On today’s episode, we welcome novelist, screenwriter, playwright, actress, and Humanitas prize-winner Toni Ann Johnson. During this episode, she reads a segment of the story "The Way We Fell Out of Touch," from her short story collection, Light Skin Gone to Waste.

To learn more about the Arrington family or to support Toni Ann's body of work, including her books "Homegoing" and "Remedy for a Broken Angel" visit ToniAnnJohnson.com

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Hosted by Ashaki Jaskson, publisher of The Offing
Intro theme is “Boro” by Hara Noda. Outro is “Yuzu” by Hara Noda.
Music provided by Epidemic Sound.
Recorded at Past Due Studios in Los Angeles, California.
Produced by Christopher Chase Godwin
Executive producer Katrina Mohn

On today's episode, essayist, critic and award-winning poet Vanessa Angelica Villarreal reads new poems on family, ancestors and extinct flowers of the Americas. Here are "Shelter in Place," "Easter Poem," "August," and "Canis Latrans."

Vanessa's first poetry collection, Beast Meridian, earned a Whiting Award and the John A. Robertson Best First Book Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. The collection was also a 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award Finalist. Beast Meridian and her highly anticipated collection of essays, Magical Realism, are available now at VanessaAngelicaVillarreal.com.

The Offing is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and we rely on literature lovers and art enthusiasts like you to keep the lights on. Support The Offing and this podcast by subscribing to our patreon.

Represent your love for The Offing with merchandise from our store, including tote bags, bookmarks, pencils and logo mugs.

Hosted by Ashaki Jaskson, publisher of The Offing
Intro theme is “Boro” by Hara Noda. Outro is “Yuzu” by Hara Noda.
Music provided by Epidemic Sound.
Recorded at Past Due Studios in Los Angeles, California.
Produced by Christopher Chase Godwin
Executive producer Katrina Mohn

On today’s episode, Dana Johnson, author of "Elsewhere, California" and the Flannery O'Connor award for short fiction winner "Break Any Woman Down," reads “Wyatt Earp Days.” A conversation between Johnson and Offing publisher Ashaki M. Jackson follows her reading.

Learn more about Dana Johnson and her work here.

"Wyatt Earp Days” was first published in issue number 148 of Ploughshares. You can buy a copy at Pshares.com.

The Offing is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and we rely on literature lovers and art enthusiasts like you to keep the lights on. Support The Offing and this podcast by subscribing to our patreon.

Represent your love for The Offing with merchandise from our store, including tote bags, bookmarks, pencils and logo mugs.

Hosted by Ashaki Jaskson, publisher of The Offing
Intro theme is “Boro” by Hara Noda. Outro is “Yuzu” by Hara Noda.
Music provided by Epidemic Sound.
Recorded at Past Due Studios in Los Angeles, California.
Produced by Christopher Chase Godwin
Executive producer Katrina Mohn