In The Margins E5: Improv Poetry: An Interview with Ross White

Episode 5 Guest: Poet Ross White

Poet Ross White reads from his new chapbook, “How We Came Upon the Colony” (Unicorn Press, 2014). The conversation travels from White’s imagined 14th colony of the New World to his foundation in improv comedy.

Podcast Notes

Ross White, Poet, Executive Director of Bull City Press:  http://www.rosswhite.com/
How We Came Upon the Colony by Ross White: http://www.unicorn-press.org/books/White-How-We-Came-Upon-the-Colony.html Bull City Press, Durham, NC: http://bullcitypress.com/

Awards from:
Best New Poets: http://bestnewpoets.org/
Poetry Daily: http://poems.com/
The New England Review: http://www.nereview.com/
Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, Ripton, VT: http://www.middlebury.edu/bread-loaf-conferences/bl_writers
DSI Theater, Improve Comedy, Chapel Hill, NC: http://www.dsicomedytheater.com/

Warren Wilson MFA Program and Faculty Supervisors:
Website: http://www.wwcmfa.org/
C. Dale Young: http://www.cdaleyoung.com/
Mary Leader: https://www.graywolfpress.org/author-list/mary-leader
Heather McHugh: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/heather-mchugh
A. Van Jordan: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/van-jordan-0

Other mentioned poets:
Michael McFee: http://englishcomplit.unc.edu/people/mcfeem
Weldon Kees: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/weldon-kees
Donald Justice: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/donald-justice
W. S. Merwin: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/w-s-merwin
W. H. Auden: http://audensociety.org/index.html

See also:
DSI Theater, Improve Comedy, Chapel Hill, NC: http://www.dsicomedytheater.com/
The Grind Daily Writing Series: http://rosswhite.com/2012/04/08/how-napowrimo-inspired-the-grind/
tatestreet.org Three-Sentence Reviews: https://tatestreet.org/category/reviews/three-sentence-reviews/

Producers: Ray Crampton and Abigail Browning
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Music Provided by: Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander: http://www.campusfive.com
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