Our fall episode of Plume: A Writer’s Podcast is out now, and we are so excited for you to hear from the lovely, brilliant Crystal K. Odelle. In this episode, Sam and Melanie talk with Crystal about flash prose, trans identity, the blurred lines between fiction and nonfiction, liminal spaces, chapbook publishing, RPG writing, and more! Along the way, Crystal speaks beautifully about the intimate work involved in revision, and the … Read more
We’re so excited to share our latest Plume episode, featuring THE Jessamine Chan! Jessamine’s novel, The School for Good Mothers, is a New York Times bestseller, a penetrating and mind-bending speculative dystopian tale that provokes deep conversations. In this episode, Melanie and Dawn dive in with Jessamine, talking about The School For Good Mothers, publishing your first novel after 40, writing envy, motherhood, art and social change, “unlikeable” women in … Read more
Season 3, Episode 1: A Novel in Progress, A Conversation with Melanie Unruh To kick off Season 3, Plumesters Sam and Dawn are turning the tables on their fellow co-host, Melanie Unruh, the “Mother of Plume,” and talking to her about writing novels, sticking with large projects, and the founding of Plume. This is a podcast episode full of writerly encouragement and community, so if this weird pandemic time has … Read more
Dear Plumesters, Earlier in 2021, we recorded a podcast episode in which Jennifer Simpson’s friends and family read from her work. It was a beautiful way to honor Jenn and her writing, and to preserve it so anyone can go back and listen whenever they’d like. We decided we also wanted to make Jenn our honorary December featured writer for the year. Though she is no longer here, we feel … Read more
This month, we’re happy to introduce Plume’s November featured writer, Kendra Tuthill! Kendra Tuthill holds an MA in Fiction Writing from Portland State University. She has won several awards for her plays and screenplays, most notably landing a semi-finalist position in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest for her dark, superhero screenplay titled Kendar the Destroyer. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she works in the Art Department on independent … Read more
We’re excited to introduce Plume’s October featured writer, Nari Kirk! Nari Kirk is a Korean American writer with an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of New Mexico. Her work has appeared in Hobart (online) and the anthology All the Women in My Family Sing, among other publications. She lives in the Pacific Northwest. Check out Nari’s lovely selection of creative nonfiction essays, available in October’s Digital Plume. Her … Read more
We’re excited to introduce Plume’s September featured writer Paula Treick DeBoard (@HerPlotThickens), author of HERE WE LIE, THE DROWNING GIRLS, THE FRAGILE WORLD, & THE MOURNING HOURS. Keep an eye out for this month’s digital Plume (dropping next week!), which will feature Paula’s letter of encouragement to writers and the first chapter of her novel, HERE WE LIE. Our podcast interview with Paula will follow shortly after.
We are excited to announce our August featured writer, the great Lisa D. Chávez! This month, keep an eye out for: —Week 1: We release this month’s edition of Digital Plume, which includes Lisa’s letter of encouragement and a selection of her poetry and creative nonfiction. Join our Patreon at the Prickly Pear $5 level to gain access. —Week 2: Our podcast interview with Lisa drops on the podcast streaming network near you … Read more
We first experienced Melanie’s writing through Albuquerque’s creative writing series Bad Mouth. I remember Jenn saying to me, “Have you watched this week’s Bad Mouth writer video? She’s really good!” And she was right. I was mesmerized by Melanie’s work, which she read with such warmth and strength. I knew we had to see if we could get her as a featured writer for Plume. We’re so glad she said … Read more
I met Felecia because we teach at the same community college. Our first real conversation was when I agreed to sub a fiction class for her. My department is large and I admit that I’m not overly social, but as soon I started talking with Felecia, my first thought was Why haven’t I been talking to her all along? She was genuine, funny, kind, and clearly an excellent teacher. A … Read more
As we’re all slouching towards the end of 2020, I decided I wanted to treat myself to something. I’ve been on the mailing list for the literary magazine Philadelphia Stories for years. It was one of the first journals to ever publish my work, so I was always curious to keep up with the goings on there. Each year they referenced a conference they hosted called Push to Publish. I … Read more
This week’s Bad Mouth’s Online in the Meantime reading series featured Plume’s own Melanie Unruh! If you follow Plume regularly you probably know this: Melanie Unruh is a New Mexico-based writer of YA novels, short stories, and creative nonfiction. Her work has appeared in and is forthcoming from The Boiler, Cutthroat, Sixfold, Post Road, New Ohio Review, Two Hawks Quarterly, and Philadelphia Stories, among others. She was nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize and received notable mention in Best American Essays. … Read more