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For poet and fiction writer B. Elizabeth Beck, "making sure that you are actively engaged in a community is... the salvation to your sanity and to your work."On this episode, Elizabeth discusses her participation in writing and music communities. She founded Teen Howl and Poetry at the/ˈtā-bəl/, two Lexington-based reading series where poets of all ages support each other's writing. Elizabeth has also discovered community with fellow fans of the Grateful Dead and Phish, and these experiences, as well as her love of visual art, often inspire her writing. Learn how to engage with art and music in your own writing with help from Elizabeth's favorite prompt.About B. Elizabeth Becklizabeth Beck is a poet who writes fiction. Dancing on the Page (Rabbit House Press, 2024) is her fifth poetry collection. Accents Publishing will publish Swan Songs, her debut collection of short stories, in 2025.Mama Tried (Broadstone Books) won the American Book Fest Prize for Poetry. She was a finalist in the Kentucky State Poetry Society Grand Prix Prize and has been nominated several times for the Pushcart Prize. Elizabeth is a recipient of The Kentucky Foundation for Women grant.Her work appears in journals and anthologies, including Poetica Magazine, Appalachian Review, Limestone Blue, and Harvard Education Press. Elizabeth founded two poetry series, Teen Howl, and Poetry at the/ˈtā-bəl/ in Lexington, Kentucky.

A Fresh Story, season 5, episode 9 We had the honor of talking to writer, Minna Dubin, the author of MOM RAGE: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood. We talked to Minna about her creative journey within motherhood, how she developed the concept of mom rage as a book, and why it's so important to talk about the rage (and all feelings) that come with motherhood. Minna Dubin is the author of MOM RAGE: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood. Her writing has been featured in the New York Times, Oprah Daily, The Times Sunday Magazine, Salon, Lit Hub, Parents, Romper, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of an artist enrichment grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. As a leading feminist voice on mom rage, Minna has appeared on MSNBC, Good Morning America, The Tamron Hall Show, the BBC and NPR. She lives in Berkeley, CA with her husband, two kids, and no pets because enough is enough. Enjoy this episode with Minna, check out her website, and follow Minna on Instagram. Grab your copy of Mom Rage here!

On this episode of the Prompt to Page writing podcast, we talk to Terena Elizabeth Bell, author of Tell Me What You See. Terena discusses why the events of the last few years compelled her to write experimental short fiction, and she offers encouragement to listeners who want to write about current events. “You have to write with your voice, what you saw," she says, "and you can't worry about whether it's going to get published, whether if you publish it, anything else is going to get published, whether your mother is going to like it…. You have to turn all of that off and just write.”Turn all of that off and write with help from Terena's one-word prompt. About Terena Elizabeth BellTerena Elizabeth Bell is a fiction writer. Her debut short story collection, Tell Me What You See (Whiskey Tit), published December 2022. Her work has appeared in more than 100 publications, including The Atlantic, Playboy, Salamander, and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.Her short fiction has won grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.Originally from Sinking Fork, Kentucky, she lives in New York City.

On this episode I speak with Minna Dubin about mom rage. Minna Dubin (she/her) is the author of MOM RAGE: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood (Seal Press). Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, Parents, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Romper, The Forward, Hobart, MUTHA Magazine, and Literary Mama. She is the recipient of an artist enrichment grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. As a leading feminist voice on mom rage, Minna has appeared on MSNBC, Good Morning America, The Tamron Hall Show, NBC10 Boston, and NPR. She lives in Berkeley, CA with her husband, two kids, and no pets because enough is enough. Follow Minna Dubin on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/minnadubin Follow Erin on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/feminist.mom.therapist⁠ Learn more about Erin: ⁠erinspahrtherapy.com⁠ Please note: The information provided on this podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. The content shared here is not intended to be professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/feministmompodcast/support

Hi there, Today I am excited to be arts calling the phenomenal fiction writer Terena Elizabeth Bell! (terenabell.com) About our guest: Terena Elizabeth Bell is a fiction writer. Her debut short story collection, Tell Me What You See (Whiskey Tit), publishes Holiday 2022. Short fiction, poetry, and journalism work have published in more than 100 publications internationally, including The Atlantic, Playboy, MysteryTribune, Santa Monica Review, _and _Saturday Evening Post. Short fiction has won grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a 2021 NYFA City Artists Corps winner, a 2018 Arlene Eisenberg Award winner, a 2018 Azbee Award of Excellence winner, and Centre College's 2014 Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year. Lead editor of the Writing Through the Classics series of books on fiction craft, she has taught creative writing independently and through the New York Society Library, Woodlawn Children's Home, and Bowling Green State University. Originally from Sinking Fork, Kentucky, she lives in New York City. Follow Terena on Twitter! @terenabell TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE, now available from Whiskey Tit! https://whiskeytit.com/product/tell-me-what-you-see/ Tell Me What You See is a collection of ten experimental short stories about coronavirus quarantines, climate change, the January 6th invasion on the US Capitol, and other events from 2020-2021. Written in both word and image, pieces from the collection have been called “inventive and topical and fresh, emotional, chaotic, and important” by The McNeese Review and “timely, relevant, and interesting” by The Missouri Review. Title story “Tell Me What You See” is a 2021 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) City Artist Corps winner. Thanks for this remarkable conversation, Terena! All the best! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro (cruzfolio.com). If you like the show: leave a review, or share it with someone who's starting their creative journey! Your support truly makes a difference! Go make a dent: much love, j https://artscalling.com

Meet Lynne Hugo Lynne Hugo is a National Endowment For The Arts Fellowship recipient who has also received repeat individual artist grants from the Ohio Arts Council and the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Her publications include ten novels, as well as a memoir, Where the Trail Grows Faint, which won the Riverteeth Creative Nonfiction Book Prize. She joined me on Uncorking a Story to discuss her career and her eleventh novel, The Language of Kin.  Key Topics How Lynne knew she wanted to be a writer since the 4th grade The importance of encouragement in becoming a writer Why Lynne decided not to pursue a career as an author until she was older The linkage between writing and therapy The inspiration behind her latest book, The Language of Kin The importance of persistence for writers Buy The Language of Kin Amazon:https://amzn.to/3CUPJhs Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9781943075775 Connect With Lynne Hugo Website: https://www.lynnehugo.com/ Email: lynne@lynnehugo.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063442255413 Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynneHugo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynnehugoauthor/   Connect with Mike Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvS4fuG3L1JMZeOyHvfk_g Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncorkingastory/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uncorkingastory Twitter: https://twitter.com/uncorkingastory Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncorkingastory LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncorking-a-story/ If you like this episode, please share it with a friend. If you have not done so already, please rate and review Uncorking a Story on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, wraps up an exciting summer series of interviews with local women/fem artists who are all engaged in some form of struggle for social justice and are all featured in an exciting temporary exhibit called “We Don't Wither,” on display at the Muhammad Ali Center April 1 - December 18, 2023. Created to engage our community, We Don't Wither examines the intersection of art and activism. The artists featured in this exhibit have created art that responds to current socio-cultural and socio-political situations, lived experiences, and related current events — to see our world and our community through their unique perspectives. The intention is to celebrate the often unheard experiences, opinions, feelings, and perspectives from those who work, create, and fight in our city; to share their artwork and views with visitors; and to provide a space for conversation and reflection. This exhibit is included in the regular price of admission, but you can see the exhibit for free and meet the artists themselves during any of the upcoming ARTIST SHOWCASES: Shauntrice Martin July 29 LaNia Roberts August 12 Joanne Weis August 26 Morgan McGill September 30 Nikki Douglas October 28 Learn more at: https://alicenter.org/muhammad-ali-center-announces-new-temporary-exhibit-featuring-louisville-area-artists/ We conclude our series this week with Morgan McGill, a muralist based in Louisville. She received her BFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Louisville and studied historical Spanish painting in Spain where she held her first group exhibition in 2017. Paying homage to her city, she created a brilliantly saturated mural of Churchill Downs. She expanded her knowledge of color theory working with HGTV alongside Liz Richter to create the “Be Kind” mural in La Grange, KY. Most recently, she has collaborated with the Fund for the Arts and the Muhammad Ali Center to paint a portrait of Ali and participate in an exhibition on the theme of queer female perspectives. McGill has been awarded grants from the Great Meadows Foundation and the Kentucky Foundation for Women to meet her favorite artists, attend residencies around the world, and continue her podcast project on purity culture. Learn more at https://www.morganemcgill.com/ Get Social: https://www.facebook.com/morgan.mcgill.73 https://www.instagram.com/morganmcgillart/ Check out her podcast: Pure to Pieces (on Spotify and all other platforms) https://www.morganemcgill.com/podcast As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW! Sustainability Now! is hosted by Dr. Justin Mog and airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org The music in this podcast is courtesy of the local band Appalatin and is used by permission. Explore their delightful music at http://appalatin.com

In this episode I speak with legendary Author, Normandi Ellis, about her recent book, 'The Ancient Tradition of Angels: The Power and Influence of Sacred Messengers'. This book breaks down the concept of Angels, and how they have manifested in various cultures throughout human history. During our interview, she shares stories of angelic intervention both in her life and in the lives of others. We also discuss the various types of angels and some of their specific roles. An incredible conversation about these high frequency beings.. Drop In!www.normandiellis.comNormandi Ellis Bio:An arch-priestess of the Fellowship of Isis, she facilitates trips to Egypt, is a Spiritualist minister, clairvoyant and astrologer and teaches in the School of Metaphysics at Camp Chesterfield.Normandi Ellis's books on Egyptian myth, ritual and magic include The Union of Isis and Thoth, Imagining the World into Existence, Invoking the Scribes, Words on Water, Feasts of Light, and Dreams of Isis. Her translation from the hieroglyphs, Awakening Osiris, is considered a spiritual classic. Of Imagining the World into Existence, Jean Houston said: "Quite simply, this is a masterpiece. It is the life work of a numinous poet, writer, and Egyptian scholar. To read this work is to be planted with the seed of once and future mysteries.”In addition to her studies in Egyptian mysticism, she is a poet and fiction writers, having won awards from the YMCA Writers Voice, the Bumbershoot Award, and awards from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Kentucky Arts Council and the Colorado Arts and Humanities. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts as well as activism sgrants for her work in the environment and with elder women and youth at risk.For more information on her writing, workshops, or travel schedule visit www.normandiellis.com. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EP 49 DuEwa interviewed Ellen Hagan. Ellen discussed her writing life and her books including her forthcoming book, All That Shines. Visit www.ellenhagan.com. Visit DuEwa's website at ⁠www.duewafrazier.com⁠. INSTAGRAM @nerdacitypodcast TWITTER @nerdacitypod1 FACEBOOK Nerdacity Podcast with DuEwa Subscribe, Rate & Support Nerdacity with DuEwa at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube.com/DuEwaWorld.com, iHeart Radio, Amazon or itunes Music, Podcast Addict, Radio FM, and more! ⁠PayPal.me/DuEwaWorld⁠ 

In this Artist Spotlight, I welcome local artist and figurative painter Alexandra Carter. Alexandra's work currently explores fertility, motherhood, and the feminine. We talk about her journey to becoming an artist and a mother, her sources of inspiration, the unique material she uses, and how her journey with fertility has impacted her creative work. Her work is currently being shown at Oolong Gallery in Solana Beach, alongside her friend and fellow artist Christiana Updegraff. The show runs through May 6, 2023, and you can learn more about it here.In this episode, Alexandra mentions the acupuncturist she works with, Emily Marson. Learn more about her and her clinic, Aphrodite Fertility.Guest BioAlexandra Carter (b. 1985 in Boston) grew up in South Shore Massachusetts and now lives and works in San Diego, California. She received an MFA from Goldsmiths University of London in 2015 and a BA from Rhodes College in Memphis in 2009. Recent solo exhibitions include “Bumps & Grinds” at Rogers Gallery in Las Vegas, “A Sense of Heat in Her Brain” at Luna Anaïs Gallery Los Angeles, “Berries for Baubo” and “All gods are hot” both at Radiant Space Los Angeles. Other solo exhibitions include Fusion Gallery (Turin, Italy), Southfork (Memphis), Projecto'ace Foundation (Buenos Aires), and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. She has been selected for residency projects nationally and internationally, including the Kone Foundation's Saari Residence (Finland), Rogers Art Loft (Las Vegas), KulturKontakt Austria (Vienna), Qwatz (Rome), Graniti Murales (Sicily), Vice~Versa Foundation (Goa, India), RECSIM (Jashipur, India), Galerija-Muzej Lendava (Slovenia), and the Kentucky Foundation for Women (Prospect, KY).Featured in this episodeFeatured candle: Beeswax candle from Mithras CandleFeatured deck: Radiant Crystal Cards by Bouchette DesignConnect with AlexandraLinks:Alexandra & Christiana's Show at Oolong Gallery in Solana BeachWebsiteInstagramAre you an interior designer or are you interested in Holistic Interior Design? Check out my membership program, the Design Coven! This program is a real-world industry mentorship for Holistic Interior Designers that has everything you won't find in traditional design school curriculum. You'll learn from practicing interior designers working on real life projects, and get access to cutting edge vendors, suppliers, furniture makers, textile designers, and design resources that I've curated over my 17 years of design experience. As a member, you'll have the opportunity to build valuable relationships of your own. Learn more.Connect with Rachel LarraineWebsite

To mark our 6th Anniversary Pledge Drive and encourage you to donate today at https://secure.givelively.org/donate/wfmp-low-power-radio/forward-radio-s-6th-anniversary-pledge-drive, we bring you a special Access Hour featuring a community conversation about Youth Climate Activism in Kentucky! The conversation was organized by the Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition on February 20th and was facilitated by Jeri Katherine Howell who researched why young people in Kentucky get involved in climate activism from 2020-2022 as a graduate student pursuing a Master's of Science in Community and Leadership Development at the University of Kentucky (https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cld_etds/60/). Jeri is a singer-songwriter, educator, activist, and sustainable community development practitioner. She engages people of all ages in creative learning experiences that uplift our stories, embody our interconnectedness with more-than-human nature, and build community. She employs this work as the Assistant Director at Josephine Sculpture Park and as a musician, teaching artist, and consultant. Jeri is an adjudicated member of the Kentucky Arts Council and Partners for Rural Impact Teaching Artist Rosters and a certified environmental educator and Kentucky Community Scholar. Her artistic, activist, and academic achievements have been recognized by the Kentucky Arts Council, U.S. Department of State Fulbright program, and Kentucky Foundation for Women. She is a proud KSEC alumna. Learn more and connect at http:// jerikatherinehowell.com This is a phenomenal resource for any Kentucky activist looking to engage with youth on climate issues. Jeri's thesis explores personal stories, what has worked well, and overall set backs in these spaces. In this context, “youth climate activism” involves anyone who identifies as “young” or “youth” and takes action to address climate change. The research focused on participants ages 18-24 years old. The Access Hour airs on Forward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Wednesday at 2pm and repeats Thursdays at 11am and Fridays at 1pm. Find us at http://forwardradio.org If you've got something you'd like to share on community radio through the Access Hour, whether it's a recording you made or a show you'd like to do on a particular topic, community, artistic creation, or program that is under-represented in Louisville's media landscape, just go to http://forwardradio.org, click on Participate and pitch us your idea. The Access Hour is your opportunity to take over the air waves to share your passion.

In this episode with artist Skylar Smith, we discuss creative process in relation to meditation. We also dialogue about ways to integrate spiritual practice into the art making experience itself. ---------------- 1st New Moon of 2023 ! Skylar's Website Skylar's Instagram Skylar Smith is an artist, curator, and educator. Her work deals with micro and macro perceptions of the natural world, and human-scale politics that influence perception. Smith's work has been exhibited regionally and internationally, including at The Parachute Factory, Lexington, KY; The Anne Wright Wilson Gallery at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY; The Barr Gallery at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN; Quappi Projects, Louisville, KY; The 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL; Sanskriti Kendra Foundation, New Delhi, India; and at the Sanbarbh Residency, Partapur, India. She has completed Artist Residencies in India at Sanskriti Kendra and Sanbarbh Residency; and Colegio Trener, an elementary school in Lima, Peru. Smith has curated several exhibitions, including With Child at The Huff Gallery, Louisville, KY; Hangar Show at Cardinal Wings Hangar, Louisville, KY; Wallpaper at Stray Show, Chicago, IL; and Suspension at 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL. In 2020 Smith curated BallotBox, a contemporary art exhibition examining past and present voting rights with support from Kentucky Foundation for Women, Louisville Metro, Louisville Visual Art, and Great Meadows Foundation. BallotBox was on display in Louisville Metro Hall and at 21c Museum Louisville through March 2021. In 2019 Smith was selected to participate in the ‘Hadley Creatives' fellowship program, and grants include Kentucky Foundation for Women ‘Artist Meets Activism', ‘Artist Enrichment', and ‘Advancing Democracy, Building Power' grants, Great Meadows Foundation ‘Artist Professional Development' grants, and a Great Meadows Foundation ‘Curatorial Travel' grant. She is a founding member of Kentucky College of Art + Design (KyCAD), and she has taught college-level art studio and art history courses for over a decade, in addition to teaching at non-profit and alternative-education venues. Smith has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is also a Certified Yoga Teacher. She is currently the Artist-In-Residence at Francis Parker School of Louisville. Smith resides in Louisville, Kentucky with her husband and two daughters. *To stay up on releases and content surrounding the show check out my instagram *To contribute to the creation of this show, along with access to other exclusive content, consider joining my Patreon! Credits: Big Thanks to Matthew Blankenship of The Sometimes Island for the podcast theme music! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/martin-l-benson/support

Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Terena Elizabeth Bell. We'll be talking about experimental fiction and her book of short stories, Tell Me What You See. Terena Elizabeth Bell is a fiction writer. Her debut short story collection, Tell Me What You See (Whiskey Tit), publishes Holiday 2022. Short stories, poetry, and journalism work have appeared in The Atlantic, Playboy, MysteryTribune, Santa Monica Review, Saturday Evening Post, and more than 100 similar publications throughout the US, the UK, Ireland, and Spain. Short fiction has won grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts.   She is a 2021 NYFA City Artists Corps winner, a 2018 Arlene Eisenberg Award winner, a 2018 Azbee Award of Excellence winner, and Centre College's 2014 Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year. Lead editor of the Writing Through the Classics series of books on fiction craft, she has taught creative writing independently and through the New York Society Library, Woodlawn Children's Home, and Bowling Green State University.   From 2005 to 2015, Bell served as CEO of an international translation company and, in 2012, was appointed to President Barack Obama's White House Business Council by US Representative John Yarmuth. She holds a BA in English from Centre College and an MA in French from the University of Louisville. Originally from Sinking Fork, Kentucky, she lives in Manhattan, where her landlord once was Philip Roth. You can find her on her website or follow her on Twitter, TikTok, buymeacoffee.com, and medium.com.   In this episode Terena Elizabeth Bell and I discuss: How she merged images and text and other ways she experimented in her stories. Her advice for managing your mental health when writing about difficult topics. What it means to write what you see and how she applied it to her writing. Plus, her #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/441

When the devastating floods of July 2022 tore through the mountain communities of Southeastern Kentucky, visual artist Lacy Hale lost her studio and a trove of works in progress. Since that tragic and deadly night, though, even as many of her neighbors in Whitesburg have been forced to move away, one thing she has not lost is her determination to remain in the mountains where she grew up. They are in her blood, and they inspire her art, just as she intends for her art to inspire the people of her corner of Appalachia.Lacy has been making art in Whitesburg since returning from her studies at Pratt Institute in New York City in the early 2000s, and it has become her full-time occupation since 2017. In addition to being a painter and a muralist, she is also a printmaker and over the years has created and sold an array of items bearing her designs. One of her most recognized designs is “No Hate in My Holler,” a graphic she created in 2017 in response to a scheduled neo-Nazi gathering in a nearby town. “No Hate in My Holler” quickly appeared on billboards and T-shirts and also became a popular hashtag, garnering attention from national media outlets.Lacy's murals can be seen in communities throughout Kentucky and Virginia. Among the honors she has received are the Eastern Kentucky Artist Impact Award as well as grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, Great Meadows Foundation and the Tanne Foundation Award. In 2016 she co-founded EpiCentre Arts, which supports and advocates for art and artists throughout the Appalachian Mountains.In this interview with Pier Carlo Talenti, Lacy explains why and how her artistry is inseparable from her community and the landscape in which it nestles. She also describes that devastating July night and what it's taken to recommit to her art, her business and her home despite losing almost everything.    https://www.lacyhale.com/

Terena Elizabeth Bell is a fiction writer. Her debut short story collection, Tell Me What You See (Whiskey Tit), publishes Holiday 2022. Short fiction, poetry, and journalism work have published in more than 100 publications internationally, including The Atlantic, Playboy, MysteryTribune, Santa Monica Review, and Saturday Evening Post. Short fiction has won grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a 2021 NYFA City Artists Corps winner, a 2018 Arlene Eisenberg Award winner, a 2018 Azbee Award of Excellence winner, and Centre College's 2014 Distinguished Young Alumna of the Year. Lead editor of the Writing Through the Classics series of books on fiction craft, she has taught creative writing independently and through the New York Society Library, Woodlawn Children's Home, and Bowling Green State University. Originally from Sinking Fork, Kentucky, she lives in New York City. #shortstories #authorinterview #fiction #authorsinterviewingauthors #awardwinningauthor #shortfiction #speculativefiction VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. And VOX VOMITUS has been going “horribly wrong” in the best way possible for the past TWO YEARS! Host Jennifer Anne Gordon, award-winning gothic horror novelist and Co-Host Allison Martine, award-winning contemporary romance novelist have taken on the top and emerging new authors of the day, including Josh Malerman (BIRDBOX, PEARL), Paul Tremblay (THE PALLBEARERS CLUB, SURVIVOR SONG), May Cobb (MY SUMMER DARLINGS, THE HUNTING WIVES), Amanda Jayatissa (MY SWEET GIRL), Carol Goodman (THE STRANGER BEHIND YOU), Meghan Collins (THE FAMILY PLOT), and dozens more in the last year alone. Pantsers, plotters, and those in between have talked everything from the “vomit draft” to the publishing process, dream-cast movies that are already getting made, and celebrated wins as the author-guests continue to shine all over the globe. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.afictionalhubbard.com https://www.facebook.com/VoxVomituspodcast https://twitter.com/VoxVomitus #voxvomitus #voxvomituspodcast #authorswhopodcast #authors #authorlife #authorsoninstagram #authorsinterviewingauthors #livevideopodcast #livepodcast #bookstagram #Jenniferannegordon #allisonmartinehubbard #allisonmartine #allisonhubbard #liveauthorinterview #livepodcast #books #voxvomituslivevideopodcast #Jennifergordon #TELLMEWHATYOUSEE #TerenaBell --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voxvomitus/support

Listen to Episode 14For our fourteenth episode, we talk to Ellen Birkett Morris, author of Lost Girls. Ellen shares three writing prompts: a poetry prompt, a fiction prompt, and a food writing prompt. Ellen began writing creatively when she was in her mid-thirties, and she encourages listeners to “embrace your identity as a writer. If you're writing, you are a writer. You don't have to feel intimidated or competitive or any of those things.”About Ellen Birkett MorrisEllen Birkett Morris is the author of Lost Girls, winner of the Pencraft Award, and finalist for the Clara Johnson, IAN and Best Book awards, and the poetry chapbooks Surrender and Abide. Her work has appeared in Antioch Review, Shenandoah, and South Carolina Review, among other journals. Morris received grants from the Elizabeth George Foundation and Kentucky Foundation for Women and a fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council. She holds an MFA from Queens University-Charlotte.Join the Prompt to Page Writing GroupWednesday, Nov. 30, 6:00 p.m.Spend time working on a cross-genre writing prompt, get feedback, and share writing and publishing tips with a supportive community of other writers. Open to all writing levels and genres (fiction, poetry, memoir, family stories, etc.).Registration is required.SubmitWe'd love to see what you're writing! Submit a response to one of Ellen's prompts for a chance to have it read on a future episode of the podcast.

IG @nerdacitypodcast Hosted by DuEwa Frazier @drduewawrites www.duewafrazier.com June 2021 Summer of the Word featuring Amanda Johnston BIO Amanda Johnston was born in East St. Louis, IL, and raised in Austin, TX. She began writing poetry while living in Kentucky. Her writing has been published widely and she has presented at numerous literary conferences and events. She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of two chapbooks, GUAP and Lock & Key, and the full-length collection Another Way to Say Enter. Her poetry and interviews have appeared in numerous online and print publications, among them, Callaloo, Poetry, Puerto del Sol, Muzzle, Pluck!, No, Dear and the anthologies, Small Batch, Full, di-ver-city, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, and Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism. Honors include the Christina Sergeyevna Award from the Austin International Poetry Festival, a joint finalist for the Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism from Split This Rock, and multiple Artist Enrichment grants from Kentucky Foundation for Women. Amanda is a member of the Affrilachian Poets and has received fellowships from Cave Canem Foundation and the Austin Project at the University of Texas. Johnston is a Stonecoast MFA faculty member, a co-founder of Black Poets Speak Out, and founder/executive director of Torch Literary Arts. Named one of Blavity's "13 Black Poets You Should Know," Amanda's work has been featured on Bill Moyers, the Poetry Society of America's series In Their Own Words, and the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day series. She was commissioned to curate a collection of poems for the Poetry Coalition on the theme Where My Dreaming and My Loving Life: Poetry & the Body. ➡️Subscribe and Like at http://www.YouTube.com/duewaworld ❤️Support future episodes of the podcast by donating to https://PayPal.me/duewaworld or Cash app $duewaworld. Twitter: @nerdacitypod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/duewafrazier/support

For our eighth episode, we talk to Marianne Worthington, author of The Girl Singerand co-founder and editor of Still: The Journal. Marianne offers tips for submitting your work to literary magazines, discusses her favorite writing prompt books, and shares a prompt that will inspire both poets and prose writers. Marianne also discusses her own path to publication. “Don't give up because you know, I'm three weeks away from retiring from my day job, which I have had for 32 years,” she says. “And I've been teaching college students for 38 years, and only this year was my first full length poetry collection published. So don't ever think it's not going to happen.”About Our GuestMarianne Worthington is co-founder and editor of Still: The Journal, an online literary magazine publishing writers, artists, and musicians with ties to Appalachia since 2009. Her work has appeared in Oxford American, CALYX, and Chapter 16 among other places. Her work has been supported by the Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Foundation for Women.She co-edited Piano in a Sycamore: Writing Lessons from the Appalachian Writers' Workshop and is author of a poetry chapbook. Her poetry collection is The Girl Singer (University Press of Kentucky, 2021). Marianne grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, and writes and teaches in southeast Kentucky.Marianne's Book RecommendationsOrdinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within by Kim AddonizioThe Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne LauxWrite It!: 100 Poetry Prompts to Inspire by Jessica Jacobs and Nickole BrownSubmitWe'd love to see what you're writing! Submit your response to Marianne's prompt for a chance to have it read on a future episode of the podcast.

Hello, and welcome to *Season 3* of The Host Dispatch! What an honor it is to share the first episode of Season 3 of The Host Dispatch with you, in conversation with poet, educator, community organizer and founder of TORCH Literary Arts, Amanda Johnston. Amanda has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of two chapbooks, GUAP and Lock & Key, and the full-length collection Another Way to Say Enter. She has received fellowships, grants, and awards from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, Tasajillo, the Kentucky Foundation for Women, The Watermill Center, and the Austin International Poetry Festival. She is a former Board President of Cave Canem Foundation, a member of the Affrilachian Poets, cofounder of Black Poets Speak Out, and founder of Torch Literary Arts. TORCH Literary Arts is a nonprofit organization established to publish and promote creative writing by Black women based in Austin, Texas. Amanda is doing so much for Black women writers, but she also has such a beautiful vision for the future of this newly minted non-profit, including retreats, writing workshops, and more! So keep an eye out for more great things coming soon from TORCH by visiting their website, torchliteraryarts.org, following them on socials @TORCHliteraryarts and if you want to support, please consider joining us in making a donation!

Show Synopsis: Dad teaches his daughter lessons from the woods.Trish Ayers (Playwright) Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants and was honored to be the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from KFW. She was the founder of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar, a ten-year playwriting project.Carrie Wesolowski (Director/Cindi) Born and raised in NYC, Carrie Wesolowski is a NYC-based Actor, Director, Host, and Singer who is a seasoned film, television, theatre and now Zoom actor. Carrie was the female lead Actor and Director of SIMON SAYS-- a finalist for the 1st Annual Playbill Virtual Theater Festival 2020. Her work as Director/Actor in Coni Koepfinger's The Unusual Chauncey Faust was most recently seen as a finalist in Manhattan Rep's STORIES Film Festival. Upcoming projects include directing The Bird Lady at The National Opera Center. David Dietz (Dad) David Dietz is an award-winning actor, stage/screen writer, filmmaker, and audiobook producer-narrator. He has pounded the boards in productions ranging from Shakespeare to Simon (Neil, that is), and appeared in such films as End Game, Strange Girls, and Death from Above. In 2012, he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in Indemnity (aka Indemnity: Rage of a Jealous Vampire). His audiobook narration credits include My Stupid Girl, Words with My Father, and Halfskin. For more information, please visit http://dietzthethird.com or http://zd3-productions.comBeth Griffith (Mom) Beth Griffith has performed with HERE Art Center, LaMaMa, NYTW, New Ohio Theatre, New York City Opera, International WOW, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Medicine Show Theatre, Theater For The New City, New York Workshop Theater, Ars Nova's Makers Lab, Music We'd Like to Hear (London), Sachiyo Ito's DanceJapan and The Flea. Upcoming performances with: The Hearth, Crossways Theatre, Broadway Bound Festival and Out of the Box Theater.Byron C. Saunders (Narrator/Co-Host) Byron C. Saunders - Arts Management Consultant / Actor / Director / Producer / Dramaturge / Historian / Radio Talk-Show Personality / Civil Rights Advocate. Byron's highlights and many credits currently include working as an independent Arts Management Consultant helping artists and arts organizations with grants administration, fund development, marketing, public relations, event planning, and capacity growth and development.

In this week's episode, Kendra talks with Crystal Wilkinson about her book, Perfect Black, which out now from the University of Kentucky Press. Thanks to our sponsors! House of CHANEL, creator of the iconic J12 sports watch. Always in motion, the J12 travels through time without ever losing its identity. Sign-up now and browse more Literary Events and Workshops at literatureandpen.com! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Books Mentioned The Birds of Opulence by Crystal Wilkinson Perfect Black by Crystal Wilkinson Crystal Recommends In Pursuit of Flavor by Edna Lewis Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry by Nikki Finney The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw Horsepower by Joy Priest Affrilachia by Frank X Walker Spaces Between Us: Poetry, Prose and Art on HIV/AIDS by Kelly Norman Ellis Just Lookin' Out of the Window: Life's Lessons From My Mother by Kieth Wilson dying in the scarecrow's arms by Mitchell L. H. Douglas About the Author Crystal Wilkinson is the award-winning author of The Birds of Opulence (winner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence), Water Street and Blackberries, Blackberries. Nominated for both the Orange Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, she has received recognition from The Kentucky Foundation for Women, The Kentucky Arts Council, The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and is a recipient of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and her short stories, poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including most recently in the Oxford American and Southern Cultures. She currently teaches at the University of Kentucky where she is Associate Professor of English in the MFA in Creative Writing Program. Website | Instagram | Twitter CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Promise, Witness, Remembrance  (on view from April 6 to June 11, 2021) at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, was curated by Allison Glenn and reflects on the life of Breonna Taylor, her killing in 2020, and the year of protests that followed. The exhibition is organized around the three words of its title, which emerged from a conversation between curator Allison Glenn and Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor, during the exhibition's planning.In "Promise," artists explore ideologies of the United States  through the symbols that uphold it, reflecting on the nation's founding, history, and the promises and realities, both implicit and explicit, contained within them. In "Witness," they address the contemporary moment, building upon the gap between what a nation promises and what it provides through artworks that explore ideas of resistance across time, form, and context. In "Remembrance," they address gun violence and police brutality, their victims, and their legacies.The death of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker who was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in March 2020 during a botched raid on her apartment, has been one of the main drivers of wide-scale demonstrations that erupted in the spring and summer over policing and racial injustice in the United States.A grand jury in September indicted  a former Louisville detective involved in the raid, Brett Hankison, for wanton endangerment of neighbors whose apartment was hit when he fired without a clear line of sight into the sliding glass patio door and window of Ms. Taylor's apartment. He pleaded not guilty. No charges were announced against the other two officers who fired shots, and no one was charged for causing Ms. Taylor's deathStephen Reily served as the Director of the Speed Art Museum from April 2017 to June 2021. He is a successful entrepreneur, civic leader, lawyer, and supporter of the arts in building a stronger community. A longtime supporter of the Speed, he served on its Board for 10 years, including several years as Chair of both the Museum's Long-Range Planning Committee and its Curatorial Committee. For four years, Stephen served as Chair and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Creative Capital Foundation, a national grant maker in the arts. He has served as the Chair of the Greater Louisville Project and is a member of the Boards of the Louisville Urban League and the J. Graham Brown Foundation. He also founded Seed Capital Kentucky, a non-profit focused on building a more sustainable future for Kentucky's farmers.As an entrepreneur Reily foundeD IMC, a global leader in brand licensing that has generated over $3 billion in consumer product sales for the Fortune 500 brands it represents. He is also the co-founder of ClickHer, a mobile app publisher, and SUM180,  a digital financial planning service purchased by FlexWage. a national provider of financial wellness solutions. After graduating from Stanford Law School, Stephen clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court.  A native of New Orleans, he is married to historian Emily Bingham and they have 3 children.Promise, Witness, Remembrance contributing artists:Terry AdkinsNoel W AndersonErik BranchXavier BurrellMaría Magdalena Campos-PonsNick CaveJon P. CherryBethany CollinsTheaster GatesTyler GerthSam GilliamJon-Sesrie GoffEd HamiltonKerry James MarshallRashid JohnsonKahlil JosephGlenn LigonAmy SheraldLorna SimpsonNari WardHank Willis ThomasAlisha WormsleyT.A. Yero CuratorAllison M. Glenn is an Associate Curator, Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Glenn works across the contemporary program at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary, a new contemporary art space and satellite of Crystal Bridges. Since joining Crystal Bridges in 2018, she has worked with artists at all stages of their careers around themes of history, temporality, language, site, and identity. Community Engagement Strategist and Chair of the National Steering Committee for Promise, Witness, RemembranceToya Northington graduated with a Fine Art degree from Georgia State University and also holds a MSc in Social Work from the University of Louisville. She has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in Georgia and Kentucky, and has recently been involved in a number of public art projects in Louisville. Working in mixed media and across disciplines, Toya speaks of her work as pushing back at societal expectations, as an act of resistance. As a feminist and social activist she states, “my work is an acknowledgment of traumas too often experienced by women and a means to foster healing and resilience from them.” Toya is the recipient of Art Meets Activism, Artist Enrichment, and The Special grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. In 2012 she founded artThrust a youth, art-based, mental health and social justice organization that empowers youth through art. She is currently the Community Engagement Strategist at the Speed Art Museum. Music for the Short Fuse PodcastJeannine Otis recorded the music for this episode of the Short Fuse Podcast. Music has been a part of Jeannine's life since she was born. Having a mother who was a Musical Director and a family that includes the Jones Brothers Hank, Thad, and Elvin formed the basis of exposure to music that began a career that started with Jeannine's debut as a vocalist with the Detroit Symphony with American Youth Performs at age 12.She has shared the stage with great musicians of every genre (especially jazz) who have served as mentors including Grover Washington Jr., Arthur Prysock, Kool and the Gang, Joe Chambers and Donald Byrd, Rudy Mwangozi, Saul Ruin, Stanley Banks bassist, Finnish Jazz composer Heikki Sarmanto and Vishnu Wood, bassist, and his band Safari East.She has been a featured vocalist at many jazz festivals including the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, JazzMobile with Safari East, and the Universal Temple of the Arts yearly jazz festival and trombonist Art Baron and Friends. Jeannine has also appeared on Broadway in THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN' at the Supper Club in the Edison Hotel with Larry Marshall and the Michael E Smith Big Band and the New York Big Band at Tavern on the Green.She has toured extensively worldwide as a featured vocalist, in theater, and with her own ensemble. Anthony Tomassini of the New York Times labeled Jeannine a “show-stopper” in a review of a Downtown Music Production's version of THE CRADLE WILL ROCK. As the STRAWBERRY WOMAN in Porgy and Bess, Jeannine toured extensively in Europe singing in many of the great opera houses in Europe including those in Rome, Cologne, Venice, and Modena—home of Luciano Pavorotti.Her “little” book THE GATHERING was made into a Musical Theater piece entitled WHO AM I, and debuted at The La MaMa Theater in 2014. She is an honors graduate of Wellesley College (BA) and of Emerson College (MA) and the Director of Music at Saint Marks Church, known for its progressive outreach programming through the arts. Behind the scenes of the Short Fuse PodcastKyle Lee is a media producer for the Short Fuse Podcast as well as for the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and has produced podcasts such as The Daily Arrow, a 2-season, 60-day podcast with devotional and meditative exercises to help navigate our current political climate through the lens of faith, spirituality, and mindfulness. He lives in Harlem with his wife and enjoys writing and performing poetry and spoken word in his spare time. You can reach him at @kyleburtonlee on Instagram and Twitter.Gilda Geist is an intern for the Short Fuse Podcast and a student at Brandeis University, where she is studying journalism, English, and political science. She is a senior editor of her university newspaper, The Justice, as well as a tutor for the Brandeis University English Language Programs. Gilda is based in Boston, MA and enjoys writing, bookbinding, and listening to podcasts.  What to listen to nextIf you liked this episode, you'll like our host Elizabeth Howard's conversation with Gioni Massimiliano, Artistic Director of the New Museum. They spoke about the New Museum's exhibit "Grief and Grievance, Art and Mourning in America", which  features the works of 37 Black artists and was conceived of by the late curator Okwui Enwezor. Listen here.

Rattlecast #99 features Tina Parker and her new book Lock Her Up. As always, the first half-hour is dedicated to Poets Respond Live. Tina Parker is the author of three books of poetry. The poetry collection Mother May I and the poetry chapbook Another Offering were published in 2016. Her newest collection, Lock Her Up, is forthcoming from Accents Publishing. Tina's work has received support from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Individual poems have been published in Appalachian Heritage, Still: The Journal, Pen+Brush, Rattle, and Literary Mama. She grew up in Bristol, VA, and now lives in Berea, KY. For more on Tina Parker, visit: http://tina-parker.org/ As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. For details on how to participate, either via Skype or by phone, go to: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/ This Week's Prompt: Write a poem based on a folk tale or fairy tale. Next Week's Prompt: Write a poem in which the speaker is aboard a moving train. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

Savannah Sipple is the author of WWJD & Other Poems (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2019), which was included on the American Library Association's Over the Rainbow Recommended LGBTQ Reading List. It explores what it is to be a queer woman in Appalachia and is rooted in its culture and in her body. A writer from east Kentucky, her writing has been published in Go Magazine, Southern Cultures, Split This Rock, Salon, and other places. She is also the recipient of grants from the Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund and the Kentucky Foundation for Women. A professor, editor, and writing mentor, Savannah resides in Lexington with her wife.

My guest today is a stage and screen actor, writer, and audio drama maven.  Clara’s writing includes essays and plays for stage and audio drama and her stage plays have been shortlisted and recognized nationally and internationally. In 2014, she was honored by the Kentucky Arts Council with the Emerging Artist Award, Playwright and her writing is a regular feature in the audio drama podcast, Night Owl Theatre and she is the producer and host of the “Yoga with Clara” podcast. She is a grantee of the Kentucky Foundation for Women, working on an audio drama script that explores the experiences of women in mining communities in Kentucky and the United Kingdom. She can be seen in the films Dark Waters, starring Mark Ruffalo and The Old Man and the Gun alongside Casey Affleck, starring Robert Redford. She co-stars in the film Damaged Goods, that is currently in post-production.  I look forward to hearing about all her creative endeavors and would like to welcome Clara Harris to 19 Stories... You may connect with Clara via:  Facebook @claraharrisactor, where you can find links to her audio drama, Night Owl Theatre, Great Monologues Coaching for high schoolers, and yoga offerings.  or Clara-Harris.com

Play: Straight Out of the ClosetSynopsis: None, so that the twist isn't revealed. Playwright Long Bio: Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants and was honored to be the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from KFW. She was the founder of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar, a ten-year playwriting project.Tim: You may have seen Timothy on tour, in NYC, or perhaps more recently in the comfort of your own home via zoom.Actor Long Bio: Brandy Chapman is an actress and singer from Kentucky, having performed in the United States, Ireland, and Italy. Her experience draws from the teachings of Chekov and Stanislavski, as well as her own independent devising of pieces and projects throughout the past ten years. With an MFA from the National University of Ireland in Galway, she has appeared in several Irish television shows including An Klondike and Jack Taylor (both available on Netflix). Recent stage performances include Harvey and South Pacific. Jacqueline Youm is a Senegalese American actor, lawyer, and French|English|Spanish teacher. She also coaches mediation and negotiation. She thanks her family & friends for continuously listening to her acting wails and tears. Since the pandemic has started, she has produced, directed, and acted in a myriad of plays and monologues, which you can watch on YouTube. Marina Rebecca Chan is a Brooklyn-based performer, playwright (Dramatists Guild member) and producer. A graduate of Columbia University with a Drama & Theatre Arts major and playwriting concentration, Marina went on to conceive and produce the Asian Americans in Theatre: Art and Activism panel discussion series at Asia Society and Barnard College, involving theater scholars and professionals—including Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang and Bartlett Sher—examining issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. Post-series, Marina refocused on her training in singing (she’s a recipient of Columbia’s Dolan Prize for Voice), dance (professional credits include Il Re Pastore in the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, and the Family Matters Series at Dance Theater Workshop) and acting. Marina also completed a rigorous rewrite of her play Elizabeth’s Wonderland, two readings of which (one staged and one on Zoom) she has produced, cast, directed and starred in. Recently, her Covid play Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow was Zoom produced by Little & Fierce Theatre Company. marinachan.com

In this episode, Taraleigh and Leah talk with writer Elizabeth Beck about how the music of our favorite bands can create the soundtrack of our lives, spanning births and deaths, celebrations and challenges. They dive into the healing power of music through personal experiences and those of her characters. Elizabeth talks about her love of Phish and the Grateful Dead and the literary influences for World Gone Mad and Summer Tour, both fiction novels based around the music of Phish. For the “Did you Know” section, Leah talks about how rock music can have similar effects to meditation and other contemplative practices. Taraleigh instructs listeners on how to find similar effects in other novel ways in her “Daily Jam.” Elizabeth Beck is a writer, artist, and teacher who lives with her family in Lexington, Kentucky. WORLD GONE MAD (released February 2021) follows the characters from SUMMER TOUR, which was published in 2020, is her debut work of fiction. She is the author of: Painted Daydreams: Collection of Ekphrastic Poems (Accents Publishing 2019), insignificant white girl (Evening Street Press 2013), and Interiors (Finishing Line Press 2013). Elizabeth achieved her B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati and her M.Ed. from Xavier University. She is an award-winning English and Art History teacher. During her time at Withrow High School, she founded The Tracks Literary Magazine. She is the proud recipient of an Artist Enrichment Grant through The Kentucky Foundation for Women. She founded The Teen Howl Poetry Series and the award-winning Leestown OUTLOUD Poets. In between, Elizabeth likes to make art, cook, and listen to music.This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes and join our Facebook group to dive deeper into the conversation of live music and health and wellness.Groove Therapy is brought to you by Osiris Media. To discover more podcasts that connect you more deeply to the music you love, check out osirispod.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A feisty Emmaline chases the elusive dollar.Bios: Playwright: Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants and was honored to be the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from KFW. She was the founder of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar, a ten-year playwriting project.Brandy Chapman is an actress and singer from Kentucky, having performed in the United States, Ireland, and Italy. Her experience draws from the teachings of Chekov and Stanislavski, as well as her own independent devising of pieces and projects throughout the past ten years. With an MFA from the National University of Ireland in Galway, she has appeared in several Irish television shows including An Klondike and Jack Taylor (both available on Netflix). Recent stage performances include Harvey and South Pacific.

Welcome to voices Amp'd! Our first featured guest – friend, entrepreneur, activist and community leader, Tanya Torp – will air February 17, 2021 wherever you get your podcasts. Until then, you can meet the Voices Amp'd team in our introductory podcast interviews starting January 27. Follow us for updates and information! Learn more at www.VoicesAmplified.net. Underscore music "I'm Doing Okay," is by artist Vanessa Davis. Podcast art by Lauren Roark. This podcast is generously supported, in part, by a grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women!

Normandi Ellis's books on Egyptian myth, ritual and magic include The Union of Isis and Thoth, Imagining the World into Existence, Invoking the Scribes, Words on Water, Feasts of Light, and Dreams of Isis. Her translation from the hieroglyphs, Awakening Osiris, is considered a spiritual classic. Of Imagining the World into Existence, Jean Houston said: "Quite simply, this is a masterpiece. It is the life work of a numinous poet, writer, and Egyptian scholar. To read this work is to be planted with the seed of once and future mysteries."An arch-priestess of the Fellowship of Isis, she facilitates trips to Egypt, is a Spiritualist minister, clairvoyant and astrologer and teaches in the School of Metaphysics at Camp Chesterfield.In addition to her studies in Egyptian mysticism, she is a poet and fiction writers, having won awards from the YMCA Writers Voice, the Bumbershoot Award, and awards from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Kentucky Arts Council and the Colorado Arts and Humanities. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts as well as activism sgrants for her work in the environment and with elder women and youth at risk.For more information on her writing, workshops, or travel schedule visit www.normandiellis.com.

Karen writes both fiction and creative nonfiction. Her memoir, Surrendered Child, won the AWP Award Series for Creative Nonfiction and was listed as a “notable book” by the National Book Critics Circle. She is also the author of Motel of the Stars, Editor's Pick from Oxford American, and a Lit Life Book of the Year. Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven (University of Georgia Press), a novel that won the Lillie Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing and, most recently, Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean, co-edited with Adrian Blevins, from Ohio University Press. Her essays have won the Annie Dillard Prize, the New Southerner Prize, the Orison Magazine Anthology Award and have several times been Notable in Best American Essays. A collection of her essays is forthcoming from Iris Books. Her newest book, a novel called Wanting Radiance, will be released in April 2020 from University Press of Kentucky. Karen has an MFA in Fiction Writing from the University of Virginia, an MA in Creative Writing from Hollins University, and a PhD from the University of Georgia, where she studied American Literature and Fiction Writing. Her work has received numerous awards, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council, and the Kentucky Foundation for Women. She is frequently visiting writer and lecturer at a variety of programs and reading series. Karen is a lover of lakes, animals, sunlight, and her native Appalachian tongue.

At once tragic and hopeful, The Birds of Opulence is a story about another time, rendered for our own. The Goode-Brown family, led by matriarch and pillar of the community Minnie Mae, is plagued by old secrets and embarrassment over mental illness and illegitimacy. Meanwhile, single mother Francine Clark is haunted by her dead, lightning-struck husband and forced to fight against both the moral judgment of the community and her own rebellious daughter, Mona. The residents of Opulence struggle with vexing relationships to the land, to one another, and to their own sexuality. As the members of the youngest generation watch their mothers and grandmothers pass away, they live with the fear of going mad themselves and must fight to survive.Crystal Wilkinson is the award-winning author of The Birds of Opulence (winner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence), Water Street and Blackberries, Blackberries. Nominated for both the Orange Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, she has received recognition from The Kentucky Foundation for Women, The Kentucky Arts Council, The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and is a recipient of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature. She currently teaches at the University of Kentucky where she is Associate Professor of English in the MFA in Creative Writing Program. She had her partner, poet and artist Ron Davis, own Wild Fig Books & Coffee which is located in the North Limestone neighborhood in Lexington.The Brown Lecture Series is supported by the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.Re-opening activities are made possible in part by a generous gift from Sandra R. Berman.Recorded On: Tuesday, February 4, 2020

At once tragic and hopeful, The Birds of Opulence is a story about another time, rendered for our own. The Goode-Brown family, led by matriarch and pillar of the community Minnie Mae, is plagued by old secrets and embarrassment over mental illness and illegitimacy. Meanwhile, single mother Francine Clark is haunted by her dead, lightning-struck husband and forced to fight against both the moral judgment of the community and her own rebellious daughter, Mona. The residents of Opulence struggle with vexing relationships to the land, to one another, and to their own sexuality. As the members of the youngest generation watch their mothers and grandmothers pass away, they live with the fear of going mad themselves and must fight to survive.Crystal Wilkinson is the award-winning author of The Birds of Opulence (winner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence), Water Street and Blackberries, Blackberries. Nominated for both the Orange Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, she has received recognition from The Kentucky Foundation for Women, The Kentucky Arts Council, The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and is a recipient of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature. She currently teaches at the University of Kentucky where she is Associate Professor of English in the MFA in Creative Writing Program. She had her partner, poet and artist Ron Davis, own Wild Fig Books & Coffee which is located in the North Limestone neighborhood in Lexington.The Brown Lecture Series is supported by the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Foundation.Re-opening activities are made possible in part by a generous gift from Sandra R. Berman.

Amanda Johnston earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of two chapbooks, GUAP and Lock & Key, and the full-length collection Another Way to Say Enter (Argus House Press). Her poetry and interviews have appeared in numerous online and print publications, among them, Callaloo, Poetry, Kinfolks Quarterly, Puerto del Sol, Muzzle, Pluck!, No, Dear and the anthologies, Small Batch, Full, di-ver-city, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, and Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism. The recipient of multiple Artist Enrichment grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Christina Sergeyevna Award from the Austin International Poetry Festival, she is a member of the Affrilachian Poets and a Cave Canem graduate fellow. Johnston is a Stonecoast MFA faculty member, a cofounder of Black Poets Speak Out, and founding executive director of Torch Literary Arts. She serves on the Cave Canem Foundation board of directors and currently lives in Texas. Web: amandajohnston.com / Twitter: amejohnston / Instagram: poetamandajohnston

On this episode of AGP, I welcome comic creators Annie Erskine and Clint Waters to the show. Annie Erskine is the founder and Lead Artist for Ionic Comics. She is currently working as a freelance illustrator/graphic designer for Cartoon Network and a contributing comic artist for CollegeHumor. The Kentucky Foundation for Women recently named Annie the recipient of their 2016 Firestarter Award. She frequents the comic convention circuit and loves to draw strong female characters with awesome personalities. Clint Waters is the newest member of the Ionic Comics crew. Clint is a writer whose job it is to take Annieâ??s vague notes and turn them into something legible and readable for audiences to enjoy. Clint graduated with a Bachelorâ??s degree in Creative Writing from Western Kentucky University, but has been scribbling things down since he can remember. So please join us to learn more about these two amazing creators.

Bree is a poet, memoirist, visual artist and upstart living in the farmland of Pleasureville, KY, by way of Cleveland, OH. Her Green Panda Press has put out hand-made anthologies, chapbooks and ephemera since 2001. In 2015 she began Least Bittern Books which turns out paperbacks by poets with strong, singular voices, such as Charles Potts, John Swain and Victor Clevenger. Bree received a 2016 Artist Enrichment Grant for from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Her latest poetry collection “I Am Also Invasive” is by Birds and Bones Press. Her work has also been published by Ecstatic Peace, Night Ballet, Temple Books and Crisis Chronicles. Follow Bree at http://www.theartistbree.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/poetBreeart/

Activist and writer (and self-described "quirky older woman") Judi Jennings is our guest this week. She's the former Executive Director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women, and she's now figuring out what retirement looks like for her.

December 2016 In the Crib "The Chosen Ones" by Ashley PartinA tender monologue through the eyes of an orange at market day in the Trastevere Area in Rome, ItalyHosted By Trish AyersBio: Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and Berea Arena Theater. Her plays have been published in the anthology “Scenes From the Common Wealth: Short Plays and Monologues by Kentucky Women” and the online journal, “Wordgathering.” Ayers has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants, placed four time in the Appalachian Writers Association Josefina Niggli Playwriting contest, Best Play of “Ten Minute Madness VII” at North Park Vaudeville Theatre, and is the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from the KFW. She is a member of Dramatists Guild, participant in 365 Women in a Year* and is the founder and director of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar**.

December 2016 In the Crib "The Chosen Ones" by Ashley PartinA tender monologue through the eyes of an orange at market day in the Trastevere Area in Rome, ItalyHosted By Trish AyersBio: Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and Berea Arena Theater. Her plays have been published in the anthology “Scenes From the Common Wealth: Short Plays and Monologues by Kentucky Women” and the online journal, “Wordgathering.” Ayers has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants, placed four time in the Appalachian Writers Association Josefina Niggli Playwriting contest, Best Play of “Ten Minute Madness VII” at North Park Vaudeville Theatre, and is the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from the KFW. She is a member of Dramatists Guild, participant in 365 Women in a Year* and is the founder and director of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar**.

Call or Skype in to receive a L*I*V*E Reading during the show. Join the conversation with this month's (r)Evolutionary guest, author, speaker, traveller, translator, workshop leader, NORMANDI ELLIS. As we enter into the dark time of the year, Normandi joins us to talk about Ancient Egyptian concepts of the dead and the after life, including two ways of accessing the spirit world via the dualities of the Akhet and Duat. So join us as we travel down the Nile on a voyage into the mysteries of Ancient Egypt and the Shadow Realms. As an author, playwright, poet and translator, Normandi Ellis is perhaps most well-known for her translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Awakening Osiris. Among her other works are: Feasts of Light and Dreams of Isis, Voice Forms (poetry) and Sorrowful Mysteries and Other Stories(fiction). She is a past winner of the Bumbershoot Award for Literature and grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Normandi's newest books on Egypt are Imagining the World into Existence, which Jean Houston called a masterpiece work, and Invoking the Scribes. She just received news that her poetry chapbook, Words on Water, poems written and inspired by the Hierogamos of Hathor and Horus will be published by Finishing Line Press next year. Normandi runs Penhouse retreat center in Kentucky and teaches metaphysics classes at the Spiritualist affiliated Camp Chesterfield in Indiana. Aside from writing she is a trance medium and will be leading a trip to Egypt again in November 2014 with Nicki Scully. For more information visit her website www.normandiellis.com

It's Mother's Day, and we're celebrating by talking with Bunmi Laditan, mother of three, and creator of the @HonestToddler twitter account. Laditan has a new book out called Toddlers are A-Holes: It's Not Your Fault. "It's for the parent of the toddler who, their kid is waking up at 3am and wandering the halls like Phantom of the Opera," she says. "The parent who needs to laugh so they don't cry." We also check in this week with Sharon LaRue, executive director of Kentucky Foundation for Women. They're celebrating 30 years of promoting positive social change by supporting feminist art. Over the past three decades, they've awarded $9 million in 1,800 grants to women artists. In our Juicy Fruit segment this week, we talk about the media's use of soft language, like "officer-involved shooting," and how it affects public perception. We also briefly comment on the Bruce Jenner interview, and respond to the lawsuit that was filed against us (and all gay people), by one Sylvia Driskell of Nebraska.