Andrew talks with us about Terrence Hayes’ breathtaking presence, how growing up with a musician Dad inspired him to pursue poetry, and whether there’s such a thing as a perfect poem.  You can find Andrew on Twitter. You can read Andrew’s poem, “Apologia.

Katie discusses stanzas that stick out like sore thumbs, the importance of leaving work to sit for a time, and how a poem that was meant as an exercise and break from her usual writing got published at The New Yorker.Katie’s debut collection, Praying Nak.

Katie chats about her celebration that resulted in her receiving UT’s first ever yellow card in rowing, being a woman in #sports, and sneaking in to the Art Institute of Chicago every Thursday for two months. The painting that Katie references is Henri .

Erin talks to us about her 19-year old poem, the best liquor to drink to pre-game writing #sadpoems (hint: it’s whiskey), and how she basically discovered Lena Dunham. You can read Erin’s poem “Frieze” at Guernica Magazine https://www.guernicamag.com/fri.

Lance chats about online forums, being a 5w4 on the enneagram, punny baseball titles, and how a very real and very strange experience in the park made it into (and back out of) his short story.  You can read Lance’s story in print from Southern Indiana R.

If you want to hear a good story or need a pep talk listen to this episode! Alyssa tells us how she started as a writer (hint: it involves tumblr and fanfic), the powerful influence of women of color in the poetry world, and how she will probably never s.

Samantha Edmonds joins us to talk about being the best writer ever, sci-fi, and somehow not about her 14 pets! You can find out more about her (and be completely impressed by her publications) at samanthaedmonds.com. The story she read on the pod entitle.

Jeremy Michael Reed joins us to talk about having a secret blog in college, birds, and the “M” word. You can find Jeremy at jeremymichaelreed.com. His poem “Hand-Stitched” is at http://www.whaleroadreview.com/reed/. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @s.

Get a quick introduction to Brynn and Stephanie while we talk about why we wanted to start a podcast and our own experience with the sh*tty first draft.   Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @sfdpodcast! Send us an email at sfdpodcast@gmail.com. We l...