In the Margins

Author Therese Anne Fowler shares exciting news about her latest book, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, which follows the wild lives of roaring twenties literary icons Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Podcast Notes:

Therese Anne Fowler is the author of the New York Times best seller Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald and three prior novels. Her essays have been published internationally in newspapers and magazines such as The Week, the London Telegraph and Harper's Bazaar, and her novels are published in seventeen languages worldwide. She now writes fiction full-time, occasionally teaching creative writing workshops, as well as classes at North Carolina State University. http://thereseannefowler.com

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald: http://www.amazon.com/Z-A-Novel-Zelda-Fitzgerald/dp/1250028663

St. Martin’s Press: http://us.macmillan.com/zanovelofzeldafitzgerald/thereseannefowler

Learning Writing

John Kessel: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/faculty_staff/tenshi

NCSU-Sociology: http://socant.chass.ncsu.edu/sociology/

NCSU- MFA: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/mfa/

Listen to Episode 3 of our podcast to hear more about the NCSU MFA. Find it in iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-margins/id954096691?mt=2#

Formative Writers

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Short Stories by Herman Melville

The Time Traverler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Bel Canto by Anne Patchett

Z: Research

Zelda Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Frances “Scottie” Fitzgerald

Sara and Gerald Murphy

Ernest Hemingway

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Z: Audiobook

Jenna Lamia, Performer

Other books: The Help, Secret Life of Bees

Z: Press

“Pick of the Week” People Magazine: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20708746,00.html

NPR Interview

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/23/174736463/z-tells-the-fitzgeralds-story-from-zeldas-point-of-view

Z Tattoo

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Z: An Original Series for Amazon Studios

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There are many ways to learn the craft of writing. In the Margins, we take a close look at North Carolina State University’s graduate program specializing in the art of poetry and fiction. Program Director and poet, Dorianne Laux and John Kessell, a member of the fiction faculty, pull back the curtain to the admissions process for the MFA program at NC State and give us insight into the landscape of emerging writers today.

Podcast Notes:

The Master of Fine Arts, or MFA, in Creative Writing at NC State is a is a “two-year program of workshops, literature courses and electives, culminating in a final thesis of literary work worthy of publication.”

To give us more insight into the MFA at NC State, we are joined by two award-winning authors: the program’s current director, poet Dorianne Laux (who has published five collections of poetry including most recently: Facts about the Moon and The Book of Men), and two-time Nebula Award-winning science fiction writer John Kessel (who also helped found the MFA program).

North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

• Creative Writing Master of the Fine Arts: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/mfa
• Creative Writing Undergraduate Major: http://english.chass.ncsu.edu/undergraduate/

North Carolina State University Creative Writing Faculty:

• Dorianne Laux (Poetry): http://doriannelaux.net
• John Kessel (Fiction): http://johnjosephkessel.wix.com/kessel-website
• Wilton Barnhardt (Fiction): http://www.wiltonbarnhardt.com
• Jill McCorkle (Fiction): http://jillmccorkle.com
• John Balaban (Poetry): http://www.johnbalaban.com

Former Students/Visiting Writers

• Therese Anne Fowler: http://thereseannefowler.com

Visiting Writers Reading at NC State

• Gibbons Ruark: http://www.faculty.english.udel.edu/ruark/
• Eduardo Corral: http://eduardocorral.com
• Allan Gurganus: http://www.allangurganus.com

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning

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Crystal Simone Smith, poet and Managing Editor of Backbone Press, discusses her new chapbook, “Running Music” (Longleaf Press, 2014) which explores her experiences as a runner, family, and grief. As one who began writing professionally as an adult, Smith says, “It’s never too late to find poetry.”

Podcast Notes:

Crystal Simone Smith was raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland and educated in North Carolina at Bennett College, UNC-Greensboro, and Queens University of Charlotte. She is also Managing Editor for Backbone Press and currently lives in Durham, NC, where she teaches Composition and Creative Writing. http://crystalsimonesmith.com

Resources

Warren Wilson Low Residency MFA: http://www.wwcmfa.orgThe Sun Magazine: http://thesunmagazine.org

Inspirational Poets

• Lucille Clifton: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/lucille-clifton
• Sharon Olds: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/sharon-olds

Publications

• Routes Home (Finishing Line Press) by Crystal Simone Smith
• Finishing Line Press: https://finishinglinepress.com

Running Music (Longleaf Press) by Crystal Simone SmithLongleaf

• Press: http://www.methodist.edu/longleaf/index.htm

Haiku Poetry Form

• Lenard D. Moore, poet: http://www.hsa-haiku.org/member/Meet-LenardMoore.htm
• Haiku Society of America: http://www.hsa-haiku.org

Inspirational Poetry

• “Mother to Son” Langston Hughes: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177021
• Blacks by Gwendolyn Brooks: http://www.amazon.com/Blacks-Gwendolyn-Brooks/dp/0883781050

Crystal’s Book Recommendations

• Mother Love by Rita Dove: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Mother-Love/
• Sonnet form: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-sonnet
• What Work Is by Philip Levine http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/100554/what-work-is/

North Carolina Poetry Networks

• North Carolina Poetry Society: http://www.ncpoetrysociety.org

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Executive Director, Ross White gives insight to the origins of Bull City Press, the micro-journal, Inch, the Frost Place Residency Chapbook Contest, and his fascinating biases for poetry submissions.

Ross says to writers: “Send your stuff. There’s no greater joy as an editor than opening a submission and thinking, ‘oh my god, that’s the one!’”

Ross White, Poet, Executive Director of Bull City Press

http://www.rosswhite.com/

•How We Came Upon the Colony by Ross White

http://www.unicorn-press.org/books/White-How-We-Came-Upon-the-Colony.html

Bull City Press, Durham, North Carolina

http://www.bullcitypress.com/

Inch Magazine by Bull City Press

http://bullcitypress.com/inch/

•Luke Hankins – “A Thought That’s Freeing”

http://bullcitypress.com/inch/issues/

•Katherine DeBlassie – “Poema de Amor (14)”

http://bullcitypress.com/inch/issues/

Frost Place Chapbook Competition

Submission deadline: December 31st every year.http://bullcitypress.com/submissions-top/frost-place-chapbook-competition/

The Frost Place, Franconia New Hampshirehttp://www.frostplace.org/

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