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Thinking on the Edge of the World With Melissa Elmes
Episode 19
Published 2 years, 6 months ago
Description
Medieval scholar, English and Gender Studies professor, and multi-genre creative writer, Melissa Ridley Elmes chats with editor Melissa Ford Lucken in this episode of Washington Square On-Air. A writer inspired by both sea monsters and scholarship, Melissa describes how her creative quest took her from formal academic research to fiction, poetry, other generative forms and back into scholarship again. Elmes offers thoughts about imposter syndrome and about making wordy messes to find the right path forward.
Melissa Ridley Elmes’ piece, To Belong at the Edge of the World, appears in the Summer 2023 issue of the Washington Square Review.
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