LISTEN to my WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring author Ellen Greene Stewart, who will read from and discuss her latest non-fiction book, ELEPHANTS – Up Close and Personal, a truly entertaining and affecting exploration of the author’s experiences as a volunteer in South Africa’s Knysna Elephant Park. (Also a poem by Dan Chiasson!)
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Lissa Kiernan - The Whispering Wall /
LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired October 5th, 2022) featuring award-winning poet Lissa Kiernan, who will read from and discuss her most recent poetry collection, The Whispering Wall. Planet Poet’s Poet-At-Large, Pamela Manché Pearce, also joins us on the show.
Read MoreCammy Thomas - Tremors /
LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired September 13th, 2022) featuring award-winning poet Cammy Thomas who discusses and reads from her most recent poetry collection, Tremors, published by Four Way Books. Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s endlessly interesting and erudite Poet-At-Large, also joins us on the show!
Read MoreLisa Richter - Nautilus and Bone /
LISTEN to my August 16th, 2022 WIOX show featuring Canadian poet Lisa Richter who reads from and discusses her poetry collection Nautilus and Bone, winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry, and the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry. Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s endlessly interesting and erudite Poet-At-Large, also joins us on the show!
Read MoreCheryl Clarke - Poet, Activist /
LISTEN to my June 21st, 2022 WIOX show featuring Cheryl Clarke, remarkable poet, activist, educator and co-organizer of the annual Hobart Festival of Women Writers in Hobart, the Book Village of the Catskills. Planet Poet’s intrepid Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce also joins us on the show!
Read MoreMike Jurkovic - mooncusser /
LISTEN to my WIOX show featuring Hudson Valley poet and performance artist Mike Jurkovic. (Originally aired May 24th, 2022.) Mike will read and perform poetry from his latest collection of poetry mooncussers and other works.
Read MoreJerrice J. Baptiste - Coral in the Diaspora /
LISTEN to my April 26th 2022 WIOX show featuring Jerrice J. Baptiste, a poet of exceptional lyricism. Jerrice will discuss and read from her upcoming poetry collection, Coral in the Diaspora. Planet Poet’s endlessly interesting and erudite Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce also joins us on the show!
Read MoreSparrow and Violet Snow /
LISTEN to my April 12th, 2022 WIOX show featuring returning guests, poet, essayist and novelist Sparrow to discuss his books Small Happiness & Other Epiphanies and The Princeton Diary, and novelist and essayist Violet Snow to discuss her new novel To March or to Marry.
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