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Word Play
Winthrop Writing Center
54 episodes
6 days ago
We love to help you with your writing, of course, but we also love to have fun! Join us here every Friday @8pm to discuss writing, reading, and everything between!
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We love to help you with your writing, of course, but we also love to have fun! Join us here every Friday @8pm to discuss writing, reading, and everything between!
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15 Book Recommendations for 2025

Jzurnee shares their favorite reads of 2024.

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9 months ago
20 minutes 1 second

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Welcome to Season 9: Meet the Host

Host Jzurnee Myers kicks off the season with an introduction.

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10 months ago
3 minutes 9 seconds

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Micro Certification: Interview with Dr. Heather Listhartke

Interested in a micro certification in professional writing? Come listen to Dr. Listhartke answer some pressing questions about the new program offered by Winthrop's English Department!

If you have further questions, please feel free to reach out to Dr. Listhartke through email or stop by her office in Bancroft!

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1 year ago
13 minutes 51 seconds

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It's Poetry Month! Read some WC poetry picks with me

Hello everyone!! I hope you enjoy this episode. All poems that were read can be found for free online and open access.

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1 year ago
9 minutes 57 seconds

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Flower Language: History, Development, and Modern Usage

Hello all! Are we ready for Spring?? I know I am so maybe we can manifest some warm weather with this podcast episode.

Sources used:

https://www.interflora.co.uk/page/flower-meanings

https://www.ericaweiner.com/history-lessons/floriography-the-secret-language-of-flowers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_flowers

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1 year ago
8 minutes 2 seconds

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Horror Literature: Why do we enjoy it?

Hello! Lets explore the horror genre together.

I explore the origins, history, and psychology behind horror media in this episode. Don't forget to leave a suggestion for future episodes.

Enjoy!

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1 year ago
7 minutes 34 seconds

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Hello! Season 8 Begins!!

Hi! I am so excited for this new season! Keep an eye out in the next week for a new episode.

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1 year ago
1 minute 17 seconds

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Lets Talk Young Adult Literature: Special Guest Bri Sharp

Hello! Todays episode features special guest Bri Sharp (He/They) and he has come to share some insights on the YA genre. Bri is a fellow Graduate Assistant in Winthrop's writing center and has been intensely studying the YA genre this semester.

Some of the books Bri recommended in this episode are: Abarat by Clive Barker and The Percy Jackson Series.

Enjoy!

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1 year ago
35 minutes 9 seconds

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Annotated Bibliographies: What are they and how are they useful?

Hello!

Today I am giving a brief overview of annotated bibliographies! I break them down into what they are, how they are useful and how to create them.

Look out for a spooky episode later this month to celebrate Halloween!


As always, see ya next time,

Amber

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2 years ago
8 minutes 43 seconds

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Inside the Minds of Winthrop's English Professors: Short Interviews with Dr. Dustin M. Hoffman and Dr. Amanda Hiner

Hello! For todays episode I interviewed Winthrop's Director of English Graduate Studies, Dr. Dustin M. Hoffman and the chair of Winthrop's English Department Dr. Amanda Hiner. Tune in and find out what their favorite novels are and their top tip for new and upcoming writers.

Again, thank you so much Dr. Hoffman and Dr. Hiner for letting me interview you!


Tune in next episode and don't forget to submit suggestions for future topics.

Be sure to follow our instagram @winthrop_wc !

-Amber



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2 years ago
12 minutes 50 seconds

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Meet your new host! More exciting episodes to come!

Hello! I am your new host Amber Nelson and this episode features some information about me! Let me know any topics you'd like for us to cover on the pod.

Look out for some fun upcoming episodes.

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2 years ago
3 minutes 39 seconds

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Frankenstein pt. 2: How to Start and Research Paper

Oh wow! It's a Finale!


Thank you to everyone who has listened in this season and who participated in the bracket! You really have made this last season so much fun for me. I hope y'all have had a good time too!

- Jordan

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2 years ago
25 minutes 44 seconds

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Mary Shelly's Frankenstein pt. 1

Thank you so much to everyone who worked on and voted in the bracket this year! I hope you enjoy the episode and join us next time for part 2!

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2 years ago
9 minutes 1 second

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The Origin of Mystery: Lucy Sussex's Women Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth Century Crime Fiction

Go vote for your favorite Author/Book on in our Instagram stories! 

You can find Lucy Sussex's book here!

You can find Poe's Short Story here!

Thank you for listening!

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2 years ago
8 minutes 13 seconds

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Speculative Fiction and Imagining the Irreal

The Cafe Irreal Article

Speculative Literature Foundation

Follow us on Instagram and look out for the bracket vote on 03/01!

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2 years ago
6 minutes 43 seconds

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What's The Point of it All? Why Do We Read?

Send this episode to a friend and ask them why reading is important!

Come talk to us at the writing center and on Instagram @winthrop_wc !

Thanks for listening!!

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2 years ago
7 minutes 33 seconds

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The Writing of The Working Class

Dr. Hoffman's Reccomendations:

  • George Orwell: Road to Wiggan Pier and Down and Out in Paris and London
  • Raymond Carver
  • Dorothy Allison
  • Studs Terkel: Working
  • George Saunders
  • Daniel Orozco: Orientation
  • Phillip Levine: What Work Is
  • Donald Ray Pollock: Knockemstiff (especially)
  • Bonnie Jo Campbell: American Salvage (especially)
  • Charles Yu
  • Lucia Berlin: A Manual for Cleaning Women
  • Jenny Bhatt: Each of Us Killers
  • Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Friday Black

Link to Ethel Carrie Holdsworth's This Slavery

Amanda Arnold, "The Forgotten History of American Working Class Literature"

Paul Lauter, "Working Class Women's Literature: An Introduction to Study"

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2 years ago
24 minutes 27 seconds

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Grief in Literature: How Others' Grief Affects Us and Our Writing

Be sure to follow us on Instagram! @winthrop_wc

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3 years ago
4 minutes 25 seconds

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War of The Writers is Back!

*Alexander Pope did not write fiction; Dr. Hiner please don't fail me!

Instagram @winthrop_wc

Keep your eyes peeled for the bracket next week!

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3 years ago
13 minutes 44 seconds

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Affect Theory and How Our Favorite Characters Make us Feel

Instagram: @winthrop_wc

Tell us what you think about Affect Theory!

More Information on Affect Theory

(article) Ariza -  Affect Theory with Literature and Art: Between and Beyond Representation

(book) Sedgwick & Frank - Shame and Its Sisters: A Silvan Tompkins Reader

(book) Sedgwick - Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, and Performativity

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3 years ago
5 minutes 29 seconds

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We love to help you with your writing, of course, but we also love to have fun! Join us here every Friday @8pm to discuss writing, reading, and everything between!