Poetry and Creative Community - Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann

About this episode

This episode features poets Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann discussing their new book and the importance of creative community.

Text the Bookcast and say "hi"! Welcome to Chapter 81! This is a fun one! My guests are Jes McCutchen and Josh Wann - two Tulsa poets / writers who have created a new book called Side Quests and Shenanigans. The book is part poetry collection, part creative instigation designed to encourage people to create and to do so in community. Jes is an author, poet, editor, publisher, and all-around creative from Tulsa, OK who has written several novels and contributed to and / or edited poetry ...

People in this episode

Host: J Hall

Guests: Jes McCutchen, Josh Wann

Topics covered

• poetry
• creative community
• writing
• book discussion
• artistic collaboration

Keywords

• poetry
• creative community
• Tulsa poets
• Side Quests and Shenanigans
• writing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Side Quests and Shenanigans

Places: Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

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