Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach - Author of The Many Names for Mother

Poet Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach emigrated from Ukraine as a Jewish refugee when she was six years old. She shares two poems; one of them Hanukkah-themed.

In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

How many rejections her first manuscript receivedAre more submissions better?How parenting affects her writing practiceAnd more!

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This Week’s Writing Prompt

Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.

This week’s writing prompt is: Write a poem that uses a foreign language and plays with the way it enters into the English. Use it to make music or meaning or a little bit of both. Use it to play.

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In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:

Kelly Grace Thomas, author of Boat BurnedLuisa Muradyan, author of American RadianceMaya Jewell Zeller, author of Yesterday, the Bees

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