Assignment Magazine

In this episode of the Assignment Podcast, @GillianKemmerer and @JuniaDragon talk to @davidsimpatico , award-winning librettist and @MountainviewMFA alum. We had a rousing conversation about being motivated by death, modern opera, and the process of writing libretti.

From Arieon Whittsey, "Still, if I am dying, I’d rather not know. I’d like to go in my sleep— suddenly, and without warning. I'd rather skip the slow days of creeping shadow, of serene instrumentals and the voices of my loved ones morphing into a whispering chorus around me."1/

From Basil McQuade, "You’ve fallen in love. A mile long stretch of beach in your favorite season. You did not want to come here. You can’t imagine yourself leaving...." assignmentmag.com/onlineonly… #nonfiction #prose #WritingCommunity #amreading #amwriting

Hosts @JuniaDragon and Gillian Kemmerer get together with Phil Lemos, an alum of the MFA, Mountainview MFA and certificate program at SNHU, as well as an adjunct professor. Lemos discusses his motivations for pursuing an MFA, experience of the various programs and much more. 1/