About this podcast
Off the Page is a podcast of stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project in collaboration with the Stanford Creative Writing Program.
Learn more at storytelling.stanford.edu and at creativewriting.stanford.edu
Theme music by the generous ”Breakmaster Cylinder”
Episodes
The newest 20 of 43 episodes
- Faith Merino · 41 min · Episode 2 Faith Marino is the author of the novel Cormorant Lake which was long listed for the Center for Fiction's 2021 First Novel Award. She holds an MFA from UC Davis, and her short…
- Sarah Lewis · 45 minSarah Lewis is a coterminal master’s student at Stanford University in the English Department, having pursued a BA in English and Music. She was a recipient of a Stanford Major…
- Phoebe Oathout (UNBLEEPED) · 47 minPhoebe Oathout lives in Baltimore with her girlfriend and is a student at the Hopkins Writing Sems in Fiction. Before that, she worked as a financial aid assistant at the…
- Joseph Rios - UNBLEEPED · 44 minJoseph Rios was named Fresno's Poet Laureate in 2023. He is the author of Shadowboxing: Poems and Impersonations (Omnidawn), winner of the American Book Award and was named one…
- Jared Klegar · 40 minJared Klegar is a current senior at Stanford University. His writing has appeared in Catapult, Electric Literature, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, where he is an editorial…
- Jalen Eutsey · 38 minJalen Eutsey is a 2022-2024 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. His poems have appeared in Best New Poets 2022, Nashville Review, Poetry Northwest, Harper Pallet, and…
- Isaac Vaught · 43 minStanford grad Isaac Vaught (class of 2020) reads his essay “The Burden of Bad Men,” which explores masculinity, mass incarceration, and legacy. Isaac Vaught received his BA from…
- Zach Williams · 30 minZach Williams' debut story collection, Beautiful Days, is forthcoming from Doubleday in 2024. He is a 2021-2023 Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University and holds…
- Georgina Beaty (BLEEPED VERSION) · 44 minJones Lecturer Georgina Beaty reads “Shelter Seekers,” a story from her recent debut collection The Party is Here, and talks about writing the climate crisis and experimenting…
- Georgina Beaty (UNBLEEPED VERSION) · 44 minJones Lecturer Georgina Beaty reads “Shelter Seekers,” a story from her recent debut collection The Party is Here, and talks about writing the climate crisis and experimenting…
- Amanda Gunn · 28 minIn this episodes, Amanda Gunn reads from her debut collection, Things I Didn’t Do With This Body (Copper Canyon Press, 2023). Amanda Gunn grew up just at the edge of the woods…
- Jackson Holbert · 32 minJackson Holbert reads poems from his debut book, Winter Stranger (2023, Milkweed Editions), which won the 2022 Max Ritvo Prize. Jackson was born and raised in eastern Washington…
- Madeline Haze Curtis [UNBLEEPED VERSION] · 42 minMadeline Haze Curtis’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bellevue Literary Review, Copper Nickel, West Branch, and The Forge Literary Magazine, among other publications…
- Madeline Haze Curtis [BLEEPED VERSION] · 42 minMadeline Haze Curtis’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bellevue Literary Review, Copper Nickel, West Branch, and The Forge Literary Magazine, among other publications…
- Hieu Minh Nguyen [UNBLEEPED VERSION] · 25 minHieu Minh Nguyen is the author of two collections of poetry, This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014), and Not Here (Coffee House Press, 2018), which was named the winner…
- Hieu Minh Nguyen [BLEEPED VERSION] · 25 minHieu Minh Nguyen is the author of two collections of poetry, This Way to the Sugar (Write Bloody Press, 2014), and Not Here (Coffee House Press, 2018), which was named the winner…
- Aamina Ahmad · 42 minAamina Ahmad reads from The Return of Faraz Ali, a rich and deeply moving novel about confronting histories both personal and political. Aamina Ahmad, a graduate of the Iowa…
- Lydia Conklin · 46 minAuthor Lydia Conklin reads "Pioneer," a story from Rainbow Rainbow, their delightful debut collection of prize-winning stories, queer, gender-nonconforming, and trans characters…
- Shannon Pufahl · 41 minIn this episode, Shannon Pufahl's reads “Lucky." You can find more of Shannon's work at [his/her] website: https://www.shannonpufahl.com/about Off the Page is a podcast of…
- Arielle DeVito · 38 minIn this episode, Arielle DeVito reads two short stories, "Owen" and "Wing-Longing." You can find more of Arielle's work at her website: https://arielledevito.com/ Off the Page…







