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In the Margins

Get inspired! Produced by tatestreeet.org, “In the Margins” is a biweekly dialogue with Abigail Browning and special guests about the creative process of writing, publishing, and the inside knowledge of the literary world.  Listeners of all skills, backgrounds, and interests are invited to share in the conversation with editors, writers, and creative minds.   Tate Street is an organization that follows and decodes writing trends in the literary industry. Visit us online at tatestreeet.org for interviews, writing and publishing advice, news content, and book reviews.
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Aug 4, 2015

In this episode we speak with Jeffrey Lependorf, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses' Executive Director. A service organization to independent literary publishers of exceptional fiction, poetry and prose, CMLP provides guidance on the backstage work of American literature. Join us as we learn about the organization, trends in the industry, guidance on submitting your writing and more.

 

Podcast Notes:

CLMP (Community of Literary Magazines and Presses has been in existence since 1967: https://www.clmp.org/index.html)

CLMP has over 500 members, up from 230 when Lependorf joined.

 

Mentioned organizations, presses, authors and works:

 

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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


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Jul 21, 2015

Hi listeners!

We hope you’ve enjoyed the first 6 months of podcasts with us “In the Margins.” We’ve had some inspiring conversations with editors like Jeff Shotts from Graywolf Press, Crystal Simone Smith of Backbone Press, and Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers Magazine. We’ve learned what it takes to get into a prestigious program like NC State’s Masters of Fine Arts in Creative writing from professors in poetry and fiction, Dorianne Laux and John Kessel. We’ve spoken with several poets and writers about their work, including breaking news about Therese Anne Fowler’s bestseller Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and its adaptation into an Amazon TV series.

We’re so glad you’ve listened along with us, and we hope you will continue to share in our conversations as we forward with the show.

In fact, we’d like to bring to you an exciting endeavor that Tate Street has been working on diligently for the past several months. As part of our monthly episodes, we are thrilled to be airing documentaries from our work with the Favorite Poem Project.

For many of you, this might sound familiar. In Episode 6: Tate Street goes to AWP, we unveil the project, and then in Episode 9, we showcase Hayan Charara reading “Out, Out—“ by Robert Frost. These short, comfortable bursts of poetry are complemented by the reader’s personal connection to the poem. Some readers talk about the honesty of fear in parenthood, the watershed moment in which one realized that they could be a poet, the search for love across distance and boundaries of culture or space—these stories all take place in the Favorite Poem Project Documentaries that we will bring to you on “In the Margins.”

Don’t worry, our in-depth interviews will alternate with our FPP segments. Most of all, though, we are happy to be able to share a broad range of voices, experiences, and viewpoints through this partnership. We invite you to gather and share this podcast with your fellow writers, family, and friends.

Finally, Ray, the whole team of “In the Margins,” Tate Street, and I would like to thank you again for this incredible first six months! Keep writing!

 

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Sandra Beasley reading “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv9Jj4HIRh4

Oliver de la Paz reading “Bright Star” by John Keats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k12SencWfXQ

Favorite Poem Project: http://www.favoritepoem.org/

Robert Pinsky’s interview with The Paris Review: http://tatestreet.org/2013/07/28/poetry-sounds-robert-pinsky-the-shirt/

 

Sonnets suggested by “In the Margins” Listeners:

  • Beckie Dashiell: Kim Addonizio's "First Poem for You"

  • Ross White: Donald Justice's "Mrs. Snow”

  • L. Lamar Wilson: “The White House" by Claude McKay"

  • Terry Kennedy: Southern Pastoral" by Natasha Trethewey

  • Crystal Simone Smith: “Persephone, Falling” by Rita Dove

  • Chelsea from Facebook: "Golden Retrievals" by Mark Doty

  • John Mallard: Holy Sonnets 10 and 14 by Donne, “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley

  • Miranda Propst‪: William Shakespeare's “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day‬”

  • Julia Patt, @chidorme on twitter: Gwendolyn Brooks' "the sonnet-ballad”

  • ‪Kristine Lee‪: “God's Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

  • ‪Sarah White‪: Christina Rossetti, "In an Artist's Studio"‬

  • ‪Meghan McGuire:‪ Edna St. Vincent Millay: "Time does not bring relief; you all have lied"

 

Thank you to everyone who participated! For a full list, take a look at the show notes or visit the episode page at tatestreet.org. We hope you will share more of your favorite sonnets with us on twitter and facebook.

Don’t forget, also, to share your “Self-love Sonnets” with us on this episode’s page, or send us an email at writeus@tatestreet.org.

Next episode, we’ll be speaking with Jeffery Lependorf, Executive Director of America’s two national service organizations for independent literary publishing: the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) and Small Press Distribution. We hope you’ll join us. Until then, thanks for listening, and as always, Keep Writing!

Jul 7, 2015

In this episode we speak with Melissa Hassard, partner and Director of Marketing of Sable Books, a publishing, design and consulting company that assists writers with publishing and marketing their work. She established Women Writers of the Triad in 2012, with the goal of building a gathering of women writers who support all writers. Through community programs, readings, and workshops, they offer opportunities for writers at all levels to write, create, express and grow in their craft.

Podcast Notes:

Women Writers of the Triad: wwot.org

  • Audres Lorde's quote: “Your silence will not protect you.”

  • Mission: “to support, encourage, and nurture each other while working to find our voice, and hone our craft.“

UNC Greensboro Communication Studies: admissions.uncg.edu/major-communication-studies.php

Writers Group of the Triad: triadwriters.org

North Carolina Triad: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_Triad

Tate Street Coffee House: www.tatestreetcoffeehouse.com

VIDA: www.vidaweb.org

Commission on the Status of Women: www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=730

Sable Books: sablebooks.org

Inspirational writers:

 

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org

Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com

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Jun 16, 2015

In this episode we speak with Kevin Larimer, Editor in Chief of Poets & Writers. A crucial source of information and guidance for creative writers, Poets & Writers is the nation's largest nonprofit literary organization serving poets, fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers. Join us as we learn about the magazine, the editorial process, trends in the literary industry and more.

 

Podcast Notes:

Poets & Writers, Inc. was founded in 1970.

Mission: "To foster the professional development of poets and writers; to promote communication throughout the literary community; create an environment in which literature can be appreciated by the widest possible public."

Poets & Writers, Inc. website: www.pw.org/

  • Speakeasy forum
  • Directory of writers
  • Events calendar
  • Reading venues

Poets & Writers Magazine: www.pw.org/magazine

  • Circulation of 60,000
  • Readership approximately 100,000 including pass-along

Small presses mentioned:

Writing contest trend:

  • 2004: 471 contests listed in Poets & Writers Magazine
  • 2014: 597 contests listed in Poets & Writers Magazine
  • 2004: $19.28 average entry fee
  • 2014: $23.25 average entry fee
  • No-fee contests: down from 157 to 115

Poets & Writers Live: www.pw.org/live

Ampersand podcast: www.pw.org/ampersand

Poets & Writers Local App: www.pw.org/local

Books, writers organizations mentioned:

 

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org

Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com

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Jun 1, 2015

In this episode we speak with Elizabeth Burke-Dain, Marketing and Media Director for the Poetry Foundation. With a $200M endowment and its prestigious Poetry Magazine dating to 1912, The Poetry Foundation is the largest organization promoting poetry in the United States. Join us as we learn how the Poetry Foundation works to ensure poetry has a "vigorous presence... in our culture".

 

Podcast Notes:

 

The Poetry Foundation: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

Mission: "To bring a more vigorous presence for poetry in our culture"

Poetry Magazine: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/

Ruth Lilly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Lilly

Robert Polito, President: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-polito

Polly Faust, Media Assistant

 

Mentioned Poets:

Robert Frost: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost

Sylvia Plath: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sylvia-plath

Lisel Mueller: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lisel-mueller

Henry James: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/henry-james

John Keats: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/john-keats

James Joyce: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/james-joyce

Harriet Monroe: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/harriet-monroe

Walt Whitman: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/walt-whitman

Ezra Pound: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ezra-pound

T.S. Eliot: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/t-s-eliot

Marianne Moore: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/marianne-moore

H.D.: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/h-d

CAConrad: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/c-a-conrad

Ocean Vuong: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ocean-vuong

 

Poetry Foundation Programs:

Poetry Out Loud: http://www.poetryoutloud.org/

Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/poetryinstitute

 

Media Sponsorships:

PBS News Hour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/

NPR: http://www.npr.org/

The Writer's Almanac: http://writersalmanac.org/

American Life and Poetry: http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/

Poetry Now: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/2015/186494

 

Experimental Music and Sound:

LAMPO: http://www.lampo.org/

Perfumer D.S. & Durga: http://www.dsanddurga.com/

 

Noted Lily Rosenburg Fellows with Political Work:

Wendy Xu: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/wendy-xu

Ocean Vuong: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ocean-vuong

On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeoushttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249156

Danez Smith, Dinosaurs in the Hoodhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249154

Hannah Gamble, I Wanted to Make Myself Like the Ravinehttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249152

Solmaz Sharif, Persian Lettershttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249144

Eric Ekstrand: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/eric-ekstrand

 

Segment Break, 3-Sentence Reviews

3-Sentence Reviews: http://tatestreet.org/category/reviews/three-sentence-reviews/

Winter Stars 3-Sentence Review: http://tatestreet.org/2011/04/13/spring-review-of-winter-stars/

Larry Levis: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/larry-levis

 

 

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org

Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com

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May 18, 2015

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 Landhttps://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

Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org

Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com

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Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org

May 4, 2015

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

  • The Lucille Clifton Annual Poetry Contest, held each spring, honors the prolific work of poet great Lucille Clifton. Widely celebrated for her unpretentious and unapologetic poems, Clifton’s unique free verse was free of punctuation, taut, and always recognizably her. When submitting think: humanness, struggle, adversity, resilience.
  • “Her life, her way of seeing and walking in the world were the backbone of her work. I am her daughter. Her backbone is mine. And yours.” ~Sidney Clifton
  • For further guidelines: http://www.backbonepress.org/contests

 

Journals Mentioned

 

Terms

 

Books Mentioned

 

Queens University Masters in the Fine Arts (Charlotte, NC)

 

Upcoming Poetry Readings with Crystal Simone Smith

  • May 4, 2015:  Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC 

 

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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

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Apr 20, 2015

How does a writer improve? In this episode, two prominent writers and writing professors from North Carolina State University’s graduate program in creative writing share their insight into the creative process. With over 50 years of teaching experience between them, poet Dorianne Laux and fiction writer John Kessel offer advice to all levels of writers, reminding us to always try “once more, with feeling.”

 

Podcast Notes:

 

Writing allows people to open the mind and the heart. Encourages expression of things that are not encouraged in their social groups. Teaches people how to express themselves. We all have some capacity to write and to respond to it. Fans out in their lives beyond just writing. The teacher’s job… knows things that do and don’t work and why. Try to understand what the writer is trying to say and help them say it. Can’t break the rules until you know how to play the game. Help writer make it interesting to the reader (the “heat”).

 

North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

 

California Poets in the Schools Program (K-12): http://www.cpits.org/

 

Pablo Neruda: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/pablo-neruda

 – Letter to Miguel: http://www.amazon.com/Letter-Miguel-Otero-Silva-Caracas/dp/B0006YN9O4

 

Ursula K. Le Guin: http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

 

Herman Melville: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/herman-melville

 

Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning: “Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?“: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173001

 

Sharon Olds: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sharon-olds

 

Karen Joy Fowler: http://karenjoyfowler.com/

 

E. M. Forester: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster

  • Aspects of the Novel: http://www.amazon.com/ASPECTS-THE-NOVEL-E-M-Forster/dp/0156091801

 

 

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org

Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com

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Apr 6, 2015

The Association of Writers and Writing Programs is a premier annual event with over 12,000 attendees. This year's conference will include over 2,000 presenters and over 550 readings, panels and craft lectures. The accompanying bookfair hosts over 700 exhibitors consisting of presses, journals and literary organizations from all over the world.

Join our regular host, Abigail Browning, and our Reviews Editor, Greg Brown, to hear what Tate Street has in store for this year's show as well as some hints and tips for new attendees.

Most importantly, if you'll be at the AWP conference, come see us at booth #1512.

 

Podcast Notes:

 

Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP): https://www.awpwriter.org

 

AWP Conference: https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/

 

Elly Bookman's Review of Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine: http://tatestreet.org/2015/02/23/a-script-for-all-citizens-citizen-an-american-lyric-by-claudia-rankine/ 

 

Favorite Poem Project: http://www.favoritepoem.org/

 

 

Tate Street activities at AWP 2015: http://tatestreet.org/2015/03/31/partnership-with-pinsky-favorite-poem-project-at-awp-2015/

  • Partnership with Robert Pinksy's Favorite Poem Project
  • Question of the Day
  • Book Reviews
  • Meet Tate Street staff:
    • Abigail Browning, Managing Editor, Podcast Producer and Podcast host
    • Greg Brown: Reviews Editor
    • Ray Crampton: Podcast Producer and Business Director

 

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org

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

Mar 16, 2015

Poet Ross White reads from his new chapbook, “How We Came Upon the Colony” (Unicorn Press, 2014). The conversation travels from White’s imagined 14th colony of the New World to his foundation in imporv comedy.

 

Podcast Notes:

 

Ross White, Poet, Executive Director of Bull City Press: http://www.rosswhite.com/

•How We Came Upon the Colony by Ross White

http://www.unicorn-press.org/books/White-How-We-Came-Upon-the-Colony.html

 

Awards from:

Bull City Press, Durham, NC: http://bullcitypress.com/

Best New Poets: http://bestnewpoets.org/

Poetry Daily: http://poems.com/

The New England Review: http://www.nereview.com/

Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, Ripton, VT: http://www.middlebury.edu/bread-loaf-conferences/bl_writers

 

DSI Theater, Improve Comedy, Chapel Hill, NC: http://www.dsicomedytheater.com/

 

Warren Wilson MFA Program and Faculty Supervisors:

Website: http://www.wwcmfa.org/

C. Dale Young: http://www.cdaleyoung.com/

Mary Leader: https://www.graywolfpress.org/author-list/mary-leader

Heather McHugh: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/heather-mchugh

A. Van Jordan: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/van-jordan-0

 

Other mentioned poets:

Michael McFee: http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/people/mcfeem

Weldon Kees: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/weldon-kees

Donald Justice: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/donald-justice

W. S. Merwin: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/w-s-merwin

W. H. Auden: http://audensociety.org/index.html

 

See also:

The Grind Daily Writing Series: http://rosswhite.com/2012/04/08/how-napowrimo-inspired-the-grind/

tatestreet.org Three-Sentence Reviews: http://tatestreet.org/category/reviews/three-sentence-reviews/

 

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

Produced by: tatestreet.org: http://tatestreet.org

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

 

 

Mar 2, 2015

Author Therese Anne Fowler shares exciting news about her latest book, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, which follows the wild lives of roaring twenties literary icons Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

 

Podcast Notes:

 

Therese Anne Fowler is the author of the New York Times best seller Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and three prior novels. Her essays have been published internationally in newspapers and magazines such as The Week, the London Telegraph and Harper's Bazaar, and her novels are published in seventeen languages worldwide. She now writes fiction full-time, occasionally teaching creative writing workshops, as well as classes at North Carolina State University. http://thereseannefowler.com

 

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald: http://www.amazon.com/Z-A-Novel-Zelda-Fitzgerald/dp/1250028663

 

St. Martin’s Press: http://us.macmillan.com/zanovelofzeldafitzgerald/thereseannefowler

 

Learning Writing

John Kessel: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/faculty_staff/tenshi

NCSU-Sociology: http://socant.chass.ncsu.edu/sociology/

NCSU- MFA: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/mfa/

Listen to Episode 3 of our podcast to hear more about the NCSU MFA. Find it in iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-margins/id954096691?mt=2#

 

Formative Writers

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Short Stories by Herman Melville

The Time Traverler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Bel Canto by Anne Patchett

 

Z: Research

Zelda Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Frances “Scottie” Fitzgerald

Sara and Gerald Murphy

Ernest Hemingway

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

Z: Audiobook

Jenna Lamia, Performer

Other books: The Help, Secret Life of Bees

 

Z: Press

“Pick of the Week” People Magazine: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20708746,00.html

NPR Interview

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/23/174736463/z-tells-the-fitzgeralds-story-from-zeldas-point-of-view

Z Tattoo

(Picture)

 

Z: An Original Series for Amazon Studios

Produced by Christina Ricci and Killer Films

Writing Team: Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin

 

 

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

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Feb 16, 2015

There are many ways to learn the craft of writing. In the Margins, we take a close look at North Carolina State University’s graduate program specializing in the art of poetry and fiction. Program Director and poet, Dorianne Laux and John Kessell, a member of the fiction faculty, pull back the curtain to the admissions process for the MFA program at NC State and give us insight into the landscape of emerging writers today.

 

Podcast Notes:

 

The Master of Fine Arts, or MFA, in Creative Writing at NC State is a is a “two-year program of workshops, literature courses and electives, culminating in a final thesis of literary work worthy of publication.”

 

To give us more insight into the MFA at NC State, we are joined by two award-winning authors: the program’s current director, poet Dorianne Laux (who has published five collections of poetry including most recently: Facts about the Moon and The Book of Men), and two-time Nebula Award-winning science fiction writer John Kessel (who also helped found the MFA program).

 

North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

 

North Carolina State University Creative Writing Faculty:

 

Former Students/Visiting Writers

 

Visiting Writers Reading at NC State

 

 

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

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Feb 3, 2015

Crystal Simone Smith, poet and Managing Editor of Backbone Press,  discusses her new chapbook, “Running Music” (Longleaf Press, 2014) which explores her experiences as a  runner, family, and grief. As one who began writing professionally as an adult, Smith says, “It’s never too late to find poetry.”

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 also Managing Editor for Backbone Press and currently lives in Durham, NC, where she teaches Composition and Creative Writing. http://crystalsimonesmith.com

Resources

Warren Wilson Low Residency MFA: http://www.wwcmfa.org
The Sun Magazine: http://thesunmagazine.org

Inspirational Poets

Publications

Running Music (Longleaf Press) by Crystal Simone SmithLongleaf

 Haiku Poetry Form

 Inspirational Poetry

 Crystal’s Book Recommendations

 North Carolina Poetry Networks

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

Produced by: tatestreet.org
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Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander
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