Zoe Gomez Cass

The Exophonic Writer Podcast

Arts EN ↓ 28 episodes

Hi, I'm Zoe! 🙋‍♀️ I'm a Visual Linguist and Exophonic Writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Join me each episode while I podcast my quest to understand how exophony is changing the world. Exophony (or the art of creative writing in a non-native language) is an old practice that's getting more and more prominence in recent years. Some questions that keep me awake at night (which fuel this podcast) are: ✨Why do writers choose to write in a non-native language over their mother tongue? How does this choice impact their work? ✨Is the world welcoming the works of exophonic writers? Or are they t...

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Zoe Gomez Cass

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3- In the beginning... there was the Word - a podcast about loving, learning and making wor(l)ds up 10.08.2023 39:15

Send a text Words are god-like elements that establish the reality all around us. Join me in this episode to know about: When a word has 2 meaning but we only know 1 of them. The joy of making words up. There's no such thing as unreal words, only unpopular ones. Why linguists don't study words. ✨ SHOW NOTES ✨ The Translator - by Nina Schuyler https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1625...

2- The Challenges of Exophonic Writing and What Helps Tackle Them 02.08.2023 41:53

Send a text Welcome to this episode about the challenges that we encounter when writing not in our first language. I mention the obstacles of... 1. Grammar and syntaxis 2. Imposter Syndrome 3. Lack of vocabulary 4. Falling into literal translation (especially of collocations and fix phrases) ... as well as some ideas on how to tackle them. Listen to find out! SHOW NOTES: Mundo Lingo https://m...

1- What's Exophonic Writing? (the what, why and how of exophonic writing) 20.07.2023 40:25

Send a text This is my first ever episode, (yay!) and it's all about (you guessed it)... Exophonic Writing! I'll talk about what it is and why I choose to practise it instead of simply write in my native language (Spanish) More specifically, I'll mention 4 reasons why writing in English is easier to me than writing in Spanish. As per the how to write exophonically? you'll hav...