In this episode, we talk with Kate Belew, a Brooklyn-based writer, poet, storyteller, and witch. Our conversation explores:

• Self-permission and claiming titles for ourselves
• How places of origin shape our relationship to magic
• Working in The Corporate World versus The Witch World
• Crafting identity versus picking one off the menu
• Writing letters to fairies and other secret creative projects
• Trust versus security
• Being a writer outside academia and creating an MFA program of one’s own
• Duende!
• Kate’s all-time favorite movie recommendation
• Weird-ass interests, recommendations, & more!

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