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Lunch with LitNYS
Nearly 500 literary leaders depend on LitNYS for resources and community. This podcast features conversations with these inspiring people that will make you feel like you’re getting lunch with your smartest friend. Recorded at the Lit NYS convening in September 2024, Lunch with LitNYS presents the stories of the leaders who work every day to bring you the writing that shapes culture and nourishes our lives.
Season One
Young writers in the Girls Write Now community ask their most pressing questions of New York State literary leaders at the 2024 ‘Facing Pages’ LitNYS convening.
Season One
Season One
Lunch With LitNYS Season 1, Episode 7
When asked if she had any advice to parents who are also writers, Milda De Voe said, “Yeah, don’t start
Speaking On Coming Back Home
Featured Guests: Sally Familia and Azia Armstead Hi everyone! We’re so excited to be back for Season 3 of Speaking
Lunch With LitNYS Season 1, Episode 6
Alison Meyers is a poet, fiction writer, and essayist, twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is the Executive Director
Lunch with LitNYS Season 1, Episode 5
Public education is one of the most hotly debated topics in our cultural discourse. From what books should be taught
Lunch with LitNYS Season 1, Episode 4
When asked about his start in the literary world, Ira Silverberg said, “‘Find your kind, they say,’ and I did.”
Lunch with LitNYS Season 1 Episode 3
The captain signaled to shore, “We need fresh water” and the shore signaled back, “Lower your buckets where you are.”
Lunch with LitNYS Season 1, Episode 2
Many readers may know about the National Book Awards, but did you know that the Foundation has a science and
Lunch with LitNYS Season 1, Episode 1
At the Girls Write Now office in September, leaders from literary organizations across New York gathered to discuss strategies for
Speaking on (Ethical?) Blood Sucking
This episode is all about vampires, and we get into it with Girls Write Now fellows Annaya Baynes and Kenna McCafferty. They discuss the history of vampires in Western media, the ethics of living under capitalism, and the way Black women often have the weight of the world placed on their shoulders.
Speaking on Going the Distance
Have you ever thought about dropping everything and just going? Mentor Jaime Brockway did just that for two years and in this episode shares a short story about her adventures from her untitled travel memoir.
