ABOUT THE GUEST | Madeline Ffitch writes and organizes in Appalachian Ohio. She was a founding member of the punk theater company, The Missoula Oblongata, and is the author of the story collection, Valparaiso, Round the Horn. Madeline has been awarded residencies at Yaddo and at the MacDowell Colony. She is the author of Stay and Fight from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. | HER WEBSITE: https://www.madelineffitch.com/

Her book, STAY AND FIGHT: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374268121/stayandfight

SHOW NOTES

• Powell’s Bookstore, Portland, OR: https://www.powells.com/ | https://twitter.com/Powells/ | https://www.instagram.com/powellsbooks/


• TRAUMA PLOT: https://blgtylr.substack.com/p/emotional-support-trauma-plot?r=4ia9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email


• BERNARD FERGUSON: https://bernardferguson.com/


• Youth Incarceration Article: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/youth-incarceration-in-the-united-states-explained

ABOUT THE SHOW

THE CREATIVE HOUR is a podcast hosted by Prince Shakur of artist conversations about the creative projects/moments that changed, broke down, or liberated them. By delving into an artists’ most cherished projects or moments of realization, The Creative Hour shows that radical vulnerability is a vital part of any creative community or conversations. Broadcast through VergeFM

ABOUT THE HOST | Prince Shakur is a queer, Jamaican-American freelance journalist, cultural writer, organizer, and traveler. He helped bring the Black Lives Matter movement to Ohio University’s campus in 2014-2015, and organized a rally that pressured the university to oust the president. His debut memoir about his coming out and of age in Obama and Trump’s America earned him writing residencies with Sangam House, La Maison Baldwin, Studios of Key West. He is represented by Elle McKenzie of Ladderbird Literary Agency.

ABOUT MY BOOK

My debut memoir, WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO BE GOOD, comes out October 4, 2022. To preorder: https://bookshop.org/a/23229/9781953534422

"Prince Shakurk’s debut memoir brilliantly mines his many eras of radicalization and self-realization through examinations of place, childhood, queer identity, and a history of uprisings."