Winsome Bingham on Friday!

About this episode

Winsome Bingham discusses her editorial voice, lyricism, and views on various themes in her writing.

Winsome writes. Winsome reads. Winsome cares. And Winsome Bingham speaks. About her editorial voice, her lyricism, her Reycraft family, her views on humor, joy, trauma, craft, and the perfect mix of art and words. Winsome Bingham is the author of several very acclaimed books, including Soul Food Sunday, Fish Fry Friday, The Walk, Missing Momma, The Table, Life is Beautiful, and, coming September 1, 2026, On Fridays, her latest collaboration with Jason Griffin (go listen to our conversation with him if you haven't yet!). Today our reviews are for On Fridays, because you should go and preorder it or request it from your library immediately! You are going to love Winsome's verse! --------- The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our quokka mascot, Versey, and was generously created by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes. You can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com Love the podcast and wanna support more episodes like this? Find Community Shoutouts, Merch and our Patreon here!! Find us on Bluesky @joshmonkwords, @brennajeanneret, and @jonseym0ur and as always…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Monken, Brenna Jeanneret

Guest: Winsome Bingham

Topics covered

• editorial voice
• lyricism
• humor
• joy
• trauma
• craft
• art and words

Keywords

• Winsome Bingham
• On Fridays
• lyricism
• humor
• art
• books
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reycraft, Maddie Frost, Scott Holmes

Books & works: Soul Food Sunday, Fish Fry Friday, The Walk, Missing Momma, The Table, Life is Beautiful, On Fridays

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