Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

READ TO ME with Becky Karush

Aug 26, 2021

On READ TO ME, we practice the most fundamental skill of writing — how to listen for what works on the page. And then understand why!

In this live episode, recorded in front of a Texas audience, I read from "The Wit and Wisdom of Ann Richards" by the incomparable Molly Ivins. It's an amazing piece about regionalism...


Aug 20, 2021

On READ TO ME, we practice the most fundamental skill for excellent writing — how to listen for what works on the page. (And then understand why.)

Today, we get to listen to the talented, generous, and so so so so smart poet MAURICIO NOVOA. His debut collection MEMORIAS FROM THE BELTWAY explores "themes of...


Aug 18, 2021

On READ TO ME, we practice the most fundamental skill of writing — how to listen for what works on the page. (And then understand why.)

Today, I read the poem "Abuela Sestina" from Memorias from the Beltway by Mauricio Novoa. Then we get to love how perfectly the poetic form of the sestina serves this complex,...


Aug 11, 2021

We read a selection from one of Mary Ruefle's beguiling essays, "TK NAME." Then we love the craft of it using the principles of Gateless Writing.

If I offered you a space where you could write and read your writing within a safe community, a space where you could grow as a writer, a space where you could break through...