local loser
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Damien Levi is your local loser chatting to new friends, old friends and maybe an enemy or two about arts and culture in Aotearoa and beyond.
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Focuses on arts and culture, including literature, visual arts, and music with episodes featuring discussions on local readings, recent gigs in Tāmaki Makaurau, and diverse arts practices, like the premiere episode with Sherry Zhang exploring her writing and experiences.
Damien Levi is your local loser chatting to new friends, old friends and maybe an enemy or two about arts and culture in Aotearoa and beyond.
Joseph Trinidad joins the local loser family as he visits Tāmaki Makaurau for the Auckland Writers Festival.
Damien Levi chats with him about his debut essay collection, Lucky Creatures, shared connections to place, the power of memory, and Joseph does a reading from his book.
Some links you may be interested in from this episode include one to purchase Lucky Creatures, Mikee Sto Domingo's short story 'The Duende' and Joseph on Instagram.
Books mentioned:
- Lucky Creatures by Joseph Trinidad
- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
- This Watery Place: Four Essays on Gestation by Emma Heaney
- Matrescence: On Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood by Lucy Jones
- My Dog Tulip by J. R. Ackerley
Damien can be found on Instagram.
The local loser theme song is composed by Karen Hu.
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