Wild Roof Podcast

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)

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)

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

In the July episode, Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich and Emma McNamara join Aaron and Chris to consider the question of "How do you revise?"

If you’ve ever struggled with cutting, chopping, trimming, and changing your writing in order to take that next step toward completion, then listen up! We cover a few techniques that we have found helpful to our ongoing writing practices.

In the June episode, Issue 14 contributors Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich and Emma McNamara join hosts Aaron Lelito and Chris Vogt.

Kathleen and Emma share a bit about their creations before we move on to chat about two favorites from Wild Roof Journal’s May issue: Melissa Mulvihill's prose poem "A Mouthful of Storm" and Dawn Erickson's short story "Fortson."

We found so much to connect with between these two selections, so settle in and enjoy the conversation!

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

In the May episode, Ash Good and Eben Bein join Aaron Lelito to consider the question of "How does your writing process begin?"

If you’ve ever felt stuck, stalled, or sluggish as you try getting a new piece of writing off the ground, listen up! We cover a few techniques that we have found helpful to our ongoing writing practices.