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 … 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 … 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 … Read more
Our featured writer for October is Atlanta-based poet Danielle Hanson. I met Danielle in the spring at the AWP Conference in San Antonio. It was such a strange, upside-down time at this event that was half-empty as we straddled the line between before and after COVID really took hold in the U.S., so it was … Read more
Photo credit: Meryl Schenker Donna Miscolta is Plume’s featured writer for September! I’ve never met Donna before, but I had the absolute pleasure to meet and talk with her on Zoom a few days ago when we chatted with her for our podcast. Stay tuned for that great talk at the beginning of September! We … Read more
I’m not sure how I became Facebook friends with Sue Silverman; I rarely accept friend requests from people I’ve not actually met in person. I do know several friends who’ve studied with Sue and sing her praises loudly. Maybe it was her generosity in sharing information about writing and publishing on one of The Binders … Read more
Christina Socorro Yovovich is a writer I met in the MFA program at The University of New Mexico. We took a creative nonfiction workshop together, and I was so moved by her writing and by the way she was able to talk about her life so openly. She was also one of those multi-talented writers … Read more
So far 2020 has been … I don’t even know. We started our 2nd year with all kinds of ideas for the future then a pandemic that has thrown our whole Plume plans into… we don’t know. We do know we’re still focusing on our mission, which may now be more important than ever, to … Read more
I met Rebecca years ago because we both teach writing at a community college in Albuquerque. In the fall, I actually took her online poetry class and loved it (and if you know me, you know I’ll write almost anything but poetry, but this class gave me a new appreciation for all that goes into … Read more
Nora Hickey is a triple threat writer. When I met her, she was getting her MFA in poetry at UNM, she has since published some gripping creative nonfiction (some of which you can read if you subscribe to Plume for February!), and right now she’s hard at work on a novel with a plucky protagonist … Read more