The Blood-Jet Writing Hour, a Writing Podcast

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The Blood-Jet Writing Hour is a writing podcast hosted by poets Rachelle Cruz, Muriel Leung and MT Vallarta. On the show, poets and writers share their work and discuss their craft, process, and the pulse that keeps them writing. Founded in 2009 and featured on The Poetry Foundation website, The Blood-Jet Writing Hour strives to spotlight vibrant and (aesthetically, culturally and linguistically) diverse voices from the literary world. Poets and writers such as, Jayne Cortez, Jessica Hagedorn, Karen Tei Yamashita, Barbara Jane Reyes, Craig Santos Perez, Tamiko Beyer, Duriel Harris, Angela Garbes, John Jennings, John Murillo, Ray Gonzalez, Lee Herrick, and many more have been featured on the show.

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Episode #133: Meredith Talusan, author of FAIREST

Meredith Talusan is an award-winning journalist and author. She has written features, essays, and opinion pieces for many publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, VICE, Matter, Backchannel, The Nation, and the American Prospect. She has contributed to several books including the New York Times Bestselling Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxane Gay. Her memoir, Fairest, is forthcoming from Viking / Penguin Random House.

May 26, 2020•59 min

Episode #133: Marianne Chan, author of ALL HEATHENS

Marianne Chan is the author of ALL HEATHENS. She grew up in Stuttgart, Germany, and Lansing, Michigan. Her poems have appeared in West Branch, The Journal, Poetry Northwest, Denver Quarterly, Indiana Review, Carve Magazine, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She serves as poetry editor at Split Lip Magazine.

Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 2 min

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