Press/Media
Sight & Sound
Jeff was featured on the poetry podcast The Poetic Robin Hood, hosted by Christopher Moore. (No, not that Christopher Moore — the Chicago poet.) The episode went live on January 1, 2024:
JF Garrard interviewed Jeff on the literary podcast The Artsy Raven. The interview took place in June 2023, and the episode went live on the following September 29:
Jeff was interviewed on the literary radio show Hannah’s Bookshelf (based in Manchester, England), along with Australian poet Skylar J. Wynter and her book designer Neshka Turner, just before they went on tour together. (There’s a song first, and then the show.) This aired on October 15, 2022, but was recorded on the previous weekend:
The Toronto literary radio series HOWL has featured interviews with Jeff several times. Most recently, host Valentino Assenza interviewed him about Hate Story. Aired on September 6, 2022:
Jeff was interviewed by Mark Leslie Lefebvre on the literary podcast Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing, to discuss Hate Story, spoken word, and the dangers of bad writing workshops. (The actual interview starts at about 14:45.) This went live on March 4, 2022:
An interview with The Artis editor Ivy Reiss on ThatChannel.com, about the international Zoom poetry community. Broadcast on March 2, 2021:
Bestselling poet Kelly Van Nelson interviewed Jeff for the Australian poetry podcast Wordsmith (posted on January 20, 2021). Here’s the Spotify link. The episode is also on Anchor:
Jeff was recently featured on the U.S. poetry podcast Poets and Muses (posted on December 20, 2020). Host Imogen Arate interviews him about his poem “Wilfred Owen’s Off-Day”, and then they talk about her poem “I Bought the 18” “:
Ivy Reiss previously interviewed Jeff to discuss the topic “Is Nuance Dead in the Age of Outrage? Moral Policing in the Arts” (January 25, 2019):
New York City-based host Eric L. Jones interviewed Jeff in Harlem (May 20, 2012), discussing Jeff’s one-man play Grouch on a Couch, writing comedy sketches for Second City classes and touring the U.K.:
And here’s a link to Jeff’s interview with Robin Vaughan-Williams on the Spoken Word Antics radio show on Sheffield Live!, in Sheffield, England (recorded March 13, 2007; aired the following April 5 and May 31), in which he talks about the limitations of slam poetry, explains the Perpetual Motion Roadshow and insults a much-loved Ottawa writer:
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Here are a few examples of stuff written about Jeff (rather than by him)…
In March 2023, the Toronto Guardian featured Jeff in its “A Day in the Life” series of artist profiles. The feature includes a snarky bio by Jeff’s longtime friend, YA author Timothy Carter. You can view it here.
Jeff’s profile on My Entertainment World went live on November 2, 2022. See it at this link.
Debbie Bateman at The Artisanal Writer interviewed Jeff about the inspirations and process behind the writing of Hate Story. This went live on August 1, 2022.
Read it here. (You have to create an account on the site, but it’s free and easy)
The British literary journal Dream Catcher (based in York) ran a nice review of Hate Story, by Amina Alyal, in its July 2022 issue. The review isn’t online, but here are scans of the review from the issue:
Here’s a nice capsule blurb about Hate Story on Cate McKim’s culture blog, Life with More Cowbell — posted on March 21, 2022, two days after the official launch.
Click here to see it.
Jeff was recently interviewed by the poetry magazine Here Comes Everyone, based in Coventry, England. The interview was posted online near the end of December 2021.
Here it be.
Worcester, U.K. poet Nina Lewis interviewed Jeff for the second issue of the British literary journal Contour, published on February 12, 2018.
Read it here. (pages 41-42)
Life with More Cowbell previously featured a flattering review of Jeff’s third CD, This Album Is NIT FENNY!
Check it out here.
Lipstik Indie Reviews raved the chapbook edition of Grouch on a Couch in their April 2012 issue. Scroll down to see it. And if you scroll down even further, you can catch the September 2007 review of Guilt Pasta too.
Here it be.
Dreadful Tales posted a review of the Fall 2011 Burning Effigy launch party on November 30, 2011, in which Jeff performed a scene from Grouch on a Couch.
Click here to see it.
Torontoist.com mentioned Grouch on a Couch in their “Urban Planner” for July 26, 2010, which spotlighted the Bad Dog Theatre Short Play Festival.
Check it out here.
Here’s Gary 17’s preview piece for Jeff’s second CD, Clown with a Coat Hanger:
“Guilty? Fiver? Sat it?”
How Yah Doon?, September 21, 2008
“Interview with Jeff Cottrill about Guilt Pasta“
Blogto.com, November 1, 2007