Plume: A Writer's Podcast

Melanie Unruh, Samantha Tetangco, & Dawn Sperber
  • 4.9 (8)
  • Arts

Plume is a writing community that supports and encourages women and non-binary creative writers. This bi-weekly podcast, hosted by writers Melanie Unruh, Samantha Tetangco, and Dawn Sperber, will include interviews with featured writers and roundtable discussions with invited writer guests about relevant and important writing topics. Join Plume on Patreon for added community perks!

  1. 10/30/2023

    We Plumed a Spell on You: Spooky Poems & Stories

    Team Plume is reanimating, dusting off the last year, and sharing our first podcast in a while. In today’s episode, we bring you a ghosty story circle with writing that taps into the otherworldly… just in time for Halloween and the Samhain season!Featuring writing from (in order of appearance): Danielle Hanson – “Ghosts and Mirrors,” poetry Melanie Unruh – “Altar Me,” poetryDawn Sperber – “Ghost Sisters,” story, with music by HediaSarah Mina Osman – “The Djinn,” story excerpt, origi...

  2. 09/06/2022

    Season 3, Episode 5: Revision as Spiritual Practice, A Conversation with Crystal (K.) Odelle

    In this episode, Sam and Melanie talk with featured writer, Crystal (K.) Odelle, about flash prose, trans identity, the blurred lines between fiction and nonfiction, liminal spaces, chapbook publishing, RPG writing, and more!Crystal (K.) Odelle (they/she) is a queer trans writer, chapbooks editor at Newfound, and author of the novel Goodnight. Their flash stories have appeared in Gertrude, Passages North, Peach Mag, [PANK], Hobart, ANMLY, and elsewhere. Crystal was a Tin Hou...

  3. 06/25/2022

    Season 3: Episode 4: Plume Story Time—If the River Men Take You by Dawn Sperber

    In today's mini episode, we offer you a brief reprieve from the hellscape of the news in the form of a magical short story by Plume's own Dawn Sperber. "If the River Men Take You" is a lovely tale from Dawn's debut flash fiction chapbook, Now, That's a Trick, out for pre-order now from Finishing Line Books. Preorder your copy today!We hope you enjoy the reading!Dawn's website:DawnSperber.com

  4. 06/02/2022

    Season 3, Episode 3: Mothers & Daughters

    In this episode, we’ve paired two mother-daughter writing duos to talk about how to support (and take seriously!) young writers and their creative endeavors. Sam hosts a conversation between returning-guest Jenn Ghivan and her 10-year-old daughter, Lina, and Ileisha Saunders and her 10-year-old daughter, Odyssey Miranda Mercado. About Our Guests: Jennifer & Adelina Ghivan Jennifer has earned fellowships from the NEA and PEN/Rosenthal Emerging Voices, and published eleven books of poetry, fiction, and craft. Her novels have received glowing and starred reviews in Publishers' Weekly, The Washington Post, Ms. Magazine, and many others. Her honors and awards include The Southwest Book Award and Joy Harjo Poetry Prize, among many others. You can read more about Jennifer's books and what readers are saying at https://jennifergivhan.com/.  Adelina has been accepted to the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts program for creative writing, and she fancies herself quite the precocious scholar and adventurer. She’s just written her first novel. Both she and her mama enjoy a good haunting. Ileisha Sanders & Odyssey Miranda Mercado Ileisha is a mom, writer and actress. She enjoys writing plays, poetry and short stories. Odyssey Miranda is a 10-year-old writer and performer. She is an avid reader and wrote her first self-published book when she was 8 years old called The Three Little Mermaids and the Big Bad Shark (https://www.amazon.com/Three-Little-Mermaids-Big-Shark/dp/1693166445) — a re-telling of an old tale. She is currently working on her first novel Morpho Wings. Oh, and she loves pizza with extra sauce. The mother- daughter pair enjoy participating in and watching live theatre. They look forward to writing together.

  5. 05/16/2022

    Season 3, Episode 2: It’s Okay to Be a Late Bloomer, A Conversation with Jessamine Chan

    In this episode, Melanie and Dawn talk with featured writer, Jessamine Chan, about her New York Times bestselling novel The School For Good Mothers, publishing your first novel after 40, writing envy, motherhood, art and social change, “unlikeable” women in fiction, and more!Join our Patreon at the $5 Prickly Pear level for access to an upcoming bonus segment from this episode, in which Jessamine talks in more detail about her novel (with spoilers!).CW: forced parent child separationJessamine...

  6. 04/01/2022

    Season 3, Episode 1: A Novel in Progress, A Conversation with Melanie Unruh

    To kick off Season 3, Plumesters Sam and Dawn are turning the tables on their fellow co-host, Melanie Unruh, and talking to her about writing novels, sticking with large projects, and the founding of Plume.We're so excited to share this new season with you all!CW: grief and abortionMelanie Unruh has an MFA in fiction from the University of New Mexico. Her writing has appeared in and is forthcoming in The Meadow, Two Hawks Quarterly, The Boiler, New Ohio Review, Post Road, Sixfold, Philadelphi...

  7. 11/23/2021

    Season 2, Episode 14: A Plume Collage of Voices

    We can’t believe we’ve just completed the second season of our podcast. We have enjoyed this beautiful, encouraging, supportive ride, and are excited to offer up our season 2 finale.In this episode, we’ll break from our usual roundtable format. We thought, what better way is there to end the year than to include in this final episode as many voices from our Plume community as possible? The result is a beautiful range of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction from 15 of this season’s feature...

  8. 11/09/2021

    Season 2, Episode 13: Can You Work on It for Five Minutes?, A Conversation with Kendra Tuthill

    In this episode, Melanie and Dawn talk with November featured writer, Kendra Tuthill, about self-publishing; writing through grief; setting small, timed writing goals, and more. Plus, Kendra reads her thought-provoking letter of encouragement, which explores the effects of writers losing their attention spans in the age of social media.Join our Patreon at the $5 Prickly Pear level for access to an upcoming bonus segment from this episode, in which Kendra talks in more detail about the excerpt...

See All (32)

4.9
out of 5
8 Ratings

About

Plume is a writing community that supports and encourages women and non-binary creative writers. This bi-weekly podcast, hosted by writers Melanie Unruh, Samantha Tetangco, and Dawn Sperber, will include interviews with featured writers and roundtable discussions with invited writer guests about relevant and important writing topics. Join Plume on Patreon for added community perks!

Information

  • Creator
    Melanie Unruh, Samantha Tetangco, & Dawn Sperber
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Plume: A Writer's Podcast
  • Show Website
    Plume: A Writer's Podcast