An Interview Podcast
Speaking in First Draft
Season 4 Debuts on March 4th!
First released in September 2023, 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 will have the opportunity to engage with the inner machinations and perspectives of writers, producers, and artists from a diversity of episodes and stories.
Listen to Speaking in First Draft
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Concepts
This piece is a series of vignettes that are able to either read as one or stand-alone. Each one carries an emotion that is specific to its content.
My Mother’s Allegiance
My Mother's Allegiance focuses on the essential factors that encouraged my mother to flee to America, and the assimilation and racism often present in the experiences of an immigrant.
Noodles and Pasta: Different Yet the Same
I wrote this piece to reflect on my favorite tradition every year– my family's Christmas Eve dinners, which demonstrates my multi-cultural background through the food that we eat.
To the only girl that understands
This poem is a love letter to myself.
Lost Souls
When you put others before yourself, your oxygen masks will be lost. You cannot feign your own happiness, therefore you need to learn how to love yourself.
Two Days
About a family, and how they drift in and out of things.
Las Manos de mi Mama
My whole life I have been fascinated with my mother's hands and how they are changing over time. I decided to dedicate a poem to them.
Vacant Heavy
A trip into a mind, swirling with the chaos of regret and distraction of calm.
Jaz’s Adventure In Time: A Poem
This is the story of Jaz, a young time traveler who found herself lost in the future. She’s on a quest to find the last missing pieces of the puzzle so she can find her parents.
Taraxacum: Case Study
A controlled experiment on the nature of memory, romance, and dandelions.
