Daniel talks with Shirley Reva Vernick, author of the YA novel, "Remember Dippy." Shirley started out as a print journalist and later made the move to fiction writer. She talks about how she connects with a teenage brain to tell a relatable story. "Remember Dippy" is published by El Paso's own Cinco Puntos Press, and Shirley, who is based out of New England, talks about why she felt at home with Cinco Puntos. Aside from being a writer, she also runs the popular storytelling website, http://storybee.org/. Learn more about Shirley and her work at http://shirleyvernick.wordpress.com/.
Sam Calvin Brown, a bilingual MFA student at UTEP in Creative Writing, reads today's Poem of the Week: "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William Butler Yeats.
And in this week's Poetic License, Emily Yoon, an MFA Poetry student at New York University, explains why poetry is like a hand, reaching out to its reader. Emily is the host of the podcast "Late Night New York" http://latenightlibrary.org/category/podcasts-2/late-night-new-york/, a short-form podcast featuring a diverse array of talented authors reading at the Franklin Park Reading Series in Crown Heights Brooklyn.
Aired May 18, 2014.
