non-institutional space can offer. Then they get into the meat &amp; potatoes -- pandemic bookselling &amp; customer service. It gets passionate! They're joined in the second half by their good pal Emma Ramadan, co-owner of <a href="https://riffraffpvd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">riffraff</a> in Providence, Rhode Island. Our trio get into the weeds of bookselling and discuss how riffraff's outdoor bookstore is going, the upsides and down of virtual events and (unsurprising if you know Emma &amp; Brad) contentious perspectives on Bookshop. Fun! As ever: feel free to email us at facedoutpodcast@gmail.com, if you have any thoughts, confessions, accusations, etc. We love hearing from our fellow booksellers.

Emma Ramadan - riffraff bookstore bar (Providence, Rhode Island)