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Beyond the Page: Turning History Into Poetry with Andrea W. LeDew
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In this episode of Beyond the Page, Steve sits down with poet and author Andrea W. LeDew to discuss Polemics, a collection that grew from years of blogging, poetry, essays, and reflections on contemporary American life.
Andrea talks about her path from studying English and practicing law to homeschooling, blogging, and eventually publishing her work. We explore writing as a way of processing difficult subjects, using satire and metaphor in poetry, and the challenge of creating work about current events that can still resonate years later.
Andrea also shares stories from living in Germany during the Cold War, visiting Berlin before the fall of the Berlin Wall, her approach to writing and revising poetry, the novel she's currently developing, and what she's learned about self-publishing and promoting poetry.
Plus, we get into abandoned knitting projects, unusual sandwiches, and what working at McDonald's taught her about the modern internet.
Find Andrea: https://books2read.com/polemics
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