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Plume: A Writer's Podcast
Plume is a writing community that supports and encourages women and non-binary creative writers. This bi-weekly podcast, hosted by writers Melanie Unruh, Samantha Tetangco, and Dawn Sperber, will include interviews with featured writers and roundtable discussions with invited writer guests about relevant and important writing topics. Join Plume on Patreon for added community perks!
Episodes
32 episodes
We Plumed a Spell on You: Spooky Poems & Stories
Team Plume is reanimating, dusting off the last year, and sharing our first podcast in a while. In today’s episode, we bring you a ghosty story circle with writing that taps into the otherworldly… just in time for Halloween and the Samhain seas...
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Season 3, Episode 5: Revision as Spiritual Practice, A Conversation with Crystal (K.) Odelle
In this episode, Sam and Melanie talk with featured writer, Crystal (K.) Odelle, about flash prose, trans identity, the blurred lines between fiction and nonfiction, liminal spaces, chapbook publishing, RPG writing, and more!
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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47:09
Season 3: Episode 4: Plume Story Time—If the River Men Take You by Dawn Sperber
In today's mini episode, we offer you a brief reprieve from the hellscape of the news in the form of a magical short story by Plume's own Dawn Sperber. "If the River Men Take You" is a lovely tale from Dawn's debut flash fiction chapbook, N...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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14:57
Season 3, Episode 3: Mothers & Daughters
In this episode, we’ve paired two mother-daughter writing duos to talk about how to support (and take seriously!) young writers and their creative endeavors. Sam hosts a conversation between returning-guest Jenn Ghivan and her 10-year-old da...
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49:10
Season 3, Episode 2: It’s Okay to Be a Late Bloomer, A Conversation with Jessamine Chan
In this episode, Melanie and Dawn talk with featured writer, Jessamine Chan, about her New York Times bestselling novel The School For Good Mothers, publishing your first novel after 40, writing envy, motherhood, art and socia...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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31:51
Season 3, Episode 1: A Novel in Progress, A Conversation with Melanie Unruh
To kick off Season 3, Plumesters Sam and Dawn are turning the tables on their fellow co-host, Melanie Unruh, and talking to her about writing novels, sticking with large projects, and the founding of Plume.We're so excited to share this...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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35:28
Season 2, Episode 14: A Plume Collage of Voices
We can’t believe we’ve just completed the second season of our podcast. We have enjoyed this beautiful, encouraging, supportive ride, and are excited to offer up our season 2 finale.In this episode, we’ll break from our usual roundtable ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:01:12
Season 2, Episode 13: Can You Work on It for Five Minutes?, A Conversation with Kendra Tuthill
In this episode, Melanie and Dawn talk with November featured writer, Kendra Tuthill, about self-publishing; writing through grief; setting small, timed writing goals, and more. Plus, Kendra reads her thought-provoking letter of encouragement, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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36:26
Season 2, Episode 12: Witchy Writers, a Roundtable Discussion with Jenn Givhan, Britt Ashley, and Dawn Sperber
In this episode, we talk with three writers who identify with Pagan traditions or as witches. We focus on how magic influences their writing, how they move through the world with this belief system and identity, how to ethically incorporate mag...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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54:54
Season 2, Episode 11: Writing in Small Bites, A Conversation with Nari Kirk
In this episode, Sam and Melanie talk with October featured writer, Nari Kirk, about her writing process, poetic influences on her prose, MFA reflections, writing about grief, and more. Plus, Nari reads her engaging letter of encouragement, whi...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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38:23
Season 2, Episode 10: Literary Magazines, a Roundtable Discussion with Brenna Gomez, Rhea Ramakrishnan, Samantha Tetangco, Dawn Sperber, and Melanie Unruh
In this episode, we’ve pulled back the curtain on what happens behind the scenes of a literary magazine. It’s a great one for those of you who’ve never worked on a literary magazine before or perhaps you are just starting to submit your work fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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58:39
Season 2, Episode 9: You Don't Have to Write Anything, A Conversation with Paula Treick DeBoard
In this episode, Sam and Melanie talk with September featured writer, Paula Treick DeBoard, about low residency MFA programs, balancing writing and teaching, publishing industry labels for writing by women, and more! Plus, Paula reads her compe...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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47:09
Season 2, Episode 8: Writing Real People, a Roundtable Discussion with Jameela F. Dallis, Cynthia Patton, and Cassie McClure
We asked and you answered! By popular vote, our Patreon community members chose this roundtable topic. In this discussion, Sam, Melanie, Dawn, and guests Jameela F. Dallis, Cynthia Pa...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:05:16
Season 2, Episode 7: Art Is Us, A Conversation with Lisa D. Chavéz
In this episode, Sam and Melanie talk with August featured writer, Lisa D. Chavéz , about poetry, creative nonfiction, writing through trauma, MFA programs, and more!CW: sexual assault, trauma, and PTSDLisa D. Chavéz has ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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39:42
Season 2 Episode 6: Feminist Writers: A Roundtable Discussion with Casandra López, Erin Adair-Hodges, & Suzanne Richardson
In this roundtable discussion, Sam, Melanie, and guests Casandra López, Erin Adair-Hodges, and Suzanne Richardson talk about the role of feminism in writing today, living and writing intersectional feminist lives, writing the body, writing as a...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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54:16
Season 2 Ep. 5: Writing Has Saved My Life, A Conversation with Cynthia Sylvester
In this episode, Sam and Melanie talk with July featured writer, Cynthia Sylvester, about writing dialogue, finding and defending your voice, the confluence of music and storytelling, writing about the southwest from a Diné perspective...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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39:19
Season 2 Ep. 4: LGBTQ+ Writers: A Roundtable Discussion with Marlena Chertock, Belinda Kremer, and Summer Wood
In this roundtable discussion, Sam and guests Marlena Chertock, Belinda Kremer, and Summer Wood talk about what it means to be a queer writer, navigating the publishing industry and workshops designed by and for straight white men, using their ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:12:31
Season 2 Ep. 3: Naming the Aswang, a Conversation with Elsa Valmidiano
In this episode, Melanie and Sam chat with June featured writer Elsa Valmidiano about writing Filipino heritage. They talk about her story "Down the Rabbit Hole", the inadequacy of labels, and the role of forgotten shamans. Elsa reads her...
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52:03
Season 2 Ep. 2: Writing Moms: A Roundtable Discussion with Julia Halprin Jackson, Christina Socorro Yovovich, and Jennifer Jordán Schaller
In Plume's first roundtable discussion, Melanie chats with writers and moms, Julia Halprin Jackson, Christina Socorro Yovovich, and Jennifer Jordán Schaller. They discuss dual identities, juggling writing and parenting in the midst of the pande...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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53:09
Season 2 Ep. 1: Soon It Will Be Blueberry Season, A Conversation with Tia Clark
Welcome to season two, Plumesters! In this episode, Melanie and Sam chat with May featured writer Tia Clark about narrative structure, intersectionality, short story collections, writing fellowships, and the passage of time as it relates to our...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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31:50
Season 1 Ep. 11: Melanie & Melanie, Featuring Melanie S. Hatter
In this episode, which marks the last from Plume's first season, Melanie interviews the delightful writer Melanie S. Hatter. They talk about work/life/writing balance, writing retreats, and Melanie's award-winning novel,
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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27:26
A Tribute to Jennifer Simpson
As many of you know, Plume’s co-founder, Jennifer Simpson, passed away suddenly in December. In this special recording, Jenn's friends and family read her essays, blogs, and poems to honor her beautiful work, as well as her generous spiri...
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55:22
Season 1 Ep. 10: Let's Generalize About Men, featuring Tierna Unruh-Enos
Melanie gives some Plume updates at the top of the show and the rest of the episode is an interview with Tierna Unruh-Enos, the associate publisher and managing editor of The Paper, a weekly alternative newspaper in Albuquerque, and th...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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47:34
Season 1 Ep. 9: Featuring Felecia Caton-Garcia
Melanie and Jennifer unpack the idea of writer's block, discuss dream-boarding your story ideas, chat about books and writing and setting descriptions, and share a writing prompt. They interview Felecia Caton-Garcia, who shares a heartbreakingl...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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54:08
Season 1 Ep. 8: Featuring Jennifer Lynn Krohn
In this episode, Melanie and Jennifer talk about writing conferences after Melanie shares her experience of recently attending her first fully online one, which included speed dates with editors and agents. They chat with poet Jennifer Lynn Kro...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:00:32