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1) 212: Summer Echoes: My Abortion at 11 Wasn’t a Choice. It Was My Life
We flashback to the final story in a 7-part series in support of reproductive rights. The stories in the series were told live on stage in front of 400 people at Temple Beth Am in Miami, Florida on Se...Show More
2) 211: Summer Echoes: Is It Rape If You Were Blackout Drunk
Originally published on April 2 of 2024, we bring you a story by Morgan Sutton that embodies everything a story should embody. The story uses no extra words; the narrator looks inside herself; and the...Show More
3) 210: Summer Echoes: Birds Will Be Birds
We look bank on a story by Christopher Blackwell. Chris is 42 and serving a 45-year prison sentence in Washington. Chris’ story came to us through writer and Chris’s mentor, Jamie Beth Cohen. This ep...Show More
4) 209: Summer Echoes: How to Write about Life When Everyday Is a Reminder of Death?
Originally published in November of 2023, we are talking about hot topic/cold prose and when and why to write in the present tense vs. past. The story we share is written in the present tense, which g...Show More
5) 208: Summer Echoes: The Most Unique Essay We've Ever Aired
Today we continue the Summer Echoes Series with a story by Kimberly Elkins. Kimberly is the author of the novel, WHAT IS VISIBLE, which was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and named to se...Show More
6) 207: Summer Echoes: A Psychiatric Hospital Nearly Ruined My Life
This episode is about how to write a near perfect essay. The story was written by Banning Lyon who writes about a harrowing childhood experience in a psychiatric ward. His essay was previously publish...Show More
7) 206: Does Anyone Care About Saving Fossil Creek? Learn How Your Writing Can Build Trust
Today we bring you another story told live on stage at the Flagstaff Festival of Science in September 2024. This story is by Dr. Jane Marks. Her story is called Saving Fossil Creek. What's cool about ...Show More
8) 205: How Are Jumping Rope and Tornadoes Related? A Braided Essay
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Andrea Askowitz called A Numbers Game. This story was previously published in Memoirland, a curated compilation of the week’s best personal essays on the int...Show More
9) 204: I Wish I Had Been Nicer to You Before You Died
On this episode, we’re going to talk about using the letter form (epistolary) and specifically not telegraphing. If you don’t know what telegraphing is, don’t worry. You will after you hear our discus...Show More
10) 203: I Lied About My Birth Experience. Writing Helped Me Work Out My Sh*t and Get to the Truth.
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Rachel Perse, who had severe anxiety after giving birth to her first child, but pretended she was having the time of her life. She tells her important story ...Show More