Number in the System // Interview with Max

The Underground Writing Podcast is an audio channel focusing on student writing. Flowing in and through this river, as it were, are interviews, guests, and organizational updates, as well as two smaller tributaries: Linebreak (a single piece of writing) and Kite (our student writing audio zine).

Show Notes:

Today’s featured writing was by Max, a student—and now alumnus—at our writing workshop site in Skagit County Juvenile Detention. You can support students like Max by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies and other merch in our online store, and making a donation to help our work continue – you can donate via our website’s secure donation portal here: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Announcements:

1.  If you recently began listening to our podcast—or if you’ve been with us for a number of years—we want to remind you to check out the first 3 episodes of this reboot season to get an overview of where we’ve been and where we’re going.  Check out season 5, episodes 1, 2, and 3.

2.  We’re back from the winter break, and are working on more episodes, including interviews, student writing, and our in-stream serials: Linebreak and KITE.  Stay tuned, friends!

3.  We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing.  We’re grateful for the interest.  Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved  Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved:  1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision),  2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and  3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey . . . and take good care.

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The Underground Writing Podcast is an audio channel focusing on student writing. Flowing in and through this river, as it were, are interviews, guests, and organizational updates, as well as two smaller tributaries: Linebreak (a single piece of writing) and Kite (our student writing audio zine).

Show Notes:

Today’s featured writings were by Anthony and Carlos, students at our writing workshop site in Skagit County Juvenile Detention. You can support students like Anthony and Carlos by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies and other merch in our online store, and making a donation to help our work continue – you can donate via our website’s secure donation portal here: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Our guest for today’s episode: Laurie Parker, Teaching Writer with Underground Writing.

Laurie Parker is a screenwriter, film and music producer, and teacher. Since 2016 she has led writing workshops for people in the incarcerated, unhoused, undocumented, and foster youth communities. She taught screenwriting at Pacific University’s MFA Writing Program, at Hugo House in Seattle, and at the Calabash Literary Foundation in Jamaica. In 2018, she produced the Emmy Award-winning, PBS documentary, Finding Home, A Foster Youth Story. She co-wrote and produced the film and music for Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s documentary Carcel de Árboles/Prison of Trees in 2015 and his feature film Lo que soño Sebastían/What Sebastían Dreamt, both in Guatemala.  More about Laurie

Book Laurie is currently reading: Civilizations by Laurent Benet

Echo Park Unhoused Encampment - Community mentioned by Laurie, and the setting for her in-progress collection of stories, A Virtuous Circle.   

Shout outs and Gratitude!

We want to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Seattle Community Foundation, and the Renaissance Charitable Foundation for their generosity to us via grants made to Underground Writing in 2024.  We are sustained by your generosity!  Thanks for seeing and supporting us, and believing in the ongoing work we’re doing.

Book Shucker | local independent bookstore we love!  They sell our books, and we’re spreading the work about what they’re doing.  You can buy books in person in Edison, WA, or online at their store.  You can also make them your benefitting store on Bookshop.org, and they’ll receive a bit of kickback for every purchase you make.

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Note: We’ll be on winter break for the holidays.  See you sometime in late January!

We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey . . . and take good care.

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