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WorkWhileSeason 1 Final Slog Notes: Incorporating Writing Advice and Eating Humble Pie, the Sam Burns and Stacy Boe StoryIn this Slog Notes episode, Sam and Stacy talk about what they learned from their conversation with Sayantani, how Sam has found success incorporating Sayantani’s writing advice, and why the #therapy is working. This episode was recorded January, 2024. Also, dear listener--this is the last episode of Season 1! We hope you enjoyed this podcast as much as we enjoyed making it. Thank you for listening. Your Co-Scribblers, Sam & Stacy Links . . . WorkWhile website WorkWhile Instagram
2025-02-0747 minWorkWhileSayantani Dasgupta on Following Her Characters, Writing Difficult Women, and Celebrating with PepsiSayantani Dasgupta, author of Women Who Misbehave, talks to Sam and Stacy about writing her first short story, working as an editor at a publishing house, moving to the U.S. to pursue an MFA, and why reading about a character smashing a mirror always makes Sayantani wonder whose job it is to clean it up. Sayantani is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. You can learn more about Sayantani at her website, https://www.sdasgupta.com/. She is also the author of a memoir, Firegirl, from Two Sylvias Press...
2025-01-311h 02WorkWhileSlog Notes: Writing Success, Paranormal Romance, and Other Literary ConsiderationsIn this Slog Notes episode, Sam and Stacy talk about what they learned from their conversation with Daniel, how Stacy is thinking about the definition of success during this stage of her creative practice, and Sam’s sci-fi writing revelation. And! Stacy discovers the title of the sexy paranormal romance novel she needs to write. This episode was recorded November, 2023. Links . . . WorkWhile website WorkWhile Instagram WorkWhile Facebook Stacy’s website Sam’s website
2025-01-2440 minWorkWhileDaniel Orozco: Fueling Creativity Through a Healthy Sense of BoredomDaniel Orozco, author of Orientation, talks to Sam and Stacy about temp jobs, being mesmerized by the Scholastic book fair, the highs and lows of sending out his work earlier in his career, and how a healthy sense of boredom is an essential part of his creative practice. Daniel is Associate Professor Emeritus in the English Department at the University of Idaho. You can buy Orientation directly from Macmillan or order it from your local book store. Links . . . WorkWhile website ...
2025-01-171h 04WorkWhileSlog Notes: A Sad-Girl Dip in a CreekIn this Slog Notes episode, Sam and Stacy talk about what they learned from their conversation with Mike, their wardrobe goals and deadlift goals, Sam’s ups and downs from her experiences at Lit Camp and Community of Writers, and Stacy’s thoughts about being an emerging writer at midlife. This episode was recorded July, 2023. Links . . . WorkWhile website WorkWhile Instagram WorkWhile Facebook Stacy’s website Sam’s website
2025-01-1046 minWorkWhileMichael McGriff on the Choice to be UnguardedIn Part 2 of Sam and Stacy's conversation with Michael McGriff, he talks about his choice to be unguarded instead of hiding behind his own pyrotechnics in Eternal Sentences, how his writing process has changed since becoming a parent, and why it’s important to keep reading all the books that give you the most meaning when the world is saying "no" to your work. 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 Par...
2025-01-0358 minWorkWhileSlog Notes: Sam's Giant MeltdownOn this Slog Notes episode, Sam and Stacy talk about what they learned from their conversation with Mike, Sam’s two writing wins, Stacy’s event in Moscow where she wrote poems on the fly for townspeople, and why writing an artistic statement made Sam have a giant meltdown. This episode was recorded in June, 2023. Links . . . WorkWhile website WorkWhile Instagram WorkWhile Facebook Stacy’s website Sam’s website
2024-12-2744 minWorkWhileMichael McGriff and the Language of ImaginationMichael 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 conversa...
2024-12-2056 minWorkWhileSlog Notes: Stealing Poems from Seven-Year-OldsOn 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 . . . WorkWhile website WorkWhile Instagram WorkWhile Facebook Stacy’s website Sam’s website
2024-12-1342 minWorkWhileOscar Oswald and the Spreadsheet of DoomOscar 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/ Links ...
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Ali & Callie ArtcastEp 152: Poet Laureates, Jennifer Passaro and Stacy Boe MillerA poet laureate is a poet who has been appointed by a government or some other organization. It is their responsibility promote poetry, which usually includes composing and reciting poems for special occasions.
Recently, the CDA Arts Commission appointed Jennifer Passaro as the city’s first Poet Laureate. Jennifer studied English and creative writing at the University of Montana and is excited to share poetry with community members, particularly those from vulnerable populations. The goal of the Poet Laureate is to enhance awareness of the role poetry and literature play in the community and to document the un...
2024-11-2243 minWorkWhileTrailerWorkWhile 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...
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Neill Public Library PodcastWe're back! Cascadia Field Guide with CMarie Fuhrman and Derek SheffieldHello everyone! We've been on hiatus for a bit but we're really excited to be back with a new episode- a discussion of the new book Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry. We're joined by Cascadia editors and contributors CMarie Fuhrman and Derek Sheffield. Join us at Neill Public Library Wednesday, May 10 at 6:00pm to celebrate their new book! You'll be able to meet CMarie and Derek, along with poets Alexandra Teague, Stacy Boe Miller, and Michael McGriff; and artist Cori Dantini. All will read from and sign their new books. This event is an opportunity to build...
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