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Today, Lori is interviewing Danielle Mitchell. They\\u2019ll be talking about the methodology of writing and reading poetry.

Danielle Mitchell (she/her) is an intersectional feminist, poet, and teaching artist. She is the Founding Director of The Poetry Lab, an online learning platform that rallies in service of working-class writers around the globe. Danielle is the author of Makes the Daughter-in-Law Cry, winner of the Clockwise Chapbook Prize (Tebot Bach, 2017). Her poems have appeared in Hayden\\u2019s Ferry Review, Vinyl, Four Way Review, Transom, New Orleans Review, Nailed Magazine and others. Danielle has received scholarships to travel to Patmos Island, Greece to study poetry, as well as grants from Poets & Writers and the Ashaki M. Jackson No Barriers Grant from the Women Who Submit. She is the inaugural winner of the Editor\\u2019s Prize from Mary Magazine and the Editor\\u2019s Choice Award from The Mas Tequila Review. She has performed on stages all over Southern California including the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Danielle holds bachelor\\u2019s degrees in Women\\u2019s and Gender Studies and Creative Writing from the University of Redlands and is an alumna of the Community of Writers. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about misogyny and the Internet.

You can find her on her website or follow her on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn.
Also, check out The Poetry Lab website or follow The Poetry Lab Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Goodreads.

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In this episode Danielle Mitchell and Lori discuss:

• Adding emotional stakes to poems to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.

• The magic of tapping into things you don\\u2019t understand.

• Her annotative document process.

Plus, her #1 tip for writers.

For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/456