Podcast Episode 28: What Good Is a Sad Backhoe?
Podcast Episode 28: What Good Is a Sad Backhoe?
Podcast Episode 28: What Good Is a Sad Backhoe?
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We surface briefly from hiatus to bring you the last piece of fiction from <em>Reckoning 6</em>, Luke Elliott’s “What Good is a Sad Backhoe?”, read by the author. This is one of the most relentlessly hopeful-in-the-face-of-everything stories in the issue. We are all going to need a lot more like this. I daresay you need it right now.</p> <p>First, may I briefly update you as to Reckoning’s status?<br /> <strong><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/press_android/status/1576346184058535936">We won four Utopia awards!</a></strong> Hooray! Congratulations to Priya Chand, Remi Skytterstad, Leah Bobet and Cécile Cristofari!</p> <p>The fundraiser this summer was a success (and will be low-key ongoing)! You donated enough to raise our rates to 10 cents a word in 2023, and to help us qualify for public charity status! Thank you! 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After that: maybe back to a regular podcast.</p> <p>For now:</p> <p><a href="#bio">[Bio below.]</a></p> <p><a href="https://reckoning.press/what-good-is-a-sad-backhoe/">“What Good is a Sad Backhoe?” by Luke Elliott</a></p> <p><a name="bio"></a></p> <div class="author-info"> <div class="author-avatar"> <img alt='mm' src='https://reckoning.press/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/elliott-icon-150x150.jpg' class='avatar avatar-42 photo' height='42' width='42' /> </div><!-- .author-avatar --> <div class="author-description"> <h2 class="author-title"><span class="author-heading">Author: </span> Luke Elliott</h2> <div class="author-bio"> Luke Elliott’s fiction has appeared in <span class="emphasis">Metaphorosis Magazine</span>, <span class="emphasis">Buckman Journal</span>, and <span class="emphasis">The Best Vegan Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2018</span> collection. He is also the co-host of the <span class="emphasis">Ink to Film</span> podcast where he discusses books and their film adaptations from a writer’s point of view. He has a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Florida, an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, and is a graduate of the Viable Paradise writer’s workshop. His creative work spans science fiction, fantasy, and horror, but he goes wherever the inspiration takes him. Luke lives with his wife and dogs in Portland, Oregon, and collects quality whiskies that he’s always happy to pour for company. 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Reckoning Press Podcast
Welcome to the Reckoning Press podcast. Reckoning is a nonprofit, annual journal of creative writing on environmental justice. "Reckoning", according to the definition most relevant here, is an imperfect means of navigation by which one determines where they’re going using only where they’ve been. Environmental justice is the notion that the people (and other living things) saddled with the consequences of humanity’s poor environmental choices and the imperative to remedy those choices are not the ones responsible for them. This podcast will feature very occasional poetry, fiction and essays from the journal, plus interviews with the authors. Hosted by publisher Michael J. DeLuca, with guests.Join Podchaser to...
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