This week our guest is Valencia Robin, visual artist, poet, and author of Ridiculous Light. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and

• The power of a writing group
• Toggling between painting and writing
• And more

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This Week’s Writing Prompt

Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.

This week’s writing prompt is: Write a poem where the lines go from one margin to the other.

Explore Womxn Authors

In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:

• Linda Gregg, author of All of it Singing
• Rita Dove, Naomi Shihab Nye, Joy Harjo, Sharon Olds, Natasha Trethewey, Brenda Shaughnessy, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Natalie G. Diaz

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