The Literary State Podcast
1) The Haiku Project
Missouri's sixth Poet Laureate, Maryfrances Wagner, introduces a state-wide haiku writing project. In this episode of The Literary State, you will learn what haiku is, how to write it, enter it in the...Show More
2) Catherine Anderson
Kansas City poet Catherine Anderson talks about the most important elements in a poem, poets that move her, shares a unique writing prompt, and reads two of her poems: Summer Solstice, A Room and You ...Show More
3) Mark McKee
Columbia poet and managing editor of The Missouri Review, Mark McKee, talks about what he looks for in a poem he publishes, shares a writing prompt, and reads two poems: Bereavement Company (0): At th...Show More
4) David Baker
David talks about how to make a poem, deeper, more meaningful, seeing it in 3D, how he begins a poem, and two prompts for writing a poem. David Baker grew up in Macon and Jefferson City, Missouri, and...Show More
5) Andrés Rodríguez
Kansas City poet and professor, Andrés Rodríguez, talks about why he writes about things, not ideas, why he returns to Keats, shares a writing prompt, and reads his poem: Cicadas. Maryfrances Wagner, ...Show More
6) Marjorie Stelmach
St. Louis poet Marjorie Stelmach, instructor at Washington University Graduate School of Education, talks about where to place line breaks in a free verse, how she develops her writing process, and ho...Show More
7) Carl Phillips
St. Louis poet and professor Carl Phillips, author of 16 books, talks about how to rework your poem, how to improve sound in your poem, shares a writing prompt, and reads two of his poems: Musculature...Show More
8) Courtney Faye Taylor
Kansas City poet and professor Courtney Faye Taylor, poetry editor at Slice magazine, talks about her journey to writing, how she chooses poems to publish, and shares a writing prompt. She reads two o...Show More
9) Ruth Williams
Kansas City poet and professor Ruth Williams talks about how to revise your poem, what poets she admires, the physiology of writing, shares a writing prompt, and reads two of her poems: Shale, and Phy...Show More
10) Stanley E. Banks
Kansas City poet and professor Stanley E. Banks, artist in residence at Avila University talks about his writing process and what inspires him, what makes a poem work, and how to do that as a poet. He...Show More