Comments on: “Tell Me Your Story”: SOS Radio

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 03:12:09 +0000

Thanks, Nicole! I’d be delighted if you took a listen! Peggy made it a lot of fun. I’m glad I did it. And I so appreciate your comments about the frame for announcing the interview, that you enjoyed that story about my teaching time means a lot to me. xo

By: Nicole O'Shea

Nicole O'Shea — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 02:12:30 +0000

Maria! I came late to this party so a belated CONGRATULATIONS!!! I hope it went wonderfully. Say I missed it live, but I plan to listen to the archived version!

What a wonderful story in the beginning of the post about teaching and teachers and learning. Such a wonderful continuum to be a part of, from student to writer/teacher and circling back. The company of shared interests and passions is so very valuable.

xoxo

Nicole

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:17:41 +0000

Dear Silvia–I’ SO sorry you had a hard time being able to listen because of technical difficulties. Thank you so much for persevering! It is so kind of you to enjoy hearing my voice. I hope if you try again it’s much easier for you. All best from the west coast of America–xo

By: Silvia

Silvia — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:30:21 +0000

Dear Maria, I managed to listen to nearly all of your interview despite technical difficulties. It took many trials and sadly I didn’t reach your poem.
It was wonderful to hear your voice.
And perhaps I’ll get the programm to play to the very end in yet another trial.
Greetings from Germany, Silvia

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:43:59 +0000

Thank you, Lee, I’m glad the notion of writing, thinking, reading and listen as all part of the same spectrum of process. And thanks for your support–it IS a little nerve-wracking, but I’m very glad my readers will have almost immediate access to the archive for the next 6 weeks so you can listen at a time that works for you. So appreciate it!

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:34:06 +0000

Maria, first, I love love love this turn of phrase: “…reading and writing are a form of thinking: they are all part of the same process. Listening too. Just different notes in the same chord.” Poetry unto itself.

Also, I can’t wait to hear your radio interview! I won’t be able to listen live, but I will download the archived file and listen to it as I commute. Good luck, I know any interview, even a fun one, can also be a little nerve-wracking!

By: Veronica

Veronica — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:39:05 +0000

Sometimes all I wanted was a professor to just listen to my story… And the ones that did were the ones that had a much larger impact on me. It’s not often that advisors/profs/TAs/etc take that time, and it’s nice to know they exist in the various education tracks.
To echo my FB post, I’m excited to listen to the show, and wish you all the best of luck! xoxo

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:04:41 +0000

Thank you for this insightful comment, Gena. Somehow you are always able to encapsulate what I am driving at so succintly and elegantly! And I’m very glad it also spoke to you about your experience in the academic setting over the last few years. Many of my students were medical school-bound, and feeling acknowledged and heard is so important, at least somewhere, in that long haul of hope and toil. Best to you with your video shoot, and thanks for checking in on the archive when you get a chance! 🙂 xo

By: Gena

Gena — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:20:29 +0000

I love this story, Maria. First, I love your suggestion, prompted by your director’s posture with students, that writers have unique gifts to offer when they’re put in the position of being administrators. Too often I think that creative people are forced to put aside their empathy or their capacity to do things in an unusual way for the sake of conforming to procedure. It’s a gift when writers and folks who understand storytelling are given freedom to lead in their own way, and that gift of course trickles into the hands of the people who are under their guidance.

And it’s so true that simply giving people an opportunity to tell their stories is often the deepest and most profound gift. Having spent much time in the last few years trying to advocate for myself within an academic setting, I’ve learned that I can’t always get what I want, to quote the Rolling Stones, but I can almost always accept this so long as I feel acknowledged and heard.

I’ll be shooting videos for some recipes with Food52 on Wednesday right when you’re on air, but I see Peggy’s comment, below, that the show will be archived, and I can’t wait to listen in!

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:28:14 +0000

Thank you Debra! I’m a little nervous, but hopefully what I’ve written will help me through. 🙂