In this episode, host Carol Mitchell and Miranda Schmidt discuss Leafskin, Miranda's beautiful book of prosepoetry (not a typo) and the unavoidable physical and psychic connections between humans and nature.

Carol Mitchell is a consulting editor with Stillhouse Press and a term professor in the English Department at George Mason University. She holds an MFA from George Mason and is the author of several books for children and one novel for adults: What Start Bad a Mornin'.

Miranda Schmidt’s work circles the folkloric, the familial, queer magic, and the more-than-human world. Their writing has appeared in TriQuarterly, Orion, Electric Literature, Catapult, Phoebe, and more. With an MFA from the University of Washington and a PhD from Bath Spa University, they have taught creative writing at Portland Community College, the University of Washington, the Loft, and the Portland Book Festival. Their ongoing newsletter and teaching project, Writing Toward Nature, explores methods for bringing the more-than-human more deeply into our writing craft. Miranda’s debut novel, Leafskin, just out from Stillhouse Press, is a story of queer love and family-making. Rooted in folklore and poetry, Leafskin explores acts of creation in our time of environmental destruction.

A transcript of this episode is available here.