Samantha Kolber

Samantha has received a Ruth Stone Poetry Prize and a Vermont Poetry Society prize, and her manuscript "Jewel Tones" was a semifinalist with the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry's 2019 First Book Prize. She coordinates author events at Bear Pond Books and is the Poetry Series Editor at Rootstock Publishing. Her chapbook, "Birth of a Daughter," is availabl now from Kelsay Books. Samantha can be found on Instagram @sampoetmfa and Twitter @Samanthakolber. Her website is SamanthaKolber.com. Mentioned in this Episode: Museum of the City of New York Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary The Switch by Beth O'Leary Kerry Winfrey Our episode with Kerry Winfrey Tweet from R.O. Kwon: I've never been more convinced of the absolute necessity of art. Often, the best part of my day has to do with art of some kind, books, photos, music, movies, all of it; often, it's the only good part of my day. It's like my pandemic Popeye spinach & artists, I thank you New Girl The Complications of Hilma af Klint lecture The Parent Trap (1998 Lindsay Lohan version) The Parent Trap (Hayley Mills version) Bewitched Julie and the Phantoms Julie and the Phantoms novel by Micol Ostow Our episode with Micol Ostow Adventure Time The Duchess Fleabag The X-Files All the President's Men Dick Dick, the 1999 teen Watergate comedy, captures the enduring weirdness of political scandals by Alissa Wilkinson The People vs. OJ Simpson OJ Simpson: Made in America Veep Register to vote What is a Chapbook? from Writer's Digest Kelsay Books Keep This to Yourself by Kerrin McCadden The Teachers & Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms by Ron Padgett Fruit Rot by James R. Gapinsky Hunger Mountain Journal for the Arts Rootstock Publishing To the Man in the Red Suit by Christina Fulton Kirkus Reviews Bear Pond Books White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi Libro.fm Bookshop.org Poetry Foundation Poetry 180 ed. by Billy Collins Best American Poetry 2019 ed. by Major Jackson Chen Chen Ilya Kaminsky Jericho Brown Ocean Vuong Sylvia Plath Please Excuse This Poem edited by Brett Fletcher Lauer and Lynn Melnick Ada Limon I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (*I said "East Bay" but it's about the Golden State Killer) I'll Be Gone in the Dark series Beloved by Toni Morrison Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Saving Ruby by Catherine Adel West About Us: Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy. You can follow us on Twitter @truerwordspod and on Instagram @truerwordspodcast. Contact us via our website, truerwordspodcast.com, or email us at [email protected].