John reads his poem “Levi” from his forthcoming chapbook Apocrypha. He also discusses Biblical weirdness, the license to create, the radical potential of forgiveness, and stories that shape culture. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://johntessitore.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">johntessitore.substack.com/subscribe</a>

John reads his poem “Levi” from his forthcoming chapbook Apocrypha. He also discusses Biblical weirdness, the license to create, the radical potential of forgiveness, and stories that shape culture. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit johntessitore.substack.com/subscribe

John reads his poem “Levi” from his forthcoming chapbook Apocrypha. He also discusses Biblical weirdness, the license to create, the radical potential of forgiveness, and stories that shape culture. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://johntessitore.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" rel="noopener noreferrer">johntessitore.substack.com/subscribe</a>

Be True, Episode 72: Worthy Disciples and the Weary

In each episode of Be True, a weekly podcast about "the writing I love and the writing I do," John Tessitore reads a work of literature--either his own, or a work by another writer--and discusses its personal, literary, cultural, or historical importance, sometimes in response to the events of the day. John has been a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, a college lecturer, and a biographer. He has directed national policy studies on education, cultural policy, and civil justice. He is the executive director a national language education association. And he serves as Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. His poems have appeared in a variety of journals and he has published several chapbooks and poetry collections, and a novella, all available at www.johntessitore.com. <a href="https://johntessitore.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">johntessitore.substack.com</a>

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In each episode of Be True, a weekly podcast about "the writing I love and the writing I do," John Tessitore reads a work of literature--either his own, or a work by another writer--and discusses its personal, literary, cultural, or historical importance, sometimes in response to the events of the day. John has been a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, a college lecturer, and a biographer. He has directed national policy studies on education, cultural policy, and civil justice. He is the executive director a national language education association. And he serves as Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. His poems have appeared in a variety of journals and he has published several chapbooks and poetry collections, and a novella, all available at www.johntessitore.com. johntessitore.substack.com

In each episode of Be True, a weekly podcast about "the writing I love and the writing I do," John Tessitore reads a work of literature--either his own, or a work by another writer--and discusses its personal, literary, cultural, or historical importance, sometimes in response to the events of the day. John has been a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, a college lecturer, and a biographer. He has directed national policy studies on education, cultural policy, and civil justice. He is the executive director a national language education association. And he serves as Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. His poems have appeared in a variety of journals and he has published several chapbooks and poetry collections, and a novella, all available at www.johntessitore.com. <a href="https://johntessitore.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">johntessitore.substack.com</a>

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