Word Carver

Word Carver host Cynthia Rosi talks with poet Zoe Brigley Thompson about the ekphrastic art and poetry show hung at Ohio State University. Poetry by Thompson, with art from Victoria Brookland, including the title piece "The Little Cage of Ellis Bell."

For your writing enrichment this summer, the show recommends podcasts at Writers and Company and KCRW's Bookworm. That you subscribe to CRWROPPS Yahoo list-serve for writing markets, residencies, and job posts, or Duotrope and set up a Submittable account. Subscribe to Nita Sweeney's email list Write Now Newsletter for information on writing events in Columbus, Ohio and be sure to donate to cover the costs of keeping up this important service to writers. Check out Women Who Submit Lit for their inspirational submissions slam (contact me if you can help me to set up a Columbus satellite!). And finally, get over to Grammercy Books in Bexley for all your summer reads needs, and most especially for Nick White who will be reading from his fine novel How to Survive a Summer at Grammercy on June 29 at 7pm. Enjoy the show!

The temptation while writing spiritual memoir is to focus only on the moment of transformation. This talk explores how the dark night of the soul is as important in spiritual memoir as the healing or resurrection experience. From a talk by Cynthia Rosi given at Columbus Writer's Conference at Columbus State Community College in the spring of 2017.

Recently, I spoke at the Columbus Writer's Conference hosted by Columbus State in May. Be sure to put this free conference, with snacks provided (you won't get that deal anywhere else!) into your writing calendar for next year. That day, I taught a session on maintaining narrative suspense in the mystery novel. Here are some of the highlights from that presentation.

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And now, a discussion on maintaining narrative suspense in the mystery novel, from the Columbus Writers Conference hosted by Columbus State Community College.

In February, writers from across the country gathered in Washington DC for the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, also known as AWP.

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Today you will hear two immigrant voices speaking about the American Dream. The event at Wild Goose Creative was sponsored by Peace Catalyst International, Columbus Chapter, an organization which brings Christians and Muslims together for prayer, food, sharing stories, and building strong community ties. For more information about interfaith events, visit their Facebook page at Peace Catalyst International, Columbus.

Today Simon Hughes reads from Diary of the One Swelling Sea by Jill McCabe Johnson, a poet who lives in the San Juan Islands in Washington State. Hughes created an audioscape for the poem and reads with a deep, resonant voice. Following that, Lina Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas, a writer and translator from Colombia, will read from and discuss her collection of essays, Don't Come Back, a memoir about her girlhood in Colombia and subsequent migration to the United States.

Today you will hear a review of the craft book "The Way of the Writer," by author Charles Johnson. Columbus author Bryan Hurt reads from his short story collection "Everyone Wants to be Ambassador to France" and Victoria Parks, station manager at WGRN, reads from her audioscape "Dawn over Standing Rock." The show closes with new audio drama writing, Episode 1 of The Skip.

Today you will hear Karen McClintock whose book My Father's Closet is out from Trillium, an imprint of the Ohio University Press which specializes in publishing work from Ohio authors. Amy Dalrymple, roving reporter and assistant editor, has written and edited a poetry soundscape called Voices which will be at the end of the show.