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Off the Page

by Stanford Storytelling Project

Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program.Learn more at storytelling.stanford.edu and at creativewriting.stanford.eduTheme music by the generous ”Breakmaster Cylinder”

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Episodes

  1. Faith Merino

    Faith Marino is the author of the novel Cormorant Lake which was long listed for the Center for Fiction's 2021 First Novel Award. She holds an MFA from UC Davis, and her short stories have appeared in the Indiana Review, Harper Pallette, the Carolina Quarterly, and more, in addition to inclusion...

  2. Sarah Lewis

    Sarah Lewis is a coterminal master’s student at Stanford University in the English Department, having pursued a BA in English and Music. She was a recipient of a Stanford Major Grant for playwriting and a winner of Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Fresh Voices Competition. Her dramatic work has been...

  3. Phoebe Oathout (UNBLEEPED)

    Phoebe Oathout lives in Baltimore with her girlfriend and is a student at the Hopkins Writing Sems in Fiction. Before that, she worked as a financial aid assistant at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. She holds a BA in English and an MA in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford…

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  4. Joseph Rios - UNBLEEPED

    Joseph Rios was named Fresno's Poet Laureate in 2023. He is the author of Shadowboxing: Poems and Impersonations (Omnidawn), winner of the American Book Award and was named one of the Notable Debut Poets by Poets & Writers Magazine for 2017. His poems can be found at Poem A Day, Huizache, The...

  5. Jared Klegar

    Jared Klegar is a current senior at Stanford University. His writing has appeared in Catapult, Electric Literature, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, where he is an editorial assistant.

  6. Jalen Eutsey

    Jalen Eutsey is a 2022-2024 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. His poems have appeared in Best New Poets 2022, Nashville Review, Poetry Northwest, Harper Pallet, and The Hopkins Review.

  7. Isaac Vaught

    Stanford grad Isaac Vaught (class of 2020) reads his essay “The Burden of Bad Men,” which explores masculinity, mass incarceration, and legacy. Isaac Vaught received his BA from Stanford University, where he received the 2020 Creative Nonfiction Prize. He is currently an MFA candidate in Fiction…

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  8. Zach Williams

    Zach Williams' debut story collection, Beautiful Days, is forthcoming from Doubleday in 2024. He is a 2021-2023 Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University and holds an MFA from New York University. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and McSweeney's...

  9. Georgina Beaty (UNBLEEPED VERSION)

    Jones Lecturer Georgina Beaty reads “Shelter Seekers,” a story from her recent debut collection The Party is Here, and talks about writing the climate crisis and experimenting with form. Georgina Beaty is the author of the short story collection The Party is Here (Freehand Books, 2021). Her…

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  10. Georgina Beaty (BLEEPED VERSION)

    Jones Lecturer Georgina Beaty reads “Shelter Seekers,” a story from her recent debut collection The Party is Here, and talks about writing the climate crisis and experimenting with form. Georgina Beaty is the author of the short story collection The Party is Here (Freehand Books, 2021). Her…

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  11. Amanda Gunn

    In this episodes, Amanda Gunn reads from her debut collection, Things I Didn’t Do With This Body (Copper Canyon Press, 2023). Amanda Gunn grew up just at the edge of the woods in southern Connecticut with two older brothers. She is a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford, as well as a PhD candidate…

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  12. Jackson Holbert

    Jackson Holbert reads poems from his debut book, Winter Stranger (2023, Milkweed Editions), which won the 2022 Max Ritvo Prize. Jackson was born and raised in eastern Washington. His work has appeared in Poetry, FIELD, The Nation, Narrative, Colorado Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Copper…

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  13. Madeline Haze Curtis [UNBLEEPED VERSION]

    Madeline Haze Curtis’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bellevue Literary Review, Copper Nickel, West Branch, and The Forge Literary Magazine, among other publications. She received the Louis Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Arts and was nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story...

  14. Madeline Haze Curtis [BLEEPED VERSION]

    Madeline Haze Curtis’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bellevue Literary Review, Copper Nickel, West Branch, and The Forge Literary Magazine, among other publications. She received the Louis Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Arts and was nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story...

  15. Hieu Minh Nguyen [UNBLEEPED VERSION]

    Hieu Minh Nguyen is the author of two collections of poetry, This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014), and Not Here (Coffee House Press, 2018), which was named the winner of the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. A recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent…

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  16. Hieu Minh Nguyen [BLEEPED VERSION]

    Hieu Minh Nguyen is the author of two collections of poetry, This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014), and Not Here (Coffee House Press, 2018), which was named the winner of the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. A recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent…

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  17. Aamina Ahmad

    Aamina Ahmad reads from The Return of Faraz Ali, a rich and deeply moving novel about confronting histories both personal and political. Aamina Ahmad, a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, has received a Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, a Pushcart Prize, and a Rona Jaffe Writer’s...

  18. Lydia Conklin

    Author Lydia Conklin reads "Pioneer," a story from Rainbow Rainbow, their delightful debut collection of prize-winning stories, queer, gender-nonconforming, and trans characters struggle to find love and forgiveness, despite their sometimes comic, sometimes tragic mistakes. Lydia Conklin is an...

  19. Shannon Pufahl

    In this episode, Shannon Pufahl's reads “Lucky." You can find more of Shannon's work at [his/her] website: https://www.shannonpufahl.com/about Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in...

  20. Arielle DeVito

    In this episode, Arielle DeVito reads two short stories, "Owen" and "Wing-Longing." You can find more of Arielle's work at her website: https://arielledevito.com/ Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford...

  21. Sterling HolyWhiteMountain

    In this episode, Sterling HolyWhiteMountain reads an excerpt from the anthology, "The Education of Little Man False Star Boy." Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration…

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  22. Derrick Austin

    In this episode, Stegner Fellow Derrick Austin reads a suite of poems. Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by...

  23. Neha Chaudhary-Kamdar

    In this episode, Neha Chaudhary-Kamdar reads an excerpt from her first novel. Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music…

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  24. Chloe Hamilton

    In this episode, Chloe Hamilton reads a suite of poems. Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by Breakmaster Cylinder...

  25. Lena Blackmon

    In this episode, Lena Blackmon reads a suite of poems. Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by Breakmaster Cylinder...

  26. sam sax

    In this episode, sam sax reads a suite of poems. You can find more of sam's work at his website: https://www.samsax.com/ Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the...

  27. Sophia Boyd-Fliegel

    In this episode, Sophia Boyd-Fliegel reads her essay "Measures, Movements." Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by...

  28. Darrow Farr

    In this episode, Darrow Farr reads her story, "Chapel of Flowers." Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by…

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  29. Lila Savage

    In this episode, Lila Savage reads her story, "You're Welcome." Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by Breakmaster...

  30. Richie Hofmann

    In this episode, Richie Hofmann reads poems from Second Empire. You can find more of Richie's work at his website: https://www.richiehofmann.com Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project…

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  31. Maya Mahony

    In this episode, Maya Mahony reads her story, "Lolo in the Mountains." Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by...

  32. Rose Whitmore

    In this episode, Rose Whitmore reads her essay, "Swarm." You can find more of Rose work at her website: https://www.rosewhitmore.com/ Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in...

  33. Kai Carlson-Wee

    In this episode, Kai Carlson-Wee reads a suite of poems. You can find more of Kai's work at his website: http://kaicarlsonwee.com/

  34. Jordan Baron Goldman

    In this episode, Jordan Baron Goldman reads her story "The Lock." Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by…

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  35. Michael Shewmaker

    In this episode, Michael Shewmaker reads a suite of poems from his recent collection, Penumbra. You can find more of Michael's work at his website: https://www.michaelshewmaker.net/ Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced…

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  36. Dominic Russ-Combs

    In this episode, Dominic Russ-Combs reads his story "Blood by Blood." You can find more of Dominic's work at his website: https://www.dominicruss-combs.com/ Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford…

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  37. Sarah Frisch

    In this episode, Sarah Frisch reads her story, "River Blindness." Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by…

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  38. Keith Ekiss

    In this episode, Keith Ekiss reads a suite of poems. Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Music by Breakmaster Cylinder...

  39. Jenn Alandy Trahan

    In this episode, Jenn Alandy Trahan reads "Timmy Lincecum, You Magnificent Bastard." Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program....

  40. Will Brewer

    In this episode, Will Brewer reads a suite of poems. You can find more of Will's work at his website: https://williambrewer.net/ Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration...

  41. Edward Porter

    In this episode, Edward Porter reads his short story "Why Wait, Why Bother?" which can also be read in full online at the Hudson Review: https://hudsonreview.com/2014/11/why-wait-why-bother/#.Wwi-VdMvzjA Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing...

  42. Chris Drangle

    In this episode, Chris Drangle, reads his short story, "Let's Make Up Jack," which can also be read in full at the Kenyon Review Online, here: https://www.kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2017-marapr/selections/chris-drangle-342846/ Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from…

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  43. Brittany Perham

    In this episode, Brittany Perham, a poet and Jones Lecturer in the Stanford Creative Writing Program, reads a suite of poems, and discusses her craft and process with Off the Page host Mark Labowskie. You can find more of Brittany Perham's work at her website: brittanyperham.com Off the Page is a...

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Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program.Learn more at storytelling.stanford.edu and at creativewriting.stanford.eduTheme music by the generous ”Breakmaster Cylinder”

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