WANA Live with Christina Fisanick & Damian Dressick

                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfzLDsLcqYo&t=5s 

Reading at Cider & Plants Greenhouse

 

My short story, Most Wanted, in The Literary Underground

https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/10/26/most-wanted-by-jason-irwin/ 

If I Don't Consider the Burning: my review of Scott Silsbe's Cosmic American Music in Pittsburgh Review of Books

https://pghrev.com/if-i-dont-consider-the-burning/?fbclid=IwY2xjawVHmgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7W8YN86e5J9rTyc-pCHRBJGbf_e83li3WcYr1dwM8dbDAoyt5c9nW914ODcg_aem_cajqI__YjQi9hV_Y2AP4

Froghair: Heavy Pickle

Thirty-one years ago, when I was an undergrad at SUNY Fredonia and believed I'd one day become a guitar god, I played in a folky band called Froghair with Christine Ghezzo Weiss (vocals, guitar, poetry) Melissa Mioni (viola & recorder), Chris Gear (conga, triangle, vibes) & Scott Jardin (bass). 

The music scene in Fredonia in the early & mid-90s was really something special with other bands like Another Dead Sharon, Onion Sniper, Cheese Log and many others. 

In 1995 we recorded a cassette in the radio productions studios at SUNY Fredonia. It featured the voices of Damian Sebouhian, Doree Grossman-Lipson, Eric Zwieg, A. Liquid Neiman, and the late-great Todd Dopler! Listening to it now, brings back a lot of great memories. 

Some of the albums that influenced me and the songs I was attempting to write included John & Mary's The Weedkiller's Daughter, Unledded by Page & Plant, Loreena McKennitt's Mask & Mirror, Taproot by Michael Hedges, Way to Blue by Nick Drake, The Who's Tommy, and Eric Zwieg's Durkheim's Rule.

Side one:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SPkkdrlOw0oNbofcK2gboCE-JUH0xj2C/view?fbclid=IwAR1ZKYj18hM2DixCl8-8TqjxiJENkQQclVkQQaOJbRNpOnhLPJ32372TtC4&pli=1

Side two:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jA16BnjrAlbpTkG6eydQWlNC8__dziFq/view?fbclid=IwAR3qnSefs0yFQxsy-U0BmKEnP9Yj-yFcnyUgRfbPJl6ZdbKNdIyi2psm7Oo

Looking forward to reading at the 2026 WANA Lit Fest

 https://writersassociationofnorthernappalachia.org/?page_id=630

Jen Ashburn's essay on Annie Dillard: Pittsburgh Review of Books

https://pghrev.com/annie-dillards-tranquility-and-trembling/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUdEh9wZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR5DU77MlK0yM82xk2-D7BVjDIxa4-zpXw71gf21azo8Lpt_r_noCW1tyVZ38g_aem_cDDRCulhyt2Mp7-PL5V8vA 

Life Through Poetry, an interview on Mary Elizabeth Jackson's Cover to Cover

https://pod.co/cover-to-cover/jason-irwin-life-through-poetry 

The 20th Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival, Frostburg, MD

Looking forward to being a part of the 20th Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival!

https://www.frostburg.edu/center-for-literary-arts/Festivals/indie-lit-festival.php

A review of These Fragments I Have Shored by Emily Webber in The Cleaver

https://www.cleavermagazine.com/these-fragments-i-have-shored-by-jason-irwin-reviewed-by-emily-webber/?fbclid=IwY2xjawT8VqtwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6RM2gJjssI6eupFwLezfsrTeOWShHsLnjz0Kl9U9jN0RwULRo-njsezHPDvw_aem_uX5pl18pEixm1o1SRc6dOw 

Interview with Bill O'Driscoll on WESA 90.5

https://www.wesanews.org/arts-culture/2026-08-18/poet-jason-irwin-memoir-disability-caregiving?fbclid=IwY2xjawTxnBlwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6XzspoaKn7Fh0y-U9YKEadtoFL_AjE9Y26aoqyaewJO5x5WIbTCOwEizsLMg_aem_zdmrjsM7qWQ5dLoa1VJHtQ 

Authors' Hour at Chautauqua

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrTwr-q7mYM 

Jen Ashburn: A Long Unraveling, Vox Populi

https://voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/jen-ashburn-a-long-unraveling/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTVdzZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEew4jBVuEKey_x21HFDexxRYzpKDhPIC2TEMN9e41_q-at7xoRFLvusV8LtxA_aem_78ccMgTR_ZVVuB49K1LM1A 

Like a Church Organ Played Through an Ambulance, Reading the Poetry of Gerry Crinnin, in The Pittsburgh Review of Books

https://pghrev.com/like-a-church-organ-played-through-an-ambulance/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTUqNNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeX3kd6lldlRQQUjeajEdDJe_OXPlHVWDIUQX5UEKEQAsUro41-jP1twoMNas_aem_F76F8D6Gx8eu1u298aBFAw 

Two photos in Volume 17 of Trailer Park Quarterly

https://trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-17/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTE6KZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeb913QzKXLjapwdUwa1E-BBx0e8zMb2j7cxRB-8mqmz2Jc7fQ7TsYxPcOVWk_aem_EA-scJnHn-dADECNtkQlBQ 

Angele Ellis' review of my memoir in Volume 19, issue 2 of Wordgathering

https://voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/angele-ellis-these-fragments-i-have-shored-a-memoir-by-jason-irwin/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSByjxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEekMhaFXCgyM-zGF5Bej7mk8EtsZEKXQvsvg-JD9GlgyR2nvypZfNb9CS-Org_aem_EfYIDFirr_sTxjHD8AGLpw

Reading with Jen Ashburn at The Writers' Roundtable, Newton, NJ

Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at The Writers' Roundtable: featured poets Jen Ashburn and Jason Irwin make a return visit to Sussex County all the way from Pittsburgh to read for us again!

We meet on the first Tuesday of every month at the Unitarian Fellowship, 1 West Nelson Street, Newton, New Jersey, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. An open reading for poets (and short prose) follows the featured reader(s). Everyone is welcome.

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT-JUNE 2026: Amy's Bookshelf Reviews & Podcast

https://amysbookshelfreviews.com/#ba0fd4f8-8cee-4538-9bdf-d03323bf56ab 

Wonderful review of These Fragments I Have Shored by Angele Ellis

https://voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/angele-ellis-these-fragments-i-have-shored-a-memoir-by-jason-irwin/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSByjxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEekMhaFXCgyM-zGF5Bej7mk8EtsZEKXQvsvg-JD9GlgyR2nvypZfNb9CS-Org_aem_EfYIDFirr_sTxjHD8AGLpw 

Interview with Eliot Parker on Now, Appalachia

https://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/author-jason-irwin-on-now?si=67d4e82a60ac4aef8975b23bedf69bc9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing