{"podcast":{"title":"Washington Square On Air","slug":"washington-square-on-air-6301336","podcast_index_feed_id":6301336,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/washington-square-on-air/","website_url":"https://washington-square-on-air.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d8f8377f-1b68-4ab0-8bc9-0afda44fbb37/liPE0xx1bzWz155h0to9j8Vi.jpg","author":"LCC Connect","episode_count":86,"summary":"Washington Square On-Air serves as the audio town square for the Washington Square Review, the literary journal of Lansing Community College. Melissa Ford Lucken, the host, brings her expertise as a professor, creative writer, and author to engage with writers, readers, scholars, students, publishing professionals, and individuals worldwide, discussing various aspects of the writing craft.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T08:18:30.850605+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/washington-square-on-air-6301336"},"episode":{"title":"Braiding the Essay with Conviction With Lyzette Wanzer","slug":"braiding-the-essay-with-conviction-with-lyzette-wanzer","published_at":"2026-03-31T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/washington-square-on-air-6301336/braiding-the-essay-with-conviction-with-lyzette-wanzer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/washington-square-on-air-6301336","url":"https://washington-square-on-air.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0781b592-4dc5-4b05-bd76-9978f7edc46b.mp3","summary":"Award‑winning author, researcher, and teacher Lyzette Wanzer chats with Washington Square Review editor Melissa Ford Lucken. Wanzer traces the journey of her ground‑breaking anthology from a quick idea for an Association of Writers and Writing Programs panel proposal, to a book proposal, to a published volume. Her book, Trauma, Tresses & Truth , explores the complex relationship Black women continue to have with their hair among the still‑remaining systemic biases in schools, academia, and corporate America, and was named a Top 10 Best Social Sciences Book by Library Journal . Lyzette’s edited anthology, Trauma, Tresses & Truth , is available from Lawrence Hill Books . Lyzette on LindedIn Lyzette on Insta _________________________ Website: Washington Square Review Melissa's Website: Adventures in MFALand Facebook: Melissa Ford Lucken Instagram: Melissa Ford Lucken","meta_description":"Award‑winning author, researcher, and teacher Lyzette Wanzer chats with Washington Square Review editor Melissa Ford Lucken. Wanzer traces the journey of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1594,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/washington-square-on-air-6301336/episodes/braiding-the-essay-with-conviction-with-lyzette-wanzer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/washington-square-on-air-6301336/braiding-the-essay-with-conviction-with-lyzette-wanzer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}