Bringing Ghosts to Life in Your Writing

2023
Written By The Poetry Lab
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Marilyn Ramirez

is a budding poet, writer, and former Editorial Fellow for The Poetry Lab. Her stories have appeared in ¡Pa'lante!, The Plentitudes, Press Pause Press, and elsewhere. She has been a Harriet Williams Emerging Writer awardee by Literary Women Long Beach. Marilyn is the Fiction Editor for The Plentitudes and is currently working on a collection of short stories that contemplate womanhood, the body, Mexican Catholicism, and the power of blended language. Marilyn uses she/her pronouns.

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Hey poets!

It’s spooky season! Say hello to your new source of inspiration: ghosts!

Marilyn explores the use of ghosts in literature, focusing on their versatility and significance in different genres.

She teaches you how to create a ghost with intention, regardless of whether they are physical or psychological manifestations, and she reminds you that the spookiest ghosts may be where you least expect them.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

“Things We Lost in the Fire” by Mariana Enriquez - Fiction

“Mothers, Lock Up Your Daughters Because They Are Terrifying” by Alice Sola Kim - Fiction

“In the Dream House” by Carmen Maria Machado - Nonfiction

“Limites” by Jorge Luis Borges - Poetry

 “Ghost” by Cynthia Huntington - Poetry

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