About this episode

Alyson Shelton returns to discuss her poetry-inspired show Where I’m From and the themes of poetry, performance, and meaningful connections.

Author, filmmaker, poet, podcaster and truly inspirational person Alyson Shelton returns to GCC to discuss the 200th episode of Where I’m From! In more detail; Alyson joins Mike on GCC for the fourth time to talk about her four year journey through her poetry-inspired show Where I’m From, where she has a different guest on each week to perform their own version of George Ella Lyon’s Where I’m From poem! Plus, Alyson & Mike talk about poetry and performance, the essay/story collection Alyson has edited; Loss Of A Lifetime, their respective passion projects, fandoms, introspection and more - this is the perfect conversation for fans of writing, poetry and self-reflection! Alyson’s website: www.alysonshelton.com Alyson’s Instagram, where she airs Where I’m From live each week: www.instagram.com/byalysonshelton Alyson edited & contributed to the essay & short story collection The Loss of A Lifetime: www.alysonshelton.com/the-loss-of-a-lifetime Reburn Volume 1 TPB Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/reburncomic/reburn-volume-1 The short film Alyson wrote: www.alysonshelton.com/to-hold-the-night-film Alyson is part of the Femme On Collective, releasing episodes of…

Keywords

• George Ella Lyon
• Where I’m From
• Loss Of A Lifetime
• Femme On Collective

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