Interview with a Creative: Camille Myrick on Capturing NOW Through Poetry and Process

Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith welcome author, poet and YouTuber extraordinaire Camille Myrick on their spring Interview with a Creative episode. They discuss the themes in Camille’s poetry and how she juggles her creative projects, all while capturing the now through poetry and process. Camille closes out with a simple but powerful QWERTY Challenge for us all.

Get to know more about Camille:

https://www.instagram.com/camillemyrick/

http://youtube.com/camillemyrick

https://twitter.com/camille_myrick

https://www.facebook.com/camillemyrick/

Check out these fine resources, tools and books mentioned in the episode:

Remarkable Tablet: https://remarkable.com

Alphasmart Neo 2 Word Processor: https://www.amazon.com/Neo2-Alphasmart-Processor-Keyboard-Calculator/dp/B00T0ZG06O

A Flash of Words Anthology: http://www.scoutmediabooksmusic.com/a-flash-of-words-2

Ellen Hopkins: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Ellen-Hopkins/20799681

Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi: https://www.goodreads.com/series/65730-shatter-me

National Poetry Month: https://poets.org/national-poetry-month

Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell, folk horror: https://www.littlebrown.com/contributor/daniel-woodrell/

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn: https://www.gillian-flynn.com/books/sharp-objects-movie-tie-in-tr/sharp-objects-mm

The Devil All the Time by Daniel Ray Pollock: http://donaldraypollock.net

The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel: https://amyengel.net

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27161156-hillbilly-elegy

Hell in the Heartland by Jax Miller: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52218496-hell-in-the-heartland

The Current by Tim Johnston: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36387759-the-current

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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.

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