SoundPages Podcast

Through his rich experience driving public transit buses in Seattle for more than 20 years, Michael Spence has innumerable stories to recount in his poetry. His unique perspective from the driver’s seat can be humorous, insightful, sorrowful, and revealing about society in general.

Music by Karin Kajita, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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Merna Ann Hecht has devoted much of her life to teaching and helping children. When she isn’t teaching, she’s cooking because she finds cooking calms her down. And when she isn’t cooking, she’s fretting about the world. Those are the three things she does and the focus of her writing.

Music by Matt Weiner and Del Rey, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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Wendy Call came to writing through her work in political activism. Her experience as a community organizer inspired her to write about why people work for change in their communities. In this podcast, she explores how political writing can be effective and how different countries approach political journalism.

Music by Joel Salsman, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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Ghida Sinno has created a series of stories looking at how different people experienced 9-11, or 9-1-1 as she calls it. The stories reflect the perspectives of Arab Americans and others, a half an hour after the attacks, a week after the attacks, a year after the attacks. Sinno uses irony and humor to soften her topic and allow readers to indulge in her writing.

THIS PODCAST CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE.

Music by The Owcharuk Sextet, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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Through her experiences on the open road, with pregnancy, and with miscarriage, in this podcast Jennifer Munro takes you on personal and high-speed adventures. Jennifer addresses women’s issues in new light and with humor.

THIS PODCAST CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT.

Music by Grand Hallway, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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Jack Straw Writer Waverly Fitzgerald set out to learn about nature in an urban setting. Her studies began in her own neighborhood: Capitol Hill. Waverly researched and collected information about her natural surroundings, and through the writing process, completed her own learning process.

Music by The Bird Tribe Orchestra, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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The Jack Straw Writers podcast begins the 2008 series with Janna Cawrse Esarey. She sailed and wrote her way around the world for two and a half years on an extended honeymoon. Her writing is about relationships and the journey, sailing and through life.

THIS PODCAST CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE.

Music by Jim Page and Artis, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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“The Vis-a-Vis Society is for the poetic analysis of the everyday.” That’s how Sierra Nelson and Rachel Kessler sum up their literary duo. The pair take surveys of their audiences and present their findings in dynamic performances. In this podcast, you’ll hear excerpts from their interview with writers program curator Matt Briggs along with poetic surveys and data from their live performance at Jack Straw Productions.

Music by Jim Knodle as part of Pam Dionne’s residency in the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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Poet and a novelist Willie Smith started writing when he was nine. His first love was science, but when he had the opportunity to enter a grade school writing contest, Smith wrote his first short story. From that point forward, Smith was hooked.

In this podcast, you’ll hear Smith talk about his beginnings in writing with program curator Matt Briggs and excerpts from his live performance at Jack Straw Productions.

Music by Christian Asplund, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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For Laurie Blauner writing is an exercise that helps her to understand her own thoughts and subsequently herself. She began her writing career as a poet and later explored prose where she could spread out. In this podcast, you’ll hear excerpts from her interview with writers program curator Matt Briggs and selections from her live reading at Jack Straw Productions.

Music by Sean Osborn, produced as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

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