Michael McGriff and the Language of Imagination
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Michael McGriff, author of Eternal Sentences, which was selected as the winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize from University of Arkansas, talks to Sam and Stacy about his childhood in rural Oregon, finding inspiration in Pablo Neruda’s surreal imagery as a young poet, and why the language of logging is the language of his imagination. Mike serves as Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Idaho, where he was both Sam and Stacy’s mentor in the MFA program. This is Part 1 of Sam and Stacy’s conversation with Mike. Part 2...
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Slog Notes: Stealing Poems from Seven-Year-Olds
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On this inaugural Slog Notes episode, Sam and Stacy talk about what they learned from their conversation with Oscar, how they’re currently balancing their sloggy activities with their corporate jobs, personal rejections, stealing poems from seven-year-olds, and why two bathrobes are always better than one. This episode was recorded in March, 2023. Links . . .
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Oscar Oswald and the Spreadsheet of Doom
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Oscar Oswald, author of Irredenta from Nightboat Books, talks to Sam and Stacy about experimental poetry, the pastoral, and how growing up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, informed how he writes about place. When he isn’t at work on his poetry or submission spreadsheets of doom, Oscar is employed as an instructor in the English Department at the University of Idaho. Learn more about Oscar’s work at his website: . You can buy his book directly from Nightboat books: https://nightboat.org/book/irredenta/ Links . . .
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WorkWhile is a podcast run by us, Sam Burns and Stacy Boe Miller. The two of us have done all kinds of work in our lives--office jobs, parenting, raft guiding--while also trying to be writers. And we're not only trying to fit in writing, but as emerging writers, we're also submitting our writing to journals as well as trying to apply for opportunities that will help us move forward with our writing. So we thought, all these conversations we're having--let's make a podcast about it! Let's talk to other writers who are also doing this kind of work and fitting it into all of the cracks of their...
info_outlineOscar Oswald, author of Irredenta from Nightboat Books, talks to Sam and Stacy about experimental poetry, the pastoral, and how growing up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, informed how he writes about place. When he isn’t at work on his poetry or submission spreadsheets of doom, Oscar is employed as an instructor in the English Department at the University of Idaho.
Learn more about Oscar’s work at his website: https://oscaroswald.com/.
You can buy his book directly from Nightboat books: https://nightboat.org/book/irredenta/
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