Wild Roof Podcast

#28 - Wild Roof Roundtable Discussion

In the July episode, WRJ contributors Morgan Stephens and Eben Bein join hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt for a writer-centric conversation.

We chat about the questions "How can you describe your creation process?" and "How do you gain useful insight into your writing?"

Both Morgan and Eben have chapbooks in various stages in the publication process, so they are able to offer some great experiential commentary. If you are thinking about putting together a chapbook or are already in progress with a collection of your writing, listen up! And if you're not, you're still welcome to come along for the ride.

See more about Morgan at her website. Eben's chapbook is available to pre-order here!

#27 - Wild Roof Discussion with Anne Marie Wells: Extra

In the May episode, author, teacher, and ecologist Anne Marie Wells joins hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt for the second part of our conversation.

We chat about the question What is the role of letting go in the creative process? Also, Anne Marie shares a poem called "Grief is the Ghost," which is from her new poetry collection Survived By. It is available now!

#26 - Wild Roof Discussion with Anne Marie Wells

In the April (aka National Poetry Month) episode, author, teacher, and ecologist Anne Marie Wells joins hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt.

We chat about overcoming second-guessing yourself as a writer (as well as some other writer-centric pitfalls), and Anne Marie takes us behind the scenes of her poem "Prairie Fire," which was published in the November 2021 issue of WRJ. Anne Marie also has a new poetry collection that is coming out on April 30th. It's titled Survived By and is available for pre-order here.

We hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did having it. Part two of our conversation will be coming out next month!

#25 - Wild Roof Contributor Reading

For the March episode, we have another group of previous WRJ contributors to read some of their work.

12 contributors join us for this reading. Enjoy!

J.D Goodman (0:41)
Kris Whorton (3:38)
Shannon Vare Christine (7:14)
Liam Day (9:42)
Emma McNamara (11:44)
Melody Wilson (16:29)
Veronica Barker-Barzel (19:44)
Victoria Dym (23:34)
David A. Goodrum (27:38)
Justine Payton (30:40)
John Tessitore (38:22)
Bracha K. Sharp (40:53)

#24 - Wild Roof Contributor Reading

For the February episode, we invited another group of previous contributors to read some of their work, and unsurprisingly, the writers included here present the kind of thoughtful, engaging, and heartfelt work that you've come to expect from Wild Roof Journal.

18 WRJ contributors join us for this reading. Enjoy!

Sara Dovre Wudali (0:55)
Sarah Croscutt (4:40)
Cleo Griffith (8:54)
Ellen June Wright (10:27)
Bruce Parker (14:03)
Trapper Markelz (18:38)
Linda Briskin (21:28)
Ian Schoultz (26:42)
Beth Dulin (28:48)
Nicole Farmer (31:30)
Walter Weinschenk (35:57)
Samira Shakib-Bregeth (39:05)
Naomi Bess Leimsider (47:14)
Eben Bein (50:26)
Heidi Zeigler (52:54)
Lisa Delan (55:42)
Amy Marques (59:50)
Alex Stanley (1:05:54)

#23 - Wild Roof Roundtable: Extra

In the January episode, WRJ collaborators Ann Keeling and Rachel Lauren Myers join hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt for an informal chat. Here, we continue the conversation from last month's episode and consider ways to approach deeply personal writing ... and the uncertainty of publishing it for everyone to see (yikes)! We also troubleshoot Chris' writing project about a night in a strip club attic as an example of arriving at the "moral of the story" while staying true to the details of a lived experience. Of course, we also give a shout out to a few excellent pieces from WRJ's previous issue.

Our podcast is like the college lit class you wish you had. :)

Thanks for listening!

#22 - Wild Roof Roundtable Discussion

In the December episode, WRJ collaborators Ann Keeling and Rachel Lauren Myers join hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt.

We chat about three of our favorite poems from Issue 17: Bracha K. Sharp's "Waiting for the Gift," Julia Wendell's "August Outro," and Ian Schoultz's "grandfather passes in the hall." Each of these selections pack quite an emotional punch and display a remarkable nuance of craft along the way. They are wonderful representations of the work we love to share in each issue of Wild Roof Journal!

We hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did having it.

The selections we cover in this episode are accessible at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.

#21 - Wild Roof Contributor Reading

Here's something new for the November episode!

We invited a group of previous contributors to read some of their work, and unsurprisingly, the writers who took us up on the offer share the kind of thoughtful, engaging, and heartfelt work that you've come to expect from Wild Roof Journal.

12 previous WRJ contributors join us for this reading. Enjoy!

The selections presented are accessible at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.

#20 - Wild Roof Roundtable Discussion

In the September episode, WRJ collaborator Rachel Lauren Myers joins hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt.

We talk about why Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider" is an old favorite. We also cover an excellent listener question: "What are you values and how do they show up in your work?"

And we take a few tangents to chat about John Steinbeck, Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, Sylvia Plath's diary, and more.

Thanks for listening!

#19 - Wild Roof Roundtable Discussion

In the August episode, WRJ collaborator Rachel Lauren Myers joins hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt.

We talk about the dynamic poem "I Read a Lot" by Evalyn Lee (from Issue 15) as well as one of Rachel's favorites, "Monument" by Keith Kopka. In between these poems, we take a detour to consider the question "What keeps you going on a difficult writing day?" (...And yes, listening to podcasts is one of our strategies, so press play and settle in for our chat!)

We hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did having it.

Both of the selections we cover are accessible at wildroofjournal.com/podcast.