Girls Write Now Media
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
Speaking on Night Emotions
This week’s theme is dreams. Episode five of Speaking in First Draft dives deep into the raw emotions that come up in relationships and in first-draft writing.
Speaking on Family Worlds
This week brings you a special episode where both of our guests, Ayah Al-Masyabi and Anne Hellman White, share the first drafts of their current works in progress.
Speaking on Finding Joy in the Mourning
In this episode, you’ll hear a lovely conversation between mentee Allison Sengkhounmany, a high schooler from New York, and mentor Davia Schendel, a musician and performer.
Speaking on Brushing Up on Your Comedy (Literally)
In this episode, you’ll hear Mentor Tracy Morin, a magazine writer and editor, talk with Mentee Ava Fung, a high schooler from New York City, about her humorous non-fiction piece, “Toothache.”
Speaking on Being ‘Virus Overachievers’
In the very first episode of “Speaking In First Draft,” host Kathryn Destin interviews Mentor Martina Clark about the first draft of her memoir and audiobook “My Unexpected Life: an international memoir of two pandemics, HIV and COVID-19.”
Melancholy
Welcome to a podcast about the poem "Melancholy" written by mentee Elaine Ng and her mentor Jennifer Bacon! This poem is about the impact of COVID-19 on Elaine's experiences as a high schooler.
the great jello incident
not your average love triangle… an alien love triangle
Black Girls
A poem that tackles surface-layer Black characters and urges Black humanity.
Disable This!
This is a podcast segment discussing the reasons why there is a mental health crisis in schools.
Undefining Queer Relationships with Amina and Angelica
In their third installment of the podcast made for their GWN pair project, Amina and Angelica discuss their definitions of friendship, romance, and everything in between while reminiscing on confusing (and funny!) experiences.
