David Starkey on Creative Writing
David Starkey, Director of Creative Writing at Santa Barbara City College

Professor David Starkey teaches writing at Santa Barbara City College

Our talented friend David Starkey literally wrote the book on creative writing, and describes how distance learning may have helped students become more reflective readers. We talk to him about the ways writing can help students become more thoughtful readers,  the philosophies that shape his bestselling textbooks, and how to join him in Rome for a semester abroad.


Bits of music you might have noticed: Yo La Tengo, "Georgia Vs. Yo La Tengo," The Schramms, "Duck Hunting in Hell," The The, "This Is the Day."

And links to the local resources that help fund education in Santa Barbara county that we discussed:


Teacher's Fund


Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Donors Choose


This episode was first broadcast on KCSB 91.9 FM on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.