Edgar Gomez, River Selby, and Hunter Noack
Edgar Gomez, River Selby, and Hunter Noack  
Podcast: Live Wire with Luke Burbank
Published On: Fri Oct 24 2025
Description: Writer Edgar Gomez discusses his collection of essays Alligator Tears, which follows his various hustles as a youth in Florida — from being a flip flop salesman to getting fake teeth through a little bankruptcy fraud; author River Selby recounts how they overcame addiction and sexism to become a hotshot wildland firefighter; and classical pianist Hunter Noack performs at Silver Falls State Park in Oregon, as part of his outdoor concert series In A Landscape.