Readings, Talks, and Interviews

Gulf Coast Journal Podcast - April 17, 2023 (Apple Podcast / Spotify)

Benefit for Friends of Writers, in conversation with Christopher Castellani. Password sB0i&7dX - February 10, 2023

CITY LIGHTS LIVE! In Conversation with Austin Kleon - February 7, 2023

NPR: Houston Matters - February 2, 2023

Malaprop’s Bookstore Reading - January 31, 2023

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing - January 30th, 2023

Otherppl with Brad Listi: Craftwork - How to Write More Dynamic Scenes - January 29, 2023

Origins Podcast - May 4, 2021

Archived Presentations & Interviews

“Magic Words: Peter Turchi on the Puzzling Act of Writing”

February 27, 2015

“Something to be Shared”: An interview in The Believer

November, 2014

“The Mysteries of Narrative Movement”: An interview in Fiction Writers Review

November, 2014

Interview in The Houston Chronicle

November, 2014

Video: ”Mapping the Territory: Fiction, Photography, and Changing Perspectives“

March 30, 2011
With Mark Klett, Reif Larsen, and Peter Turchi
Arizona State University
link to video on Vimeo:

Video: ”Starting from Here: Every Place Tells a Story“

February 3, 2011
With Reif Larsen, Michel Lussault, Peter Turchi, Philippe Vasset, Hosted by: Albert Mobilio
From Season 1 of Walls and Bridges

Video: ”MFA Faculty reading“

December 2, 2010
With Sally Ball, Jay Boyer, Norman Dubie, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Cynthia Hogue, T. R.
Hummer, Tara Ison, Melissa Pritchard, Jeannine Savard, and Peter Turchi
Arizona State University

Ping-Pong and Perseverance: Writing Advice from Peter Turchi

April 7, 2010
Print interview on BookLife

On KSFR’s Santa Fe Radio Café

Thursday, April 17, 2008
link to podcasts:
http://www.santaferadiocafe.org/podcasts/?p=322
http://www.santaferadiocafe.org/podcasts/?m=200804

On Wisconsin Public Radio’s “To the Best of Our Knowledge”:

December 3, 2006
listen to the RealAudio file
estimated time: 52:59
[requires RealPlayer] download RealPlayer for free

On the Leonard Lopate show:

June 13, 2005
download MP3 version
estimated time: 19:55

On WUNC’s “The State of Things”

October 20th
download the MP3
estimated time: 32:00

Discussing and reading from Maps of the Imagination at Iowa City’s Prairie Lights bookstore:

October 7, 2004
listen to the RealAudio file
[note: requires scrolling down to the proper date on Prairie Lights’ web site]
estimated time: 53:30

From Oopsla* 2007: “Once Upon a Time, Like Never Before: The Challenge of Telling the Next Story”

October 23, 2007
podcast of the keynote speech from Oopsla 2007
(*Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications)