Write, Publish, and Shine
149 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA podcast for Luminous Creative Writers from Rachel Thompson
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31 // Push Back on What’s Expected with Felicity Landa of Literary Mama
July 14, 2019 21:18 - 21 minutes - 24.6 MBLiterary Mama believes that all mothers have a story worth sharing and honors the many faces of motherhood by publishing work that celebrates the journey as well as the job. Felicity Landa earned her Bachelor’s in Creative Writing and Literature from CSU Long Beach in 2013, where she was awarded the Horn scholarship for her novel. She is currently an MFA student in Fiction and Screenwriting at UC Riverside Palm Desert. She serves as fiction editor for Literary Mama and nonfiction editor for ...
#31 Push Back on What’s Expected with Felicity Landa of Literary Mama
July 14, 2019 21:18 - 21 minutes - 24.6 MBLiterary Mama believes that all mothers have a story worth sharing and honors the many faces of motherhood by publishing work that celebrates the journey as well as the job. Felicity Landa earned her Bachelor’s in Creative Writing and Literature from CSU Long Beach in 2013, where she was awarded the Horn scholarship for her novel. She is currently an MFA student in Fiction and Screenwriting at UC Riverside Palm Desert. She serves as fiction editor for Literary Mama and nonfiction editor for ...
#30 Tear Down Structures with Anna Lena Phillips Bell & Rachel Taube of Ecotone
June 30, 2019 21:21 - 31 minutes - 35.7 MBFounded at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2005, the award-winning magazine features writing and art that reimagine place, and our authors interpret this charge expansively. An ecotone is a transition zone between two adjacent ecological communities, containing the characteristic species of each. It is, therefore, a place of danger or opportunity, a testing ground. The magazine explores the ecotones between landscapes, literary genres, scientific and artistic disciplines, modes...
Tear Down Structures with Anna Lena Phillips Bell & Rachel Taube of Ecotone
June 30, 2019 21:21 - 31 minutes - 35.7 MBFounded at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2005, the award-winning magazine features writing and art that reimagine place, and our authors interpret this charge expansively. An ecotone is a transition zone between two adjacent ecological communities, containing the characteristic species of each. It is, therefore, a place of danger or opportunity, a testing ground. The magazine explores the ecotones between landscapes, literary genres, scientific and artistic disciplines, modes...
30 // Tear Down Structures with Anna Lena Phillips Bell & Rachel Taube of Ecotone
June 30, 2019 21:21 - 31 minutes - 35.7 MBFounded at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2005, the award-winning magazine features writing and art that reimagine place, and our authors interpret this charge expansively. An ecotone is a transition zone between two adjacent ecological communities, containing the characteristic species of each. It is, therefore, a place of danger or opportunity, a testing ground. The magazine explores the ecotones between landscapes, literary genres, scientific and artistic disciplines, modes...
29 // Question and Observe with Alana Saltz of Blanket Sea Arts & Literary Magazine
June 16, 2019 21:26 - 23 minutes - 27.4 MBBlanket Sea features work created by people living with chronic illness, mental illness, and disability. “There aren’t many places where writers and artists with illness and disabilities can express themselves in a safe, open, and welcoming space. We want Blanket Sea to be that space.”
#29 Question and Observe with Alana Saltz of Blanket Sea Arts & Literary Magazine
June 16, 2019 21:26 - 23 minutes - 27.4 MBBlanket Sea features work created by people living with chronic illness, mental illness, and disability. “There aren’t many places where writers and artists with illness and disabilities can express themselves in a safe, open, and welcoming space. We want Blanket Sea to be that space.”
Question and Observe with Alana Saltz of Blanket Sea Arts & Literary Magazine
June 16, 2019 21:26 - 23 minutes - 27.4 MBBlanket Sea features work created by people living with chronic illness, mental illness, and disability. “There aren’t many places where writers and artists with illness and disabilities can express themselves in a safe, open, and welcoming space. We want Blanket Sea to be that space.”
28 // Know Who Your Readers Are (And Are Not) with Caroline Knecht of Whiskey Island
June 02, 2019 21:29 - 30.2 MB"A rejection letter doesn't mean it's not working." —Caroline Knecht of Whiskey Island Founded in 1977, Whiskey Island is a nonprofit literary journal published by Cleveland State University. They accept submissions of original poetry, fiction, and creative essays during two reading periods: August 15th through November 15th, and January 15th through April 15th.
Know Who Your Readers Are (And Are Not) with Caroline Knecht of Whiskey Island
June 02, 2019 21:29 - 30.2 MB"A rejection letter doesn't mean it's not working." —Caroline Knecht of Whiskey Island Founded in 1977, Whiskey Island is a nonprofit literary journal published by Cleveland State University. They accept submissions of original poetry, fiction, and creative essays during two reading periods: August 15th through November 15th, and January 15th through April 15th.
#28 Know Who Your Readers Are (And Are Not) with Caroline Knecht of Whiskey Island
June 02, 2019 21:29 - 30.2 MB"A rejection letter doesn't mean it's not working." —Caroline Knecht of Whiskey Island Founded in 1977, Whiskey Island is a nonprofit literary journal published by Cleveland State University. They accept submissions of original poetry, fiction, and creative essays during two reading periods: August 15th through November 15th, and January 15th through April 15th.
#27 Follow Your Lights with Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis and Gerald Maa of the Asian American Literary Review
May 19, 2019 21:33 - 31 minutes - 36.3 MB"Our impulse is to trust writers and follow their lights. In cases where we’re editing and working closely with them, it’s to help them get to that place that they’re wanting to get to, but might want some structure or help getting there."
27 // Follow Your Lights with Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis and Gerald Maa of the Asian American Literary Review
May 19, 2019 21:33 - 31 minutes - 36.3 MB"Our impulse is to trust writers and follow their lights. In cases where we’re editing and working closely with them, it’s to help them get to that place that they’re wanting to get to, but might want some structure or help getting there."
Follow Your Lights with Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis and Gerald Maa of the Asian American Literary Review
May 19, 2019 21:33 - 31 minutes - 36.3 MB"Our impulse is to trust writers and follow their lights. In cases where we’re editing and working closely with them, it’s to help them get to that place that they’re wanting to get to, but might want some structure or help getting there."
26 // Have Heart and Humility with Jasmine Gui of LooseLeaf Magazine
May 05, 2019 21:36 - 22 minutes - 25.6 MB"I think intersectional community asks us to be open and mindful of difference. It asks us to have a posture of listening that requires a lot of effort, it requires a lot of heart, it requires a lot of humility in many ways. Because we are being asked to really give attention to another person’s experience that we might not have any relationship with. This is a crucial point of connection for me because if we are artists or writers, what we really want is to connect with people."
Have Heart and Humility with Jasmine Gui of LooseLeaf Magazine
May 05, 2019 21:36 - 22 minutes - 25.6 MB"I think intersectional community asks us to be open and mindful of difference. It asks us to have a posture of listening that requires a lot of effort, it requires a lot of heart, it requires a lot of humility in many ways. Because we are being asked to really give attention to another person’s experience that we might not have any relationship with. This is a crucial point of connection for me because if we are artists or writers, what we really want is to connect with people."
#26 Have Heart and Humility with Jasmine Gui of LooseLeaf Magazine
May 05, 2019 21:36 - 22 minutes - 25.6 MB"I think intersectional community asks us to be open and mindful of difference. It asks us to have a posture of listening that requires a lot of effort, it requires a lot of heart, it requires a lot of humility in many ways. Because we are being asked to really give attention to another person’s experience that we might not have any relationship with. This is a crucial point of connection for me because if we are artists or writers, what we really want is to connect with people."
Be Generous & Wise with Jónína Kirton of Turtle Island Responds
November 15, 2018 21:39 - 25 minutes - 29.1 MBRoom Magazine’s Turtle Island Responds, is creating an online library of lived experience, offered in verse.
25 // Be Generous & Wise with Jónína Kirton of Turtle Island Responds
November 15, 2018 21:39 - 25 minutes - 29.1 MBRoom Magazine’s Turtle Island Responds, is creating an online library of lived experience, offered in verse.
#25 Be Generous & Wise with Jónína Kirton of Turtle Island Responds
November 15, 2018 21:39 - 25 minutes - 29.1 MBRoom Magazine’s Turtle Island Responds, is creating an online library of lived experience, offered in verse.
24 // Share Intimacy with Doyali Islam of Arc Poetry Magazine
November 08, 2018 21:51 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode of Lit Mag Love: A podcast for creative writers who want to publish, host Rachel Thompson interviews Doyali Islam from Arc magazine. Their conversation covers offering an emotional truth and creating some kind of intimacy with the readers. They also discuss how poets and readers of poetry feel a sense of belonging through poem. Doyali is someone who recites her favourite poems to keep herself company as she moves invisibly about the city. If you spot her in her cat-print dres...
#24 Share Intimacy with Doyali Islam of Arc Poetry Magazine
November 08, 2018 21:51 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode of Lit Mag Love: A podcast for creative writers who want to publish, host Rachel Thompson interviews Doyali Islam from Arc magazine. Their conversation covers offering an emotional truth and creating some kind of intimacy with the readers. They also discuss how poets and readers of poetry feel a sense of belonging through poem. Doyali is someone who recites her favourite poems to keep herself company as she moves invisibly about the city. If you spot her in her cat-print dres...
Share Intimacy with Doyali Islam of Arc Poetry Magazine
November 08, 2018 21:51 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode of Lit Mag Love: A podcast for creative writers who want to publish, host Rachel Thompson interviews Doyali Islam from Arc magazine. Their conversation covers offering an emotional truth and creating some kind of intimacy with the readers. They also discuss how poets and readers of poetry feel a sense of belonging through poem. Doyali is someone who recites her favourite poems to keep herself company as she moves invisibly about the city. If you spot her in her cat-print dres...
#23 Learn from Others with Alexandria Petrassi of So to Speak Journal
October 31, 2018 21:54 - 26 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this episode of the Lit Mag Love Podcast, host Rachel Thompson talks with Alexandria Petrassi from So to Speak journal. Their discussion covers how the “canonical” writer has changed. “When I started reading poetry, I didn’t read anybody living,” says Alexandria, adding “The fantastic part about this moment, is who people are reading now and who people will remember are so much different now. The quality of the voices, speaking their own truths, their experiences moving through the world....
23 // Learn from Others with Alexandria Petrassi of So to Speak Journal
October 31, 2018 21:54 - 26 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this episode of the Lit Mag Love Podcast, host Rachel Thompson talks with Alexandria Petrassi from So to Speak journal. Their discussion covers how the “canonical” writer has changed. “When I started reading poetry, I didn’t read anybody living,” says Alexandria, adding “The fantastic part about this moment, is who people are reading now and who people will remember are so much different now. The quality of the voices, speaking their own truths, their experiences moving through the world....
Learn from Others with Alexandria Petrassi of So to Speak Journal
October 31, 2018 21:54 - 26 minutes - 30.5 MBIn this episode of the Lit Mag Love Podcast, host Rachel Thompson talks with Alexandria Petrassi from So to Speak journal. Their discussion covers how the “canonical” writer has changed. “When I started reading poetry, I didn’t read anybody living,” says Alexandria, adding “The fantastic part about this moment, is who people are reading now and who people will remember are so much different now. The quality of the voices, speaking their own truths, their experiences moving through the world....
Invite Readers In with Sakina Fakhri and Diana McClure of Azure magazine
October 24, 2018 21:56 - 53 minutes - 61 MBIn this episode of the Lit Mag Love Podcast, host Rachel Thompson talks with Sakina Fakhri and Diana McClure, founders of Azure magazine. Azure accepts literary fiction, creative non-fiction, excerpts, screenplays, stageplays, fragments, meanderings, philosophy and poetry, in submissions of up to 50 pages. They don’t charge fees for submissions, and here’s something interesting—if your submission is part of a novel-length work or feature-length screenplay, there exists the possibility of pub...
#22 Invite Readers In with Sakina Fakhri and Diana McClure of Azure magazine
October 24, 2018 21:56 - 53 minutes - 61 MBIn this episode of the Lit Mag Love Podcast, host Rachel Thompson talks with Sakina Fakhri and Diana McClure, founders of Azure magazine. Azure accepts literary fiction, creative non-fiction, excerpts, screenplays, stageplays, fragments, meanderings, philosophy and poetry, in submissions of up to 50 pages. They don’t charge fees for submissions, and here’s something interesting—if your submission is part of a novel-length work or feature-length screenplay, there exists the possibility of pub...
22 // Invite Readers In with Sakina Fakhri and Diana McClure of Azure magazine
October 24, 2018 21:56 - 53 minutes - 61 MBIn this episode of the Lit Mag Love Podcast, host Rachel Thompson talks with Sakina Fakhri and Diana McClure, founders of Azure magazine. Azure accepts literary fiction, creative non-fiction, excerpts, screenplays, stageplays, fragments, meanderings, philosophy and poetry, in submissions of up to 50 pages. They don’t charge fees for submissions, and here’s something interesting—if your submission is part of a novel-length work or feature-length screenplay, there exists the possibility of pub...
21 // Team Up with Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice and Marianne Chan of Split Lip
October 17, 2018 18:33 - 45 minutes - 51.7 MBWe talk about how their collaboration works and extends to the writers who submit to the journal. We cover jealousy in art and how the poems and stories they publish need to be ready for their solo appearance. We also get pretty specific about the lengths of work in both flash and longer fiction. And the interview turns even more collaborative when they turn the mic on me to discuss our writing practices—they have lots to say about what has worked and what hasn’t when it comes to writing cons...
#21 Team Up with Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice and Marianne Chan of Split Lip
October 17, 2018 18:33 - 45 minutes - 51.7 MBWe talk about how their collaboration works and extends to the writers who submit to the journal. We cover jealousy in art and how the poems and stories they publish need to be ready for their solo appearance. We also get pretty specific about the lengths of work in both flash and longer fiction. And the interview turns even more collaborative when they turn the mic on me to discuss our writing practices—they have lots to say about what has worked and what hasn’t when it comes to writing cons...
Team Up with Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice and Marianne Chan of Split Lip
October 17, 2018 14:26 - 45 minutes - 51.7 MBWe talk about how their collaboration works and extends to the writers who submit to the journal. We cover jealousy in art and how the poems and stories they publish need to be ready for their solo appearance. We also get pretty specific about the lengths of work in both flash and longer fiction. And the interview turns even more collaborative when they turn the mic on me to discuss our writing practices—they have lots to say about what has worked and what hasn’t when it comes to writing cons...
20 // Flash and Fire with Rebecca Salazar of Plenitude
October 03, 2018 18:31 - 53 minutes - 61.3 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson interviews Rebecca Salazar, poetry editor with Plenitude magazine, a publication that aims to promote the growth and development of LGBTTQI literature. We talk about how she’s turning to her peers for mentoring in light of the abusive culture of mentoring unearthed in CanLit (Canadian Literature) in the past few years, how two-spirited writers in Canada are having a sort of coming into one's own, and there's this community that's basically springing out of pla...
#20 Flash and Fire with Rebecca Salazar of Plenitude
October 03, 2018 18:31 - 53 minutes - 61.3 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson interviews Rebecca Salazar, poetry editor with Plenitude magazine, a publication that aims to promote the growth and development of LGBTTQI literature. We talk about how she’s turning to her peers for mentoring in light of the abusive culture of mentoring unearthed in CanLit (Canadian Literature) in the past few years, how two-spirited writers in Canada are having a sort of coming into one's own, and there's this community that's basically springing out of pla...
Flash and Fire with Rebecca Salazar of Plenitude
October 03, 2018 13:00 - 53 minutes - 61.3 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson interviews Rebecca Salazar, poetry editor with Plenitude magazine, a publication that aims to promote the growth and development of LGBTTQI literature. We talk about how she’s turning to her peers for mentoring in light of the abusive culture of mentoring unearthed in CanLit (Canadian Literature) in the past few years, how two-spirited writers in Canada are having a sort of coming into one's own, and there's this community that's basically springing out of pla...
#19 Take Control of Your Narrative with Robin Richardson of Minola Review
September 26, 2018 18:29 - 37 minutes - 42.5 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson talks with Robin Richardson, founder of the Minola Review. She discusses how she overcame early critiques of her writing by men—critiques she internalized. And they talk about getting men to listen. Minola Review is named after the protagonist in The Taming of the Shrew after all. One theme of their conversation is taking control of your narrative. "[Negative] voices like that aren't allowed in my life anymore and they were before and it has something to do w...
19 // Take Control of Your Narrative with Robin Richardson of Minola Review
September 26, 2018 18:29 - 37 minutes - 42.5 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson talks with Robin Richardson, founder of the Minola Review. She discusses how she overcame early critiques of her writing by men—critiques she internalized. And they talk about getting men to listen. Minola Review is named after the protagonist in The Taming of the Shrew after all. One theme of their conversation is taking control of your narrative. "[Negative] voices like that aren't allowed in my life anymore and they were before and it has something to do w...
Take Control of Your Narrative with Robin Richardson of Minola Review
September 26, 2018 14:15 - 37 minutes - 42.5 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson talks with Robin Richardson, founder of the Minola Review. She discusses how she overcame early critiques of her writing by men—critiques she internalized. And they talk about getting men to listen. Minola Review is named after the protagonist in The Taming of the Shrew after all. One theme of their conversation is taking control of your narrative. "[Negative] voices like that aren't allowed in my life anymore and they were before and it has something to do w...
#18 Know You're in a Conversation with Lilly Dancyger of Narratively
September 19, 2018 18:26 - 44 minutes - 50.5 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson talks with Lilly Dancyger of Narratively, about the responsibility of editors to elevate voices left out the conversation, why you should know what conversations have already been had about the subjects of your writing, her experiences with memoir writing both deep and shallow with ideas on how to find the deep stories that resonate with readers and editors. Lilly Dancyger's essays and journalism on sex, politics, and culture have appeared in Rolling Stone, T...
18 // Know You're in a Conversation with Lilly Dancyger of Narratively
September 19, 2018 18:26 - 44 minutes - 50.5 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson talks with Lilly Dancyger of Narratively, about the responsibility of editors to elevate voices left out the conversation, why you should know what conversations have already been had about the subjects of your writing, her experiences with memoir writing both deep and shallow with ideas on how to find the deep stories that resonate with readers and editors. Lilly Dancyger's essays and journalism on sex, politics, and culture have appeared in Rolling Stone, T...
18 // Know You’re in a Conversation with Lilly Dancyger of Narratively
September 19, 2018 18:26 - 44 minutes - 50.5 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson talks with Lilly Dancyger of Narratively, about the responsibility of editors to elevate voices left out the conversation, why you should know what conversations have already been had about the subjects of your writing, her experiences with memoir writing both deep and shallow with ideas on how to find the deep stories that resonate with readers and editors. Lilly Dancyger's essays and journalism on sex, politics, and culture have appeared in Rolling Stone, T...
Know You’re in a Conversation with Lilly Dancyger of Narratively
September 19, 2018 11:30 - 44 minutes - 50.5 MBIn this episode, Rachel Thompson talks with Lilly Dancyger of Narratively, about the responsibility of editors to elevate voices left out the conversation, why you should know what conversations have already been had about the subjects of your writing, her experiences with memoir writing both deep and shallow with ideas on how to find the deep stories that resonate with readers and editors. Lilly Dancyger's essays and journalism on sex, politics, and culture have appeared in Rolling Stone, T...
#17 Delight in Language with Maya Marshall of [PANK]
September 12, 2018 18:24 - 37 minutes - 43.2 MBIn this episode, Rachel talks with Maya Marshall, a self-described demanding and productive writer and editor with [PANK] magazine—yes, the magazine founded by Roxane Gay. Among much glorious and affirming advice she shares for writers, she is clearly someone who delights in language and craft, and cheers this enchantment—a word that comes up often in our interview—when she sees it in her submission inbox. They talk about mentoring and modelling, and about the risque words she does not want...
17 // Delight in Language with Maya Marshall of [PANK]
September 12, 2018 18:24 - 37 minutes - 43.2 MBIn this episode, Rachel talks with Maya Marshall, a self-described demanding and productive writer and editor with [PANK] magazine—yes, the magazine founded by Roxane Gay. Among much glorious and affirming advice she shares for writers, she is clearly someone who delights in language and craft, and cheers this enchantment—a word that comes up often in our interview—when she sees it in her submission inbox. They talk about mentoring and modelling, and about the risque words she does not want...
Delight in Language with Maya Marshall of [PANK]
September 12, 2018 12:00 - 37 minutes - 43.2 MBIn this episode, Rachel talks with Maya Marshall, a self-described demanding and productive writer and editor with [PANK] magazine—yes, the magazine founded by Roxane Gay. Among much glorious and affirming advice she shares for writers, she is clearly someone who delights in language and craft, and cheers this enchantment—a word that comes up often in our interview—when she sees it in her submission inbox. They talk about mentoring and modelling, and about the risque words she does not want...
#16 Take Notice with Donna Talarico of Hippocampus
May 09, 2018 18:22 - 37 minutes - 43.4 MB“I’ve just become better at noticing those little mechanical things,” says the guest for this episode, Donna Talarico, the founder and publisher of Hippocampus Magazine. Hippocampus makes memorable creative nonfiction. It is an online journal, a conference, and most recently a publishing house. Hippocampus Magazine is an exclusively online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Each issue features memoir excerpts, personal essays, re...
16 // Take Notice with Donna Talarico of Hippocampus
May 09, 2018 18:22 - 37 minutes - 43.4 MB“I’ve just become better at noticing those little mechanical things,” says the guest for this episode, Donna Talarico, the founder and publisher of Hippocampus Magazine. Hippocampus makes memorable creative nonfiction. It is an online journal, a conference, and most recently a publishing house. Hippocampus Magazine is an exclusively online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Each issue features memoir excerpts, personal essays, re...
Take Notice with Donna Talarico of Hippocampus
May 09, 2018 15:45 - 37 minutes - 43.4 MB“I’ve just become better at noticing those little mechanical things,” says the guest for this episode, Donna Talarico, the founder and publisher of Hippocampus Magazine. Hippocampus makes memorable creative nonfiction. It is an online journal, a conference, and most recently a publishing house. Hippocampus Magazine is an exclusively online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. Each issue features memoir excerpts, personal essays, re...
Pick Pleasure over Ambition with Wendy Lesser from The Threepenny Review
May 02, 2018 18:33 - 41 minutesIn this episode, we break outside the Lit Mag Love bubble we’ve been in—both in terms of region, The Threepenny Review is an established American lit mag, but also in terms of the approach to writers—a well-lauded, establishment figure in US literary scene, she says she can always tell when a writer has her or his own voice and that’s the thing they need to bring when they submit to the review. Also in the approach to being a gatekeeper, while she has published work that came from “under the ...
#15 The Threepenny Review—Pick Pleasure over Ambition with Wendy Lesser
May 02, 2018 18:20 - 41 minutes - 47.3 MBIn this episode, we break outside the Lit Mag Love bubble we’ve been in—both in terms of region, The Threepenny Review is an established American lit mag, but also in terms of the approach to writers—a well-lauded, establishment figure in US literary scene, she says she can always tell when a writer has her or his own voice and that’s the thing they need to bring when they submit to the review. Also in the approach to being a gatekeeper, while she has published work that came from “under the ...