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Interview with Ellen Bass

41:27

Interview with Nan Seymour

38:59

Interview with Naomi Shihab Nye

32:26

Interview with Susan Vespoli

29:10

Interview with Maya Stein

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Interview with Lynn Ungar

Lynn Ungar came to my attention through her tremendous poem, Pandemic, which went viral during the pandemic. I talk to her here about the connection between her work as a minister and her work as a poet, and what it’s like to write and share poetry in response to these strange times we live in.
Lynn Ungar’s first book of poetry, Blessing the Bread, earned her fans around the world, and her latest work which includes, Breathe and These Days, can be found on her website.
Find out more about her work at Lynnungar.com

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Interview with Alison Luterman

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Alison Luterman is another one of those poets who I learn so much from. Her commentary on living and loving is grounded in a kind of gritty urban beauty that makes it accessible for all of us. She has taught me how to write about the most simple things with humor, insight and depth. Her poems and essays can be found in The Sun, and her new book, In the Time of Great Fires, is out, and I've incl...

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Interview with Ellen Bass

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Ellen Bass is one of my favorite poets and people. Her work is instructional, showing us not only how to create beauty on the page, but also how to live it off the page. She calls herself a praise poet because she never forgets that we’re going to die - which is why each poem has so much gravity and so much light in it. She is one of my mentors, and a writer who I continue to learn from. You do...

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Interview with Nan Seymour

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Writers, I had the honor of interviewing poet, Nan Seymour this morning. We used her prayer/poem, Let Them Say, in the live Zoom class this past Monday. I've loved all the interviews I've done in the last year, but I was completely moved by Nan's magic in this piece. There are so many life giving things she says about writing and living. I hope you'll take the time to watch it when you can. Her...

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Interview with Naomi Shihab Nye

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The poet, Naomi Shihab Nye is a national treasure, and generous beyond measure. She is a natural teacher, and is completely lit up, and on fire. In this interview she has so much to share about what it is to walk the world as a creative person, gathering moments as she goes, and then gently reflecting on what it means and why it matters. Her instruction is to live as though you live in a poem -...

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Interview with Susan Vespoli

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Poet, and nonfiction writer, Susan Vespoli is such a great example of someone who uses the material from her life to create from. In this interview we talk about how to take the base stuff of life and turn it into the gold for poems and essays. We also talk about how to take the delicate journey of writing about real people in your life. So much good instruction here. Susan Vespoli’s poems and ...

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Interview with Maya Stein

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Maya Stein is a writer I rely on to help me understand how to live in this world with sensitivity, artistry, and grace. Her observations on living, from a poet’s point of view, are always illuminating. Maya has taught me and so many writers to pay attention to the smallest things; the peach hanging from the tree, the trash dredged up from the lake, the conversation overheard at the filling stat...

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Wild Writing - Day 3 (Jan 2021)

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Wild Writing - Day 3 (Jan 2021)

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Rchard Blanco Interview

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Richard Blanco, Obama's fifth inaugural poet, and whose poem, One Today, was read at the 2013 inauguration, is a true creative who practices a kind of Wild Writing that he calls Fever Writing. In this delicious interview he talks about writing as a kind of fishing. His work asks us the universal questions: Where am I from? Where do I belong? Who am I in this world? Please listen for the poem he...

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Interview with Lauren Fleshman

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Some of you know the incredible Lauren Fleshman, a former track and field athlete, who was the U.S. 5000 meters champion in 2006 and 2010. She currently coaches the professional women's running group, Little Wings Athletics, and is a former Wild Writing trainee who has brought Wild Writing to her running community all over the world. I hope you have fun with this 20-minute interview we did at 7...

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Interview with Marie Howe

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Marie Howe is an exceptional poet and human being who has much to teach us about living, writing and paying attention. She is another true menor of mine, and in this interview she is sitting in her apartment in New York during the pandemic, amidst an eerie quiet of ambulances and birds on the street below. At the end of the interview she reads from her gorgeous poem, Singularity, as well as tal...

Interview with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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Interview with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

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Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer lives in Southwest Colorado and she writes and shares a poem every single day with a large flock of followers all over he world. She’s that kind of writer - generous and bold - and has much to share with us about writing from everyday life. Her poetry has appeared in O Magazine, on A Prairie Home Companion, in back alleys and on river rocks. Her poetry collections incl...

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27 Wildest Days Intro

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27 Wildest Days Intro

Story Slices Nepal - Laurie Wagner & Jeff Greenwald (Great Stupa)

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Story Slices Nepal - Laurie Wagner & Jeff Greenwald (Great Stupa)

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Join us in Nepal, November 11-21 2018 for Story Slices - a 10-day cultural immersion and writing adventure in the Kathmandu Valley with Jeff Greenwald and Laurie Wagner. If you've been wanting to explore Nepal, and you want to be inspired to walk the world with the eyes of a writer, this is your trip. No writing experience necessary. www.himalayanwritersworkshop.com/turning-the-wheel