ep. 345 - Valentina Gnup

Valentina Gnup is a two-time Rattle Poetry Prize Finalist, and also appears in our new Best of the Ekphrastic Challenge anthology. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from CSUF in 1980 and her MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles in 2002. Her most recent book is Ruined Music. She has two grown daughters and currently lives in Mill Valley, California, where she coaches high school writers. Find more here: https://www.valentinagnup.com/ As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. Submit your poems through Submittable by midnight Sunday for a chance to be invited: https://rattle.submittable.com/submit/269309/rattlecast-prompt-poems-online For links to all the past episodes, visit: https://www.rattle.com/page/rattlecast/ This Week’s Prompt: Write a poem about a time you got into trouble outdoors. Next Week’s Prompt: Write a pantoum that plays! The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.