TALKTALKTALK with Astrologer Rick Levine! STORYTELLING with Writers Alicia Kennedy & Rachael Anne Jolie!
+ Astrologer Gabe Rosas answers your questions + I'm co-teaching a course on storytelling & astrology with Cameron Steele, of Interruptions
THIS morning — super early morning, if you’re on the West Coast like me — every astrologer’s favorite astrologer, Gabe Rosas, is stepping in to co-host Ask Me Astros while KristaLyn is in Egypt.
To put it another way, this Monday, March 18th, one of the most knowledgable humans is I know is joining me live on YouTube to answer your astrology questions, so bring them! You don’t need to be a student of astrology to participate. All curiosity is welcome.
TALKTALKTALK: RICK LEVINE
“Astrology, for me, has really been my way of fulfilling my neverending curiosity about how this whole shit show works....”
— Rick Levine
Rick’s Levine’s been an astrologer since Ram Dass was traveling the country on acid, sharing stories to intimate crowds about his trips to India and studies with his guru, Neem Karoli Baba.
Rick has his own stories to share — about Ram Dass and a life equally well traveled. A few weeks ago I caught up with Rick, passing through California, on his way home from a long stay in India. We drank coffee and TALKTALKTALKED under a perfect Los Angeles sky.
Some of this conversation was recorded. Most of it wasn’t.
TALKTALKTALK: ALICIA KENNEDY
I’ve partnered with
to co-teach a six week course, The Fire At Night: Telling Stories With, Through, and Beyond Astrology. In this workshop we’ll explore the charts of great writers through the lens of their work — all the while creating and workshopping our own bodies of work!Two of these writers are Alicia Kennedy and Raechel Anne Jolie.
Last week, Cameron joined me on TALKTALKTALK to interview food and culture writer
about a lot of things, including her book, No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating and her upcoming memoir, On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites, is forthcoming from Hachette.Which is to say Cameron showed up with some well researched and thoughtful talking points, and I asked Alicia what she ate for breakfast (a smoothie). All questions were met with equally brilliant answers. Cameron’s write-up of this interview is so good I’m jealous I didn’t write it.
Join us LIVE for TALKTALKTALK with of RADICAL LOVE LETTERS
Raechel Anne Jolie is a writer, educator, organizer, and former sex worker based in Cleveland, Ohio on Erie and Mississauga land. She holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota. Her writing has appeared in The Baffler, Bitch, Teen Vogue, In These Times, among other publications. Jolie is also the editor and co-creator of The Prison Arcana tarot zine, made in collaboration with incarcerated artists. Her memoir Rust Belt Femme received recognition in NPR's Favorite Books of 2020, was a finalist in the Heartland Bookseller's Award, and was the winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award in LGBTQ Nonfiction. She is also mama to two perfect black cats.
Use the link below to join us live in conversation with Raechel. Can’t make it? No worries. Look out (here) for the recording.