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Creative Writing Professors Talk Trees, Pancakes, and the Meaning of the Word "Dike"

Poet Eileen Myles joins us to talk about her new book of poetry and her recent profile in “San Diego CityBeat” magazine in which she revealed her impressions of San Diego's arts community. Also joi

Creative Writing Professors Talk Trees, Pancakes, and the Meaning of the Word "Dike"

Tom Fudge:  Eileen Myles is a poet who has published more than twenty books of poetry and prose.  Her latest one is called Sorry, Tree .  Eileen is from the East Coast and recently came to San Diego to head up the creative writing program at UCSD. 

Eileen Myles and Ali Liebegott will be signing copies of their books at DG Wills in La Jolla Friday, March 9, at 7 p.m. 

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Guests

  • Eileen Myles has written and published more than twenty books of poetry and prose. She is the head of the creative writing program at UCSD.
  • Ali Liebegott also teaches in the creative writing program at UCSD. Her book, The Beautifully Worthless, won the Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction. Her new novel is called The IHOP Papers .

End Music:   Blue Train by John Coltrane, from the album Blue Train (1957)