Graywolf Press is a leading independent publisher of contemporary American and international literature. In this episode we talk with Executive Editor Jeff Shotts to learn how they discover and work with leading writers such as Eula Biss and Claudia Rankine. We also learn how their non-profit status allows them freedom to work at the leading edge of the art and what he means when he suggests writers "Sound Like Yourself".
Podcast Notes:
Partnership with Favorite Poem Project:
Favorite Poem Project: http://www.favoritepoem.org/
Robert Pinsky: http://robertpinskypoet.com/
AWP 2015 Conference: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/
Hayan Charara, Honors Faculty, University of Houston: http://www.uh.edu/honors/about/faculty-staff/hayan-charara.php
Out, Out- by Robert Frost: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/238122
Robert Frost: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost
Interview with Jeff Shotts, Graywolf Press:
Graywolf Press: https://www.graywolfpress.org/
Eula Biss: http://www.eulabiss.net/
Leslie Jamison: http://www.lesliejamison.com/
Claudia Rankine: http://claudiarankine.com/
On Immunity, Eula Biss: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/immunity
Notes from No Man's Land: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/notes-no-mans-land
Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen
Don't Let me be Lonely, Claudia Rankine: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/dont-let-me-be-lonely
If the Tabloids are True, What are You?, Matthea Harvey : https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/if-tabloids-are-true-what-are-you
Pray Song for a Day, Elizabeth Alexander: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182812
Emily Dickinson: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/emily-dickinson
Langston Hughes: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/langston-hughes
William Blake: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/william-blake
Gerard Manley Hopkins: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/gerard-manley-hopkins
Segment Break, 3-Sentence Review:
3-Sentence Reviews: http://tatestreet.org/category/reviews/three-sentence-reviews/
Sun Bear 3-Sentence Review: http://tatestreet.org/2014/11/25/what-can-poetry-do-sun-bear-by-matthew-zapruder/
Matthew Zapruder: https://matthewzapruder.wordpress.com/
Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com
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Managing Editor, Crystal Simone Smith has “a small press with a big vision.” Smith describes her transition from graphic designer to press editor and the importance of publishers who support ethnic minority writers.
Podcast Notes:
Crystal Simone Smith was raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland and educated in North Carolina at Bennett College, UNC-Greensboro, and Queens University of Charlotte. She is Managing Editor for Backbone Press and currently lives in Durham, NC, where she teaches Composition and Creative Writing. http://crystalsimonesmith.com
Backbone Press
Backbone Press Annual Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize
Journals Mentioned
Terms
Books Mentioned
Queens University Masters in the Fine Arts (Charlotte, NC)
Upcoming Poetry Readings with Crystal Simone Smith
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Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
Music provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander http://www.campusfive.com
Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatestreetorg
Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatestreetorg
Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org