Tk With James Scott

Javier tells James about his journey to the United States at the age of 9. They discuss the power of teachers, the Undocupoets Campaign, transcendent readings, struggling to find an ending, and his collection of poems, UNACCOMPANIED (fall 2017). Then, Jennifer De Leon talks about opportunities for teen writers, #WeNeedDiverseBooks, and her experiences teaching in the YAWP program at Grub Street in Boston.     Javier and James Discuss: Yusef Komunyakaa Sharon Olds   Alejandro Zambra  Valeria Luiselli  Dick Scanlan Roberto Bolano  Gabriel Garcia Marquez  Jorge Luis Borges  ONE STORY  Yaddo  MacDowell Colony  Pablo Neruda  Rebecca Faust  Squaw Valley Writers' Workshops  Napa Valley Writers' Conference  Bread Loaf Writers' Conference  Alberto Rios  BIG FISH by Daniel Wallace  UC- Berkeley  NYU  Olive B. O'Connor  Peter Balakian Carolyn Forche Wallace Stegner Fellowship  Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship UndocuPoets Campaign Sibling Rivalry Press  Wil S. Hylton  Matthew Salesses  Monica So