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Books and Brews Podcast Episode #26: Eugenia Fain


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Eugenia Fain is an author of poetry and prose.  She is also a songwriter and available on Amazon and Spotify.  Eugenia has forty years of experience in writing.  She is a preschool teacher and tutor.

She is published here and abroad; she is considered an international author.  Eugenia is featured in several anthologies.  She is published online, in print, ebook, and audiobook form.  She has no children of her own; but she resides in Columbia, SC with her husband, Ivan, and tabby cat, Buddy.  Allpoetry.com  

Eugenia's Readings:

  • Immortality, a glose poem – 13:12
  • A Song of Despair, a viator poem – 29:29
  • Dancing, a masnavi poem – 43:22

Michael’s Beer Pairings:

  • Course Correct, Pryes Brewing Company (paired to Immortality) – 11:45
  • Dark Truth Imperial Stout, Boulevard Brewing Company (paired to A Song of Despair) – 26:51
  • Black Ale, Bent Paddle Brewing Company (paired to Dancing) – 39:41

Interview Highlights:

  • Glose poems: which comes first, the poem or the idea? – 17:35
  • Published in Norton's Anthology at 11 – 24:17
  • Being positive vs admitting difficulty – 33:09
  • The complexity of forms – 36:56
  • Why love? – 45:05
  • Where do you hope your work is 100 years from now? – 50:29

COMING NEXT MONTH: Ernie Brill, poet

UPCOMING EVENTS: Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology.

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Books and Brews PodcastBy Michael Agnew and Laura Vosika