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The Underground Writing Podcast is an audio channel focusing on student writing. Flowing in and through this river, as it were, are interviews, guests, and organizational updates, as well as two smaller tributaries: Linebreak (a single piece of writing) and Kite (our student writing audio zine).


We are a literature-based creative writing program serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-need communities in Washington through literacy and personal transformation. We facilitate generative readings of literature spanning the tradition—from ancient texts to those written in our workshops. Honoring the transforming power of the word, we believe that attentive reading leads to attentive writing, and that attentive writing has the power to assist in the restoration of communities, the imagination, and individual lives.

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  • Stars (and sextant)

    Stars (and sextant)
    May 22 2026
    Today’s student writing is a poem is by Aracely, a student at our workshop site with the Migrant Leaders Club in the Mount Vernon, Washington school district. This poem appears in our second anthology, When the Dust Rises---Some items mentioned in—or aligned with—today’s episode + Announcements:-988 is the phone number for our National Crisis Lifeline. Please remember this—when needed—for family, friends, and your community—including yourself.-Robert Rottet – archival / memorial website: http://www.robertrottet.com/-Requiem for Robert Rottet – Below What Once Were Wings – Available on Matt Malyon’s website, under the heading “Archival” - https://matt-malyon.com/writing-Sextant – Historical overview: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1936/november/evolution-sextantAnnouncements:1. Another shout out. For a 5th year in a row, we have received a very significant organizational grant from an Anonymous Donor via the Seattle Foundation. We want to thank the donor—we hope you’re listening, and the Seattle Foundation for believing in the work we’re doing and helping our students continue to read, write, and make their voices heard.2. Again: We’re excited to announce that we’re in the very beginning stages of working on our third anthology of student writing. Details are forming, and talks with a publisher are underway. We’re excited and—as with all creative projects—letting the energy and ideas have a time of incubation before talking any more about it. But stay tuned—more details will be coming in the months ahead.And in case you don’t know, or haven’t revisited our work in awhile, we already have two anthologies of student writing—What No One Ever Tells You and When the Dust Rises—in stock and available via our website store – at www.undergroundwriting.org3. What a year already—seemingly unending wars, a divided country teetering on the precipice, and deep funding and staff cuts in the Arts sector— and this is at both the national and local levels. As a community arts nonprofit that depends on grants and individual donations for our survival, we need your support now as much as ever. We’d be honored if you’d keep us in mind as you plan for your advocacy and charitable giving: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate4. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved ------You can support students like Aracely by spreading the word about our podcast, purchasing student writing anthologies in our website store, and making a donation to help sustain our ongoing work via our website’s secure donation portal.Our website: www.undergroundwriting.orgYou can e-mail us at: podcast@undergroundwriting.orgThe Underground Writing podcast is recorded and produced by Underground Writing. You can access it via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast outlets, as well as on our website where we include links of interest connected to items mentioned in each episode.We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again—You, friend, can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. We may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.Our website: www.undergroundwriting.orgYou can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.orgThanks for listening, Friends.Safe journey, and take good care.: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    34 min
  • Linebreak | Behind the Reflection

    Linebreak | Behind the Reflection
    Apr 28 2026
    LINEBREAK is a single piece of student writing, offered as a pause during your daily life. We hope it will be generative of further creativity, perspective, and thought.---Show Notes:Today’s student writing is a poem by Eloisa (Ela), a student at our workshop site with the Migrant Leaders Club in the Mount Vernon, Washington school district.Some items mentioned in—or aligned with—today’s episode + Announcements:1. For more about writing being a tool for your life: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/bully-wise/202512/want-to-transform-your-life-writing-may-hold-the-key2. For a 5th year in a row (!), we have received a very significant organizational grant from an Anonymous Donor via the Seattle Foundation. We want to thank the donor—we hope you’re listening, and the Seattle Foundation for believing in the work we’re doing and helping our students continue to read, write, and make their voices heard.3. We’re excited to announce that we’re in the very beginning stages of working on our third anthology of student writing. Details are forming, and talks with a publisher are underway. We’re excited and—as with all creative projects—letting the energy and ideas have a time of incubation before talking any more about it. But stay tuned—more details will be coming in the months ahead.And in case you don’t know, or haven’t revisited our work in awhile, we already have two anthologies of student writing—What No One Ever Tells You and When the Dust Rises—in stock and available via our website store – at www.undergroundwriting.org4. What a year already—seemingly unending wars, a divided country teetering on the precipice, and deep funding and staff cuts in the Arts sector— and this is at both the national and local levels. As a community arts nonprofit that depends on grants and individual donations for our survival, we need your support now as much as ever. We’d be honored if you’d keep us in mind as you plan for your advocacy and charitable giving: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate5. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).---We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.Our website: www.undergroundwriting.orgYou can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.orgThanks for listening, Friends.Safe journey, and take good care.: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    18 min
  • Linebreak | The One

    Linebreak | The One
    Feb 14 2026

    Today’s student writing is a poem is by Justin, a student at our workshop site with the Skagit County Community Justice Center (our county’s jail for adult women and men).


    Some items mentioned in—or aligned with—today’s episode + Announcements:


    1. The long quote about the subject of time in today’s episode was from the Life Wisdom podcast episode, “Everything Has Its Timing.”


    2. What a year already—seemingly unending wars, a divided country teetering on the precipice, and deep funding and staff cuts in the Arts sector— and this is at both the national and local levels. As a community arts nonprofit that depends on grants and individual donations for our survival, we need your support now as much as ever. We’d be honored if you’d keep us in mind as you plan for your advocacy and charitable giving: https://undergroundwriting.org/donate


    3. We regularly hear from folks asking how they can be involved with—or help out—Underground Writing. We’re grateful for the interest. Please check out our “Get Involved” page on our website: https://undergroundwriting.org/get-involved Also, to highlight a few inroads for getting involved: 1) If you live locally, consider joining us for our once-a-month re/vision volunteer day (https://undergroundwriting.org/revision), 2) Spread the word about our Letters to a Young Inmate initiative (https://undergroundwriting.org/letters-to-a-young-inmate), and 3) Consider partnering with us by becoming a patron-donor – we’re only able to do our work because of our individual donors and grant partners . . . and we are always in need of these donor-partnerships so that we can continue our work (https://undergroundwriting.org/donate).


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    We’re repeating ourselves, but it’s good to say again . . . Listeners!—You can also help us by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or other outlets. And something new—we may even read some of them on the air. Podcast reviews help other like-minded folks find out about our show, as well as our broader work. Any help you can lend to this effort would be greatly appreciated.


    Our website: www.undergroundwriting.org


    You can send inquiries, or pitches for advertising, here: podcast@undergroundwriting.org


    Thanks for listening, Friends.


    Safe journey, and take good care.


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    8 min
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