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Joy McCullough

Photo by John Ulman Photography

Photo by John Ulman Photography

 
 

In the 58th episode of Truer Words, we speak with Joy McCullough about playwriting, castles, volcanoes, and Northwestern University (Go ‘Cats!). Joy is the author of the YA novels BLOOD WATER PAINT and WE ARE THE ASHES, WE ARE THE FIRE, the middle grade novels A FIELD GUIDE TO GETTING LOST and ACROSS THE POND, and the picture book CHAMP & MAJOR: FIRST DOGS. Joy can be found on Twitter @JMCwrites and Instagram @JMCwrites. Her website is JoyMcCullough.com.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Tickets to Joy’s 17-minute show, The Volcano, at Macha Theatre Works

How NYC’s Street Artists Have Responded to the Pandemic

The Electric Horseman

Emmy Lane Potter

Our episode with Emmy

Spotlight

Barefoot in the Park

California Split

The Farewell

Many Points of Me by Caroline Gertler

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

Jesse L. Martin in RENT

The Fosters

The House on the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

Good Trouble

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Mya-Rose Craig

Three Sisters

John Logan

Sarah Ruhl

The Clean House

The Laramie Project

Jocelyn Bioh

School Girls, or the African Mean Girls Play

Talia Hibbert

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone

Anne with an E

About Us:

Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy.

You can follow us on Twitter @truerwordspod and on Instagram @truerwordspodcast. Contact us via our website, truerwordspodcast.com, or email us at truerwordspodcast@gmail.com.

Kathryn Benson