Some items mentioned in—or aligned with—today’s episode + Announcements:

1. The long quote about the subject of time in today’s episode was from the Life Wisdom podcast episode, “Everything Has Its Timing.”

2. What a year already—seemingly unending wars, a divided country teetering on the precipice, and deep funding and staff cuts in the Arts sector— and this is at both the national and local levels. As a community arts nonprofit that depends on grants and individual donations for our survival, we need your support now as much as ever. We’d be honored if you’d keep us in mind as you plan for your advocacy and charitable giving: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

3. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey, and take good care.

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We’re excited to let you know that after a series of pilot writing workshops in the Summer and Fall of 2025, we have—as of January 22, 2026—officially launched our 6th writing workshop site—Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County (https://skagitclubs.org/). Thanks to Yesica, Dena, Marco, Clemente, Cynthia, and all the staff and students at the site for welcoming us. We look forward to reading and writing with you all.

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Today’s feature was an interview with Robert S., an alumnus of our program. He was a student in our very first writing workshop—July 8, 2015—at our site in Skagit County Juvenile Detention. He is the poet who wrote, “Dear System” in our 1st anthology, What No Over Ever Tells You. Robert currently reads, writes, and lives in Alaska with his girlfriend and their three cats.

You can support students like Robert by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies in our website store, and making a donation to help sustain our ongoing work via our website’s secure donation portal.

Some items mentioned in—or aligned with—today’s episode & announcements:

1. Robert’s writing is included in What No One Ever Tells You, our first anthology, and available via our website’s store here: https://undergroundwriting.org/store

2. Radio story Robert appears on . . . Thanks again to NPR / KNKX for featuring Underground Writing a couple of weeks ago, on October 10, 2025 in their series: Agents of Change: Addressing Youth Violence — Lessons that Work. And thanks to Emil Moffatt for the interview. If you’re interested in listening to the story: https://www.knkx.org/tags/agents-of-change-addressing-youth-violence-lessons-that-work

3. What a year already!—seemingly unending wars, a divided country teetering on the precipice, and lots of fear throughout the country.  On a lesser note, there are also deep funding and staff cuts in the Arts sector— and this is at both the national and local levels. As a community arts nonprofit that depends on grants and individual donations for our survival, we need your support now more than ever. We’d be honored if you’d join our work as a patron-supporter: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

4. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends.

Safe journey, and take good care.

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As we mentioned several times, Skagit County is experiencing flooding at historic levels. Here are some contact points for help:

Emergency: Call 911

General / non-emergency help and updates

Incident Information

Evacuation Map

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Today’s student writing is a poem is by Dustin, a student in our writing workshop at the Skagit County Community Justice Center.

Some items mentioned in—or aligned with—today’s episode & Announcements:

1. Remember to send us your GRATITUDE LIST. We’d like to join with you in celebrating the good things happening amidst such a challenging time in our world. And we may even read some of them on the air. If you’re up for it, you can email it here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

2. We’re grateful that Podcast Review—a Los Angeles Review of Books channel—recently included us on their list of “The 12 Best Writing Podcasts” (Dec. 1, 2025). Shout outs to the review’s author, Alice Florence Orr, who wrote in her review: “An accomplished and poignant example of how writing can create a positive impact beyond bookshop shelves . . .” A big note of gratitude to Alice, Podcast Review, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. We truly appreciate your support.

3. Thanks to NPR / KNKX for featuring Underground Writing a couple of weeks ago, on October 10, 2025 in their series: Agents of Change: Addressing Youth Violence — Lessons that Work. And thanks to Emil Moffatt for the interview. If you’re interested in listening to the story: https://www.knkx.org/tags/agents-of-change-addressing-youth-violence-lessons-that-work

4. We’re heading into the final months of the year. And what a year—seemingly unending wars, a divided country teetering on the precipice, and deep funding and staff cuts in the Arts sector— and this is at both the national and local levels. As a community arts nonprofit that depends on grants and individual donations for our survival, we need your support now more than ever. We’d be honored if you’d make a year-end donation: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

5. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey, and take good care.

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Today’s student writing is a poem is by Cristian, a student at our workshop site inside Skagit County Juvenile Detention.

Some items mentioned in—or aligned with—today’s episode // Announcements:

1. Remember that you can watch a short film of the featured poem today on our website under the “Collaborations” tab—choose “FilmVerse,” and you’ll be directed to the correct page. Cristian’s poem is part of the 2018 collection. Or, click the following link to go directly to FilmVerse | https://undergroundwriting.org/filmverse

2. Thanks to NPR / KNKX for featuring Underground Writing a couple of weeks ago, on October 10, 2025 in their series: Agents of Change: Addressing Youth Violence — Lessons that Work. And thanks to Emil Moffatt for the interview. If you’re interested in listening to the story: https://www.knkx.org/tags/agents-of-change-addressing-youth-violence-lessons-that-work

3. We’re heading into the final months of the year. And what a year—seemingly unending wars, a divided country teetering on the precipice, and deep funding and staff cuts in the Arts sector— and this is at both the national and local levels. As a community arts nonprofit that depends on grants and individual donations for our survival, we need your support now as much as ever. We’d be honored if you’d keep us in mind as you plan for your year-end giving: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

4. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends.

Safe journey, and take good care.

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Today’s featured poem, “My Voice Ran Away” was by Xaiviar. You can support students like Xaiviar by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies in our website store, and donating to help our ongoing work via our website’s secure donation portal.

https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Some items connected to today’s episode:

What No One Ever Tells You (student writing anthology): https://undergroundwriting.org/store

    *Xaiviar’s poem is included – page 37.

Our re/vision program: https://undergroundwriting.org/revision

The Letters to a Young Inmate initiative: http://letterstoayounginmate.org/

Become a patron-donor: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Announcements:

1. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

Send inquiries, questions, or pitches for advertising here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey, and take good care.

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Today’s featured letters and feedback were written by students and ONE PAGE participants. This episode’s featured poem, “A Day So Happy,” was by Victor. You can support students like these by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies in our website store, and becoming a supporter. You can join our support team by donating to help our ongoing work via our website’s secure donation portal here:

https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Some items mentioned in today’s episode:

What No One Ever Tells You (student writing anthology): https://undergroundwriting.org/store

Detention Center in the Seattle area: https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-facilities/northwest-ice-processing-center-nwipc

Czeslaw Milosz’ poem, “A Gift”: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/gift-0/

Seattle Foundation: https://www.seattlefoundation.org/

ArtsWA: https://www.arts.wa.gov/

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation: https://www.allenphilanthropies.org/

Announcements:

1. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey, and take good care.

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Today’s featured writing was by Ali, a writer experiencing incarceration in Oregon, who submitted to our ONE PAGE publication opportunity for incarcerated writers.   You can support our students, ONE PAGE, and writers like Ali by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies in our website store, and making a donation to help sustain our ongoing work via our website’s secure donation portal.

Some items mentioned in—or aligned with—today’s episode:

UNICEF: Helping children around the world: https://www.unicefusa.org/  

ONE PAGE (part of our re/vision program): https://undergroundwriting.org/revision

Detention Center in the Seattle area: https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-facilities/northwest-ice-processing-center-nwipc

Announcements:

1. Please consider listening to S5E9, “Victor Manuel Vivanco Reyes,” to learn about/support Victor, former student now alumnus of our program. Victor is currently being detained by ICE in the Seattle/Tacoma area.

2. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey, and take good care.

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Show Notes:

Today’s featured poem was by student and alumnus, Victor. You can support students like Victor by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies and other merch in our online store, and making a donation to help our work continue – you can donate via our website’s secure donation portal here: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Announcements:

1. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends.

Safe journey, and take good care.

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Today’s featured poems were by student/alumnus, Victor. You can support students like Victor by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies and other merch in our online store, and making a donation to help our work continue – you can donate via our website’s secure donation portal here: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Some items mentioned in today’s episode:

Detention Center in the Seattle area: https://www.ice.gov/detain/detention-facilities/northwest-ice-processing-center-nwipc

Langston Hughes’ poem, “I, Too”: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47558/i-too

Paul Valery’s poem, “The Angel Handed Me a Book”: https://friko-diamonddesigns.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-angel-handed-me-book.html

Czeslaw Milosz’ poem, “A Gift”: https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/gift-0/

Ilya Kaminsky’s poetry book, Deaf Republic: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/deaf-republic

Announcements:

We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved:  1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision),  2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and  3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org. You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. Safe journey, and take good care.

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Today’s featured writings were by incarcerated adult students at our workshop site with the Skagit County Community Justice Center. You can support students like them by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies in our website store, and donating to help our ongoing work via our website’s secure donation portal here: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Announcements:

1. For a 4th year in a row, we have received a very significant organizational grant from an Anonymous Donor via the Seattle Foundation. We want to thank the donor and the Seattle Foundation for believing in the work we’re doing and helping our students continue to read, write, and make their voices heard.

2.  We’re grateful that Podcast Review—a Los Angeles Review of Books channel—recently included us on their list of “7 Indie Podcasts to Listen to This Spring.”  Shout outs to the review’s author, Alice Florence Orr, who wrote in her review regarding the contexts in which we serve: “Some politicians and news outlets paint these communities with a broad and dark brush. But The Underground Writing Podcast offers a different perspective: writing as a communal act, a way to spark connection and hope . . . the podcast amplifies voices often lost in the noise, proving that the power of storytelling isn’t confined to MFA programs or publishing deals.” A big note of gratitude to Alice, Podcast Review, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. We truly, truly appreciate your support.

3. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved:  1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision),  2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and  3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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Listeners!—Help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey, and take good care.

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Today’s featured writing was by Max, a student—and now alumnus—at our writing workshop site in Skagit County Juvenile Detention. You can support students like Max by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies and other merch in our online store, and making a donation to help our work continue – you can donate via our website’s secure donation portal here: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Announcements:

1. If you recently began listening to our podcast—or if you’ve been with us for a number of years—we want to remind you to check out the first 3 episodes of this reboot season to get an overview of where we’ve been and where we’re going. Check out season 5, episodes 1, 2, and 3.

2.  We’re back from the winter break, and are working on more episodes, including interviews, student writing, and our in-stream serials: Linebreak and KITE. Stay tuned, friends!

3. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved:  1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision),  2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and  3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).

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We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey, and take good care.

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Laurie Parker is a screenwriter, film and music producer, and teacher. Since 2016 she has led writing workshops for people in the incarcerated, unhoused, undocumented, and foster youth communities. She taught screenwriting at Pacific University’s MFA Writing Program, at Hugo House in Seattle, and at the Calabash Literary Foundation in Jamaica. In 2018, she produced the Emmy Award-winning, PBS documentary, Finding Home, A Foster Youth Story. She co-wrote and produced the film and music for Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s documentary Carcel de Árboles/Prison of Trees in 2015 and his feature film Lo que soño Sebastían/What Sebastían Dreamt, both in Guatemala. More about Laurie

Book Laurie is currently reading: Civilizations by Laurent Benet

Echo Park Unhoused Encampment

We want to thank the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Seattle Community Foundation, and the Renaissance Charitable Foundation for their generosity to us via grants made to Underground Writing in 2024. We are sustained by your generosity! Thanks for seeing and supporting us, and believing in the ongoing work we’re doing.

Book Shucker | A local independent bookstore we love! They sell our books, and we’re spreading the work about what they’re doing. You can buy books in person in Edison, WA, or online at their store. You can also make them your benefitting store on Bookshop.org, and they’ll receive a bit of kickback for every purchase you make.

We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

Thanks for listening, Friends. 

Safe journey . . . and take good care.

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SHOW NOTES:

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

If you recently began listening to our podcast—or if you’ve been with us for a number of years—we want to remind you to check out the first 3 episodes of this reboot season to get an overview of where we’ve been and where we’re going. Check out season 5, episodes 1, 2, and 3.

Today’s featured poetry is included in our first anthology of student writing, What No One Ever Tells You.

The poems in this episode were written “after” the Swedish poet, Tomas Tranströmer. You can learn more about his life and work here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/tomas-transtromer

Interested in reading more of Tranströmer’s work? We recommend this volume of his poetry (shout outs to New Directions for this lovely edition!): the great enigma (new collected poems)

Learn more about our re/vision program, as well as our re/vision program’s monthly volunteer day, on our website here: https://undergroundwriting.org/revision

Underground Writing’s photo-based NEWS page. (Hover over the images to access text, more information, and links to connected topics.)

Our website – Programs / News / Contact / Donations: www.undergroundwriting.org

You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Today is Election Day 2024. Listeners, if you have not already done so, we urge you to get out and vote as soon as possible! If you don’t know where to vote, check out Vote.org. You can access their voting location help here: https://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator/  

If you recently began listening to our podcast—or if you’ve been with us for a number of years—we want to remind you to check out the first 3 episodes of this reboot season to get an overview of where we’ve been and where we’re going. Check out season 5, episodes 1, 2, and 3.

Learn more about the Letters to a Young Inmate initiative: www.letterstoayounginmate.org

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SHOW NOTES:

Today’s featured writings were written by our adult students at the Skagit County Community Justice Center (our county jail). These pieces were written during the Covid era. You can support these students, as well as all our students, by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies in our website store, and making a donation to help our ongoing work via our website’s secure donation portal.

For more information about where things are at with regard to our podcast reboot, as well as our organization overall, please listen to the previous two, reboot special episodes: S5E1, The Underground Writing Podcast (September 26, 2024) and S5E2, Linebreak (October 3, 2024).

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The Underground Writing podcast is recorded and produced by Underground Writing. You can access it via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast outlets, as well as on our website where we include links of interest connected to items mentioned in each episode.

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*A prefatory note. We recorded this episode on Monday, September 30, 2024. While in the process of recording it at a local college library, an “active shooter” event took place in the nearby vicinity—outside the library where we were located. The library and college went to lockdown, as did all the other schools in the area. The students and staff members all scrambled to locations inside the library—by walls, under tables, in offices, or, like us, in one of three side-area study rooms. In the seconds it took to grasp what was happening, I (Matt) saw a student walking around, unsure where he should go. He pointed at me, as I pointed at him through the glass window of the study room. I motioned for him to come inside. I turned off the light, and sat in the corner, my leg extending across the bottom inside of the door. The student sat across from me, also in the corner. He called his mom. I texted my family. We introduced ourselves. And what ensued was a wonderful conversation between Mason and me, two humans with about a two to three decade age difference, both caught in a situation with unknown variabilities and outcomes, getting to know each other, talking as a way to bring peace and calm amidst a fearful situation. Twenty minutes later—the situation under control—the library went off lockdown. Lights went back on. Mason and I stood up and shook hands and expressed gratitude for the time. If you’re reading this, Mason, thanks for the dialogue, for your willingness to share, and for your camaraderie in a time of danger.

On today’s episode, our featured student writing is, “Growing Up Is Not Easy” by Juli from our site with the Migrant Leaders Club in the Mount Vernon School District.

Migrant Leaders Club

Collaboration with artist and photographer, Marilyn Montufar. Thanks to Marilyn and the MLC for your work with us. Marilyn’s own website.

Migrant Leaders Club & Underground Writing travel to New York (2018) to watch Quiara Alegría Hudes’ new musical Miss You Like Hell.

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Show Notes:

Today’s featured writing is “Ode to My Journal” by Anthony, a student at our writing workshop site in Skagit County Juvenile Detention. You can support Anthony, and students like him, by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies and other merch in our online store, and making a donation to help our work continue – you can donate via our website’s secure donation portal here: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate

Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org

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Learn more about the Letters to a Young Inmate initiative via our website here:

www.letterstoayounginmate.org

The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting a Writer’s Life in Prison is a wonderful resource, Edited by Caits Meissner (a member of our Advisory Board). You can learn more about this book online here: https://pen.org/program/the-sentences-that-create-us/

More about our re/vision program can be accessed via our website here:

www.undergroundwriting.org/revision

Podcast Review, a Los Angeles Review of Books channel, published an article in April 2024 about top writing podcasts, and included us in the list for a third time. We’re beyond grateful to be included amongst such company. You can read Alice Florence Orr’s article online here: https://podcastreview.org/list/best-writing-podcasts/

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Jen Bradbury, UW Teaching Writer, shares student writing from What No One Ever Tells You.

1. My Cell -Victor
2. I Won’t Front -J.S.
3. I Am Not What You Think I Am -Luciean
4. Nascar Dialogue -Josh
5. Survival -M.
6. We Sit Here Together -Students and Teaching Writers, in a circle, one line each

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

Podcast Review: Underground Writing

Dear America chapbook

The Change - Book Pipeline

Marilyn Montufar

Jacob Lawrence Gallery

Claudia Castro Luna

Letters to a Young Inmate

The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

DEAR AMERICA CHAPBOOK

THE CHANGE - BOOK PIPELINE

MARILYN MONTUFAR

CLAUDIA CASTRO LUNA

LETTERS TO A YOUNG INMATE

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Matt shares student writing from the e-workshops at the Skagit County Community Justice Center site.

1. Finding Hope (excerpt) - Garrett
   
2. Helping - C.
   
3. Seven Aphorisms - Michael
   
4. I Need You to Unlock Heaven's Door - Kyle
   
5. Being locked up - Leland
   
6. Fulfillment of Last Laugh - Joshua
   
7. My Answer - Brian
   

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

'Last Will and Testament' – Sherman Alexie 

'No Many of Them, It's True' – Gregory Orr (part of the “The World Has Need of You” collection)

'Orpheus and Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence' – Gregory Orr

'Poetry as Survival' – Gregory Orr

'Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes' - Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Steven Mitchell)

Hope in These Times:  e-deliverable writing worksheet

Underground Writing’s active writing workshops:

• Mount Vernon Migrant Leaders Club in the Mount Vernon School District
• Skagit County Community Justice Center
• Skagit County Juvenile Detention
• Skagit Valley Recovery Site (hosted by Brigid Collins)
• YMCA Oasis Daylight Center

The Change list of suggested books 

• Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds
• I'm Still Here: Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown
• The Vintage Hughes - Langston Hughes
• Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
• The Winter of Our Discontent - John Steinbeck

Letters to a Young Inmate is in the home stretch, launching later 2020

Academy of American Poets

Community of American Magazines and Presses

National Book Foundation

COVID 19 pandemic

PNW wildfire smoke

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

The Decameron – Giovanni Boccaccio

David Budbill

Lucille Clifton

Underground Writing News & Photos

What No One Ever Tells You

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

• Hadestown
  
• Mythology by Edith Hamilton
  
• Myth of Icarus
  
• Club Icarus by Matthew W. Miller
  

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Note: As you know, friends, our program is focused on providing creative writing workshops that promote writing, reading, self-discovery, and voice amplification in a variety of community settings.  Because of the current health threats presented by the coronavirus to our students and the Underground Writing family of workers and volunteers, we are suspending all workshop activity for the time being.  In doing so, we are following county, state, and national mandates for precautionary measures.  A variety of Underground Writing projects and administrative functions will continue via independent tasks and meetings conducted via e-mail and video conference.  We will keep you updated as the days and weeks progress.  Thank you for your interest and impact on our students and the Underground Writing community.  Keep listening.  Keep healthy and safe.

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Susanne Antonetta, UW Teaching Writer and editor of the Bellingham Review, shares student writing from the workshops at Skagit County Community Justice Center.

1. I Have to Swallow the Time by C
   
2. Ode to My Socks by Robin
   
3. I Have Been Known by Alison
   
4. I Have Been Known by Hannah
   
5. I Have Been Known by anonymous
   
6. Dear ICE by Adriana
   
7. Dear System by Robert
   
8. I Have Been Known by Marcus
   
9. I Have Been Known by Patrick
   

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Thanks to the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts and ArtsWA for supporting our efforts.

Talk About Me, by Yesica Solano is available now

Upcoming Events:

Dear America chapbook
To be published in early 2020

Finding Home: A Foster Youth Story, produced by UW Teaching Writer Laurie Parker
Thursday, March 12, 2020 at the Lincoln Theatre

Migrant Leaders Club reading
Saturday, April 18, 2020 at Lopez Book Shop on Lopez Island

Hidden Truth, by the Migrant Leaders Club, produced by UW Teaching Writer Jennifer Morison Hendrix
Thursday, April 23, 2020 at the Lincoln Theatre

Letters to a Young Inmate initiative
May 2020

FilmVerse screening
Thursday, May 21, 2020 at the Lincoln Theatre

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Partner with Underground Writing

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

Brigid Collins Family Support Center

Habibi, retail pop-up shop in Mount Vernon, Washington—in collaboration with Skagit River Poetry Foundation and Voices of the Children

Talk About Me, upcoming chapbook from local poet and UW’s intern Yesica Solano. Hear some pieces and a short interview on KITE 5 with Yesica Solano, parts 1 and 2

What No One Ever Tells You

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A. Muia, UW Teaching Writer, shares student writing from the workshops at Skagit County Juvenile Detention.

1. Where I’m From by E
   
2. I Am From by J
   
3. I Belong Here by A
   
4. Visitation Hours by B
   
5. One Medicine I’ve Taken by M
   
6. I Feel Like a Loaded Gun by J
   
7. A Painting by Vincent Van Gogh by C
   

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Features: 

Asil Jabr and Aaron Wagner: Voices of the Children // 

Molly McNulty: Skagit River Poetry Foundation // 

Matt Malyon: Underground Writing

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

kia ora, Maori greeting

St. Hilda’s Collegiate School in Dunedin, New Zealand

International Literacy Association: 2019 Conference in New Orleans

Equity in Education

Renée Watson, author of Piecing Me Together and Some Places More Than Others

David Kirkland, Executive Director of NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools

Hamish Brewer, author of RELENTLESS: Changing Lives by Disrupting the Educational Norm

Jennifer Bradbury, Teaching Writer, on the Underground Writing Podcast

Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds

Tomas Tranströmer, poet

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Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with.

LINKS OF INTEREST:

What No One Ever Tells You
Migrant Leaders Club of Mount Vernon School District
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Emancipated Stories
Zoe Mullery and Brothers in Pen - Our Podcast
Zoe Mullery and Brothers in Pen - Program
FilmVerse

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This episode features six pieces of writing from Brothers in Pen, the creative writing class at San Quentin State Prison.

• Kenny Brydon, short story, "A Course in Reconciliation"

• Emile DeWeaver, memoir, "Crumbling Brick Dreams" from Brothers in Pen: The Ninth Annual Public Reading

• Rahsaan Thomas, short story, "Recycled"

• Udukobraye Pela, short story, "My Momma's Baby" from Pens Up, Don't Shoot

• Michael Zell, short story, "Wisdom Exhortation" from Brothers in Pen: The Ninth Annual Public Reading

• Kevin Sawyer, short story, "The Bus Driver," from Brothers in Pen: The Eleventh Annual Public Reading (not yet published)

Links of Interest:

Brothers in Pen
William James Association

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Matt shares updates from a satellite program on the east coast, The Change: a book pipeline to—among other sites—the library at Green Hill School in Chehalis, WA,  and a teaser for our next Community Spotlight episode.

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

What No One Ever Tells You
Langston Hughes
Skagit County Community Justice Center
Washington States Arts Commission (ArtsWA)
One Year Writing in the Margins
The Change - Book Pipeline

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Links of Interest:

What No One Ever Tells You
Writers in the Schools
Seattle Arts & Lectures (WITS)
Washington State Arts Commission
Poets House
The Hidden Truth (news article)
AWP 2019 Conference
Suzanne Paola Antonetta
The Kenyon Review
The Georgia Review

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Links of Interest:

What No One Ever Tells You
Washington State Arts Commission
Osip Mandelstam
Marina Tsvetaeva
Christian Wiman
Ilya Kaminsky
Jean Valentine
Chris Hoke
Suzanne Paola Antonetta

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Matt and Alvin talk about the anthology, give a brief update on UW’s Teaching Writers, and present music by the Marimba Band at LaVenture Middle School, led by Amy McFeely.

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LINKS OF INTEREST:
What No One Ever Tells You
ArtsWA (Washington State Arts Commission)
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Marimba
LaVenture Middle School
Walt Hampton, Composer  

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Matt updates listeners about the release of UW’s first anthology, What No One Ever Tells You—just in time for the start of 2019!

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LINKS OF INTEREST:
What No One Ever Tells You
The Salish Sea
Walt Whitman  
Langston Hughes

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UW updates: 

• Upcoming week-long intensive at the juvenile detention site, based on the book Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, led by teaching writer Jennifer Bradbury. 
• Community Highlight podcast coming up, profiling YMCA Oasis Daylight Center site host Randi Breuer.

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Matt gives an update on a future teaching site: the Skagit County Community Justice Center. They discuss logistical tasks and the Justice Center in the context of Mount Vernon's former jail.

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

What No One Ever Tells You, the UW anthology

The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry

Paul Valéry

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Book of Revelation

Skagit County Community Justice Center

Peter La Grand music

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Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with.

LINKS OF INTEREST:

What No One Ever Tells You, the UW anthology

The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry

Paul Valéry

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Book of Revelation

Skagit County Community Justice Center

Peter La Grand music

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Links of Interest:

• What No One Ever Tells You, the UW anthology
• More information about the New York Trip
• Migrant Leaders Club of Mount Vernon Public Schools
• Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell, and the Emancipated Stories Project

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