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Tag Archives: Lisa Peet

Beginner’s Mind vs. the Dark House
Essays / Features / Nonfiction

Beginner’s Mind vs. the Dark House

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Lisa Peet • 2 Comments

by Lisa Peet

I craved—I still crave—transcendence, some kind of transformation to click through the plodding circuits in my brain and fire them up again, one by one, turning the lights back on. Continue reading →

Robert Gipe on the Canard County Trilogy, Arts Activism, and Paying Attention
Features / Interviews

Robert Gipe on the Canard County Trilogy, Arts Activism, and Paying Attention

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“You can draw a person, what you think they look like, but if you’re drawing from a live model and are paying attention to the way their parts interact, it’s kind of like transcribing an oral history.” Continue reading →

Riva Lehrer on Disability, Making Art, and Getting Rid of the Explainy Voice
Features / Interviews

Riva Lehrer on Disability, Making Art, and Getting Rid of the Explainy Voice

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Lisa Peet • 1 Comment

by Lisa Peet

“It was such a transformative thing for me, making the point that you get a different set of words and holy shit, your perceptions just turn inside out.” Continue reading →

Comfort Reads: Charlie Mackesy and <em>The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse</em>
Features / Fiction / Interviews

Comfort Reads: Charlie Mackesy and The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“I think the process of allowing your hand and heart to make marks without thinking too hard is always going to be therapeutic. Expressing yourself, talking to someone honestly.” Continue reading →

Sophia Chang Is, in Fact, the Baddest Bitch in the Room
Features / Fiction / Interviews

Sophia Chang Is, in Fact, the Baddest Bitch in the Room

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“I need you to look at me and the assumptions that you make, and I’m going to obliterate all of those stereotypes and all your preconceived notions.” Continue reading →

Cleaning House with Jen Beagin
Features / Fiction / Interviews

Cleaning House with Jen Beagin

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“I was somewhat well-read, well-spoken, and well-dressed. In other words, I looked like my clients, and was able to bullshit with them about the art on their walls and the books on their shelves. I wasn’t completely invisible, even when I wanted to be.” Continue reading →

Fiction Is No Protection: Q&A with Dina Nayeri
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Fiction Is No Protection: Q&A with Dina Nayeri

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Lisa Peet • Leave a comment

by Lisa Peet

“In every phase, certain lessons have presented themselves intensely in my own life, and I wanted to show them honestly before reporting other stories. I wanted the reader to understand just how I’m able to see what’s happening in these other lives in moments of silence, secrecy, or heartbreaking posturing.” Continue reading →

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