Interview: Durell Carter

About this episode

Aubrey Green interviews poet Durell Carter about his writing journey and experiences as a teacher.

In this episode of eMerge Unchained, host Aubrey Green sits down with Durell Carter, poet, short story writer, and teacher empowering high school students. They discuss the challenges of preforming compared to simply writing, and the dangers of working a gas station during a police sting. Durell shares about his time in the Red Dirt MFA program and how that was a pivotal period in both his life and writing journey. Coming to poetry only after years of writing stories, he recounts the importan...

People in this episode

Host: Aubrey Green

Guest: Durell Carter

Topics covered

• poetry
• writing
• education
• high school
• personal journey

Keywords

• poet
• short story writer
• high school students
• Red Dirt MFA
• writing challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red Dirt MFA

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