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!   ****   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!

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E13: We do it for Love, Sonnets from Tate Street and the Favorite Poem Project

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 Second Saturdays Poetry Readings and Open Mic: wwot.org/2014/02/02/second-saturdays-at-tate-street-coffee-house-winter-series VIDA: www.vidaweb.org Commission on the Status of Women: www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=730 Sable Books: sablebooks.org Inspirational writers: Jane Hirshfield: http://barclayagency.com/hirshfield.html Rita Dove: people.virginia.edu/~rfd4b Jackie Shelton Green: www.piedmontlaureate.com/biography2009.html Kathryn Stripling Byer: www.kathrynstriplingbyer.com Dorianne Laux: doriannelaux.net   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

E12: Writing out of Silence: An Interview with Melissa Hassard from Women Writers of the Triad

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: Graywolf Press: www.graywolfpress.org milkweed editions: milkweed.org Coffee House Press: coffeehousepress.org Copper Canyon Press: www.coppercanyonpress.org $2 Radio: www.twodollarradio.com/ 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: VIDA: www.vidaweb.org Elizabeth Gilbert: www.elizabethgilbert.com Danielle Svetcov: lgrliterary.com/who-we-are/team/danielle-svetcov Mark Doty: www.markdoty.org/ Deep Lane: books.wwnorton.com/books/Deep-Lane Elizabeth McCracken: elizabethmccracken.com/ Benjamin Percy: benjaminpercy.com/ The Dead Lands: www.indiebound.org/book/9781455528240 "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Writers": www.pw.org/content/mammas_dont_let_your_babies_grow_up_to_be_writers Iowa Writers Workshop: writersworkshop.uiowa.edu Marilyn Taylor: www.mlt-poet.com Robert Siegel: robertanthonysiegel.com Iowa Review: www.iowareview.org David Hamilton: www.iowareview.org/blog/tribute-david-hamilton   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

E11: Cowboys & Poets & Writers: An Interview with Kevin Larimer from Poets & Writers

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 Gorgeous: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249156 Danez Smith, Dinosaurs in the Hood: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249154 Hannah Gamble, I Wanted to Make Myself Like the Ravine: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/249152 Solmaz Sharif, Persian Letters: http://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 Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org

E10: Poetry, A Lifestyle Choice: An Interview with Elizabeth Burke-Dain from The Poetry Foundation

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 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

E9: Sound Like Yourself: An Interview with Jeff Shotts from Graywolf Press

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 http://backbonepress.orgbackbonepress.org   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 African American Review: http://aar.slu.edu Callaloo: http://callaloo.tamu.edu   Terms Chapbook “History of the Chapbook” by Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina: http://library.sc.edu/spcoll/britlit/cbooks/cbook1.html Poetic Forms Sonnet Villanelle Free Verse Lyrical Poetry   Books Mentioned Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/citizen http://claudiarankine.com   Queens University Masters in the Fine Arts (Charlotte, NC) http://www.queens.edu   Upcoming Poetry Readings with Crystal Simone Smith May 4, 2015:  Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC    Produced by: Tate Street http://tatestreet.org 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

E8: Diversity in Print: An Interview with Backbone Press

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) Creative Writing Master of the Fine Arts: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/mfa Creative Writing Undergraduate Major: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/   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 Stag’s Leap: http://www.amazon.com/Stags-Leap-Poems-Sharon-Olds/dp/0375712259   Karen Joy Fowler: http://karenjoyfowler.com/ We are all Completely Beside Ourselves: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Are-All-Completely-Beside-Ourselves/dp/1846689651   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 Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org

E7: Once More, with Feeling: An Interview with Dorianne Laux and John Kessel

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

E6: Road Trip: Tate Street Goes to AWP 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    

E5: Improv Poetry: An Interview with Ross White

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 Produced by: tatestreet.orghttp://tatestreet.org Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexanderhttp://www.campusfive.com Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org  

E4: The Great Zelda: An Interview with Therese Anne Fowler

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) Creative Writing Master of the Fine Arts: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/mfa Creative Writing Undergraduate Major: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/   North Carolina State University Creative Writing Faculty: Dorianne Laux (Poetry): http://doriannelaux.net John Kessel (Fiction): http://johnjosephkessel.wix.com/kessel-website Wilton Barnhardt (Fiction): http://www.wiltonbarnhardt.com Jill McCorkle (Fiction):  http://jillmccorkle.com John Balaban (Poetry):  http://www.johnbalaban.com   Former Students/Visiting Writers Therese Anne Fowler: http://thereseannefowler.com   Visiting Writers Reading at NC State   Gibbons Ruark: http://www.faculty.english.udel.edu/ruark/ Eduardo Corral: http://eduardocorral.com Allan Gurganus: http://www.allangurganus.com   Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning Produced by: tatestreet.orghttp://tatestreet.org Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexanderhttp://www.campusfive.com Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org  

E3: Write Hard, Die Free: An Insider’s Look at the Creative Writing MFA at NC State University

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.orgThe Sun Magazine: http://thesunmagazine.org Inspirational Poets Lucille Clifton: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lucille-clifton Sharon Olds: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sharon-olds Publications Routes Home (Finishing Line Press) by Crystal Simone Smith Finishing Line Press: https://finishinglinepress.com Running Music (Longleaf Press) by Crystal Simone SmithLongleaf Press: http://www.methodist.edu/longleaf/index.htm  Haiku Poetry Form Lenard D. Moore, poet: http://www.hsa-haiku.org/member/Meet-LenardMoore.htm Haiku Society of America: http://www.hsa-haiku.org  Inspirational Poetry “Mother to Son” Langston Hughes: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177021 Blacks by Gwendolyn Brooks: http://www.amazon.com/Blacks-Gwendolyn-Brooks/dp/0883781050  Crystal’s Book Recommendations Mother Love by Rita Dove: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Mother-Love/ Sonnet form: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-sonnet What Work Is by Philip Levine http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/100554/what-work-is/  North Carolina Poetry Networks North Carolina Poetry Society: http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org  Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning Produced by: tatestreet.orghttp://tatestreet.org Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexanderhttp://www.campusfive.com Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org  

E2: Running and Writing: An Interview with Crystal Simone Smith

Executive Director, Ross White gives insight to the origins of Bull City Press, the micro-journal, Inch, the Frost Place Residency Chapbook Contest, and his fascinating biases for poetry submissions.   Ross says to writers: “Send your stuff. There’s no greater joy as an editor than opening a submission and thinking, ‘oh my god, that’s the one!’”   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   Bull City Press, Durham, North Carolina http://www.bullcitypress.com/   Inch Magazine by Bull City Press http://bullcitypress.com/inch/ •Luke Hankins – “A Thought That’s Freeing” http://bullcitypress.com/inch/issues/ •Katherine DeBlassie – “Poema de Amor (14)” http://bullcitypress.com/inch/issues/   Frost Place Chapbook Competition Submission deadline: December 31st every year.http://bullcitypress.com/submissions-top/frost-place-chapbook-competition/   The Frost Place, Franconia New Hampshirehttp://www.frostplace.org/   Produced by: Tate Street High Society http://tatestreet.org   Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexanderhttp://www.campusfive.com   Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatestreetorg Podcast Email: mailto:writeus@tatestreet.org

E1: Less is More: An Interview with Bull City Press

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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