This week we visit Jessie van Eerden in Roanoke, VA. Jessie is a native of Preston County, WV and the author of novels "Glorybound", "My Radio Radio", and 'Call It Horses", and portrait essay collection "The Long Weeping". Her new essay collection "Yoke & Feather" is out now, so go forth and read!
Jessie has taught for over twenty years in college classrooms and adult literacy programs, and she directed the low-residency MFA writing program of West Virginia Wesleyan College for seven years. She is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Hollins University.
For more on Jessie: jessievaneerden.com
Jessie's Books on the Bed:
The Murmuring Deep by Avivah Gottlied Zornberg
Barrabas by Par Lagerkvist
Houskeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day
Deepstep Come Shining by C.D. Wright
Rose by Li-Young Lee
Matt's gifts for Jessie:
Fire Sermon and A Life by Wright Morris
Episode timeline:
0:00 - 6:47 — Intro
6:48 - 52:35 — Gifts for Jessie, discussing Jessie's life and work
52:36 - 1:33:09 — Jessie's Books on the Bed
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