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NWP Radio
by National Writing Project
NWP Radio is a program provided by the National Writing Project as an education resource on a broad range of topics for educators in and out of school.
Episodes
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Building a Living Archive: Black Youth (Re)Writing Histories in Philadelphia
Hear how Philadelphia teachers are building a living archive in their city alongside students, parents, and community members. In this NWP Radio episode you will learn about a Spencer Foundation funded research practice partnership between the Philadelphia Writing Project, the School district of...
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A Teacher’s Guide to Using AI
This NWP Radio conversation features Writing Project teacher-leader Meenoo Rami and her recently published book A Teacher’s Guide to Using AI. Offered as a companion for teachers in support of their agency in the classroom, this book offers interviews and stories from teachers across the country,...
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Teaching Writing in the Age of AI: A Visit with the Authors
This episode features a discussion with Troy Hicks and Kristen Turner, authors of Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. They discuss the ethical and practical challenges of using AI tools in writing instruction and offer strategies that nurture student thinking, creativity, and academic integrity.
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The Write Time with Author Torrey Maldonado and Educator Tracey T. Flores
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Torrey Maldonado is an acclaimed author and educator whose work impacts middle grade, young adult, and elementary school literature. He approaches thirty years teaching and has been celebrated by two NYC Chancellors as a top culturally responsive educator. Named “Best...
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Teaching from an Ethical Center: Practical Wisdom for Daily Instruction
In this special episode of NWP Radio, Stephanie Jones interviews Cara Furman, author of Teaching from an Ethical Center: Practical Wisdom for Daily Instruction, about bringing ethics, philosophy, and body-centered practices into teaching. They explore how children's literature can expand…
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A Visit with the Authors of Wondrous Words: Reimagining Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom
NWP Radio sits down with Katie Wood Ray and Stella Villalba to discuss the new edition of Wondrous Words, Katie's landmark 1999 book on responsive writing instruction. Twenty-five years later, the authors explore how teaching has changed—and why their message about writer agency, teacher...
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The Write Time with Author Hena Khan and Educator Rhiannon Berry Adsit
Hena Khan has been publishing books for children, including many that center Pakistani American and Muslim characters, for over two decades. She writes award-winning books in a multitude of formats, including picture books, middle-grade fiction, pick-your-path adventures, and graphic novels. Her...
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The Write Time with Author Tony Weaver Jr. and Educator Valeriana Boadu
Tony Weaver, Jr. is a storyteller who creates diverse worlds where every reader can find their place. His debut graphic novel, Weirdo, sold out of its first printing in seven weeks of publication, received multiple starred reviews, and was named one of the best books of 2024 by School Library...
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The Write Time with Write Out Ambassador Rob Walker and Educator Kevin Hodgson
Rob Walker is a journalist covering design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects. He writes the BRANDED column for Fast Company and has contributed to The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, NewYorker.Com, Design Observer, The Organist, and many others. He is the...
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The Write Time with Write Out Ambassador James Fester and Educator Maggie Delgado-Chernick
James Fester has worked for more than two decades as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, technology director, and curriculum specialist. His writing spans many different areas and includes Edutopia, ISTE, and National Geographic. His most recently published book titled The National Park...
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The Write Time with Author Derrick Barnes and Educator Dr. Chandra Maxwell
Derrick Barnes is a National Book Award Finalist for his graphic novel Victory. Stand!-Raising My Fist For Justice, which also won the YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award, and a Coretta Scott King Award Author Honor. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed,...
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Pushing Back Against Slow Violence in Traditional English Curriculum
NWP Radio visits with Jessica Rubin, author of "Embracing gentle resistance to the slow violence of traditional English curriculum." The article explains how a secondary English teacher, Kristen, maintained a commitment to nonviolence in her teaching through "gentle resistance" to the subtle...
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Meet Cosmic Writers
Cosmic Writers provides accessible creative writing education while having fun and building friendships. Cosmic Writers partners with the Philadelphia Writing Project on its Friday Night Writes while also providing regional and online professional support. Listen in to learn more about Cosmic...
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The Write Time with Author Catherine Con Morse and Educator Katherine Shizuko Suyeyasu
Catherine Con Morse’s debut novel, The Notes, is a 2025 Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Honorable Mention for Young Adult Fiction, a 2026 Panda Book Award nominee, and was shortlisted for the CRAFT First Chapters contest. Her newest book is The Summer I Remembered Everything...
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The Write Time with Author Rob Cameron and Educator Max Limric
Cameron Roberson, who writes under the pen name Rob Cameron, is a teacher, linguist, and writer. Rob is also lead organizer for the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers and founder of Constellations Mentorship for the Octavia Project. He has poetry, stories, and essays in StarLine*, The Magazine…
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The Write Time with Author Ellen Oh and Educator Melissa Thom
Ellen Oh is an award-winning author and editor of middle grade and young adult books such as The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee, YOU ARE HERE, Haru Zombie Dog Hero, Finding Junie Kim, The Dragon Egg Princess, The Spirit Hunters series (Books 1, 2, and 3), and the Prophecy trilogy (Prophecy…
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Empowering Youth to Confront the Climate Crisis in English Language Arts
This special episode of NWP Radio features many of the educators behind Empowering Youth to Confront the Climate Crisis in English Language Arts, a co-published book from Teachers College Press and the National Writing Project. Recorded in three parts, you won't want to miss this comprehensive...
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The Write Time with Author Tina Cane and Educator Janelle Bence
Tina Cane is the founder/director of Writers-in-the-Schools, RI, and, from 2016-2024, served as the Poet Laureate of Rhode Island where she lives with her husband and three children. In her capacity as poet laureate, Cane established her state's first youth poetry ambassador program in…
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The Write Time with Author Mahogany L. Browne and Educator Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
Mahogany L. Browne is a Kennedy Center Next 50 fellow, writer, play-wright, organizer, and educator. Browne received fellowships from ALL ARTS, Arts for Justice, AIR Serenbe, Baldwin for the Arts, Cave Canem, Poets House, Mellon Research, Rauschenberg, and Wesleyan University. Browne’s books...
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Teaching is Inquiry
This episode of NWP Radio features an insightful conversation with Cynthia Ballenger, author of the new book Teaching Is Inquiry. Ballenger shares her teaching journey and the core ideas in her book about the power of inquiry-based learning, which encourages teachers to honor students' unexpected...
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The Write Time with Educator-Authors Kelly Wissman, Christina Pepe, Matthew Pinchinat, Amy Salamone, and Leah Werther
Our guests discuss their book, Teaching with Arts-Infused Writing Pedagogies, which features the work of a multigenerational collective of K–12 educators, students, and teaching artists seeking educational justice. About Our Guests Kelly Wissman is the director of the Capital District Writing...
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The Write Time with Author Keenan Jones and Educator Ali Adan
Keenan Jones is an author who currently resides in Plymouth, Minnesota, who spent his childhood in northwest Indiana (Gary, IN) and south suburban Chicago (University Park, IL). He comes from a family of educators, pastors, athletes, and musicians. After suffering a career-ending injury while...
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Going the Distance
In today’s episode we will talk about the recently published book, Going the Distance: The Teaching Profession in a Post-COVID World. This comprehensive study of teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic has a lot to teach us about creating a healthy, resilient teaching profession able to face future...
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The Write Time with Write Out Poet Ambassador Jermaine Thompson and Educator Rich Novack
Join this special Write Out edition of The Write Time! Born in Louisville, Mississippi, Jermaine Thompson learned language from big-armed women who greased their skillets with gossip and from full-bellied men who cursed and prayed with the same fervor. Jermaine earned his MFA in poetry from the...
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The Write Time with Write Out Author Ambassador Kate Messner and Educator Kim Douillard
Join The Write Time featuring Kate Messner, Write Out Author Ambassador and author of award-winning picture books like Over and Under the Snow, Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, and The Brilliant Deep as well as books for older readers like Breakout and her forthcoming novel in verse, The...
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All Friends are Necessary: A Conversation with Tomas Moniz
This episode of NWP Radio features Tomas Moniz, a member of the NWP Writers Council and the author of All Friends Are Necessary, a tender and open-hearted novel that explores the power of friendship, community, and the families we create for ourselves.
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Place-Based Writing in Action: Opportunities for Authentic Writing in the World Beyond the Classroom
Based on the insight that "places are everywhere," this NWP Radio show explores how educators are using place to support students in having authentic opportunities to learn, grow, and connect. Join this team of teacher-editors and -authors from Place-Based Writing in Action: Opportunities for...
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Leaning Toward Light: A Conversation with Tess Taylor
This episode of NWP Radio features a conversation with Tess Taylor, an avid gardener, the author of 5 acclaimed collections of poetry, and the editor of Leaning Toward Light: Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Tend Them.
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Exploring the Boundless Nature of Language with Lissa Soep
Join us for a conversation with NWP Writers Council member Lissa Soep, author of Other People’s Words: Friendship, Loss and the Conversation that Never Ends. "Other People’s Words shows us how we carry within us the language of loved ones who are gone, and how their words can be portals to other...
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Witch Hunt: A Conversation with Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy
Join us for a conversation with Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy, authors of Witch Hunt: The Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare. About the Authors Dr. Andrea Balis is not only a distinguished faculty member in the history department of John Jay College, City University of New York,...
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Story Carrier: An Interview with Jane Clark
Join us for a conversation with Jane Clark, author of the memoir, Story Carrier: a Collection of Tales of the Disappeared. Jane is a retired college teacher of composition, literature, and journalism, who worked for a major northeastern university and a small, private liberal arts college. She…
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Teaching Creative Writing: A Conversation with Stephanie Vanderslice
Join us for a conversation with Stephanie Vanderslice, a professor of creative writing, the co-director of the Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop at the University of Central Arkansas, and the author of Teaching Creative Writing: The Essential Guide.
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The Write Time and the Furious Flower Syllabus Project
This episode of The Write Time features members of the Furious Flower Syllabus Project, an open-access curriculum for incorporating Black poetry into classrooms of all ages and levels. About Our Guests McKinley E. Melton earned his PhD from the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies…
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A Visit with Novelly
Novelly is on a mission to publish diverse teenage authors and get their books taught in classrooms, so that every student can feel seen and inspired by what they read. This episode features the founder and managing director Anna Gabriella Casalme, along with two youth authors who have had their...
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The Write Time with Songwriter/Storyteller Rob Rokicki and Educator Kevin Hodgson
Rob Rokicki is an NYC-based artist and educator. He wrote the music, lyrics, and co-orchestrated the Broadway show, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (book by Joe Tracz); nominated for a Lortel, Off-Broadway Alliance, and three Drama Desk Awards. His graphic novel/musical…
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Experiments in Reflection: A Conversation with Leticia Britos Cavagnaro
Today we visit with Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, author of Experiments in Reflection. Leticia is a developmental biologist turned design educator, who has been a part of Stanford University’s d.school since 2006. She co-founded and co-directs the University Innovation Fellows program, impacting...
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Monarch: A Conversation with Poet Heather Bourbeau
Heather Bourbeau’s award-winning poetry and fiction have appeared in The Irish Times, The Kenyon Review, Meridian, and The Stockholm Review of Literature. She has been featured on KALW and the San Francisco Public Library’s Poem of the Day, and her writings are part of the Special Collections at...
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Getting Schooled On Resistance: a Conversation with Cindy Urbanski
Join us for a conversation with Cindy Urbanski, PhD, author of Getting Schooled on Resistance: An Exploration of Clashing Narratives in Urban School Reform. Urbanski has worked with writing and writers in some capacity for 30 years. Currently her projects consist of making space for stories in…
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The Write Time with Author Jennifer Baker and Educator Lauren Donovan
Jennifer Baker is a publishing professional of 20 years, the creator/host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast, a faculty member of the MFA program in Creative Nonfiction at Bay Path University, and a writing consultant at Baruch College. Formerly a contributing editor to Electric Literature,...
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The Write Time with Author Patricia Park and Educator Joanna Dalton
Patricia Park is a tenured professor of creative writing at American University, a Fulbright Scholar in Creative Arts, an Edith Wharton Writer-in-Residence, and a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. She is the author of the YA novel, Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim, and the adult...
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Costco A-Z: A Visit with the Authors, David and Susan Schwartz
Join us for an engaging discussion featuring David and Susan Schwartz, authors of The Joy of Costco: A Treasure Hunt from A-Z. We'll be diving into their writing process and exploring why Costco holds a special place in their hearts. It's a great opportunity to learn more about the book and gain...
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Civics for the World to Come
Civics for the World to Come is a call to action, encouraging us all to reimagine our roles as educators and shift the purpose of schooling together. Providing a framework with suggestions for dialogue along with case studies from the classroom, this book is offered as a resource for teachers to...
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The Write Time with Gholdy Muhammad and Stacey Joy
Dr. Muhammad is an Associate Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and she has previously served as a classroom teacher, literacy specialist, school district administrator, curriculum director, and school board president. She studies Black…
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The Write Time with Don P. Hooper and Abimbola Cole Kai-Lewis
This episode of The Write Time features Don P. Hooper, a writer and filmmaker of Jamaican heritage (and a programmer in a former life). His short story “Got Me a Jet Pack” is part of the New York Times bestselling anthology Black Boy Joy. His directing work has been featured in the Martha’s...
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The Write Time with Write Out, Featuring Nikki Grimes, Willeena Booker, and Maryann Zujewski
NWP’s The Write Time will “Write Out” this month by welcoming poet and author Nikki Grimes discussing her new children’s book, A Walk in the Woods. She is interviewed by elementary school teacher and poet Willeena Booker and Park Ranger Maryann Zujewski. New York Times bestselling author Nikki...
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Intersections Of Poetry, Prose, and Place: A Visit with Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
Write Out, a program of the National Writing Project and the National Park Service, welcomes the poet-Ranger team of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument: Alabama State Poet Laureate Ashley Jones, Magic City Festival Earth Poet Nabila Lovelace, and Park Ranger Kat Gardiner. They share...
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The Write Time with Meghan Wilson Duff and Kate Dickerson
Don’t miss this episode of The Write Time featuring Kate Dickerson, executive director of the Maine Discovery Museum, interviewing Meghan Wilson Duff, about their children’s book, How Are You, Verity? in which Verity, a neurodivergent child with a love for sea creatures, interacts with neighbors…
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The Write Time with Author/Activist Luma Mufleh and Educators Jessica Baldizon and William King
Luma Mufleh is an activist, twice-published author, entrepreneur, coach, and thought leader in refugee and English Language Learner Education. As an asylee, as well as daughter and granddaughter of Syrian refugees, Luma continues to draw on her personal experiences to fuel her passion for...
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Literacies Before Technologies
In this NWP Radio episode we are joined by Troy Hicks and Jill Runstrom of the Chippewa River Writing Project as they discuss their new book Literacies Before Technologies: Making Digital Tools Matter for Middle Grades Learners. In this book, recently published by NCTE as part of their Principles...
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Inner Realms Journey
Join us for a fascinating conversation with Aaron Pyne, creator of Inner Realms Journey, a fantasy-themed adventure game in which participants embark on a series of audio-guided meditative experiences. If you can imagine the place where role-playing games, meditation, and mindfulness meet for fun...
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NWP Radio is a program provided by the National Writing Project as an education resource on a broad range of topics for educators in and out of school.
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