Category Archives: Original Craft Productions

Desiree Cooper, a 2015 Kresge Artist Fellow and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist, is the editor of the 2026 anthology Black Summers: Growing Up in Urban Outdoors. She started the anthology after discovering the forgotten civil rights story of Sarah Ray, a … Continue reading →

City of Dublin events director Alison LeRoy joins Craft to tell us about the Dublin Irish Festival, returning July 31–August 2 at Coffman Park. Running since 1988, it’s one of the world’s largest Irish festivals, with activities that often surprise … Continue reading →

Central Ohio author Erik John Slangerup grew up in the 1980’s, what he recalls as “a magical time, before cell phones or the internet.” But it was also a time when mutant insects and terrible monsters roamed the land…on TV. … Continue reading →

With publications ranging from fantasy to science fiction to mystery and novels to short stories to comics, Sarah Gailey has been honored with multiple writing awards and nominations. Gailey describes their latest, Make Me Better, as their hardest, taking six … Continue reading →

While researching his book, Black Patriots: Recovering a Lost History of the American Revolution, Patrick S. Poole was surprised to find dozens of Black Patriots, including Salem Poor, Peter Salem, James Arcule, and Prince Estabrook, a slave wounded at Lexington … Continue reading →

The Central Ohio Folk Festival will be held June 6–7 at Bank Run Metro Park. Folk singer Bill Cohen has been part of the event for many years, and he joined Craft to discuss the festival and play excerpts of … Continue reading →

Novelist Steven Rowley has written five books including Lily and the Octopus, The Editor, The Guncle, and its sequel The Guncle Abroad. His work has been published in 20 languages, and he received the 2023 Thurber Prize for American Humor. … Continue reading →

Alison Espach‘s novel The Wedding People was not only a New York Times bestseller and Best Book of the Year pick but it granted her finalist status for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American Humor. During our talk, she described … Continue reading →

Singer-songwriter John Gorka knows how to write songs. But he wasn’t always so disciplined about it. Listen in as he describes what changes he made that has allowed him to be a prolific and insightful songwriter. Then, check him out … Continue reading →