Here’s episode 46! We talk about Asterism, an undergrad literary journal based out of Ohio State University, and about us going to the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference in San Antonio, Texas. Our featured author is Marguerite Alley, as she reads a portion of her story Gravitation. We interview Lora Kroush, Editor and […]

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Episode 46: Projection as Inspiration

This episode features two poems by Isabella Barricklow, Twilight in Denver and Arcade. Confessions of an English major featuring Stacy Minnick, a English/Technical Communication major and minoring in Chinese.

Episode 45: Snapshots in Poetry

Co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty discuss overcoming darkness and how to get through tough times. Featured is “Darkest Night Ends” By Hannah Garthwaite and an interview with Jay Fude, a Technical Communication major.

Episode 44: Overcoming Dark Times

Co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty discuss the human use of repetition, from poems to song lyrics. Featured is the poem, “Lights of a Stroke” by Somer Leathern from our 2019 issue. Our submissions spotlight takes a look at Roadrunner Review, an online literary journal. Daniel Holiday is our featured English major. Photo by Aidan Roof from Pexels

Episode 43: Repetition

Co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty discuss the depths of odes and their underlying meanings. Featured is the poem, “An Ode to Doña Pepa, A Peruvian Treat” by Eve Jimenez Sagastegui from our 2019 issue. Our submissions spotlight takes a look at Ofrendas Press, a bilingual literary magazine. Rachael Drenckpohl is our featured English major.

Episode 42: Odes

Co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty discuss how to deal with content that wouldn’t be polite in certain company. Featured are the poems, “ACAB” and “Crude Oil” by Hazelle Lerum from our 2019 issue. Our submissions spotlight takes a look at Pine Hills Review, a fellow literary magazine looking for diversity. Jilian Whitehead is our […]

Episode 41: Controversial and NSFW Content

Co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty discuss the angst that every writer feels. Featured is the short story “The Gate” by Hannah Warrick from our 2019 issue. Mariah Smith is our featured English major.

Episode 40: Angst

Co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty discuss what it means to attach meaning to inanimate objects in part two of a two part series. Featured is the poem, “Sabbatical” by Phillip Losquadro from our 2019 issue. Clarissa Blakely is out featured English major.

Episode 39: Feeling Through an Object, Part 2

Co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty discuss what it means to attach meaning to inanimate objects in part one of a two part series. Featured is the poem, “The Dance Began” by Pei Ja Anderson from our 2019 issue. Justin Janorschke describes the literary magazine River Styx, an independent literary magazine from St. Louis. Janae […]

Episode 38: Feeling through an Object, Part One

No, this episode isn’t about hairstyles! Co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty discuss braided prose, which weaves together different narrative strands. Featured is an example of a braided essay, “Breathless” by Ryan Cahill from our 2019 issue, plus a shout-out to acclaimed writer Deb Olin Unferth. Justin Janorschke describes the literary magazine Wit Tea, which […]

Episode 37: Braiding

After last episode’s cliffhanger (which is better in writing, empathy or sympathy?) our co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty are back to discuss this writerly stand-off in greater detail. Hear Lauren Caldarella discuss her story “There Goes That” from our 2018 issue of The Mochila Review. Then hear Missouri Western State University student Julie Barber […]

Episode 36: Empathy vs. Sympathy, Part Two

When writing, is it better to feel with or for a character? Our co-hosts, Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty, discuss this very question in relation to Hannah Diaz’s “A Story Never Told” from our 2018 issue of The Mochila Review. On a slightly lighter note, our Mochila managing editor, Huey, joins the recording session to […]

Episode 35: Empathy vs. Sympathy, Part One

Our favorite co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty delve deep into writing about addiction while discussing Meghan Dairaghi’s story “BYOB” (which appeared in The Mochila Review‘s Spring 2018 issue). Our Submission Spotlight with Justin Janorschke features two diverse magazines: Muzzle Magazine and Duende. Finally, we have our Confessions of an English Major segment featuring one of our […]

Episode 34: Addiction

Our fun-loving co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty talk about that wacky shift from child to adult–and how to write about it. We hear Jeremy Shaban read “Summer in Autumn,” the MoRe Prize-winning story in our Spring 2018 issue. Finally, Caitlin and Heather get the dirt from Zach Hill in our new segment “Confessions of […]

Episode 33: Rite of Passage

Our wonderful co-hosts Caitlin Dillon and Heather Daugherty are back to discuss coffee breaks, er, line breaks! In this episode of Mochila Chat they talk about “Chairlift” by Arlo Cristofaro-Hark from our Spring 2018 issue of The Mochila Review (which you can purchase here). We also introduce two new segments: “Submission Spotlight” with Justin Janorske, and “Confessions of […]

Episode 32: Line Breaks

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