# Gatebreaking Creative Writing With Deanna Oudelha Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/washington-square-on-air-6301336/gatebreaking-creative-writing-with-deanna-oudelha Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/washington-square-on-air-6301336/gatebreaking-creative-writing-with-deanna-oudelha.md Podcast: [Washington Square On Air](https://stenobird.com/podcast/washington-square-on-air-6301336) Published: 2025-10-14T18:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://washington-square-on-air.captivate.fm Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/38ca64d6-a00e-461a-b9ec-b9cfc918142c.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/washington-square-on-air-6301336/episodes/gatebreaking-creative-writing-with-deanna-oudelha Duration seconds: 1593 ## Resource Professor, student advocate, and writer, Deanna Oudelha, sits down with Washington Square Review editor Melissa Ford Lucken. A teacher and student who loves learning and teaching, Oudelha breaks down the hidden beauty of the English language, her frustration with academic gatekeeping, and how she embraces all possibilities in her work with first year students at the University of Omaha. Deanna Oudelha’s flash essay, I am humming, a living thing woven into countless lives among many , appears in the Summer 2025 issue of the Washington Square Review . Deanna's website _________________________ Website: Washington Square Review  Melissa's Website: Adventures in MFALand    Facebook: Melissa Ford Lucken   Instagram: Melissa Ford Lucken ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/washington-square-on-air-6301336/episodes/gatebreaking-creative-writing-with-deanna-oudelha/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/washington-square-on-air-6301336/gatebreaking-creative-writing-with-deanna-oudelha.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.