May 1st, listen to Write On! Radio when Lynette talks with life-long poet and former radio host Jules Nyquist about her poetry collection Homesick, then. Her books have been finalists for the NM/AZ book awards and she is the founder of Jules' Poetry Playhouse, LLC based in Albuquerque, NM. She earned her MFA in Writing & Literature (Poetry) from Bennington College in Vermont. She took a B.A. in Creative Writing from from Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN. She believes that curiosity about the world and observing everyday life are key to good poems.

Conor will also be speaking with Steve Toutonghi about his new novel Side Life. A native of Seattle, Steve Toutonghi studied fiction and poetry while completing a BA in Anthropology at Stanford. After various professional forays, he began a career in technology that led him from Silicon Valley back to Seattle. He is the author of a previous novel, Join.

Write On! Radio airs every TUESDAY 7 - 8 p.m. Central Time on 90.3 FM Minneapolis and 106.7 FM St. Paul and live on the web at www.kfai.org. Shows are archived for two weeks on line. Our shows are also available via our podcasting site: www.writeonradio.libsyn.com

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