Poetry Spoken Here

Albany area poet Therese Broderick discusses her work, how she thinks about tone in poetry, introduces the concept of ice balloons, and talks about her personally curated lending library of local poets work. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Find us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@cardboardboxproductionsinc Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere...

Faith Vicinanza, slam poet and poet laureate of Southbury, CT, shares memories of the slam scene of the 90s, her plans for her laureateship, and the tips she gives to new writers in her workshops. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Find us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cardboardboxproductionsinc Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere...

In 2022 Poetry Spoken Here celebrated its 200th episode. We had guests from across the United States and around the world. We also shared even more readings from the Unamuno Author Festival which took place in 2019. Guests you will hear on this episode include Ashley M. Jones, the first Black Poet Laureate of Alabama, Emmy Award-Winning Director Violet Du Feng, Polaris Award-Winning throat-singer, poet, and activist Tanya Tagaq and many, many more. In order or appearance in the show: Episode...

Maya Jewell Zeller reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at Desperate Literature, an independent bookstore in Madrid. More about Maya Jewell Zeller, here: https://western.edu/people/maya-jewell-zeller/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter:...

Emmy Award-winning director Violet Du Feng discusses her latest film Hidden Letters about Nushu, a secret language developed by women in China. She also reads poems written in Nushu that offer a window into the lives of women living in rural China many years ago. Learn more about the film, here: https://www.hiddenlettersfilm.com/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook:...

Raena Shirali is a poet, editor, and educator whose latest book SUMMONINGS won the 2021 Hudson Prize. The book examines present-day witch hunting in India. Shirali reads from the book, discusses some of the formatting choices she made, and explains the connections she sees between explicit witch hunting in India, and social practices in the United States that similarly endanger women. Learn more about Raena Shirali, here: http://www.raenashirali.com/ Get a copy of SUMMONINGS, here:...

Aracelis Girmay reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at La Residencia de Estudiantes which cultural luminaries such as Frederico Garcia Lorca and Salvador Dali once called home. Learn more about Aracelis Girmay, here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/aracelis-girmay SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on...

California poet Rich Ferguson reads from his new collection EVERYTHING IS RADIANT BETWEEN THE HATES. He also discusses and reads from BEAT, NOT BEAT a collection of California poets whose work is in a beat vein. Learn more about Rich and buy his books, here: http://rich-ferguson.com/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter:...

After just over six years, we've reached a milestone - 200 episodes of Poetry Spoken Here! This is an extra special episode featuring multi-award-winning musician, poet, and activist Tanya Tagaq. She reads from her 2018 book Split Tooth, shares warm memories of a dear friend, gives insight into the throat singing tradition she has helped keep vibrantly alive, and discusses her frustrations with the corporatization of activism. Learn more about Tanya on her website: www.tanyatagaq.com SUBMIT...

In this special episode, host Charlie Rossiter reviews and reads from two new collections of poetry by Gary Snyder and Jim Harrison. In June of 2022 the Library of America released an 1100+ page collection of Snyder's poetry and at the very end of 2021, Copper Canyon Press released a collection of all of Jim Harrison's poems. Charlie reads from both collections and shares his thoughts on these two literary titans. Get a copy of Gary Snyder: Collected Poems from the Library of America, here:...

Marty Gervais, the first Poet Laureate of Windsor, Ontario, reads from his new book MEETING THOREAU AT THE GAS STATION DINER, a collection of poems about his adventures hitchhiking across Canada in the late 1960s. During his travels he met preachers, wrestlers, firecracker salesmen, and even went in search of Jimi Hendrix's grandmother. Get a copy of MEETING THOREAU AT THE GAS STATION DINER, here:...

Francesca Bell, whose new book WHAT SMALL SOUND will come out from Red Hen Press in the Spring of 2023, shares some poems, talks about writers who inspire her, discusses writing through the brain-fog of long COVID and much more. Learn more about WHAT SMALL SOUND, here: https://www.francescabellpoet.com/what-small-sound SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere...

Caylin Capra-Thomas shares poems from her new collection IGUANA IGUANA. She also discusses some of the best advice she has received about writing poems as well as what she tells young poets about the writing process. She and host Charlie Rossiter also address one of life's enduring questions: why do dads love hawks so much? Get a copy of IGUANA IGUANA, here: https://store.deepvellum.org/products/iguana-iguana SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air...

Poet and activist Jim Cohn, founder of the Museum of American Poetics, joins host Charlie Rossiter to talk about his new collection TREASURES FOR HEAVEN: COLLECTED POEMS 1976-2021 from Giant Steps Press. In the second part of the show, Charlie discusses and reads from the anthology THE POWER OF THE STORM A GATHERING OF INDIGENOUS VOICES, VISIONS, AND DETERMINATION: DEDICATED TO JOHN TRUDELL, GATHERED AND EDITED BY MARIJO MOORE. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR!...

Donald G. Evans and Al DeGenova join host Charlie Rossiter to talk about a new mega-anthology of Chicago poetry WHEREVER I'M AT: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHICAGO POETRY. They discuss the book's long gestation process, the list of contributors, and even read some selected works. Get a copy of the book, here: https://chicagoliteraryhof.org/poetry_anthology/wherever-im-at SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us...

Poet, inventor, and all around creative dynamo Todd Boss discusses his new book SOMEDAY THE PLAN OF A TOWN that came out earlier this year from WW Norton. In the book, he reflects on his time house-sitting across the world. In this interview he also discusses the long-running Motionpoems project. Get a copy of SOMEDAY THE PLAN OF A TOWN, here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881400 Learn more about Todd Boss, here: https://www.toddbossoriginals.com/ Find out more about the Motionpoems...

Mary Makofske reads from her new collection "The Gambler's Daughter" from Orchard Street Press. She discusses the importance of family in her writing, reads poems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares some of her favorite poets. Learn more about Mary Makofske, here: https://marymakofske.com/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on...

Vermont poet Laura Budofsky Wisniewski reads from her new collection Sanctuary, Vermont. The book explores the history (and pre-history) of a fictional Vermont town. Hear more in this interview about the inspiration behind the collection and the exhaustive research - often into hidden, challenging histories - that went into the poems. Learn more about Laura Budofsky Wisniewski on her website: https://www.laurabwisniewski.com/ Get a copy of Sanctuary, Vermont, here:...

Award-winning poet, Teresa Dzieglewicz, reads poems inspired by her time teaching at the Standing Rock Reservation where she spent time working alongside water protectors. She also discusses her work as the Chicago Poetry Center's poet-in-residence. She also encourages listeners to find writing from native voices about Standing Rock, calling attention especially to Orion Magazine's "Women and Standing Rock." To lear more about Teresa, check out her website: https://www.teresadzieglewicz.com/...

The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here that began just over two years ago. When in-person poetry events were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Open Mic of the Air was created as a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet. Now, over 100 poets have been featured and we look forward to many, many more! This is the eleventh episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from around the world - Munich and Nottingham - as well...