Poetry Spoken Here

SPCIAL POETRY MONTH BONUS PODCAST! In this Poetry Month Bonus Podcast, host Charlie Rossiter explores a treasure trove of literary and American history, "The Book of Negro Folklore," 600+ pages, co-edited by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps, published in 1958. Visit our website: 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

Joseph Grantham, co-runner of Disorder Press, reads his poems from North Carolina. He discusses the inspiration to be found in slow moments at work and the power of the short poem. In the second part of the show, host Charlie Rossiter takes a look at the poetry of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage. Check out Disorder Press, here: http://disorderpress.com/ Visit our website: 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

Jason Price Everett reads poetic prose from his new book, "The War of Nonexistent Women & Other Instances" from 8th House Publishing in Montreal. Host Charlie Rossiter praises Chase's Calendar of Events as a resource for poets and other curious people in search of inspiration. More on Jason Everett, here: http://www.8thhousepublishing.com/authors/jason-price-everett Visit our website: 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

Charles Bukowski died on March 9, 1994. To honor the upcoming 25th anniversary of his passing, host Charlie Rossiter provides this appreciation of his work. The full range of Bukowski's writing is on display in this memorial episode, from his frantic "Hot" to "Marina" a poem written about his daughter. Read more about Bukowski, here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-bukowski Visit our website: 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

Melissa Tuckey, co-founder of Split This Rock, talks about her new anthology, "Ghost Fishing: An Eco-justice Poetry Anthology." Host Charlie Rossiter shares some ideas from George Orwell's 1947 essay on politics and language. Learn more about Split This Rock, here: http://www.splitthisrock.org/ Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

Maren (Lovey) Wright-Kerr, youngest ever and current Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate, and the Baltimore Youth Grand Slam Champion reads poetry that shows why she is so honored. You won't want to miss this slammer with substance. In the second part of the show host Charlie Rossiter reads and discusses the poetry of Lynne Sharon Schwartz. Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

Poetry slam champion Slangston Hughes shares his work and talks poetry, slam, spoken word and more. Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

There have been over 80 episodes of Poetry Spoken Here since the show started in June of 2015. To start 2019, we look back at a few of the writers whose work was featured in 2018. Alexandra Contreras-Montesano (PSH 77) https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-077-alexandra-contreras-montesano-and-sandra-simonds Kirk Judd (PSH 78)https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-078-kirk-judd-interview-and-reading Michael Dumanis (PSH 75)https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-075-michael-dumanis-on-teaching-poetry Cheryl Denise (PSH 80)https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-080-cheryl-denise-and-tanya-tagaqs-split-tooth-reviewed Liz Ahl (PSH 83)https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-083-liz-ahl-and-jim-harrisons-final-book-reviewed Jonathan Chaves (PSH 73)https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-073-jonathan-chaves-part-2-and-morgan-parker Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: poetrys

New Hampshire poet Liz Ahl reads from her book, "Beating The Bounds." In the second part of the show, host Charlie Rossiter reviews Jim Harrison's "Dead Man's Float." Find "Beating the Bounds" here: https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781939449146/beating-the-bounds.aspx Find "Dead Man's Float" here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7B2153813B-9A69-4E95-A727-183CD20BA598%7D Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

Long-time director of the West Virginia Writer’s Conference, Sherrell Wigal, reads her poems which reach deep into West Virginia culture. Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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 Simone shares her poetry from San Antonio, TX. Host Charlie Rossiter reviews Andy Clausen’s new book "BEAT: The Latter Days of the Beat Generation, a First-Hand Account." Listen to our episode remembering Jeff Poniewaz, here: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-004-antler-remembers-jeff-poniewaz-gary-snyders-new-book-reviewed Listen to our extended interview with David Cope about his correspondence with Allen Ginsberg, here: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-028-david-cope-discusses-allen-ginsberg-extended-interview Listen to our interview with Bill Morgan, Allen Ginsberg's archivist, here: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-068-bill-morgan-and-wait-till-im-dead-reviewed Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere

Cheryl Denise joins us from her sheep farm in West Virginia to share poems and talk about the experience of having a panic attack. Host Charlie Rossiter discusses "Split Tooth" the new book of memoir, prose and poetry by Tanya Tagaq from Nunavut Canada. Listen to Tanya Tagaq, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNb2ZDjeiU4 Get her book, here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/534654/split-tooth-by-tanya-tagaq/9780670070091/ Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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 this special episode, host Charlie Rossiter shares free Information and resources for the autodidact in you to advance your knowledge of poetry and writing poems. Coursera's Sharpened Visions: A Poetry Workshop Course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/poetry-workshop Coursera's "Modern and Contemporary poetry Course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo Ubu: http://ubu.com/ PennSound Archive and Other Resources: http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/ Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

West Virginia poet, Kirk Judd, talks about spirituality in poetry, his personal perspective on the mountain state he loves, and teaching the importance of getting poetry off the page. Recordings of his poetry with musical accompaniment are also featured. Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

Alexandra Contreras-Montesano, newly designated National Student Poet for the Northeast, shares her poetry. In the second part of the show, host, Charlie Rossiter gives an appreciation of Sandra Simonds’ narrative-elliptical, intellectual-sensual poetry. Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

Poet-priest Spencer Reece, joins us from Madrid, Spain, to share his poems. He also discusses the documentary, "Voices Beyond the Wall: 12 Love Poems from the Murder Capital of the World," that focuses on his year of using poetry to help abandoned and abused girls at the only girls’ orphanage in Hondurus. Spencer is also organizing the upcoming Unamuno Author Series, the first English-language reading series in Madrid. Find out more about the documentary here: http://www.voicesbeyondthewallmovie.com/ Find out more about Unamuno Author Series on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/UnamunoAuthors/about/?ref=page_internal Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

Michael Dumanis, faculty member at Bennington College and editor of the Bennington Review shares his poetry and explains how poems are found at "X," the place between where you start at point A and where you end up at point B. Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

Drum Hadley, a cowboy who writes poetry (not a "cowboy poet") reads from his major work, Voice of the Borderlands and discusses his work in an historic recording with Jim Harrison. At the end of the program, host Charlie Rossiter discusses Hadley's environmental conservation work. Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

The original version of this episode did not fully upload. If you have it already downloaded in your podcast feed, you can delete and listen to this. Jonathan Chaves, master translator of classical Chinese poetry into English is interviewed. Host Charlie Rossiter talks about Morgan Parker's poetry. Find part 1 of Jonathan Chaves' interview here: Poetry-spoken-here – Episode-072-jonathan-chaves-on-translation-part-1-and-natalie-shapero Find Parker's latest book here: tinhouse.com/product/there-are-…nce-morgan-parker/ Find Morgan Parker on twitter: twitter.com/morganapple Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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

Jonathan Chaves, master translator of classical Chinese poetry into English is interviewed. Host Charlie Rossiter talks about Natalie Shapero's poetry and attitude. Find Chaves' latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/Cave-Immortals-Poetry-Painter-1019-1079/dp/1891640909/ref=la_B001HOVE7G_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530928767&sr=1-2 Find Natalie Shapero on twitter: https://twitter.com/natalieshapero Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: 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