What We Aim To Do

Poetry, Teaching, and the Internet! A Convo with Gregory Crosby

Megan Nichols Season 1 Episode 6

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 Gregory Crosby is the author of Said No One Ever (2021, Brooklyn Arts Press) and Walking Away From Explosions in Slow Motion (2018, The Operating System). He's an incredible poet, gifted educator, and super fun to have a conversation with. I took his Brooklyn Poets class on the sonnet back in 2022 which was truly one of my fondest poetry memories. We touch on all sorts of topics in this conversation, such as Las Vegas, Twitter, and the murky history of the term "flash fiction". But mostly the conversation centers around Gregory's journey as a writer, his work as an educator, and his approach (and enviable confidence!) to writing. 

Gregory's Twitter: @monostich
Gregory's Bluesky: @monostich.bsky.social
Gregory's Website: speakingpicture.com
Brooklyn Poets: https://brooklynpoets.org/

What We Aim To Do is hosted by Megan Nichols www.whatweaimtodo.com

What We Aim To Do is a podcast about vocation. Featuring conversations with artists, writers, and founders, host Megan Nichols asks questions about the challenges and joys of pursuing meaningful work, balancing ambition with well-being, and finding purpose in the work we share with the world.

www.whatweaimtodo.com

Megan Nichols is the author of the chapbook Animal Unfit (Belle Point Press, 2023). Her poems have appeared in Iron Horse Literary Review, The Threepenny Review, Frontier Poetry and elsewhere. She lives in the Ozark Mountains.

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