In this conversation, Melanie Wakelin interviews Stephanie Elizondo Griest, an accomplished author and professor, about her new book 'Art Above Everything' and her extensive travels exploring the lives of women artists around the world. They discuss the challenges women face in the arts, the concept of 'art monks', and the healing power of creativity. Stephanie shares her personal journey, including her battle with cancer, and emphasizes the importance of empathy and legacy in her teaching and writing.
Guest Bio:
Stephanie Elizondo Griest is a globetrotting writer from the Texas-Mexico borderlands. Her six books include: Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana; Mexican Enough; All the Agents and Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands; and Art Above Everything. She has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, The Believer, BBC, VQR, and Oxford American. Her work has won a Margolis Award for Social Justice Reporting, an International Latino Book Award, a PEN Southwest Book Award, and two Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism prizes. Professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, she has performed as both a Moth storyteller and as a literary ambassador for the U.S. State Department. Visit her website at: www.StephanieElizondoGriest.com
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