Juleen Johnson's guest appearances

Juleen Johnson

Commonplace: Conversations with Poets (and Other People)

Jericho Brown

Alicia Jo Rabins

Craig Morgan

Morgan Parker

Natalie Diaz

Gerald Stern

Jennifer Croft

Kaveh Akbar

Claudia Rankine

Erika L. Sánchez

Sarah Gambito

Nate Marshall

Ilya Kaminsky

Eloisa Amezcua

Sheila Heti

OwlTail

Jenny George

Amanda Galvan Huynh

Host Rachel Zucker talks with poets Destiny Birdsong, Juleen Johnson, Jenny George, Eloisa Amezcua, and Amanda Galvan Huynh in Savage Library at MacDowell Artist Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.They talk about their particular interests—writing about women of color, writing about place, writing from unknowing or from knowing to unknowing, writing about the relationship between humans and animals, working with found texts, writing about assimilation and loss of culture, bi-linguality—and about their shared experiences at MacDowell. They offer advice for folks who might be headed to a residency, talk about various writing processes, and about what was wonderful and what was challenging about being at the residency including their feelings about being selected and about the selection process and not having to do the kind of labor one does in normal life. Extra Materials for Episode 48MacDowell Fellows in this EpisodeEloisa AmezcuaDestiny BirdsongJenny GeorgeAmanda Galvan HuynhJuleen JohnsonOther MacDowell Fellows who were there at the same time as we were, some of whom we mention in this episode—all of whom were important in our work:Koji NakanoGreg MarshallAlexandria SmithDahlia ElsayedMarc Ohrem-LeclefMaude Mitchelland Lee BruerUchenna AwokeJustin SherinHaruko TanakaAndrew MayJoyce ZonanaJanie GeiserMona MansourErik den BreejenEdgar KunzJonathan BergerErin M. Riley

Host Rachel Zucker talks with poets Destiny Birdsong, Juleen Johnson, Jenny George, Eloisa Amezcua, and Amanda Galvan Huynh in Savage Library at MacDowell Artist Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.They talk about their particular interests—writing about women of color, writing about place, writing from unknowing or from knowing to unknowing, writing about the relationship between humans and animals, working with found texts, writing about assimilation and loss of culture, bi-linguality—and about their shared experiences at MacDowell. They offer advice for folks who might be headed to a residency, talk about various writing processes, and about what was wonderful and what was challenging about being at the residency including their feelings about being selected and about the selection process and not having to do the kind of labor one does in normal life. <h1>Extra Materials for Episode 48</h1><h3>MacDowell Fellows in this Episode</h3><a href="http://amzn.to/2GuDudi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eloisa Amezcua</a><a href="http://destinybirdsong.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Destiny Birdsong</a><a href="http://amzn.to/2pawhYC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jenny George</a><a href="https://amandagalvanhuynh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Galvan Huynh</a><a href="http://juleenj.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Juleen Johnson</a><h3>Other MacDowell Fellows who were there at the same time as we were, some of whom we mention in this episode—all of whom were important in our work:</h3><a href="https://kojinakano.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Koji Nakano</a><a href="https://www.underthegumtree.com/blog/2016/4/2/meet-the-author-greg-marshall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greg Marshall</a><a href="http://alexandriasmith.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexandria Smith</a><a href="http://www.dahliaelsayed.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dahlia Elsayed</a><a href="http://www.marcleclef.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marc Ohrem-Leclef</a><a href="http://twptown.org/coffee-with-lee-breuer-and-maude-mitchell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maude Mitchelland Lee Bruer</a><a href="http://www.elsewherelit.org/uchenna-awoke/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Uchenna Awoke</a><a href="https://longreads.com/picks/authors/justin-sherin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justin Sherin</a><a href="https://www.kissoftheworld.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Haruko Tanaka</a><a href="http://music.unt.edu/faculty-and-staff/andrew-may" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew May</a><a href="https://faculty.bmcc.cuny.edu:7002/faculty/fp.jsp?f=jzonana" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joyce Zonana</a><a href="http://www.janiegeiser.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Janie Geiser</a><a href="https://monamansour.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mona Mansour</a><a href="https://erikdenbreejen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Erik den Breejen</a><a href="https://www.edgarkunz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edgar Kunz</a><a href="https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty/Jonathan_Berger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Berger</a><a href="http://erinmriley.com/home.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Erin M. Riley</a>

Episode 48: Poets at MacDowell: Destiny Birdsong, Juleen Johnson, Jenny George, Eloisa Amezcua, & Amanda Galvan Huynh