The Write, Publish, and Shine Podcast
A podcast for emerging writers who want to publish and shine, from literary magazine editor, Rachel Thompson.
Recent Episodes
37 // The Unpublishables—Reflect Your True Self with M. Paramita Lin and Doretta Lau
“The Unpublishables is a platform for all kinds of rice eaters everywhere to get together and make shit happen through our words, music, and artwork.” Read the complete episode transcript. Writing may be the only pursuit that M. Paramita Lin hasn't accidentally...
36 // The Nasiona—Persuade with Julián Esteban Torres López
“Editing is a position of power that I take seriously. I’m a writer, author, creative in different ways and I experienced the negativity of being a victim of systems of oppression,” Julián Esteban Torres López. Julián Esteban Torres López is a Colombian-born...
34 // Make Relationships Right with Jessica Johns of Room Magazine
Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for forty years. Published quarterly by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society, also known as the Growing Room...
33 // Evoke Place with Mary Leauna Christensen of The Swamp Literary Magazine
The Swamp publishes work that evokes a sense of place, which, for The Swamp, is broadly defined. “We look forward to reading work that we can inhabit, no matter its geography. We do give preference to the southern gothic, to poems and stories wrapped in a heavy...
31 // Push Back on What’s Expected with Felicity Landa of Literary Mama
Literary Mama believes that all mothers have a story worth sharing and honors the many faces of motherhood by publishing work that celebrates the journey as well as the job. They celebrate the physical, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual processes of...
30 // Tear Down Structures with Anna Lena Phillips Bell & Rachel Taube of Ecotone
Ecotone’s mission is to publish and promote the best place-based work being written today. Founded at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in 2005, the award-winning magazine features writing and art that reimagine place, and our authors interpret this...
29 // Question and Observe with Alana Saltz of Blanket Sea Arts & Literary Magazine
About Blanket Sea Arts & Literary MagazineBlanket Sea features work created by people living with chronic illness, mental illness, and disability. “There aren’t many places where writers and artists with illness and disabilities can express themselves in a...
28 // Know Who Your Readers Are (And Are Not) with Caroline Knecht of Whiskey Island
About Whiskey Island Founded in 1977, Whiskey Island is a nonprofit literary journal published by Cleveland State University. They accept submissions of original poetry, fiction, and creative essays during two reading periods: August 15th through November 15th, and...
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