Fresh Picked Prose
Sundays at 5:18 pm
Along with cotton and corn, pecans and pines, the rich soil of north Florida is good for writers. At Florida State University, we raise a good crop every year: memoirists, short story writers, essayists, novelists, journalists, cross-over poets--it's a delicious mix. Some of these young practitioners are doing degrees in Creative Writing; some aren't. Some have published; some haven't--yet. A few will become famous. Have a listen on Sundays at 5.18 pm and be astonished at how much luxuriant growth can be packed into a two-minute story.
Latest Episodes
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Jade Jemison is a nonfiction writer and a McKnight Doctoral PhD Fellow at FSU. Her work focuses on motherhood, identity, loss, familial themes, and healing.
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Marcia Bronstein is an MFA in fiction candidate at FSU and fiction editor of the Southeast Review.
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Renee Roberts is a cross-genre writer based in Tallahassee. Her writing has been published in Catfish Creek and The Closed Eye Open. She is currently pursuing an MFA from Florida State University where she teaches first-year composition. Her work of essays on girlhood, trauma, and queerness merge with retellings of fairytales, exploring the thin boundary between memory and fantasy.
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Rebecca Watkins is a PhD candidate in creative nonfiction at Florida State University. She is currently working on a collection of essays. Her work has appeared in Touchstone, Pangyrus, and elsewhere.
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CD Davidson-Hiers is an FSU graduate and now a Florida-based journalist. She works for the nonprofit Education Writers Association, which supports those who write about education. CD is a Florida native and is most interested in how the place around us shapes who we become.
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Chloe Rodriguez is a poet and writer, a South Florida native, and an MFA student in Creative Writing at Florida State University.
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Kris Rafferty is an author of eight published novels, and one short story. Currently, she pursues a Ph.D. in English: Literature, Culture and Media at Florida State University.
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Rebecca Watkins is a PhD candidate in creative nonfiction at Florida State University. She is currently working on a collection of essays. Her work has appeared in Touchstone, Pangyrus, and elsewhere.
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Fatmire Ahmeti is an MFA student from New Jersey. Her research and writing interests circle the intersection of history, politics, and all things Albanian.
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Tiffany Palumbo is a third year MFA student studying creative nonfiction at Florida State University. When she is not writing, she can usually be found sharing photos of her three cats, whether you like it or not. More of her work can be found at TiffanyPalumboWrites.com.