THE BOQ - a podcast of the SPU MFA alumni community

The BOQ, Bonus Material, Episode 1, The Monument

A longer introduction on Elizabeth Bishop's "The Monument" and why we are trying to engage listeners and readers with literary works. Sarah Hagan Hudspeth does a close reading of Bishop's poem and explains why we need art in this companion podcast to Episode 1.

The BOQ, Episode 1, The Monument

The BOQ is a podcast of Seattle Pacific University's MFA program alumni. In this episode, The Monument, three alums read their work. Andrew Graney shares poems from his graduate thesis, Tripp Lybrand reads a short story set in on the Syrian-Jordan border, and Annelise Jolley shares a piece about a Southern California wildfire. All work shared is subject to copyright of the original owner. Music is by Daniel Hudspeth (https://danielhudspethmusic.bandcamp.com/track/something-beautiful) and used with permission. Excerpts from "The Monument" by Elizabeth Bishop and other cited works are used under the provisions of the Fair Use Act. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Please attribute and share accordingly!