Arts &
Culture Podcast
About the Podcast

In today’s political climate, the input from creative, artistic people feels more important than usual. As Friedrich Nietzsche said, “We have art so that we shall not die of reality.”
SONG OF ROWLAND: American Culture at Full Volume explores the creative process, as well as the importance of the arts, as bestselling author Russell Rowland talks with creative artists from the world of literature, film and television, visual arts, music, and a myriad of other mediums, to pick their brains about the value of culture in today’s world.
Credits:
Headshot by Lauren Brown
Logo Design by Allen Morris Jones
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Author Russell Rowland interviews creative people from all over America to discuss their creative process, and also explore how culture and the arts fits into today’s America.
Suzi Ehtesham-Zadehis an Iranian-American writer, educator, and editor who lives in Woodstock, Georgia. Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Fiction International, Glassworks Magazine, Quiddity International Literary Journal, Hektoen International Journal, Narrative Northeast, Mobius Journal for Social Change, and elsewhere. Zan, a collection of her stories, was awarded the 2022 Dzanc Short Story Collection Prize and was released on June 11, 2024.

Supporters
This podcast is sponsored by Dzanc Books, winner of the 2023-24 Best Independent Publisher Award at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP).
Supporters
This podcast is sponsored by Dzanc Books, winner of the 2023-24 Best Independent Publisher Award at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP).
