
This is Awakeners, a Lit Hub Radio podcast about mentorship in the literary arts.
Robert Frost allegedly said he was not a teacher but an “awakener.” On every episode of this podcast, host Lena Crown speaks with writers, artists, critics, and scholars across generations who have awakened something for one another. We chat about how their relationship has evolved, examine the connections and diver... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 13 | Founded | a year ago |
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On this episode of Awakeners, Lena speaks with the poets Gabrielle Bates and Keetje Kuipers, who met when Gabby enrolled in Keetje’s poetry class at Auburn University in Alabama almost thirteen years ago. According to Gabby, she thought all poets wer... more
On this episode of Awakeners, Lena speaks with the nonfiction writers Tajja Isen and Nicole Chung, who became colleagues and friends after working together on an essay for Catapult, a (now sadly shuttered) digital magazine where Nicole served as edit... more
On this episode of Awakeners, Lena speaks with the poets Carl Phillips and Aditi Machado, who met through the MFA program at Washington University in St. Louis when Aditi began as a student almost fifteen years ago.
Growing up in India, Aditi wasn’t... more
On this episode of Awakeners, Lena speaks with the novelists Tash Aw and Jemimah Wei, who connected when Jemimah signed up for Tash’s fiction master class on “time and place” in Singapore back in 2015.
Growing up in Malaysia and Singapore, Tash and ... more
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Lena Crown’s inviting podcast brings us into deep and joyful conversations with some of the most important poets and writers of fiction and non-fiction of our day. Crown keeps the authors’ revelations flowing and sharing with her keen eye for the next great query or prompt.
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