Episode 4 Preview – My Colored Girls, This One’s for You

 

On this weeks episode: My Colored Girls, This One’s for You, join us as we invite my longtime friend Mona Moriya. Mona studies at Emerson College, where she is working towards obtaining her B.F.A. in acting. She strives to find and create a space where women of color can thrive and be in the spotlight. Here’s a monologue recited by Mona, from Ntozake Shange’s, For Colored Girls. Check it out!!

Full episode will be released on Thursday, June 2! Stay tuned!

*Monologue recited in this episode comes from Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls. Note: Some of the words in the monologue were altered in the production to fit the cast members. Image above was taken to promote the production of For Colored Girls, which was performed by Emerson College students in April. 

Episode 2 – “An Allegiance to Writing the Sentence”

UCR M.F.A. grad student Derrick Ortega, joins us to share a bit about himself  and discuss his experience as a writer.

Derrick is currently working on a collection of poems that deal with returning to normalcy after experiencing trauma.

Join us as we discuss the creative writing process, the kinaesthetics of lock-picking, avoiding overly-sentimental writing, and many other topics!

 

 

 

Episode 1 – The Shirt

In this episode – The Shirt, I introduce SUBJECTIVITY and what you can expect from the podcast! I also talk a little bit about myself, and a specific experience I had with a shirt when I was a little girl. This shirt had quite an impact on me. Check it out and listen!!!!

Stay creative friends!!!

P.S. This shirt was made by yours truly! 🙂