Interview: Maryfrances Wagner

About this episode

Aubrey Green interviews poet Maryfrances Wagner about her writing journey and offers insights on the editorial process.

In this episode of eMerge Unchained, host Aubrey Green sits down with poet and co-editor of the I-70 Review, Maryfrances Wagner. They put their editor hats on and share the one thing they wish people knew when work gets rejected, and Maryfrances offers the single best piece of advice when submitting to a magazine or journal for the first time. She reflects on the influence of her poetic family, as well as the inspiration her Italian heritage has brought to her own writing journey. She a...

People in this episode

Host: Aubrey Green

Guest: Maryfrances Wagner

Topics covered

• poetry
• writing advice
• editorial process
• Italian heritage
• rejection in publishing

Keywords

• poet
• submission advice
• rejection
• Italian heritage
• I-70 Review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: I-70 Review

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