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Jeremy Paden

Think Humanities

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Marianne Worthington

Tracy K. Smith

Ashley Smith

David King

Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Grisham

Jon Meacham

Eli Capilouto

David Rice

Scott Miller

Michael Benson

Wendell Berry

Hannah Coulter

John Allen

Levi Strauss

OwlTail

Lynnell Edwards

On this episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Kentucky Humanities kicks off National Poetry Month with a conversation with poets Jeremy Paden and Lynnell Edwards. They talk about the role of poetry in the classroom and beyond and share about their unique documentary poetry.THINK HUMANITIES is made possible by generous support from Spalding University's Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing.

On this episode of THINK HUMANITIES, Kentucky Humanities kicks off National Poetry Month with a conversation with poets Jeremy Paden and Lynnell Edwards. They talk about the role of poetry in the classroom and beyond and share about their unique documentary poetry. THINK HUMANITIES is made possible by generous support from Spalding University's Sena Jeter Naslund-Karen Mann Graduate School of Writing.

Episode 227 - Jeremy Paden and Lynnell Edwards, Poets

About Our GuestsKristina Erny is a third-culture poet who grew up in South Korea. She holds an MFA from the University of Arizona. Her work has been the recipient of the Tupelo Quarterly Inaugural Poetry Prize and the Ruskin Art Club Poetry Award, and has been published by The Los Angeles Review, Yemassee, Bluestem, and Tupelo Quarterly, among other journals.After over a decade of living as an expatriate abroad, she currently lives and teaches in Jessamine County, Kentucky, with her husband and three children.Jeremy Paden is Professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and on faculty in translation at Spalding University's low-residency MFA. world as sacred burning heart, his full-length collection of poems on the Spanish colonization of the Americas, was published in April of 2021. Under the Ocelot Sun, a bilingual, illustrated children’s book, won the 2020 Ada-Campoy Prize for Children’s Literature from the North American Academy of Spanish Language.  His bilingual collection of poems, Self-Portrait as an Iguana, which co-won the first Poet in New York Prize by Valparaíso USA, has just been published. ResourcesJeremy recommends that you read and study the poem "Eviction" by Eavan Boland before attempting his prompt. The prompt can easily be adapted for fiction or nonfiction writers.Kristina suggests visiting a local art gallery for writing inspiration. If you aren't able to visit in person, check out 21C's online gallery.Listen to the podcast for the complete description of their prompts.Join the Prompt to Page Writing GroupTuesday, September 28, 6:00 PMSpend time working on this month's Prompt to Page podcast writing prompts, get feedback, and share writing tips with a community of other writers. Open to all writing levels.Registration is required.Submit Your WritingWe'd love to see what you're writing! Submit your response to the episode 1 prompts for a chance to have them read on a future episode of the podcast.

About Our GuestsKristina Erny is a third-culture poet who grew up in South Korea. She holds an MFA from the University of Arizona. Her work has been the recipient of the Tupelo Quarterly Inaugural Poetry Prize and the Ruskin Art Club Poetry Award, and has been published by The Los Angeles Review, Yemassee, Bluestem, and Tupelo Quarterly, among other journals.After over a decade of living as an expatriate abroad, she currently lives and teaches in Jessamine County, Kentucky, with her husband and three children.Jeremy Paden is Professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and on faculty in translation at Spalding University's low-residency MFA. world as sacred burning heart, his full-length collection of poems on the Spanish colonization of the Americas, was published in April of 2021.  Under the Ocelot Sun, a bilingual, illustrated children’s book, won the 2020 Ada-Campoy Prize for Children’s Literature from the North American Academy of Spanish Language.  His bilingual collection of poems, Self-Portrait as an Iguana, which co-won the first Poet in New York Prize by Valparaíso USA, has just been published. ResourcesJeremy recommends that you read and study the poem <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/04/eviction" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Eviction"</a> by Eavan Boland before attempting his prompt. The prompt can easily be adapted for fiction or nonfiction writers.Kristina suggests visiting a local art gallery for writing inspiration. If you aren't able to visit in person, check out <a href="https://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/museum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">21C's online gallery</a>.Listen to the podcast for the complete description of their prompts.Join the Prompt to Page Writing GroupTuesday, September 28, 6:00 PMSpend time working on this month's Prompt to Page podcast writing prompts, get feedback, and share writing tips with a community of other writers. Open to all writing levels.<a href="https://jesspublib.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=16291&amp;backTo=Calendar&amp;startDate=2021/09/01" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Registration is required.</a>Submit Your WritingWe'd love to see what you're writing! <a href="https://jesspublib.org/prompt-to-page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Submit your response</a> to the episode 1 prompts for a chance to have them read on a future episode of the podcast.

Kristina Erny and Jeremy Paden