Having moved from Atlanta to Montreal as a toddler, some of Sophia Tone’s earliest memories are shaped by the “slipperiness of language.” In this episode, she tells Jared how bilingualism and her French immersion experience influence her poetry today, and how she seeks to highlight lesser-known Québécois art and poetry. They also discuss the connection between visual art and poetry, as well as the cross-genre focus at Hollins (or “Pulitzer University”), where students receive funding without the requirement to teach.

Sophia Tone is a second-year MFA candidate at Hollins University. Her focus is poetry, but she recently discovered the lyric essay and has been experimenting with creative nonfiction ever since. She seems to enjoy writing intertextual and ekphrastic work the best, these days. During her time in Atlanta, with her best poet friend, she co-founded PEACHFUZZ Journal (@peachfuzzjournal on Instagram), which seeks to publish emerging voices from the Atlanta area. You can find her work at HAD, Switch Microfiction, and Axil Poetry and Art. She is on Instagram @lilso3.

MFA Writers is hosted by Jared McCormack and produced by Jared McCormack and Hanamori Skoblow. New episodes are released every two weeks. You can find more MFA Writers at MFAwriters.com.

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