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Poet Susan Landgraf wrote a collection of children’s poems inspired by the sea for the Jack Straw Writers Program. In her interview with program curator Matt Briggs, she discusses her childhood love for writing and the freedom she felt in writing these poems for children. You’ll also hear selections from her live reading at Jack […] The post Poems For Children – Susan Landgraf appeared...

Poet Anna Maria Hong began her writing career in her 20s and was instinctually drawn to poetry after several years of working in journalism. In this podcast, you’ll hear Maria talk about the apparent anger in her poems, which program curator Matt Briggs characterizes as “mean”, and also her recent manuscript which touches on the […] The post Poetic Rants – Anna Maria Hong appeared firs...

Doug Nufer is a specialist in literary constraints, a technique that applies certain conditions to or establishes a pattern within writing. In this podcast, you’ll hear excerpts from his interview with 2007 Jack Straw Writers Program curator Matt Briggs and highlights from his live reading at the Jack Straw May Reading Series. Music by Emma […] The post Lit Games – Doug Nufer appeared...

Howard W. Robertson, rebelling against the expectations of his upbringing in a rural Oregon mill town, became a poet. In this podcast, Robertson talks with Writers Program curator Matt Briggs about teaching himself how to type and discovering a need to write poetry and stories along the way. You’ll also hear an excerpt from his […] The post The Bricolage of Kotagaeshi – Howard W. Rober...

Poet and publisher Charles Potts was the driving force underneath The Temple Bookstore, The Temple magazine, and The Temple School of Poetry. He received the Distinguished Professional Achievement Award in 1994 from the Alumni Association and the College of Arts and Sciences of Idaho State University. He founded Litmus Inc. in Seattle and Berkeley which […] The post Beginning with bogus Byro...

Plain-spoken and earnest, Corrina Wycoff writes stories about characters who struggle to survive in an alternate America, a place where drug addicts, teenage mothers, and religious cultists live obliviously to the lure of 401k plans and weekends at the cabin. In this podcast, you’ll hear a portion of her interview with Writers Program curator Matt […] The post The Gift of Heresy – Corr...

Does the term “chick-lit” marginalize legitimate feminist writing? Novelist Kathryn Trueblood addresses this question in her interview with Matt Briggs, Jack Straw Writers Program curator. Also in this podcast, Kathryn reads from her latest book, The Baby Lottery, which examines the personal politics of choice. Five women, friends at college, find their interlocking relationships strained […...

Molly Tenenbaum‘s newest work is inspired by her father and grandfather’s stints as professional ventriloquists. In this podcast, you’ll hear snippets of her interview with 2007 Jack Straw Writers Program curator Matt Briggs and highlights from her live reading at the Jack Straw May Reading Series. In recognition of Molly’s free-spirited word-smithing and her deep […] The post Poems about ve...

In this podcast, poet, educator and storyteller Jourdan Imani Keith does a live reading of her work in the 2006 May Reading Series. The post Reading – Jourdan Imani Keith appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

In this program, fiction writer Angela Jane Fountas reads from her Tales for Small Worlds series of short stories for the 2006 Jack Straw Writers Program Reading Series, recorded with a live audience during the Spring of 2006 at Jack Straw in Seattle. The post Tales for Small Worlds – Angela Jane Fountas appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

In this podcast, Jack Straw 2006 resident poet Marty Campbell does a live reading in the 2006 May Reading Series. The post Reading – Marty Campbell appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

In this podcast, poet Joan Swift begins with a sonnet she wrote for poet Theodore Roethke, who was her teacher in his last class. That is followed by a group of poems called “Five from Kona,” which she wrote for the 2006 Jack Straw Writers Program. This reading was recorded with a live audience during […] The post Joan Swift: “Five From Kona” appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

In this podcast, Jack Straw resident writer Marika Pineda does a live reading for the 2006 May Reading Series. The post Reading – Marika Pineda appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

In this podcast, poet Susan Casey reads from a series of poems entitled Ruzicka/Little Rose for the 2006 Jack Straw Writers Program Reading Series. This performance was recorded with a live audience during the Spring of 2006 at Jack Straw in Seattle. The post Ruzicka/Little Rose – Susan Casey appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

Frances McCue is an award-winning poet, inspiring speaker and self-described literary activist. In this podcast, McCue does a live reading for the 2006 May Reading Series. The post Reading – Frances McCue appeared first on Jack Straw Cultural Center .

Welcome to the first ever Jack Straw produced podcast! In this debut podcast poet Larry Laurence reads from a series of poems entitled Reading Aloud with Both Ears Open at the 2006 Jack Straw Writers Program Reading Series. This performance was recorded with a live audience during the Spring of 2006 at Jack Straw in […] The post Reading Aloud with Both Ears Open – Larry Laurence appear...