Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program. Learn more at storytelling.stanford.edu and at creativewriting.stanford.edu Theme music by the generous ”Breakmaster Cylinder”
Latest episodes
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41 min
Faith Merino
Faith Marino is the author of the novel Cormorant Lake which was long listed for the Center for Fiction's 2021 First Novel Award. She holds an MFA from UC Davis, and her short stor…
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45 min
Sarah Lewis
Sarah Lewis is a coterminal master’s student at Stanford University in the English Department, having pursued a BA in English and Music. She was a recipient of a Stanford Major Gra…
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47 min
Phoebe Oathout (UNBLEEPED)
Phoebe Oathout lives in Baltimore with her girlfriend and is a student at the Hopkins Writing Sems in Fiction. Before that, she worked as a financial aid assistant at the Universit…
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44 min
Joseph Rios - UNBLEEPED
Joseph Rios was named Fresno's Poet Laureate in 2023. He is the author of Shadowboxing: Poems and Impersonations (Omnidawn), winner of the American Book Award and was named one of…
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40 min
Jared Klegar
Jared Klegar is a current senior at Stanford University. His writing has appeared in Catapult, Electric Literature, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, where he is an editorial as…
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38 min
Jalen Eutsey
Jalen Eutsey is a 2022-2024 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. His poems have appeared in Best New Poets 2022, Nashville Review, Poetry Northwest, Harper Pallet, and Th…
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43 min
Isaac Vaught
Stanford grad Isaac Vaught (class of 2020) reads his essay “The Burden of Bad Men,” which explores masculinity, mass incarceration, and legacy. Isaac Vaught received his BA from St…
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30 min
Zach Williams
Zach Williams' debut story collection, Beautiful Days, is forthcoming from Doubleday in 2024. He is a 2021-2023 Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University and holds a…
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44 min
Georgina Beaty (UNBLEEPED VERSION)
Jones Lecturer Georgina Beaty reads “Shelter Seekers,” a story from her recent debut collection The Party is Here, and talks about writing the climate crisis and experimenting with…
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44 min
Georgina Beaty (BLEEPED VERSION)
Jones Lecturer Georgina Beaty reads “Shelter Seekers,” a story from her recent debut collection The Party is Here, and talks about writing the climate crisis and experimenting with…
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28 min
Amanda Gunn
In this episodes, Amanda Gunn reads from her debut collection, Things I Didn’t Do With This Body (Copper Canyon Press, 2023). Amanda Gunn grew up just at the edge of the woods in s…
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32 min
Jackson Holbert
Jackson Holbert reads poems from his debut book, Winter Stranger (2023, Milkweed Editions), which won the 2022 Max Ritvo Prize. Jackson was born and raised in eastern Washington. H…
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42 min
Madeline Haze Curtis [UNBLEEPED VERSION]
Madeline Haze Curtis’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bellevue Literary Review, Copper Nickel, West Branch, and The Forge Literary Magazine, among other publications. Sh…
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42 min
Madeline Haze Curtis [BLEEPED VERSION]
Madeline Haze Curtis’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bellevue Literary Review, Copper Nickel, West Branch, and The Forge Literary Magazine, among other publications. Sh…
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25 min
Hieu Minh Nguyen [UNBLEEPED VERSION]
Hieu Minh Nguyen is the author of two collections of poetry, This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014), and Not Here (Coffee House Press, 2018), which was named the winner o…
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25 min
Hieu Minh Nguyen [BLEEPED VERSION]
Hieu Minh Nguyen is the author of two collections of poetry, This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014), and Not Here (Coffee House Press, 2018), which was named the winner o…
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42 min
Aamina Ahmad
Aamina Ahmad reads from The Return of Faraz Ali, a rich and deeply moving novel about confronting histories both personal and political. Aamina Ahmad, a graduate of the Iowa Writer…
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46 min
Lydia Conklin
Author Lydia Conklin reads "Pioneer," a story from Rainbow Rainbow, their delightful debut collection of prize-winning stories, queer, gender-nonconforming, and trans characters st…
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41 min
Shannon Pufahl
In this episode, Shannon Pufahl's reads “Lucky." You can find more of Shannon's work at [his/her] website: https://www.shannonpufahl.com/about Off the Page is a podcast of stories,…
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38 min
Arielle DeVito
In this episode, Arielle DeVito reads two short stories, "Owen" and "Wing-Longing." You can find more of Arielle's work at her website: https://arielledevito.com/ Off the Page is a…