Colby Cedar Smith

Colby Cedar Smith joins me to talk about the long path to publication, the communities (and rejections) that shape us, and the verse novel as a space of compression and expansion.

Colby is the author of The Siren and the Star and Call Me Athena, award-winning verse novels that center women’s voices and the enduring presence of the past.

What is The Writer's Bio(luminescent) Podcast?

The Writer’s Bio(luminescent) Podcast offers deep-dive conversations with illuminating writers. Each episode opens with a brief, writerly portrait and moves into a discussion about craft, creativity, and the life behind the work. Every conversation includes a reading and the space to explore what really matters, both on and off the page, with insights that might offer a quiet glow.