Society Weighs Me Down

Our student writing this week is titled "Society Weighs Me Down." Matt and Alvin talk about the individual and the larger community, and how one affects the other in deliberate ways or not. 

Matt gives an update on the process of publishing the UW anthology and thoroughly recommends the book of poetry by Tyehimba Jess titled Olio.  

Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with. 

LINKS OF INTEREST:

• What No One Ever Tells You, the UW anthology
• Olio, the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner by Tyehimba Jess
• Commonplace Podcast by Rachel Zucker
• The Eisenhauers music

Trying to Catch Up to You *Extended Cut*

This week, we read a piece titled "Trying to Catch Up to You," from our third site. Matt and Alvin discuss the vulnerability and courage required to share an all-too-common grief that many of our students carry. In this extended cut of the Podcast, we also talk about the power of art as it stands alone. And Matt goes into more detail about the process of the upcoming week-long intensive.

It was raining at the UW headquarters; please ignore that rattling sound at the beginning. 

Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with. 

LINKS OF INTEREST:

• What No One Ever Tells You, the UW anthology
• “After" a literary convention (an interesting dialogue with poet Robin Robertson)
• Martha Serpas 
• YMCA Oasis Daylight Center
• Zines (and further Zine resources)