With her diverse ancestry, Storme Webber brings a unique perspective to the literary world. Her writing allows her to give voice to those who are marginalized due to poverty, race, and sexual orientation. As a multi-disciplinary artist, Storme enlivens her readings with sonorous vocals, deepening the impact of her words.
Webber is a writer/poet/performer/visual artist who has performed her work in theater, film, stage and television. Publication in Serious Pleasure by Sheba Feminist Press of London led to years of performance and travel throughout Europe.
This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at http://www.jackstraw.org/.
Music in this podcast is performed by Dan Blunck and Mike Bisio and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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For his Jack Straw residency, Kevin Simmonds brings to life historic figures in his lilting and revealing poetry. His background as a musician and his roots in New Orleans, lend a rhythmic, melancholic sensibility to his work. Among the themes he touches on are rights issues, loss, and sexuality.
Simmonds is a musician and writer whose compositions and poems have been widely performed and published. He has been a Fulbright Fellow, a Cave Canem Fellow, and a Pushcart Prize nominee.
This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at http://www.jackstraw.org/.
Music in this podcast is performed by The Black Cat Orchestra and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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Madeline Ostrander works global politics into a flowing narrative that hinges on personal stories. Her experiences abroad fill her writing with distinct, tangible scenes with genuine characters. Readers and listeners are forced to contemplate war and responsibility.
Ostrander’s articles and essays have been widely published. She is on the steering committee of Seattle Writergrrls and is Senior Editor for YES! Magazine.
This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at http://www.jackstraw.org/.
Music in this podcast is performed by Amy Rubin and Dawn Clement and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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In her rhythmic storytelling, Angela Martinez Dy sketches a snapshot of the social and cultural fabric of her time. Her art, which starts with poetry on the page, becomes a gripping, powerful force in her delivery. She says her writing helps her express who she is and leads to deeper self-understanding.
Angela is a poet, spoken word and hip-hop artist who blends commentary, craft and analysis as she grapples with issues of family, community and social justice from the perspective of a second-generation American. Subject matter includes the immigrant experience, current events, and world history as told by a woman of color. Angela Martinez Dy is a founding member and current director of Youth Speaks Seattle.
This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at http://www.jackstraw.org/.
Music in this podcast is performed by Bob Rees and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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Kim-An Lieberman’s writing is a study on how the media shapes contemporary culture. She uses stories and characters featured in the media in her work. Through poetry, Lieberman is able to create unique, playful portraits of her subjects and continue a long tradition of storytelling.
Lieberman is the author of Breaking the Map: Poems (Blue Begonia, 2008). Her poems, essays and articles have appeared in both literary and academic publications. She teaches poetry writing, Asian American literature and the history of artistic responses to war at Lakeside School.
This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at http://www.jackstraw.org/.
Music in this podcast is performed by Matt Weiner and Del Rey and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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In her writing, Laura Hirschfield explores what’s not said, or what’s missing. She works with the concept of haunting; expressing in words an idea or a voice that inhabits her. Her examination of haunting is revelatory, personal, and poignant.
For twenty years, Hirschfield has been an editor and writer of elementary school curriculum materials and non-fiction books for children. She is currently earning an MFA in poetry from Pacific University in Oregon.
This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at http://www.jackstraw.org/.
Music in this podcast is performed by the Bella Musica Woodwind Trio and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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In Alma García’s quest to portray the human side of a story, she reaches into the center of her characters to share a delicate intimacy with the reader. Her blend of voices and scenes has a natural rhythm which she attributes to her training as a musician. In her words, she “understood how a story should sound” from a very young age.
García is the winner of the 2007 Narrative Prize, the 2007 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and the Dana Award in Short Fiction for 2004. She holds an MFA from the University of Arizona. A former journalist and occasional teacher, García grew up in West Texas and has lived most of her life in New Mexico. She lives with her husband in Seattle.
This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at http://www.jackstraw.org/.
Music in this podcast is performed by Rik Wright and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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In her writing, poet Rachel Dilworth seeks to illuminate new perspectives and understanding through the exploration of voice. Her focus on voice as connected to self, loss of voice, and regaining voice, allows her subjects to be heard in new ways.
Dilworth’s first manuscript, The Wild Rose Asylum: Poems of the Magdalen Laundries of Ireland, won the 2008 Akron Poetry Prize, chosen by Rita Dove. It will be published by the University of Akron Press in November 2009. Her poems have appeared in TriQuarterly, AGNI Online, American Literary Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Chautauqua, Southern Indiana Review, Perihelion, CutThroat, Bay Nature, and elsewhere. She has received, among other awards, a Fulbright Fellowship to Ireland for creative writing, Yale’s Clapp Fellowship for poetry, commendation in the UK National Poetry Competition, a Dorothy Poetry Prize, and a Bread Loaf “Waiter” Scholarship.
Permission to use portions of The Wild Rose Asylum by Rachel Dilworth has been granted by the University of Akron Press. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited. This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at www.jackstraw.org.
Music in this podcast is performed by Sean Osborn and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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Years of living and traveling in Europe and a profound interest in the visual arts, inform Michael Magee’s work. His writing, which crosses many disciplines, is full of wit, color, and panache. His dynamic range of subjects and artful turn of phrase are both fresh and entertaining.
Magee is a poet, freelance writer, reviewer of film and drama, and playwright whose plays, A Night In Reading Gaol With Oscar Wilde and Shank’s Mare, have been produced in England and America. He lived for two years in Nottingham, England, has read his work on BBC Radio, worked with Billy Smart’s Circus in London, and appeared at Shakespeare and Company, Paris. His work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and he is the author of several chapbooks of poetry. He won the Dancing Poetry Festival award in 2008.
This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at www.jackstraw.org.
Music in this podcast is performed by Matt Weiner and Del Rey and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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In her far-reaching poem, “Rhapsody in Red”, Priscilla Long weaves cultural, political, and scientific threads together in a lyrical statement featuring the color red. Full of historic references and bright imagery, Long’s writing draws the reader through memory and experience.
Long’s essays, literary non-fiction works, and poems have been widely published and have garnered several awards, including a National Magazine Award for Feature Writing. She is Senior Editor for historylink.org.
This podcast was produced as part of the 2009 Jack Straw Writers Program. All of the writers heard in this series are published in the Jack Straw Writers Anthology, and featured online at www.jackstraw.org.
Music in this podcast is performed by Amy Rubin and Dawn Clement and was recorded as part of the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.
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