Ariel Gore is a force of nature. I first met her about ten years ago when she was teaching at UNM. I was a graduate student, working as a reading series coordinator for the English department, and I helped organize a reading for her. Wow, can she put on a show! A true storyteller, both … 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
Jenn Givhan has an infectious, delightful personality. So much so, that sometimes I forget I’ve never actually met her in person! I feel like I have because she is such a force in her writing and in her online presence (and also because she helped me out and covered several of my classes when I … Read more
Our featured writer for December is Dawn Sperber! I met Dawn in the MFA program at UNM back in 2007. She has such a warm and sweet energy about her, and her writing hums with magical assuredness. We are so very excited to share her unique work with you, and we couldn’t think of a … Read more
I (Jennifer) am thrilled to share Jill Badonsky. Before I really knew I was a writer, I was working as the executive director at the now defunct 101 artists’ colony in Encinitas, California, a coop of sorts for artists. Jill taught workshops there. In addition to the the Modern Day Muse class (before she published … Read more
When I began my MFA program in the fall of 2007 (has it really been that long?!), Jennifer Lynn Krohn was a part of my cohort. A poet at heart with a strong work ethic (she used to write poetry in her car on her lunch break at work) and a fun preoccupation with the … Read more
I met Erin when we were both teaching at a community college here in Albuquerque, but I really got to know her when I took a creative nonfiction class she was teaching (It’s a long story, but suffice it to say, it was a great class and I got a published piece out of it). … Read more
A Year in Plume It’s been a year now since Jennifer and I started Plume. What a wild ride! From first putting our early ideas together, to entering the business plan competition, to launching a Kickstarter to get the venture off the ground, to choosing featured writers, to packing and shipping our first Plume packages, … Read more
I met Erika when she was living in Albuquerque on sabbatical from her academic job. She quickly found her way into the writing community here for good reasons: She is funny and quirky and smart. Really smart. And talented–as a poet and a novelist. But what I have admired about her most is her tenacity … Read more
A few years ago I was at the AWP conference in L.A. when I met Brenna Gomez through a mutual friend from grad school. Brenna and I had gone through the same program, but at different times. She gave off a warm, writerly energy, and I knew she was going to be someone I would … Read more