Author Speaks
Videos and podcasts
Coffee, Grief & Gratitude Hosted by Anne Kudger & Maria Gibson
April 16, 2024
Giving Angie a Place in the World with Ona Gritz
Ona shares about her sister Angie who was murdered decades ago and family secrets that kept the murder and Ona’s grief buried. In her memoir, Everywhere I Look Ona Gritz unravels the mystery and tragedy of her sister, Andrea Susan Gritz, also known as Angie Boggs, while sharing her own awakening to loss, grief, guilt, and the truth.
Self Discovery Wisdom Podcast
April 8, 2024
Hosted by Sara Troy
Ona Gritz, author of the beautifully written memoir, Everywhere I Look.
With an investigator’s determination, Gritz unravels the mystery and tragedy of the murder of her sister, Andrea Susan Gritz, also known as Angie Boggs, while sharing her own awakening to loss, grief, guilt, and the truth. Her story is testament to the idea that grief can be transformative, and that the truth can truly set us free.
The Growing Readers Podcast Hosted by Bianca Schulze
February 7, 2023,
In this episode, Ona Gritz talks about her latest novel, August or Forever.
August or Forever is an incredibly thoughtful, heartwarming, and well-written story that explores the complexities and joys of sisterhood.
Philly Loves Poetry
Moonstone Arts Presents: Philly Loves Poetry, featuring Ona Gritz
Hosted by Charles S. Carr
Recorded 12-6-2022
Philly Loves Poetry consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing the opportunities which their group or organization provides for poets in Philly as well as the themes that influence them. Follow @PhillyCAM on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!
A Conspiracy of Lemurs
Regal House Publishing: Crossing Boundaries in Young Adult and Middle Grade Fiction, in conversation with fellow author, Carol Dines. September 2022
One of the most common themes in literature for young people is boundaries crossed—in friendship and family. Young people are changing rapidly, and they often find it very hard to know their own boundaries, or when they’ve crossed the boundaries of others, until conflicts arise. With our guest Ona Gritz, author of the middle grade novel, August or Forever, and Carol Dines, the author of the young adult novel, The Take-Over Friend, we explore what boundaries are, why they are important, why boundaries change in relationships, and why communication in family and friendship is both challenging and important.
Celebrating CripLit: An Evening with Ona Gritz
Hosted by Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature and the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach at the Burton Blatt Institute.
On June 25, 2021, via Zoom, Ona Gritz read prose from her forthcoming collection, Present Imperfect: Essays (Poets Wear Prada), and engaged in discussion with participants. This event highlighted and celebrated Ona’s creative work as well as her contributions as Wordgathering’s Gatherer’s Blog Editor.
Readings from Welcome to the Resistance: Poetry as Protest
Hosted by Ona Gritz and Taylor Carmen Savath.
On October 3, 2021, via Zoom, the following authors read their selections from the book: Marc Beaudin, Devika Brandt, Shirley Brewer, Marion Cohen, Betsey Cullen, Barbara Daniels, MaryLisa DeDomenicis , Emari DiGiorgio, Catherine Doty, Mark Elber, Jim Ferris, Molly Fisk, Jan Freeman, Lisa Grunberger, Tami Haaland, Katharine Harer, Karen Hildebrand, Anne Kaier, Tina Kelley, Marcia LeBeau, Joanne Leva, Julia Lisella, Alina Macneal, Elinor Mattern, Emily Michael, MaryAnn Miller, Peter Murphy, Clark Pomerleau, Lynne Shapiro, Jacalyn Shelley, Daniel Simpson Noel Jason Sloboda, Heather H. Thomas, J.C. Todd, Diane Wiener, Carol Clark Williams, Holly Woodward, Dave Worrell, Patricia Zylius.
Poetry Archive Now! Wordview 2020: Notice Breath
Wordview 2020 Winner Ona Gritz reads her poem “Notice Breadth”.
Ona Gritz: “The words “Notice Breath” stayed with me after taking a virtual yoga class, breath being on my and most everyone’s mind these days. Thoughts about mortality and observations during quarantine all came together when I sat down to write that afternoon and the result was this poem. The poem was first published in the poetry journal One Art.” Read more on The Poetry Archive.
Writers on Living with Disability
Podcast Air Date: October 10, 2019
Three local writers share their stories of living with disabilities in this hour. Writers Ona Gritz, Daniel Simpson and Anne Kaier all contributed to the new collection of essays, About Us. We’ll talk with them about how their disability influenced their lives and writing, and about the stereotypes and stigmas around disability that still persist. We’ll also talk to them about working, loving, parenting and aging and about some of the most pressing issues facing disabled communities today.
The Upside Of Down: A Love Story
The Upside of Down with Dan Ariely features guests Ona Gritz and Dan Simpson. 2019
CSU San Bernardino Ability Awareness Day
With Poets, Ona Gritz and Daniel Simpson
In support of Global Disability Awareness Day, May 22, 2018 the Office of Services to Students with Disabilities, in collaboration with the University Diversity Committee, Academic Technologies & Innovation, the English Department, the History Department and History Club/Phi Alpha
Perennials Podcast: Broken Things Can Shine
Perennials Podcast February 6, 2019
In this episode, writer Ona Gritz and host Victoria Russell talk about her life with a disability, and how Gritz has come to greater self-acceptance, wholeness, gratitude and love. The episode title “Broken Things Can Shine” comes from Gritz’s poem “Geode.”
Disabilities As Ways Of Knowing: A Series of Creative Writing Conversations
A poetry reading by poets Ona Gritz and Daniel Simpson Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at Syracuse University Campus.
Ona and Dan are seated at a wooden table; she is on the left and he is to her right. A few minutes into the reading, Diane sits down between the poets and holds the microphone, as they read their poems (from Border Songs: A Conversation in Poems, 2017).
Poetry and Disability Justice
A reading and discussion moderated by Ona Gritz on April 29, 2022 for The Dodge Poetry Foundation
Featuring Ina Cariño, Camisha Jones, and Stephen Kuusisto
Readings from Geode
Ona Gritz reading from her 2014 poetry collection Geode on January 27, 2022
Hemiplegia Interpreted in Dance
Ona Gritz’s poem Hemiplegia interpreted by dancer Jerron Herman as part of Bellevue Literary Review’s Reading the Body: Poetry, Dance & Disability, May 3, 2021
An exhilarating blend of poetry and dance, inspired by the challenges and possibilities of disability. Four dancers with disability create original choreography based on BLR poetry, set to music commissioned for this special event, plus ASL interpretation. A panel discussion with the artists follows. “Reading the Body” is an official selection of the IndieFest Film Festival, the Accolade Global Film Competition, the Florence Dance on Screen Festival, the Rogue Dancer FilmFest, and the London International Art Film Festival. A collaboration of Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation.
