Index for Continuance
Index for Continuance is a podcast about small press publishing, politics, & practice. Hosted by Hilary Plum & Zach Peckham.Index for Continuance celebrates the book as a technology for collaboration, hope, and radical engagement.
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Episode 30: Danny Caine - “Fight the Real Enemy: On Data Centers and Book Bans” (opens the original)
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We talk with writer, bookseller, podcaster, and activist Danny Caine about data centers, book bans, and the recent local and national waves of organizing against them. Danny is a pal from Cleveland (now based in Columbus) and steadfast friend of the show, whose writing on Amazon and bookselling in the age of the algo has long figured into our syllabi and conversations, so it’s about time. Occasioned by his recent podcast series The Data Centers Are Coming , hosted through the Institute for Self-
Episode 29: Nick Sturm - “Small Press Histories, or The Productivity of Friction” (opens the original)
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We’re joined by the literary scholar, educator, and poet Nick Sturm for a pretty incredible conversation on small press historiography, alternative/oppositional publishing practices, and the radical potential of small press pedagogy. Nick guides us through periods of post-World War II small press history, from the New York School to Newt Gingrich and beyond, getting into the heterogeneity of “small press,” its institutions and anti-institutionalisms, its professionalization wars, its ongoing pro
Episode 28: Live From Cleveland with Two Dollar Radio (opens the original)
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On September 12, 2025 we sat down with Eric Obenauf, founder and Editorial Director of Columbus-based indie press (and bookstore and vegan café and bar) Two Dollar Radio to talk about publishing. Recorded live at the Cleveland Public Library during Literary Cleveland’s Inkubator Conference, our conversation spanned the history and guiding spirit of the beloved Ohio imprint, their steadfast commitment to Midwesternness, their new relationship with Seven Stories , and how they keep surviving. We t
Episode 27: The Epstein Episode (opens the original)
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What kind of poetry did Jeffrey Epstein support? In this ep (we’re back!) we explore Elisa New’s Poetry in America , a PBS TV series (2018–2025) and suite of educational programs that received funding and other support from Jeffrey Epstein. New, a scholar of American literature, is married to Larry Summers and exchanged a number of emails with Epstein that you can find over at jmail.world. We dive into this dark material and think through literature’s role in Epstein’s circles—literature used as
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