Writing Stories
Each episode of Writing Stories features an interview with a contemporary author about how her book went from an idea in her head to an object on a shelf. Join us on Writing Stories for honesty, struggle, and triumph, for writing community, publishing insight, and inspiration to persist in whatever difficult but meaningful journey you've chosen for yourself.
Writing Stories
"Too Many Emotions and No Tranquility" — Jessica E. Johnson Tells the Story of Mettlework
In this episode, Jessica E. Johnson tells the story of Mettlework. Along the way she covers:
Agent troubles
Her poetry collection Metabolics
A need for more poetry about motherhood
Connections between form, content, and 'material conditions of creation' in her work
Gathering your mentor texts
The inheritance of motherhood and the self-sacrificing mother myth
Mary Ardery's review of her book
Emma Copley Eisenberg and Housemates