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Erin de Jauregui is an MFA Candidate in Photography who focuses his work on time, place, and storytelling. His work takes the viewer on a journey to see the world through an unimaginable perspective. He will be showing photographs that challenge perceptions and tell innovative stories.Follow Erin's work:dejauregui.comInstagram: dejauregui

As the pod team settles into the fall semester, we're excited to celebrate the recent accomplishment of one of our past guests. Simon Graham was awarded an AWP Intro Journals Prize for their story “Blair,” forthcoming in Puerto del Sol. Enjoy our conversation with Simon from Season 3. How do you write about the climate crisis without becoming didactic? On this episode, Simon Graham describes their approach to activist writing, guided by their experience growing up on the beaches of Australia and working in environmental policy. Plus, they talk about queering the crime fiction genre, the financial realities for international students living in Seattle, and remembering who you're writing to, for, and with. Simon Graham is an Australian writer, educator, and climate change worker living in Seattle. They are an MFA Candidate in Prose Writing at the University of Washington, where they won the Eugene Van Buren Prize in Fiction and teach a class on activist writing. Simon is also a 2023 Climate Corps Fellow with the Environmental Defense Fund, and prior to moving to the US they worked on climate policy in Australia and lectured on climate change at Monash University. They are currently working on a queer crime novel set in the shadowy world of Australian climate politics. This episode was requested by Sarah Blood and Rorie Newman. Thank you both for listening! MFA Writers is hosted by Jared McCormack and produced by Jared McCormack and Hanamori Skoblow. New episodes are released every two weeks. You can find more MFA Writers at MFAwriters.com. BE PART OF THE SHOW — Donate to the show at Buy Me a Coffee. — Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. — Submit an episode request. If there's a program you'd like to learn more about, contact us and we'll do our very best to find a guest who can speak to their experience. — Apply to be a guest on the show by filling out our application. STAY CONNECTED Twitter: @MFAwriterspod Instagram: @MFAwriterspodcast Facebook: MFA Writers Email: mfawriterspodcast@gmail.com

How do you write about the climate crisis without becoming didactic? On this episode, Simon Graham describes their approach to activist writing, guided by their experiences growing up on the beaches of Australia and working in environmental policy. Plus, they talk about queering the crime fiction genre, the financial realities for international students living in Seattle, and remembering who you're writing to, for, and with. Simon Graham is an Australian writer, educator, and climate change worker living in Seattle. They are an MFA Candidate in Prose Writing at the University of Washington, where they won the Eugene Van Buren Prize in Fiction and teach a class on activist writing. Simon is also a 2023 Climate Corps Fellow with the Environmental Defense Fund, and prior to moving to the US they worked on climate policy in Australia and lectured on climate change at Monash University. They are currently working on a queer crime novel set in the shadowy world of Australian climate politics. Samples of their writing can be found at simongraham.me. This episode was requested by Sarah Blood and Rorie Newman. Thank you both for listening! MFA Writers is hosted by Jared McCormack and produced by Jared McCormack and Hanamori Skoblow. New episodes are released every two weeks. You can find more MFA Writers at MFAwriters.com. BE PART OF THE SHOW — Donate to the show at Buy Me a Coffee. — Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. — Submit an episode request. If there's a program you'd like to learn more about, contact us and we'll do our very best to find a guest who can speak to their experience. — Apply to be a guest on the show by filling out our application. STAY CONNECTED Twitter: @MFAwriterspod Instagram: @MFAwriterspodcast Facebook: MFA Writers Email: mfawriterspodcast@gmail.com

It's increasingly common for writers to get accepted in their second (or third) attempts at MFA applications. In this episode, Sean Dolan shares what he did differently his second time around that strengthened his application and landed him a spot in a fully-funded, genre-flexible program. Plus, he and Jared talk about how they return to the page even when it's hard, the blurred line between autofiction and fiction, and, in Sean's words, “the ephemeral experience of a short story.” Sean Dolan is a fiction writer from Missouri. His work has appeared in Hobart, 805 Lit + Art, The Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. He is currently an MFA Candidate at Western Washington University where he is at work on his thesis -- a collection of short stories. He recently attended the Tin House Summer Workshop and will begin his position as Managing Editor of The Bellingham Review in the fall. You can find him on Twitter @SyannDoelann. MFA Writers is hosted by Jared McCormack and produced by Jared McCormack and Hanamori Skoblow. New episodes are released every two weeks. You can find more MFA Writers at MFAwriters.com. BE PART OF THE SHOW — Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. — Submit an episode request. If there's a program you'd like to learn more about, contact us and we'll do our very best to find a guest who can speak to their experience. — Apply to be a guest on the show by filling out our application. STAY CONNECTED Twitter: @MFAwriterspod Instagram: @MFAwriterspodcast Facebook: MFA Writers Email: mfawriterspodcast@gmail.com

This podcast was recorded on the show floor of USITT22 at Studio USITT in partnership with AKG by Harman.On this week's episode, we sat down with 2022 YDMT winner of the KM Fabrics Technical production Award, Cam Camden.At the time of recording, Cam was a fourth-year MFA Candidate in the Technical Design & Production Program at the newly renamed David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Cam graduated this past spring.Cam is originally from Michigan and holds a BA in Theatre Arts with a focus in Technical Direction from the University of Miami. While there, Cam worked at several summer stock companies including the Ohio Light Opera and Potsdam Music Theatre. After graduating, he moved to New York to spend a year working as the Technical Direction Apprentice at The Juilliard School. Afterwards, Cam moved back to his hometown to work as an Associate TD at the performing arts conservatory within Detroit Country Day School. Through that job, he solidified his passion for education which led him to pursue his Master's Degree. Cam is the co-chair of the School of Drama Student Government where he hopes to help represent and advocate for the study body as a whole. Outside of school and theatre, Cam enjoys cooking, tending to his many houseplants, hanging out with his cat, Mac, and being a proud member of the trans community.TECHnically Speaking is a public service of USITT, which seeks to have a broad conversation on topics of interest to its members, but it is neither a legal interpretation nor a statement of Institute policy. The views expressed on this podcast by guests are their own and their appearance herein does not imply an endorsement of them or of any entity they may represent. Reference to any specific product or idea does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation. Views, opinions, recommendations or use cases expressed on this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of USITT, its Board members or employees.

Most of us would love to have a perfect memory, but we often fall far short of this aspiration. Who hasn't forgotten someone's name right after being introduced, or failed to remember where you left your car in the parking lot? Our memories are rarely as reliable as we'd like them to be. And more so, our memories – even some of our most formative ones – can alter over time. Like a game of telephone, each time we return to a memory it can change ever so slightly until the story in our mind — while it may reflect a personal truth — is suddenly far from the facts of the lived reality. Memory is ephemeral, ever-shifting, and foundational to the ways we understand our worlds and ourselves. In this episode, we explore the phenomena of memory with two outstanding guests -- Emilly Prado and an Anonymous Contributor -- discussing and exploring the influence of patriarchy along the way. Emilly Giselle Prado (she/her) is a writer, DJ, and educator living in Portland, Oregon with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area and Michoacán, Mexico. As an award-winning multimedia journalist, Emilly spent half a decade independently reporting on a wide range of topics, most often centered on amplifying the voices and experiences of people from historically marginalized communities. Her writing and photographs have been published widely, appearing in more than 30 publications including NPR, Marie Claire, Bitch Media, Eater, Oxygen, The Oregonian, Remezcla, and Travel Oregon. Emilly is the author of Funeral for Flaca, a memoir-in-essays shortlisted for the Pacific Northwest Book Award and called, “Utterly vulnerable, bold, and unique,” by Ms. Magazine. She is also the author of Examining Assimilation, a youth non-fiction title at the intersections of identity and U.S. history. Emilly is a Tin House and Las Dos Brujas Workshop alumna, Blackburn Fellow and MFA Candidate at Randolph College, and a co-founder of Portland in Color. She moonlights as DJ Mami Miami with Noche Libre, the Latinx DJ collective she co-founded in 2017.

Caroline is a children's book author whose debut book, Gitty and Kvetch, came out this past September through Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. She has a number of picture books coming out over the next few years, and is excited to share more soon! Caroline is currently an MFA Candidate in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband, three kiddos and 120-lb dog. In this episode, we'll chat about: -How authors get inspired -Important skills to develop as a young writer -Favourite takeaways from Caroline's IG series Craft Talk she did with other amazing children's authors -How she looks for what she refers to as a "one magical moment" -Tips for educators in encouraging young writers   Connect with Caroline www.carolinekusinpritchard.com Instagram @carolinepritchardwrites Twitter @CarolinePritch Facebook: Caroline Kusin Pritchard   Books Mentioned in the Episode: Gitty and Kvetch by Caroline Kusin Pritchard Amazon Canada affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3xsbH8A Amazon US affiliate link:  https://amzn.to/3NVeGx3 When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke Amazon Canada affiliate link:https://amzn.to/3b4Qfin Amazon US affiliate link:  https://amzn.to/3MWJLzl

Emilly Giselle Prado is a writer, DJ, and educator living in Portland, Oregon with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area and Michoacán, Mexico. As an award-winning multimedia journalist, Emilly spent half a decade independently reporting on a wide range of topics, most often centered on amplifying the voices and experiences of people from historically marginalized communities. Her writing and photographs have appeared or are forthcoming in more than 30 publications including NPR, Marie Claire, Bitch Media, Eater, Electric Literature, The Oregonian, and Remezcla. Emilly is the author of Funeral for Flaca (Future Tense Books, 2021), a memoir-in-essays called, “Utterly vulnerable, bold, and unique,” by Ms. Magazine, and Examining Assimilation (Enslow, 2019), a youth non-fiction title at the intersections of identity and society. She is a Tin House and Las Dos Brujas Workshop alumna, Blackburn Fellow and MFA Candidate at Randolph College and a co-founder of Portland in Color. She also moonlights as DJ Mami Miami with Noche Libre, the Latinx DJ collective she co-founded in 2017.

Today we're continuing our 2021 YDMT Award winner podcast series with technical director Francesca DeCicco Winner of the 2021 Bernhard R. Works, Frederick A. Buerki Scenic Technology Award. Francesca has just completed her third-year as an MFA Candidate in the Technical Design & Production Department at the Yale School of Drama.To keep up with Francesca and her work, visit her website at www.francescadecicco.com.TECHnically Speaking is a public service of USITT, which seeks to have a broad conversation on topics of interest to its members, but it is neither a legal interpretation nor a statement of Institute policy. The views expressed on this podcast by guests are their own and their appearance herein does not imply an endorsement of them or of any entity they may represent. Reference to any specific product or idea does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation. Views, opinions, recommendations or use cases expressed on this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of USITT, its Board members or employees

Host David McKibbin is sitting down with Tara Moses. Hailing from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Tara has been making waves as a playwright and director, with her works being staged at Native Voices at the Autry, Arena Stage, American Indian Community House, and the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program. Some of plays include Sections, He'eo'o, Arbeka, and Patchwork. Tara is the producing artistic director of telatúlsa, co-artistic director in residence at Red Eagle Soaring, and a co-founder of Groundwater Arts. She is also an MFA Candidate in Directing at Brown University, where her works have been integrated into the school's theatre curriculum. Her plays can be read on the New Play Exchange.

In this week’s episode, we dive into the groovy life of Porsha Olayiwola. Her work talks about her experience as a queer woman of color. This episode includes a reading of her poem, “Twerk Villanelle” (featured in Get Lit Anthology).“Black, futurist, poet, dyke, hip-hop feminist, womanist: Porsha is a native of Chicago who now resides in Boston. Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and the artistic director at MassLEAP, a literary youth organization. Olayiwola is an MFA Candidate at Emerson College. Porsha Olayiwola is the author of i shimmer sometimes, too forthcoming with Button Poetry and is the current poet laureate for the city of Boston.” (http://www.porshaolayiwola.com/bio)my girl positioned for a twerk session — knees bent, hands below the thigh, tongue out, headturned to look at her body’s precession.she in tune. breath in. breasts hang. hips freshen. she slow-wine. pulse waistline to a beat bledfor her, un-guilt the knees for the session.fair form of vertebrae- backbone blessing, her pop-in innate. her pop-out self-bred,head locked into her holied procession.dance is proof she loves herself, no questions — no music required, no crowd needed.she arched into a gateway, protecting —this dance is proof she loves me, no guessing. a bronx bedroom, we hip-to-hip threaded.she turn to me, tranced by her possessing.she coils herself to, calls forth a legend — round bodied booty, bounce a praise ballad.she break hold, turn whole in a twerk session.body charmed, spell-bent, toward procession.Support the show (https://getlit.org/donate/)

An edited archived video of Art Brunch S1E2 with visual artist Ben Bradshaw. Art Brunch streams live Sundays from 10-1ct on twitch Follow us on Twitch to never miss live art content ► www.twitch.tv/thetravelagency youtube ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWOxys3isKU » See pretty pictures on ig: instagram.com/thetravelagency » Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjR8... About The Travel Agency: The Travel Agency is a digitally native platform that hosts contemporary art making, produces art-centered entertainment, and will be providing digital residencies for emerging artists. The goal of Art Brunch is to broaden public interest and support for the arts, provide digital tools and expertise to emerging artists, and present contemporary art in a casual and accessible manner. Ben's Bio: Ben Bradshaw is an MFA Candidate with a focus in Textiles at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. He has a BFA degree (2014) in sculpture from Kansas City Art Institute. His studio is located in downtown St. Louis, MO. Bradshaw is an emerging visionary artist working in a variety of mediums with intuitive drawing as the common denominator. His landscapes are topographies of shared psychic space - documentation of collective unconscious divined by the human hand. Through self-directed study of a variety of crafts and techniques, he has found ways to draw with materials well beyond paper and pen. Plasma cut steel nets, ceramic dream creatures and animated cosmic serpents are the products of Bradshaw’s multimedia practice. Seen all together, his world comes into view as dreamtime becomes reality via the long song of design #contemporaryart #artnow #liveart

On this episode of the MFA Chronicles Podcast we talk with fellow first year graduate candidate Matthew Bacher. Matthew and I started off the conversation reflecting on the pandemic and Black Lives Matter and how we have been affected by them. Matthew then tells me about some of his plans for teaching drawing in the Fall 2020 semester. I ask Matthew about his experience as a graduate student so far, what are some of the positives and some of the negatives of the experience. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. If you would like to learn more about Matthew please visit his website and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthew_bacher http://www.mbacherart.com/ Ways to Donate in Support of Black Lives and Communities of Color --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this podcast we talk with Zac Keane. Zac is another cohort of mine at San Diego State University. We talk about the Black Lives Matter protests, the pandemic, and how they have been affecting us. Zac tells us about his experience at San Diego State University as a graduate student, why he chose to attend, what he likes about it, and what he struggles with. Zac also tells about his art, some of his influences, and moments that have informed him to become the artist he is. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. If you would like to learn more about Zac please visit his website and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cpthardderps/ https://619thelineman.wixsite.com/woodworking Ways to Donate in Support of Black Lives and Communities of Color --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode of the MFA Chronicles podcast we talk with Juan Cabrera. Juan is another MFA Candidate at San Diego State University finishing his third and final year as a graduate. Juan tells us how he has been affected by the Covid-19 shut down and SDSU campus closing because of it. We also learn about his work where it comes from and his original inspiration for it. Juan recently gave his thesis defense and tells us about the experience. I also asked Juan about his relationship with drawing and he gave us in-depth and thoughtful insights about the importance of drawing as an artist. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. If you would like to learn more about Juan please visit his website: https://juanmiguelcabrera.com/ The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and more. https://www.mfachronicles.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this MFA Chronicles Podcast we talk to Meredith Habermann. Meredith and I talked about all sorts of things relating to art. First we got into how she has been reacting and responding to getting kicked off campus because of Covid-19 and also how this situation has affected her art and her in general. We talked about how she defines herself as an artist, why she decided to attend graduate school and what that experience has been like for her. Meredith is also the first guest I asked about her ideas around art in education something I hope will continued to be explored on the podcast. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. If you would like to learn more about Meredith please visit her website and Instagram: https://www.meredithhabermann.com/ https://www.instagram.com/meredith_habermann_ceramics/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this episode of the MFA Chronicles podcast we talk to Kline Swonger. We talked about how she has been reacting to Covid-19, how it's been influencing her current and future work, and how she has personally dealt with the pandemic. We also talked about how she sees herself as an artist, what concepts she is working with and some of her influences. Kline also tells us about her experience as a graduate student, why she applied and what she has gotten out of it so far. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. If you would like to learn more about Kline Swonger please visit her website and Instagram: https://www.klineswonger.com/ https://www.instagram.com/klineswonger/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

"Hard work conquers all" - Tim Demuth On this MFA Chronicles Podcast we talk to Tim Demuth. It wouldn't be a proper conversation with Tim unless we talked about the Seattle Seahawks. After we got caught up we dove into thoughts around Covid 19 and how he has been processing this time in our society. We then get into his career as a graduate student, why he decided to become one and his experience at SDSU. We also talk about what concepts he is works with, what inspires him, why art is important and what his future plans are. If you would like to learn more about Tim Demuth please visit his website: https://www.timdemuth.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is our first official episode of the MFA Chronicles Podcast. We have our very special guest Linson Huang. Linson is an MFA Candidate at San Diego State University. His focus of study is interior architecture. We talked about adjusting to life as a student during the Covid-19 quarantine, how he defines himself as an artist/designer/architect, and the importance of being a good teacher. We also talked about what he likes about SDSU as a graduate student and compared it to his career as an undergrad, as well as why he chose interior architecture as a major, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. If you would like to learn more about Linson Huang please visit his website and Instagram. https://www.linsonhuang.com/ https://www.instagram.com/linson.huang/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Porsha Olayiwola is from the future! Black, poet, queer-dyke, hip-hop feminist, womanist: Porsha is a native of Chicago who now resides in Boston. Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and the artistic director at MassLEAP, a literary youth organization. Olayiwola is an MFA Candidate at Emerson College and is the current poet laureate for the city of Boston. Her debut poetry collection soars with the power and presence of live performance. These poems dip their hands deep into the fabric of black womanhood, pulling out all of its threads. This book establishes Porsha O firmly in the lineage of black queer poetics, pulling equally from Audre Lorde and Danez Smith. This is a book of gentle breaking and inventive reconstruction. This is a book of self-care, and community-care--the pursuit of building a world that will keep you alive.

Anthony Veasna So reads his story from the February 10, 2020, issue of the magazine. So is an MFA Candidate in Fiction at Syracuse University. His writing has appeared in n+1, Granta, and ZYZZYVA. This is his first piece of fiction in the magazine. 

Reema - Artist & Transmedia Storyteller www.reema.rocks Reema is an Artist and current MFA Candidate at the University of Houston in Interdisciplinary Practice and Emerging Forms focusing on Transmedia Storytelling. Joe and Kevin sat down with Reema to discuss her path to becoming a storyteller, how her transmedia approach shows up in her current project “Allyson Darke”, and her advice to budding creatives. Rivers Barden Architects www.riversbarden.com

Steven Willis uses his writing background to creatively articulate the intricacies of African American culture. With art heavily influenced by urban life and religion, Steven mixes elements of hip hop and performance with formal teachings of history and anthropology to help express his eclectic personal narrative. Willis began doing spoken word at the age of 15 as a participant of Louder Than A Bomb and has performed for the likes of Hip Hop artist David Banner and Olympic Track Gold Medalist Sonya Richards Ross. Wills is a contributing writer to the BreakBeat Poets Anthology, NYU’s National Council for Teacher of English Journal, Manhattanville College’s Graffiti Magazine and is a 3 time Individual World Poetry Slam finalist. He is currently an MFA Candidate in Theatre at the University of Iowa. Connect with Steven Website: www.stevenwillispoetry.com Twitter: @stevenawillis Instagram: @stevenantoinewillis Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The Tech

James Charlesworth 3:56James Charlesworth is the recipient of a Martin Dibner Fellowship from the Maine Community Foundation. He attended Penn State University and Emerson College in Boston and his debut novel, The Patricide of George Benjamin Hill (published by Arcade) was released January 15th, 2019. He joins us at AWP to talk about his publishing journey from 2007 to 2019, wherein he learned the art of failure...er, patience. Hannah Meredith 8:59Hannah Meredith teaches Composition and Sophomore Literature at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. From oral performance project, Beer and Bards, Hannah gives an amazing short fiction reading called "Ms. Shuffles" and shares a few of her most embarrassing moments. Shena McAuliffe 22:23Shena McAuliffe is an Assistant Professor of Fiction at Union College in Schenectady, New York. Her essay, Endnotes to a Seizure was chosen by Maggie Nelson as the winner of the 2012 Black Warrior Review Nonfiction Prize and her stories have been twice named as notable in the Best American Short Stories anthologies (2008, 2010), and once in the Best American Nonrequired Reading series (2007). She holds a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Utah.Shena discusses her first novel, The Good Echo from Black Orange Press, which is a historical piece about a dentist and his wife whose son dies after they perform a root canal on him. Daniel Peña 27:13Daniel Peña is a Mexican-American novelist, essayist, and critic frequently published in The Guardian and Ploughshares blogs. He received the Pushcart Prize in 2016 for his short story Safe Home which appeared in the 2017 Pushcart anthology. His debut novel, Bang, was originally published on January 30, 2018 through Arte Público Press, a publisher of contemporary literature by Hispanic authors. Listen to us talk AWP fashion, bodegas, “club” poets, and Fuck la Migra — a printing press in Mexico City that created the F***ing Shakespeare t-shirts for Bloomsday. Daniela Petrova — 42:17Daniela Petrova’s stories, poems and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Salon, and Marie Claire, among others. She holds a BA in Philosophy from Columbia University, an MA in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University, and is a recipient of an Artist Fellowship in Writing from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.Her first novel titled, Her Daughter’s Mother, is a domestic suspense thriller about a woman who encounters and befriends her egg donor on a subway. The woman disappears a week later. Her Daughter’s Mother is forthcoming from Putnam in June 2019. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @danielagpetrova.Tori Cardenas — 49:07Tori Cardenas is an MFA Candidate in Fiction at the University of New Mexico. She received her dual Bachelor's of Arts in History and English-Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico in 2014. Her poetry has appeared in Conceptions Southwest, Cloudthroat Journal, Lavender Review, and the Taos Journal of Poetry and Art. Listen as we discuss classroom politics versus the real world. You can find her on Twitter @monsoonpoet and online at www.cardenaspoetry.com. Ben Ristow — 57:14Ben Ristow is a fiction writer and academic scholar who teaches at Hobart and William Smith College. He joins us to talk about Craft Consciousness and Artistic Practice in Creative Writing, which will be published as part of the series, Participating in the Research in Creative Writing by Bloomsbury (forthcoming in 2020). In this book, Ben will examine how to conceptualize craft which includes international perspectives. We have the pleasure of discussing how he connected with Bloomsbury, what he does on the side, and what is exciting at AWP. M.S. Coe — 1:08:12M.S. Coe is an animal lover and travel agent. She joins us with guest host, Daniel Peña, aka Rodney Danielfield, to discuss her book New Vernonia, which comes out in November 2019 from Clash Books. Set in Delaware and Florida, Coe follows a group of teenage boys who are “losers,” and whose anger and frustration bleeds into their friendships.

A very honest conversation with David Janssen Jr., MFA Candidate at The University of Idaho. We unpack the privilege of being an educator, millennial haters & the urgent need to avoid becoming lazy by staying passionate about all aspects of being an academic. As a current graduate student, David offers a uniquely fresh perspective about classroom dynamics, with a focus on self reflection and empathy.

MFA Candidate and writer of YA Speculative Fiction Meg Gaertner speaks with me about how to manage the querying process and how we as writers can keep our heads above the water when waves of rejection notices come crashing down.

Welcome to Episode 10 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, we talk about language, whiteness, community, and much much more. This is part two of our conversation with genius poet, educator, organizer Mahogany L. Browne. If you missed part one, you should go back and catch up. As always, you can reach us at emailthepoetrygods@gmail.com. MAHOGANY L. BROWNE BIO: The Cave Canem and Poets House alumnae is the author of several books including Dear Twitter: Love Letters Hashed Out On-line, recommended by Small Press Distribution & About.com Best Poetry Books of 2010. She has released five LPs including the live album Sheroshima. As co-founder of the Off Broadway poetry production, Jam On It, and co-producer of NYC's 1st Performance Poetry Festival: SoundBites Poetry Festival, Mahogany bridges the gap between lyrical poets and literary emcee. Browne has toured Germany, Amsterdam, England, Canada and recently Australia as 1/3 of the cultural arts exchange project Global Poetics. Her journalism work has been published in magazines Uptown, KING, XXL, The Source, Canada's The Word and UK's MOBO. Her poetry has been published in literary journals Pluck, Manhattanville Review, Muzzle, Union Station Mag, Literary Bohemian, Bestiary, Joint & The Feminist Wire. She is anticipating the release of several poetry collections in 2015: Smudge (Button Poetry), Redbone (Willow Books) & the anthology The Break Beat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (Haymarket). She is an Urban Word NYC mentor, as seen on HBO's Brave New Voices and facilitates performance poetry and writing workshops throughout the country. Brown is also the publisher of Penmanship Books, the Nuyorican Poets Café Poetry Program Director and Friday Night Slam curator and currently an MFA Candidate for Writing & Activism at Pratt Institute. Follow Mahogany L. Browne on twitter & instagram: @mobrowne Follow The Poetry Gods on all social media: @jayohessee, @azizabarnes, @iamjonsands, @thepoetrygods & CHECK OUR WEBSITE: thepoetrygods.com/ (much thanks to José Ortiz for designing the website! shouts to Jess X Chen for making our logo)

Welcome to Episode 9 of The Poetry Gods! On this episode of The Poetry Gods, José apologizes to Nas, & we talk extensively about community and creating space with genius poet & organizer Mahogany L. Browne. This is Part 1 of our conversation with Mahogany. We couldn't stop after just an hour, so look out for Part 2 dropping on July 5th. Shout out to the sponsors: Drake! Thank you for the OVO chains. Shouts to SquareSpace-- y'all are not an official sponsor yet, but we're trying to make it happen. Holler at us. As always, you can reach us at emailthepoetrygods@gmail.com. MAHOGANY L. BROWNE BIO: The Cave Canem and Poets House alumnae is the author of several books including Dear Twitter: Love Letters Hashed Out On-line, recommended by Small Press Distribution & About.com Best Poetry Books of 2010. She has released five LPs including the live album Sheroshima. As co-founder of the Off Broadway poetry production, Jam On It, and co-producer of NYC's 1st Performance Poetry Festival: SoundBites Poetry Festival, Mahogany bridges the gap between lyrical poets and literary emcee. Browne has toured Germany, Amsterdam, England, Canada and recently Australia as 1/3 of the cultural arts exchange project Global Poetics. Her journalism work has been published in magazines Uptown, KING, XXL, The Source, Canada's The Word and UK's MOBO. Her poetry has been published in literary journals Pluck, Manhattanville Review, Muzzle, Union Station Mag, Literary Bohemian, Bestiary, Joint & The Feminist Wire. She is anticipating the release of several poetry collections in 2015: Smudge (Button Poetry), Redbone (Willow Books) & the anthology The Break Beat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (Haymarket). She is an Urban Word NYC mentor, as seen on HBO's Brave New Voices and facilitates performance poetry and writing workshops throughout the country. Brown is also the publisher of Penmanship Books, the Nuyorican Poets Café Poetry Program Director and Friday Night Slam curator and currently an MFA Candidate for Writing & Activism at Pratt Institute. Follow Mahogany L. Browne on twitter & instagram: @mobrowne Follow The Poetry Gods on all social media: @jayohessee, @azizabarnes, @iamjonsands, @thepoetrygods & CHECK OUR WEBSITE: thepoetrygods.com/ (much thanks to José Ortiz for designing the website! shouts to Jess X Chen for making our logo)

LIT LIT LIT LIT Publication Studio: 222 E Georgia St. Vancouver BC - ALEX BOVRIL is a writer and visual artist. Recently, he has been pouring colours of concrete and writing fiction. He is currently an MFA Candidate in Creative Writing at New York University. DONATO MANCINI makes visual and procedural poetry, bookworks, and visual art. His books and chapbooks include: Snowline (2015), Buffet World (2011) Fact ‘N’ Value (2011), Hell Passport no.22 (2008), Æthel (2007), 58 Free Coffees (2006) and Ligatures (2005). Mancini’s published critical writing includes work on the archive, time and memory in Anamnesia: Unforgetting (2011), and a discourse analysis of poetry reviews in You Must Work Harder to Write Poetry of Excellence (2012). His most recent full length book, Loitersack (2014), is a labyrinthine commonplace book where critical, theoretical and para-literary tendencies intersect in the forms of poetry, poetics, theory, theory theatre, laugh particles and many many questions. KATE MOSS is an Australian artist who works with drawing, writing, painting, sculpture, sound and performance. Her works explore the possibilities of conversation through the vernacular of landscape, rhythm and material experimentation. MAIA NICHOLS (b. Berkeley, California) is an artist and writer. She holds a BA in Psychology and a BFA from the University of British Columbia. She is a Masters Candidate in the Department of Critical Studies at California Institute of the Arts. Her work is currently on view at Fundación Botín’s Villa Iris in Spain.

LIT LIT LIT LIT Publication Studio: 222 E Georgia St. Vancouver BC - ALEX BOVRIL is a writer and visual artist. Recently, he has been pouring colours of concrete and writing fiction. He is currently an MFA Candidate in Creative Writing at New York University. DONATO MANCINI makes visual and procedural poetry, bookworks, and visual art. His books and chapbooks include: Snowline (2015), Buffet World (2011) Fact ‘N’ Value (2011), Hell Passport no.22 (2008), Æthel (2007), 58 Free Coffees (2006) and Ligatures (2005). Mancini’s published critical writing includes work on the archive, time and memory in Anamnesia: Unforgetting (2011), and a discourse analysis of poetry reviews in You Must Work Harder to Write Poetry of Excellence (2012). His most recent full length book, Loitersack (2014), is a labyrinthine commonplace book where critical, theoretical and para-literary tendencies intersect in the forms of poetry, poetics, theory, theory theatre, laugh particles and many many questions. KATE MOSS is an Australian artist who works with drawing, writing, painting, sculpture, sound and performance. Her works explore the possibilities of conversation through the vernacular of landscape, rhythm and material experimentation. MAIA NICHOLS (b. Berkeley, California) is an artist and writer. She holds a BA in Psychology and a BFA from the University of British Columbia. She is a Masters Candidate in the Department of Critical Studies at California Institute of the Arts. Her work is currently on view at Fundación Botín’s Villa Iris in Spain