Poetry Spoken Here

The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here. Since most in-person poetry events are temporarily suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet. We are also eager to receive and share poems inspired by the recent country-wide protests against police brutality and in support of the value of black lives. This is the fifth episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from across the United States -New York, Wisconsin, Oregon and more - as well as work from England. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air This Week's Readers Stephanie Kendrick, Albany, Ohio in Athens County – “Baptism” Leanne Grabel, Portland, Oregon – “Peep” Laurie Derosiers, Westfield, Massachusetts – “About

Rusty Russell of Madison, Wisconsin discusses his new collection "Witness", gives his thoughts on poets as witnesses, and shares his poetry including a poem written the day after 9/11. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR!: Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: 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: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Nicole Santalucia shares poems from her new collection, The Book of Dirt, and talks about life in conservative-small-town Pennsylvania where she lives with her wife and teaches. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR!: Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: 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: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

A first ever Poetry Spoken Here rebroadcast! Episode 100 of Poetry Spoken Here featured Jericho Brown reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. In honor of Jericho Brown being awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his book The Tradition, we wanted to re-share this reading. The Unamuno Author Festival took place in the spring of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Jericho Brown was recently awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in poetry. He has also won a Guggenheim fellowship, invented a poetic form, and had his poems featured in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the Bennington Review among others. His latest collection The Tradition, for which he won the Pulitzer, was released in 2019 to wide praise. This reading was part of an evening celebrating of the 25th anniversary of the Civitella Ranieri retreat program. Buy The Tradition, here: www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse…D6BC663B1%7D SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR!: Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your n

The Open Mic of the Air is a new project from Poetry Spoken Here. Since in-person events are temporarily suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet while staying safe at home. This is the fourth episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from across the United States - Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, and more - as well as work from Mexico. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air This Week's Readers Albert DeGenova, Chicago, Illinois – “The Cracked Mirror (A Charles Bukowski Cento)” Paula J. Lambert, Columbus, Ohio – “Opossum: Diversion Strategy” Marilyn Johnston, Salem, Oregon – “My Husband Talks about Covid-19 As If He’s Still on Patrol” Jonah Bornstein, Denver, Colorado - "Raven Flight

Poet/editor/educator Georgia Popoff from Syracuse, NY, reads from her new book Psychometry, from Tiger Bark Press. She also discuses the deep research she did while writing, including into Mary Mallon, aka Typhoid Mary. 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: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

NOTE: There was a glitch in the first upload of this episode that caused issues with playback. We have re-uploaded the audio and it should be error free now. The Open Mic of the Air is a new project from Poetry Spoken Here. Since in-person events are temporarily suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet while staying safe at home. This is the third episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from across the United States - California, New Hampshire, Missouri, and more - as well as work from Australia. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air This Week's Readers Michael Zinkowski, Salem, Oregon – “If I knew It Would Come Back, Have I Given Anything?” John Elizabeth Stinzi, Kansas Cit

The Open Mic of the Air is a new project from Poetry Spoken Here. Since in-person events are temporarily suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet while staying safe at home. This is the second episode of the Open Mic of the Air features poets from across the United States - Texas, Vermont, West Virginia and more. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air This Week's Readers 1:22 Linda Simone, San Antonio, Texas – “Salon” 3:12 Michael Minassian, Flower Mound, Texas – “Cut Above the Heart” 5:16 Carlos “El Principito” Garcia Leon, Cincinnati, Ohio – “This is a Sentence” 8:09 Selena Abbot – Largo, Florida, “hear me” 10:11 Susan Jefts, Lake George, New York – “Bardo Over the Hudson” 12:39 Kirk Judd

The Open Mic of the Air is a new project from Poetry Spoken Here. Since in-person events are temporarily suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet while staying safe at home. This first Open Mic of the Air features poets from Brazil, Mexico, India, both coasts of the United States, and the heartland. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air This Week's Readers 2:52 Dan Wilcox, Albany, New York – “Hanging Over the Edge” 4:20 Andrew Shaw, Port Townsend, Washington – “On the Nature of Motifs” 6:38 Leonides Jongui, San Luis Potosi, Mexico – “Momnto et Pasado” 8:39 John Berry, Winchester, Virginia – “How to Teach Poetry” 10:42 Jeannie E. Roberts, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin – “The Tempo of Gratitude”

Host Charlie Rossiter offers an appreciation of Margaret Atwood's poetry. Also... ANNOUNCING the Open Mic of the Air. We are putting out a call for submissions for a new audio poetry project! If you are searching for poetic community and an outlet for your pent up creative energy, this is an opportunity to share your poetry and be inspired by the poetry of others while you’re at home avoiding the coronavirus. Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: http://www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR!: http://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: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Rage Hezekiah shares her poems, discusses her time as a doula, and her relationship to the ocean and nature. In the second part of the show, host Charlie Rossiter talks with Alys Culhane founder of The Bright Lights Book Project of Palmer, Alaska, which finds new homes for discarded books. Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Jesus Papoleto Melendez, one of the founders of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, reads his poems, discusses his latest book "Borracho," and tells tales from the early days of the Nuyorican movement. Amneris Morales, his translator, reads one of his poems in Spanish. Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Camille Guthrie, professor at Bennington College, talks about her varied influences, how she teaches poetry and shares her sometimes funny, always inventive, award-winning poetry Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Host Charlie Rossiter offers an appreciation of the poetry of Mary Oliver. Find out more about Mary Oliver, here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Dean Rader, co-editor of the new anthology "Native Voices: Indigenous American Poetry, Craft and Conversations" talks about the intergenerational influences of the included poets and reads some of their work. Find the anthology, here: https://www.tupelopress.org/product/native-voices-indigenous-american-poetry-craft-and-conversations/ Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

In 2019 Poetry Spoken Here celebrated our 100th episode, became the audio home of the Unamuno Author Festival (which included traveling to Spain to record poetry), and had tens of thousands of downloads from over 50 countries. Jericho Brown (PSH 100)https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-100-jericho-brown-reading-at-the-unamuno-author-festival Maren (Lovey) Wright Kerr (PSH 085) https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-085-maren-lovey-wright-kerr-and-lynne-sharon-schwartz-reviewed Jimmy Santiago Baca (PSH 104) https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-104-jimmy-santiago-baca Joseph Grantham (PSH 089) https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-089-joseph-grantham-and-stephen-crane Catherine Pikula (PSH 091) https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/psh-091-catherine-pikula-and-poemcity-project Bill Porter aka Red Pine (pt. 1 - PSH 105)https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-105-red-pine-pt-1-stonehouse Bill Porter aka Red Pine (pt. 2 - PSH 106) https://soundcloud.c

Wisconsin poet Cathryn Cofell reads her poetry, including selections from her book "Stick Figure with Skirt" which won the 2019 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award. She also talks about her involvement with Poetry Unlocked, a monthly reading series. Find out more about Cathryn, here: https://www.cathryncofell.com/ Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

A little late because of the solstice, but here's David Baker reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place earlier this year in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at the book store Desperate Literature in Madrid Spain. Baker has published numerous poetry collections, most recently "Swift: New and Selected Poems" which was released earlier this year. He also and serves as the poetry editor for the Kenyon Review. He has received fellowships and awards from the Pushcart Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Poetry Society of America, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Jenny Johnson reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place earlier this year in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at the book store Desperate Literature in Madrid Spain. Jenny Johnson's 2017 book "In Full Velvet" was published by Sarabande Books. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, New England Review, and Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics among many others. She won a Whiting Award as well as awards and scholarships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Yaddo, and Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference. Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Linda Pastan, former poet laureate of Maryland and two time nominee for the National Book Award, talks about poetic imagination as a political force, discusses themes prominent in her poetry, and reads a few dog poems from her latest book. You can find Pastan's book "A Dog Runs Through It" here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393651304/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com