Strength To Be Human --Global Arts & Affairs Podcast, Hosted by Mark Antony Rossi
Latest Episodes
Episode 80: The Personality of Prose
There is a certain signature each writer puts out by design or accident that helps frame who they are as writers and perhaps who they are as storytellers in the eyes of the reader. This episode expands upon this theory with some facts, quotes and stories.
Episode 79: Candor and Communication in an Age of Denial
This is bound to be controversial only in the sense that too many folks are not used to talking straight or hearing things without code language, metaphors or euphemisms. Candor has been given a back seat in the age of understanding. But what is understo.
Episode 78: Healthy Habits and Heavenly Writing
A fun episode reminding writers about eating and living more healthy. Health often plays a major role in writing from an energy standpoint. Hard to type up a novel or compose a poem when you are exhausted, in pain or breathing like a drunk dragon.
Episode 77: Illuminated Path Series -- Segment 2 -- Understanding Publishing
In the second installment of the Series, I delve into the bigger picture of where Publishing was, is and might be going forward.
Episode 76: Technology and the Arts
On this episode I have a brief chat about technology and how it has transformed the arts in general and writing in particular. There is now more freedom to go about writing than ever before in the history of the world.
Episode 75: Mailbag ( Lit Mag & Podcast )
In this unique episode I address comments and questions posed to my international literary journal Ariel Chart and the literary podcast Strength To Be Human. A few topics include the recent "controversy" over bio's that surfaced on Facebook, to basic res.
Episode 74: Guest Haus Edition w/John Patrick Robbins -- Tales of a Podcaster
John and I discuss in the guest haus episode some of the trials and triumphs of podcasting the literary life.
Episode 73: Classic Spotlight --- Thoughts on Octavia Butler
Classic Spotlight series brings us the incredible African-American female science fiction pioneer Octavia Butler.
Episode 72: The Rituals of Writing
Do you ever wonder what habits other writer's have in the making of their work? The rituals of writing whether they consist of daily word counts, weekly prayers or monthly rewrites are often positive habits we need to put our selves at a stable and creat.
Episode 71: Interview With Jasmine Ajamian
The podcast welcomes children's author, Jasmine Ajamian, who discusses her new book.