Odes and the River of Tradition *Extended Cut*

Matt and Alvin explore odes and the ongoing conversation of Pablo Neruda, the Skagit Recovery Community Site, and the Oasis Daylight Center site.

UW Updates:

Matt updates listeners on UW’s first workshop at the Community Justice Center, now a weekly site serving men and women on alternating weeks.

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
Pablo Neruda
Odes
John Keats’ “Ode to a Grecian Urn”
Skagit County Community Justice Center

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Journeying

We read "Journeying," from the juvenile detention site. This is a piece in response to exploring The Odyssey, Homer's epic poem. Matt and Alvin talk about the transformation that might be produced after an intense series of adventures, struggles, and danger. 

UW UPDATES:

Underground Writing's 2018 newsletter is published, written by Teaching Writer, A. Muia.

Week-long intensive at juvenile detention is complete. 

New site at Mount Vernon's Community Justice Center to begin September 19, 2018. Hear more about this site on episode 6, titled, "The Book Was Fat and Big." 

LINKS OF INTEREST:

What No One Ever Tells You
UW Newsletter - August 2018
The Odyssey by Homer
Robert Fitzgerald
Richmond Lattimore
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Orison Anthology
Washington State Book Award

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