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Conversations with women about being a writer and having a life. This isn't just an interview podcast -- this is intimate, honest, and thought-provoking. We are building on a community of writers, and want you to be involved. Grab a drink, settle in, and join us for laughter, tears, and more.

Sara Blackthorne

  • Dec 16, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 47m AVG DURATION
  • 42 EPISODES


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Episode #41: Renee D'Aoust

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2015 47:00


This week's guest on In Her Room is hiker, dancer, and author Renee D'Aoust. Our conversation features thoughts on movement and the body, pedagogy and the writing craft, and so much more. The urgency needs to be on the page... Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Renee's websiteRenee on TwitterBody of a DancerAssay: A Journal of Nonfiction StudiesWater and What We Know :: Karen BabineTeacher at Point Blank :: Jo Scott-CoePhilosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations :: Jules EvansIn Her Room Episode #37: Maggie Messitt

Episode #40: Randi Buckley

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2015 37:46


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, coach, and advocate of healthy boundaries Randi Buckley. Our conversation features the power of Viking women, lots of laughter, and so much more. Writing is a mountain ... Every time I climb it I get to a different place, nd I see new things from there. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Randi's websiteRandi on FacebookRandi on TwitterHealthy Boundaries for Kind People"Don't Be So Hungry You Eat the Poison"A Love Note to the “Hypersensitive,” “Too Nice,” & “Takers-of-It-Too-Personally.”Concordia Language Villages

Episode #39: Amanda Mays

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2015 52:18


This week's guest on In Her Room is author, editor, and publisher Amanda Mays. We talk about the importance of an editor, leaving no trace, and what it means to show up to the page. I firmly believe in the printed word... Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Anchor & Plume PressAnchor & Plume on FacebookAnchor & Plume Press on TwitterKindred MagazineIn Her Room listeners can use promo code INHERROOM20 to take 20% off any order over $50. Check out subscription options and all the amazing books published by Anchor & Plume Press!Valid until 3 January 2016.

Episode #38: Bronwyn Petry

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2015 40:00


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, editor, and lover of travel Bronwyn Petry. We talk about maintaining authentic voice, social justice, and so much more. Writing is my activism. Here are a few things mentioned in this episode:Bronwyn's WebsiteBronwyn on TwitterBronwyn on FacebookBronwyn on Instagram"Reclaiming Our Wild Hearts" :: Bronwyn's reading published on Elephant JournalBe You Media Group

Episode #37: Maggie Messitt

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2015 43:46


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, teacher, and journalist Maggie Messitt. We discuss her latest book, The Rainy Season, immersion journalism, and so much more. Writing...has long been a way inside people unlike me. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Maggie's websiteMaggie on TwitterMaggie on FacebookMaggie on InstagramThe Rainy Season"When Your Co-Author is Missing" :: Maggie's essay in Creative Nonfiction Immersion/Immersive Journalism (a primer)Elizabethtown College

Episode #36: Laura Bogart

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2015 48:31


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer and pop culture thought-provoker Laura Bogart. We discuss the importance of sticking to the work, showing up to hard topics, and so much more. Writing is about giving a voice to my younger self, who did not have [one]. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Laura's websiteLaura on Twitter"Dormancy" :: Laura's essay on The Rumpus"Into the Arena" :: Laura's Hunger Games essay on The Nervous Breakdown"Empathy for Chrissie Hynde" :: Laura's essay in SPIN MagazineMary Gaitskill :: "On Not Being a Victim" (pdf) Dorothy AllisonJoyce Carol OatesCheryl StrayedTori AmosSarah HepolaSonia Saraiya :: "The Truth About TV's Rape Obsession"

Episode #35: Ellis Avery

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2015 46:11


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, memoirist, and teacher Ellis Avery. We discuss her new book, The Family Tooth, cultivating a curiosity of the natural world, and so much more. Underneath all the fear, what is it that's just standing there? Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Ellis's websiteEllis on TwitterEllis on FacebookThe Family Tooth :: released 11/6/15"On Fear" :: a kindle single from The Family ToothThe Teahouse FireThe Last NudeBroken Rooms :: a collection of Ellis's haiku Annie Dillard :: "The Death of the Moth" (from Holy the Firm)Virginia Woolf :: "The Death of the Moth"OrlandoDavid MitchellSharon MarcusElaine Scarry

Episode #34: Anne Brannen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2015 39:11


This week's guest on In Her Room is poet, medievalist, and teacher of the craft Anne Brannen. Our conversation is full of laughter, aventure, and what it means to listen to the authentic voice within us. I think writing is breathing.Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Anne's websiteAnne's blogAnne on TwitterAnne on FacebookCoaching with AnneAnne's online coursesReclaiming TraditionFeri TraditionCreative Nonfiction magazineIn Her Room Bonus Episode: Starhawk

Episode #33: Laura Benedict

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2015 51:10


This week's guest on In Her Room is the sweetest queen of horror writing, Laura Benedict. We talk about the importance of writing what speaks to you, getting back the rights to work, and how Agatha Christie is like porn for readers, among so much more. As a writer, I want people to know me as a person. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Laura's websiteLaura's blogLaura on TwitterLaura on InstagramLaura on FacebookLaura on Pinterest (one of her favorites!)"Resistance, Housekeeping, Writing, and Me" :: Laura's blog post about procrastinationLaura's booksCharlotte's Story :: The newest Bliss House novelGallowstree PressPinckney Benedict :: An Interview on The RumpusLouise PennyAgatha ChristieSheryl MonksPress 53Surreal SouthJoyce Carol Oates :: Celestial Timepiece (A Joyce Carol Oates Patchwork)Robert Olen ButlerTom FranklinLee AbbottBenjamin Percy

Episode #32: Sheila Squillante

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2015 52:02


This week's guest on In Her Room is poet, memoirist and writing teacher Sheila Squillante. Our conversation spans writing memoir, working on literary journals, and so much more. Writing is a place where I work stuff out. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Sheila's WebsiteSheila on TwitterSheila's ChapbooksBeautiful Nerve :: Sheila's poetry collection"This Weather" :: one of the poems Sheila read[PANK]Roxane GayMia SaraThe Fourth RiverMFA program at ChathamSheryl St. GermainVivan Gornick :: An Interview in The Paris ReviewVIDA Count

Episode #31: Kristin Oakley

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2015 43:34


This week's guest on In Her Room is novelist, journalist, and writing teacher Kristin Oakley. We share thoughts on unschooling, writing the hard stories, goal-setting and so much more. Writing is a way to play god... Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Kristin's WebsiteKristin on FacebookKristin on TwitterCarpe Diem, ILInPrint Professional Writer's GroupChicago Writer's AssociationUW-Madison Department of Continuing Studies in WritingUW-Madison Writer's InstituteLittle Creek PressIn Her Room Episode #25: Laurie Scheer

Episode #30: Amy Lee Czadzeck

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2015 39:02


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, teacher, and mother Amy Lee Czadzeck. Our conversation is full of grace, courage and deep wisdom. Where I show up for my students is being the permission slip to just show up and write. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Amy's websiteSmall Gift :: Amy's chapbookAmy's workshops and offerings"How to Fly Without Leaving the Ground""I am Enough" :: featured by Tracey Clark"The Invitation" :: Oriah Mountain DreamerDigging Deep, Facing SelfBluestockings BookstoreElizabeth Lesser :: Broken OpenIn Her Room Episode #14: Jen LoudenIn Her Room Episode #27: Caits Meissner 

Episode #29: Sara Rauch

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2015 46:32


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, self-proclaimed cat lady, and founder of Cactus Heart Press Sara Rauch. Our conversation -- about life, writing, autobiographical fiction, and starting a literary journal -- is filled with sharp wit, insight, and infectious laughter. Writing is my reason for being. It's who I am. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Sara's websiteSara on TwitterSara on Instagram"The Infidel Approaches Grace" :: Sara's reading (published on Hobart)Cactus Heart Press websiteCactus Heart Press on FacebookCactus Heart Press on TwitterCactus Heart Press submissions managerLambda LiteraryPacific University MFA programMarvin BellSarah Waters :: The Paying GuestsDear John, I Love JaneSandra Gail Lambert :: The River's MemoryKirsty Logan :: The GracekeepersT

Episode #28: Joy Castro

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2015 56:12


This week's guest on In Her Room is author, professor, and beautiful soul Joy Castro. Our conversation covers so many topics, from writing about trauma to intersectionality and identity to crime novels. Writing...is a tool for exploration. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Joy's WebsiteJoy on TwitterHow Winter Began :: Joy's latest collectionThe Truth BookIsland of BonesHell or High WaterNearer HomeFamily Trouble"Grip" :: Joy's readingChimamanda Ngozi Adichie :: "I'm Still a Citizen" at PENArundhati RoyBending Genre :: Brenda Miller's "Courage and Creative Nonfiction"

Episode #27: Caits Meissner

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015 52:22


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, activist, and poet in the prisons Caits Meissner. Our conversation covers such awesome topics as bridging visual and print culture, the importance of diversity in women's publishing, and so much more. [Writing is] not a way to answer the questions, it's a way to ask more. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Caits' websiteCaits' on InstagramSpark :: a book of promptsThe Letter All Your Friends Have Written You :: written with TishonGrow Fierce -- Digging Deep, Facing SelfThe Wide ShoreBooks Not Bars :: videoI am the Beggar of the World :: Eliza GriswoldDaily Rituals: How Artists WorkThe Poetry Handbook :: Mary OliverOcean Vuong 

Episode #26: Lindsey Mead

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2015 44:23


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, avid reader, and working mother Lindsey Mead. Our conversation covers so much: personal essay, finding the balance between public and private lives, and more. I unearth things through the process of writing. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Lindsey's websiteLindsey on InstagramLindsey on Facebook"Ten Things I Want my Daughter to Know Before She Turns 10""What's Next" :: a post from Nina BadzinJessica PiazzaWendell BerryWilliam MerwinH is for HawkOngoingness: The End of a DiaryThe Folded ClockHold Still 

Episode #25: Laurie Scheer

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2015 48:10


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, d-girl, and media goddess Laurie Scheer. We talk about everything from manuscript development and mastering your genre to the importance of community and so much more. Writing is pure communication — a way to stay alive. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Laurie's websiteLaurie's blogLaurie on twitterThe Writer's AdvantageUW Madison Writer's InstituteUW Madison Department of Continuing StudiesWeekend with Your NovelWrite by the LakeCreative Nonfiction 1 Creative Nonfiction 2

Episode #24: Camille Griep

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2015 46:30


This week's guest on In Her Room is Camille Griep, author of the new novel Letters to Zell. I loved sharing this conversation about genre, form, taking risks in our writing, and so much more. Writing gives a voice to all the things that we don’t have time for in the day-to-day. This episode contains some explicit language. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Camille's websiteCamille on TwitterCamille on FacebookLetters to ZellThe Lascaux ReviewEasy Street MagazineCartridge LitYou Take it From Here :: Pamela Ribon's novel in lettersSpeculative Fiction 

Bonus Episode: Starhawk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2015 35:32


My guest on this special, bonus episode of In Her Room is author, activist, and foremother of the modern pagan movement Starhawk. Our conversation, in conjunction with her crowd-funding campaign for City of Refuge, shares thoughts on spirituality, permaculture, writing, and so much more. If you want to be a writer, schedule time to write. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Starhawk's websiteStarhawk on FacebookCity of Refuge Kickstarter campaignCity of Refuge on FacebookEarth Activist TrainingsReclaiming TraditionDonna Read CooperBelili ProductionsSigns Out of Time :: The Marija Gimbutas documentaryThe Women's Spirituality film seriesUCLA Film Studies Dept 

Episode #23: Wendy C. Ortiz

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015 57:39


This week's guest on In Her Room is author, memoirist, and LA native Wendy C. Ortiz. Our conversation about public and private lives, boundaries and secrecy, and so much more is a thrill to share with you. I would joke with people that, if I didn’t have time to write, I would feel homicidal.But really, what I was saying is that I felt suicidal." This episode contains some explicit language. And it's totally worth it.Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Wendy's websiteWendy's tumblrWendy on TwitterExcavation: A MemoirHollywood Notebook"Newly Wed and Quickly Unravelling" :: Wendy's Modern Love essay"Interiors" :: Wendy's reading published in PANK Rhapsodomancy Reading SeriesMary Karr interview in The Paris ReviewEloise Klein HealyMFA program at Antioch UniversityWrit Large Press

Episode #22: Gemma Stone

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2015 43:38


This week's guest on In Her Room is the soulful and love-guided Gemma Stone. Sitting to talk with her about living from love not fear, designing a life we love, and so much more is exactly the medicine for connecting with our souls and really listening to our own hearts. Writing, to me, is soulful communication. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Gemma's websiteGemma's psychology practiceGemma's writingGemma's mentoring workGemma on FacebookGemma on InstagramGemma on TwitterGemma on PinterestA Love Letter to Life DesignersThe Great Life Redesign RetreatThe Great Life Adventure"Your Great Life: A Love Story" :: Gemma's reading"Ten Signs You're Abandoning Your Self""Beyond Therapy" :: Gemma's TedxCanmore Talk"True Intimacy Requires Deep Vulnerability"charity: water

Episode #21: Jenna McGuiggan

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2015 49:48


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, teacher, and roller derby athlete Jenna McGuiggan. Our time in The Word Cellar is filled with insights, ideas, and inspiration. It's a joy to share this conversation with you. Writing is an art and a craft ... A way to create something of substance or meaning. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Jenna's websiteJenna's blogThe Word Cellar on FacebookJenna on InstagramJenna on TwitterThe Word Cellar Writer's GuildWorkshops with Jenna"What is Your Emergency?" :: Jenna's readingIn Her Room Episode #4: Sue William SilvermanVermont College of Fine ArtsVermont Studio CenterNew World WritingLarry Sutin

Episode #20: Susan Carol Hauser

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2015 44:58


This week's guest on In Her Room is the magnanimous and profoundly kind Susan Carol Hauser. Our conversation about teaching, image vocabularies, and the importance of community is such a gift to share with you. "Writing...Is part of the fabric of my life. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Susan's websiteSusan's blogYou Can Write a Memoir!My Kind of River Journey: Seeking Passage on the MississippiWild Rice: An Essential Guide to Cooking, History, and HarvestingWild Sugar: The Pleasures of Making Maple SyrupOutside After DarkSusan's other booksMeasures of Loss :: Published in Terrain MagazineBemidji State UniversityMinnesota Northwoods Writer's ConferenceNational Writer's UnionAuthor's GuildPoets & Writers magazineLake Itasca State Park :: Headwaters of the Mississippi River

Episode #19: Liz Lamoreux

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2015 48:17


This week's guest on In Her Room is the soulful and wise Liz Lamoreux. Our conversation, full of laughter, tears, and lots of nodding in agreement, fills me to the brim with light and community. It's such an honor to share this with you today. “Writing…Is a lifeline to help me pull out, one word at a time, why I’m here." Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Liz's websiteLiz on FacebookLiz on PinterestLiz on TwitterLiz on InstagramSoul MantrasInner ExcavationPoem It OutBe Present RetreatsWater Your Mama SoulKeri SmithAndrea ScherChristine Mason MillerJen GraySusan Wooldridge :: Poemcrazy*Jen Louden's Taos Retreat

Episode #18: Robin Sandomirsky

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2015 49:47


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, healer, and believer in bravery Robin Sandomirsky. I loved our conversation about showing up to both nerves and excitement, holding the space for duality, and how self-forgiveness is the heart of discipline. My writing maps me into knowing myself. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Robin's WebsiteRobin on InstagramRobin on FacebookRobin's healing workJoy Bomb mailing listIn Body intensive :: Just one of Robin's offeringsLiberated LinesIn Her Room Episode #5: Alisha SommerOur Word Collective (link may not work)

Episode #17: Cathleen Delia Mulrooney

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2015 50:36


This week’s guest on In Her Room is writer, teacher, and stitch-witch Cathleen Delia Mulrooney. I loved our conversation about presence, mystery, the importance of symbols and sacred acts, and so much more. Writing, to me, is presence. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Cat’s websiteWriting the BodyWriting the Tarot“My Witch’s Mark”RAINN :: The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National NetworkNatalie GoldbergAROHO :: A Room Of Her Own FoundationGhost RanchThe Wild Unknown TarotThe Rider-Waite TarotListen to Your Mother! Show 

Episode #16: Susannah Conway

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2015 48:58


Photo credit: Xanthe Berkeley This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, photographer, and soul-filled blogger Susannah Conway. This conversation is filled to the brim with heart, compassion, and soul-facing empathy. I am so blessed that, after nearly 10 years of reading Susannah's words, we shared this conversation, and to share it with all of you. Don't do stuff that makes you feel bad...This episode contains some language that is NSFW. So, perfectly British conversation.Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Susannah's websiteSusannah on InstagramSusannah on FacebookSusannah on PinterestSusannah on TwitterSusannah's booksSusannah's photographyThe Sacred AlonePhoto MeditationsBlogging from the HeartAll of Susannah's e-courses

Episode #15: Isabel Abbott

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2015 44:32


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, list-maker, and wearer of wings Isabel Abbott. We talk about the importance of our body stories, the ways we connect with our personal mythologies, and so much more in this 45-minute episode. There is great power in returning and living fully embodied.Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Isabel's websiteList and LettersIsabel on FacebookIsabel on InstagramHandmapping :: Personal Cartography ReadingsWriting the WombWriting FreedomSanctuary Sessions"Close to the Bone" :: Isabel's reading"Finding the Way to Frida's House""Belonging to the Body"In Her Skin :: Isabel's course with Stacy de la Rosa"In Her Skin" :: Stacy's inspiring blog postHomesick Quote

Episode #14: Jennifer Louden

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2015 47:19


This week's guest on In Her Room is creative entrepreneur, teacher, and cultivator of daily joy Jen Louden. I loved our conversation about place, meditation, intersectionality, and finding our right people. In any creative act, we want to be creating, and then see what we just learned.Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Jen's websiteJen on FacebookJen on InstagramJen's BooksJen's Workshops and RetreatsTeach Now :: Jen's workshop for teachersCreating Your Own MastermindLife Navigation courseThe Women's Comfort bookA Year of Daily Joy bookThe Life Organizer systemHarry CrewsMarcie TalendaOmega InstituteWayne Dyer

Episode #13: Alison Gresik

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2015 45:31


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer and labyrinth-walker Alison Gresik. I loved sitting down and talking with her about desire, walking depression, and stepping into amazing adventures. Writing is an embodiment of my values.Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Alison's websiteAlison on FacebookAlison on InstagramAlison on TwitterPilgrimage of Desire :: Alison's book10 Signs of Walking Depression :: a critical blog post from AlisonCreative coaching with AlisonAlison's copywriting businessThe Unspeakable :: Megan Daum's new bookLabyrinths in Vancouver

Episode #12: Molly Gordon

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2015 41:47


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, coach, and accidental entrepreneur Molly Gordon. I loved talking with her about authenticity, radical joy, and trusting the hum in this 42-minute episode. Writing is a way to let insight speak through me.Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Molly's websiteMolly on FacebookMolly on TwitterMolly on Instagram"Trust the Hum" :: Molly's blog postLinda Pransky :: Pransky and AssociatesThe Accidentaly EntrepreneurCoaching with MollyAuthentic Promotion

Episode #11: Corinne Cunningham

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2015 44:35


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, reader, and homeschooling mother Corinne Cunningham. I loved our conversation about showing up to the page, writing big projects, and the connection between family and our work. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Corinne's websiteCorinne on FacebookCorinne on InstagramCorinne on Pinterest"Blueberry Pie" :: Corinne's readingNaNoWriMo :: National Novel Writing MonthOutlining Your Novel* by K. M. WeilandHausfrau* by Jill Alexander EssbaumThe Joan Didion quote Sara shared

Episode #10: Maya Stein

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2015 52:28


This week's guest on In Her Room is ninja poet and feral hairstylist Maya Stein. I loved sitting down to talk with her about finding our voice, adventures in cycling, and the importance of a regular writing practice. There is a kind of danger in telling the truth. Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Maya's websiteMaya's blogMaya's booksMaya on InstagramWorking with Maya10-Line Tuesdays :: Maya's weekly poemFeral Writing :: one of Maya's writing workshopsSpoke & Word :: a creative retreat with Maya and Amy of Food for the Soul TrainTour de Word :: Maya's cross-country adventureType Rider & Type Rider II

Episode #9: Marybeth Bonfiglio

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2015 49:35


This week's guest on In Her Room is storyteller, ritualist, and word alchemist Marybeth Bonfiglio. I loved our conversation about writing, owning our worth, the tarot, and making space in our busy lives for the work we are called to do. Writing is proof that I am here.Here are some of the things mentioned in this episode:Marybeth's websiteMarybeth on InstagramWild Alchemy :: Marybeth's Tarot offeringAlchemy Sessions :: mentoring with Marybeth"Listen to These Hips" :: the piece Marybeth read on the show"Know Your Worth" :: the piece Marybeth almost read on the showAmulet magazineThe Wild Unknown Tarot deckInherent Worth and Dignity :: the first principle of Unitarian UniversalismRaymond Carver on GoodreadsThe Manifest-Station :: Jen PastiloffIngeborg Bachmann quote on Goodreads

Episode #8: Hillary Rain

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2015 45:22


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, mystic, and wild enchantress Hillary Rain. I loved sitting down with her to talk about writing as a doorway to ourselves, the entrance to Rumi's Field, and so much more. Writing is one small "h" away from writhing.Here are some of the things mentioned in this episode:Hillary's websiteHillary on InstagramHillary on PinterestSpirit Soul Earth on FacebookBlushing Wild e-courseInto the Dark Night e-workbookThe Gypsy Mystic (and Hillary's meaning for Rumi's Field)Body Stories (upcoming from Hillary Rain)Women Who Run With the Wolves*Harold and the Purple Crayon*

Episode #7: Esmé Weijun Wang

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2015 46:07


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, storyteller, and visual artist Esmé Weijun Wang. We sat down to talk about creative legacy, living with chronic illness, and the ways we show up and be compassionate with ourselves and others in this 46-minute episode. How is your heart today?Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Esmé's websiteEsmé on InstagramEsmé on TwitterEsmé on FacebookEsmé on Pinterest"Perdition Days," the essay Esmé readSarah Manguso :: author of The Two Kinds of Decay* and Ongoingness*The Radical Sincerity ManifestoBinderCon :: where Esmé spoke in 2014Where's the Electricity?* :: Esmé's creative offering On MasteryEsmé's 10-Second Statement (and the post from Mara Glatzel that inspired it!)Spoon theory :: in reference to living with chronic illness.

Episode #6: Mara Glatzel

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2015 59:20


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, coach, and intuitive guide Mara Glatzel. We sat down to talk about writing, truth-telling, identity, and all the ways we show up in the world. Writing is my heart in hard copy.Here are some of the things mentioned in this episode:Mara's websiteMara on InstagramSign up for Mara's newsletterthe real bell hooks (on twitter)The Our Body ProjectMara's ReWired workshops

Episode #5: Alisha Sommer

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2015 49:06


This week's guest on In Her Room is author, visual storyteller, and seeker Alisha Sommer. We sat down to talk about the importance of diversity in women's voices, creating community, and leaving your mark on the world. Never underestimate the power of you being you.Here are some things mentioned in this episode:Alisha's websiteSome of Alisha's publicationsAlisha Sommer on InstagramBlackberry: A MagazineWhere the Light Is (the instagram hashtag)Where the Light Is (the John Mayer album*)The Memoir Project -- Marion Roach SmithNPR interview with Marion Roach Smith about her book, The Memoir Project*"Brevity is the soul of wit."Alice Munro on GoodreadsRaymond Carver on GoodreadsAnnapurna Living by Carrie-Anne Moss

Episode #4: Sue William Silverman

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2015 47:09


This week's guest on In Her Room is author, teacher, and advocate for women's voices Sue William Silverman. We talk openly about writing memoir, telling the hard and scary stories, and the importance of speaking truth to our experiences as women, and as writers, in this world. As a note, this episode may be triggering to some, as we speak honestly about child abuse and incest. No specific details or experiences are shared. We're not just telling the stories of what happened to us.We are writing to discover our metaphors, and to go much deeper than that.We are turning our lives into art.Here are some of the things we discuss:Sue William Silverman onlineSue's booksSue William Silverman on FacebookSue William Silverman on TwitterAWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) Award SeriesVermont College of Fine Arts (where Sue teaches)The Annie Dillard quote Sara mentions

Episode #3: GG Renee Hill

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2015 54:32


This week's guest on In Her Room is GG Renee Hill: author, passionate coach, fearless creative, and wildly love-drunk woman. Our conversation is filled with belly laughs, profound recognition, and all the ways we can give ourselves permission to follow our dreams and be perfectly imperfect. Here are some of the things mentioned in this episode:All the Many LayersGG Renee Hill's booksGG Renee on InstagramMaya Angelou quote GG Renee mentioned.The Artist's Way* by Julia CameronWriting Down the Bones* by Natalie Goldberg"I Know Better but I Don't Always Do Better" :: GG Renee's readingBaltimore Harbor :: a great place for people watchingKin Fables :: the beautiful visual storytelling movies

Episode #2: Evelyn Lauer

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2015 41:32


This week's guest on In Her Room is journalist, writer, teacher, and mother Evelyn Lauer. We talk about the intersection of creative writing and journalism, the importance of telling the story that burns inside you, and recognizing that we are not alone in our truths. "Writing is work. You've got to sit down, in front of your computer or your notepad or however you write, and you've got to show up."Here are some of the things mentioned in this episode:from the desk of Evelyn A. LauerEvelyn Lauer on Huffington PostEvelyn Lauer - Author on FacebookEvelyn on TwitterEvelyn on InstagramEvelyn's blog post about working with (and being rejected by) an agentEvelyn's blog post about the holidays and the love that did not lastJoan Didion quote on GoodReads

Episode #1: Jeanette LeBlanc

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2015 44:27


This week's guest on In Her Room is writer, photographer, and inspirationist Jeanette LeBlanc. Sitting down with her for a conversation about truth-telling, motherhood, and making your mark on the world was such a treat. Here are some of the things mentioned in this episode:peace.love.freeRebelle SocietyJeanette LeBlanc on SoundCloudSome of Jeanette’s Spotify playlistsThe Hemingway quoteAn interview with Joan DidionJeanette WintersonAnne Lamott quotesLidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water

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