{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F2b6b7c41-55d6-4fe7-92cc-730490895ee5","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"084: How do you honor your story? Writer and educator Allison Kirkland on crafting memoir and creative nonfiction.\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/2b6b7c41-55d6-4fe7-92cc-730490895ee5\"></iframe>","title":"084: How do you honor your story? Writer and educator Allison Kirkland on crafting memoir and creative nonfiction.","description":"Thought about writing a memoir? Curious about creative non-fiction, writing in community, and how to get started when you are staring at the blank page? Listen in to this conversation with https://www.allisonkirkland.com/ (Allison Kirkland),  writer, instructor, editor, facilitator, writing coach and arts advocate. At the beginning and again at the very end of this conversation, you\u2019ll hear Allison read her introduction from a recently published anthology  titled https://www.allisonkirkland.com/blog/2019/6/18/honoring-your-stories-anthology-from-the-durham-county-library (Honoring Your Stories). Honoring Your Stories includes creative nonfiction written by some of Allison\u2019s students. [You\u2019ll also hear Allison read a prose poem by Mary Brogden, one of her students.] \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAllison Kirkland photo by Anna Carson Dewitt\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nhttps://www.allisonkirkland.com (Allison Kirkland) holds a degree in English from Duke University and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from The New School in New York City. Learn more at: allisonkirkland.com and while you\u2019re there, subscribe to her monthly blog titled https://www.allisonkirkland.com/blog (Creatives in Conversation) where she interviews artists about their creative process.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThese artists have appeared on Artist Soapbox and Creatives in Conversation!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDoreen Jakob, Ceramic Artist:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n*  https://www.allisonkirkland.com/blog/2019/1/19/doreen-jakob-ceramic-artist-owner-of-doora-ceramics (Creatives in Conversation)https://artistsoapbox.org/2018/05/14/030-ceramic-artist-doreen-jakob-tells-stories-in-clay/ ( )* https://artistsoapbox.org/2018/05/14/030-ceramic-artist-doreen-jakob-tells-stories-in-clay/ (Artist Soapbox)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMon\u00e9t Noelle Marshall, Theatre Artist and Arts Activist\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n*  https://www.allisonkirkland.com/blog/2018/11/20/mont-marshall-director-producer-artist (Creatives in Conversation)https://artistsoapbox.org/2018/01/22/018-artist-leader-monet-noelle-marshall-speaks-thru-buy-my-soul-and-call-it-art/ ( )* https://artistsoapbox.org/2018/01/22/018-artist-leader-monet-noelle-marshall-speaks-thru-buy-my-soul-and-call-it-art/ (Artist Soapbox)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJustin Tornow, Dance Artist and Educator\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n*  https://www.allisonkirkland.com/blog/2019/5/16/justin-tornow-dance-artist-educator-and-researcher (Creatives in Conversation)https://artistsoapbox.org/2018/08/27/durham-independent-dance-artists/ ( )* https://artistsoapbox.org/2018/08/27/durham-independent-dance-artists/ (Artist Soapbox)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTamara Kissane, Podcaster and Theatre-maker\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n*  https://www.allisonkirkland.com/blog/2019/7/17/tamara-kissane (Creatives in Conversation)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis episode is brought to you by the http://www.patreon.com/artistsoapbox (Soapboxers), the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox. If you like these episodes and want more, http://www.patreon.com/artistsoapbox (get on the Soapbox)!  This episode was recorded at the ASBX home studio. Artist Soapbox theme music by Bart Matthews. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nConnect and Follow!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nArtist Soapbox on social media:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTwitter =https://twitter.com/artist_soapbox (@artist_soapbox)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nInstagram = https://www.instagram.com/artistsoapbox/ (artistsoapbox)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFacebook =https://www.facebook.com/artistsoapboxpodcast/ (https://www.facebook.com/artistsoapboxpodcast/)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nQUESTIONS  FOR ALLISON\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCREATIVE NONFICTION","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ad2dc3a1-f37f-4ceb-8054-8daff2163fbc/artist-soapbox-itunes-1400x1400-362.png"}