Girls Write Now Media
Podcasts
We are a community of audio storytellers! Enjoy our seasonal podcasts like Writing Our Way to Wellness and Speaking in First Draft, and special series podcasts like A Fistful of Verse and Lunch with LITNYS.
Featured Podcast Series
Speaking in First Draft
An Interview Podcast Platforming the Current & Next Generation of Storytellers. Members of the Girls Write Now community share a draft of one of their works in progress and discuss both the writing process and what creative expression looks like to them.Listeners have the opportunity to engage with the inner machinations and perspectives of writers, producers, and artists from a diversity of ethnic, gender, age, socioeconomic, and professional backgrounds. Check back biweekly for new episodes and stories!
Writing Our Way To Wellness
A Fistful of Verse
Lunch with LitNYS
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Lunch With LitNYS Season 1, Episode 8
Nathalie Costa Thill has been the Executive Director of the Adirondack Center for Writing, the literary organization serving the entire
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
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 1
At the Girls Write Now office in September, leaders from literary organizations across New York gathered to discuss strategies for
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
Writing Our Way to Wellness: Season 1, Episode 8
In this episode led by Margery Hannah, program manager at Girls Write Now, Michael gets candid about the meager gains of racial minorities in publishing and what can be done to accelerate progress. Listen to an excerpt from their conversation in this episode of Writing Our Way to Wellness, which covers Michael’s meandering career path from flight school dropout to a publishing professional at Writer’s House, how Michael and Margery have seen the publishing industry change (and remain stagnant), and whether affinity-focused imprints are the sole solution to producing diverse stories.
Writing Our Way to Wellness: Season 1, Episode 9
Special Projects Coordinator Kathryn Destin moderates a conversation between Girls Write Now Mentor Ashley Sowers and friend Dr. Ijeoma Unachukwu about the taboo of practicing mental wellness in the Black community and the inequities the healthcare system enforces in its practices. They also explore the presence of misogynoir in professional spaces that view Black women as disposable and undeserving of wellness.
Writing Our Way to Wellness: Season 1, Episode 3
Girls Write Now Community Coordinator, Sally Familia, and Mentee Alum, Arnell Calderon, honor Latinx Heritage Month by discussing what ancestral
