{"id":3240598,"date":"2016-04-12T16:33:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T19:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3240598"},"modified":"2016-04-12T16:33:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T19:33:15","slug":"lunchbox-interview-qwerty-reads-full-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-qwerty-reads-full-show","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: QWERTY Reads [FULL SHOW]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3240601\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3240601\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-qwerty-reads-full-show\/attachment\/lunchbox-qwertyreads2\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-QwertyReads2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2-800x800.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3240601\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2-300x300.png\" alt=\"LunchBox-QwertyReads2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>What does it take to write?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are many paths to writing. Some just do it, and hope that their experience tells them enough to make the words work. Others go the academic route, intensely learning all about the structure and practice of writing and then throw their words through these filters.<\/p>\n<p>My guests today are <strong>Alex<\/strong> and <strong>Steve<\/strong>, two MA students at UNB who are also story editors with <a href=\"https:\/\/qwertymagazine.wordpress.com\/\"><strong>QWERTY Magazine<\/strong><\/a>, a literary magazine with long history produced at UNB. They&#8217;re here to talk about the upcoming QWERTY Reads event at the <strong>Wilser&#8217;s Room<\/strong> on <strong>Thursday, April 14 at 7:30pm<\/strong> &#8212; but we end up talking a lot about the process of earning your MA, where academic writing meets creative passion, and different routes to producing your masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Music today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The gravelly-voiced troubadour <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukasproductions.com\/\"><strong>Al Lukas<\/strong><\/a> reminds us that sometimes, we need to do before we overthink ourselves, with <em>Don&#8217;t Think Twice<\/em> from the album <strong>Matches<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Love can be expressed by payin&#8217; the bills in beautiful ways, or so sing <strong>Ariel Sharratt &amp; Matthias Kom<\/strong> with their song <em>Every Song I Sing Is For You<\/em> from their album <a href=\"https:\/\/theburninghell.bandcamp.com\/album\/dont-believe-the-hyperreal\"><strong>Don&#8217;t Believe The Hyperreal<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And appropros of nothing, great people are cool, so <em>She&#8217;s Cool<\/em> is for all the great women out there. (By <a href=\"http:\/\/jordanpatterson.ca\/\"><strong>Jordan Patterson<\/strong><\/a> from his album <strong>The Back On Track Recording Project<\/strong>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9024\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9024','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3240598-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guests today are MA students Alex and Steve who also work for UNB&#8217;s literary magazine, QWERTY. Music today by Al Lukas, Ariel Sharratt &#038; Matthias Kom, and The Jordan Patterson Band.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9025\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9025','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3240598-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20160412%20-%20Interview%20-%20Alex%20and%20Steve%20-%20QWERTY%20Reads.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-qwerty-reads-full-show\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3240601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3529,2083,3528,3386,3527,2433],"class_list":["post-3240598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-academics","tag-creativity","tag-masters","tag-qwerty","tag-qwerty-reads","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-QwertyReads2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3240598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3240602,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240598\/revisions\/3240602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3240601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3240598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3240598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3240598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}