LISTEN to my October 22nd, 2024 WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring award-winning poet Janet Kaplan who will explore the theme of “Chaos and Creativity” in her poetry. Her work has earned praise from poets and critics including Dan Beachy Quick and Adrienne Rich. Visit: Janet Kaplan Ecotones

LISTEN to my September 10th, 2024 WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring poet, writer and historian Bill Birns.  Bill brings his great knowledge of Catskills history and his deep affinity with Ralph Waldo Emerson to the show and reads from his work-in-progress The Cooper Shop.

LISTEN to my August 13th, 2024 WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring Bruce McPherson, the founding Director of the award-winning McPherson & Co.- a Literary and Arts Publishing Company, who will present and read from his compelling and award-winning catalog of books.  Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s intrepid Poet-at-Large, is also featured on the show. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com.  Visit McPherson & Co  Visit: Pamela Manche Pearce

LISTEN to my July 30, 2024 WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring returning guest - the remarkable poet, teacher and editor, Geoffrey Nutter, who’ll read from his work and share with us his erudition and passion about the Haiku form.  Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s intrepid Poet-at-Large is also featured on the show. Visit: Geoffrey Nutter Wallson Glass Visit: Pamela Manche Pearce

LISTEN to my July 16, 2024 WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring award-winning poet and President and Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets, Ricardo Maldonado.  Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s Poet-at-Large, is also featured on the show.

LISTEN to my June 4th, 2024 WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring the founding members of PRP (Poets Read Poetry) who have gathered together to read and discuss the wildly expressive poetry of 19th century poet Francis Saltus Saltus.

LISTEN to my May 7th, 2024 WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring teacher, editor, poet and writer, Nancy Merritt Bell.  How do you teach young children to write poetry?  Nancy shares her methods and also reads from works she has edited and written specifically for children.  The show also features Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s Poet-at-Large, who brings us Natasha Trethewey’s Bellocq’s Ophelia.

LISTEN to my March 26th, 2024 WIOX broadcast (also a podcast!) featuring award-winning poet Sam Truitt.   Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com. Visit:  samtruitt.com, samtsong.com, Station Hill Press