ABOUT THE GUEST | Madeline Ffitch writes and organizes in Appalachian Ohio. She was a founding member of the punk theater company, The Missoula Oblongata, and is the author of the story collection, Valparaiso, Round the Horn. Madeline has been awarded residencies at Yaddo and at the MacDowell Colony. She is the author of Stay and Fight from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
SHOW NOTES
ABOUT THE SHOW
THE CREATIVE HOUR is a podcast hosted by Prince Shakur of artist conversations about the creative projects/moments that changed, broke down, or liberated them. By delving into an artists’ most cherished projects or moments of realization, The Creative Hour shows that radical vulnerability is a vital part of any creative community or conversations. Broadcast through VergeFM
ABOUT THE HOST | Prince Shakur is a queer, Jamaican-American freelance journalist, cultural writer, organizer, and traveler. He helped bring the Black Lives Matter movement to Ohio University’s campus in 2014-2015, and organized a rally that pressured the university to oust the president. By 25, Shakur would live in Seattle, participate in the Nuit Debout riots in France, live-stream in Standing Rock, disrupt a Bill Clinton speech, document his travels, and begin his career as a freelance writer with a viral essay unpacking racism while doing seasonal work in Outside Magazine. He is a local Columbus organizer and abolitionist involved with BQIC. In 2017, he was awarded the Rising Star Grant from GLAAD for his YouTube series, Two Woke Minds. His debut memoir about his coming out and of age in Obama and Trump’s America earned him writing residencies with Sangam House, La Maison Baldwin, Studios of Key West. He is represented by Elle McKenzie of Ladderbird Literary Agency.
ABOUT MY BOOK
My debut memoir, WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO BE GOOD, comes out October 4, 2022. To preorder: https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781953534422
"Prince Shakurk’s debut memoir brilliantly mines his many eras of radicalization and self-realization through examinations of place, childhood, queer identity, and a history of uprisings."
