This week on From the Front Porch, we have another episode of Summer Readings! In this series, Annie introduces you to one book you should read this summer by reading an excerpt (with permission from publishers).

Today, Annie reads poems from different poetry collections. Use code SUMMERREADINGS at checkout to get 10% off the books below.

To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 543) or download and shop on The Bookshelf’s official app:

A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year by Liz Ison

A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush 

And Yet: Poems by Kate Baer

How About Now: Poems by Kate Baer (releases November 4th)

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A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here.

Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations. 

This week, Annie is reading Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson.

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Our Executive Producers are...Beth, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, Jammie Treadwell, and Amanda Whigham.