Lulu Rasor joins Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum in conversation and to read her poem "Grendel’s Mother Takes the Mic," featured in A NEW LAND, a poetry anthology from The Telling Room. Stuart and Lulu discuss authorial voice, character point of view, Beowulf, the anonymity of female characters, authentic characterization, Maine as a setting, and why she can’t stop writing. Lulu is now a student at Oberlin College. She published her poetry collection, “An Open Letter to Ophelia,” through the Telling Room’s Young Emerging Authors Fellowship.

Voices of the Future Podcast

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Episode 9: Lulu

MAR 18, 202114 MIN
Voices of the Future Podcast

Episode 9: Lulu

MAR 18, 202114 MIN

Description

Voices of the Future is hosted and conceived by Stuart Kestenbaum, produced by Josephine Holtzman and Isaac Kestenbaum at Future Projects, with help from Carly Peruccio, mixed by Merritt Jacob, and music by Jordan Kramer. Voices of the Future is curated and distributed by Molly McGrath and Rylan Hynes of The Telling Room. This series is made possible by the Academy of American Poets with funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.To learn more about The Telling Room and its programs, visit www.tellingroom.org.