Micah Ariel James is a playwright (Four Stories, How We Bury the War Dead, Better Weather, The Honey War), poet, producer, dramaturg, and teaching artist with particular interests in aging and memory studies, oral history, and restorative justice. She is also an arts administrator committed to developing and facilitates arts programming with an eye toward helping artists discover new approaches to creating meaningful engagement with campus and community partners, and to making the arts more accessible to all audiences. Micah received an MFA in Theatre Arts (Playwriting) from the University of Iowa and a BA in Playwriting from Columbia College Chicago.
The music for this podcast is "Ira" by Blake Shaw.
Ongoing support comes from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Iowa Arts Council, and from the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund. Phase 1 is an initiative of Arts Midwest and its peer United States Regional Arts Organizations made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Writers of Color Reading Series is produced by the Englert in Iowa City, Iowa, and is supported by Friends of the Englert. Visit www.englert.org/friends to support our programming.
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Host: Jesus “Chuy” Renteria
Line Producer & Audio Engineer: Savannah Lane
Executive Producers: John Schickedanz & Andre Perry
