Alex Gallo-Brown's guest appearances

Alex Gallo-Brown

The WonderRoot Podcast Series

Town Hall Seattle Civics Series

Donald Trump

Roger McNamee

Ijeoma Oluo

Lawrence Lessig

Michael Eric Dyson

James Martin

Michael Lerner

Fabian Williams

Jeff Bezos

Randy Shaw

Caitlin Zaloom

Art Wolfe

Erik Larson

Naomi Klein

Robert Shiller

OwlTail

Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai

What does it mean to labor in modern-day America? Alex Gallo-Brown took the stage with visions from his book Variations of Labor, offering poetry, essays, and fiction about all walks of work. In conversation with Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai of Puget Sound Sage, Gallo-Brown explored the lives of semiprofessional poker players, line cooks in high-tech company cafeterias, and an activist trying to drum up support for a union. Gallo-Brown painted a bleak picture of dead-end jobs and truncated hopes, while simultaneously depicting the roil underneath the surface of all those who have been disrespected and written off. Sit in with Gallo-Brown and Keenan-Lai for the complex, sobering, and human stories of labor in our country. Alex Gallo-Brown is a poet, journalist, and labor activist from Seattle. He is the author of The Language of Grief, a collection of poems. He has received emerging artist awards from WonderRoot and the City of Atlanta and twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in poetry. Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai is the Executive Director of Puget Sound Sage. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Fair Work Center, a hub for workers to understand and exercise their legal rights, improve working conditions, and connect with community resources. Presented by Town Hall Seattle as part of the 2019 Homecoming Festival. Recorded live at The Forum by Town Hall Seattle on September 2, 2019. 

What does it mean to labor in modern-day America? <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/event/alex-gallo-brown/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alex Gallo-Brown took the stage</a> with visions from his book Variations of Labor, offering poetry, essays, and fiction about all walks of work. In conversation with Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai of Puget Sound Sage, Gallo-Brown explored the lives of semiprofessional poker players, line cooks in high-tech company cafeterias, and an activist trying to drum up support for a union. Gallo-Brown painted a bleak picture of dead-end jobs and truncated hopes, while simultaneously depicting the roil underneath the surface of all those who have been disrespected and written off. Sit in with Gallo-Brown and Keenan-Lai for the complex, sobering, and human stories of labor in our country. Alex Gallo-Brown is a poet, journalist, and labor activist from Seattle. He is the author of The Language of Grief, a collection of poems. He has received emerging artist awards from WonderRoot and the City of Atlanta and twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in poetry. Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai is the Executive Director of Puget Sound Sage. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Fair Work Center, a hub for workers to understand and exercise their legal rights, improve working conditions, and connect with community resources. Presented by <a href="https://townhallseattle.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Town Hall Seattle</a> as part of the <a href="https://townhallseattle.org/homecoming/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2019 Homecoming Festival</a>. Recorded live at The Forum by Town Hall Seattle on September 2, 2019.

152: Alex Gallo-Brown with Nicole Vallestero Keenan-Lai: Variations of Labor

In September 2014 the Walthall Artist Fellows held their group exhibition at Gallery 72 in conjunction with the Zuckerman Museum of Art. As the only writer among the Walthall Artist Fellows, Alex Gallo-Brown sent each of the other fellows (visual artists) a poem and asked them to make a piece of visual work in response.   The resulting collection of poems and visual work was then made into a book by a local press and published for the group exhibition. In this recording, Gallo-Brown gives a reading of the poems from this collection.  To learn more about the Walthall Artist Fellowship, visit: http://www.wonderroot.org/programs/professional-development/walthall-artist-fellowship  WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:  http://wonderroot.org http://facebook.com/wonderpage http://twitter.com/wonderroot http://instagram.com/wonderroot

In September 2014 the Walthall Artist Fellows held their group exhibition at Gallery 72 in conjunction with the Zuckerman Museum of Art. As the only writer among the Walthall Artist Fellows, Alex Gallo-Brown sent each of the other fellows (visual artists) a poem and asked them to make a piece of visual work in response. The resulting collection of poems and visual work was then made into a book by a local press and published for the group exhibition. In this recording, Gallo-Brown gives a reading of the poems from this collection. To learn more about the Walthall Artist Fellowship, visit: <a href="http://www.wonderroot.org/programs/professional-development/walthall-artist-fellowship" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wonderroot.org/programs/professional-development/walthall-artist-fellowship</a> WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit: <a href="http://wonderroot.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://wonderroot.org</a> <a href="http://facebook.com/wonderpage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/wonderpage</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/wonderroot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/wonderroot</a> <a href="http://instagram.com/wonderroot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/wonderroot</a>

WonderRoot Artist Feature - ALEX GALLO-BROWN (Live)

In this interview with Floyd Hall, writer Alex Gallo-Brown talks about his start as a writer and his influences; his process of writing poetry, fiction, and prose; and the challenges of self-publishing work. He also gives a reading of one of his featured writings.  Learn more about Alex here: http://alexgallobrown.com  WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit:  http://wonderroot.org http://facebook.com/wonderpage http://twitter.com/wonderroot http://instagram.com/wonderroot

In this interview with Floyd Hall, writer Alex Gallo-Brown talks about his start as a writer and his influences; his process of writing poetry, fiction, and prose; and the challenges of self-publishing work. He also gives a reading of one of his featured writings. Learn more about Alex here: <a href="http://alexgallobrown.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://alexgallobrown.com</a> WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts and service organization with a mission to unite artists and community to inspire positive social change. By providing production facilities to Atlanta-based artists and coordinating arts-based service programs, WonderRoot empowers artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through arts-based service work. For more information, please visit: <a href="http://wonderroot.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://wonderroot.org</a> <a href="http://facebook.com/wonderpage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/wonderpage</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/wonderroot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/wonderroot</a> <a href="http://instagram.com/wonderroot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/wonderroot</a>

WonderRoot Artist Feature - ALEX GALLO-BROWN