A reading of my poems "Song of the Smith" and "A Song to Stone," from the book Bone Antler Stone.

You can buy the book here, and read reviews and essays about the book here.

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at [email protected], and I will remove the episode immediately.

An episode from 8/2/21: A reading from James Garbarino's 1999 book on violent young men, Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent & How We Can Save Them. Garbarino has written many other books on the topic, and this one especially can both continue to speak to us today, as well as seem like a time capsule before the internet went crazy, before smartphones, and before social media. 

For these reasons & others, this episode is a good companion to only the third episode of Human Voices Wake Us, where I read from Mary Pipher's 1994 book on teenage girls, Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls.

Don’t forget to support Human Voices Wake Us on Substack, where you can also get our newsletter and other extras. You can also support the podcast by ordering any of my books: Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone.

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

The latest episode of The Poet Speaks, where I talk about storytelling with examples from James Joyce, Thomas Hardy, John Hawkes, Geoffrey Hill, and William Trevor. 

James Joyce's 1906 letter to his brother can be found here.

Thomas Hardy's short story, "On the Western Circuit," can be found here.

The two volumes of William Trevor's short stories can be found here and here. 

The short story collection of mine that I mention during the episode is called The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old. 

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at [email protected], and I will remove the episode immediately.

A reading of my poem "The Sun Sets Into the Sea," from the book Bone Antler Stone.

You can buy the book here, and read reviews and essays about the book here. 

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at [email protected], and I will remove the episode immediately.

An episode from 7/14/21: Tonight, I read and comment on interviews that Seamus Heaney gave on the writing of his 1991 book, Seeing Things. Perhaps surpassing even his 1975 collection, North, Seeing Things includes the forty-eight part autobiographical sequence called "Squarings," and much of the interview that I read from is taken up with these incredible poems. The interviews are from Dennis O'Driscoll's Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney.

Don’t forget to support Human Voices Wake Us on Substack, where you can also get our newsletter and other extras. You can also support the podcast by ordering any of my books: Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone.

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

An episode from 7/19/21: Tonight, I read 13 poems from Seamus Heaney's 1991 collection, and arguably his best single book of poetry, Seeing Things. Nearly all of the poems I've chosen from this collection are from his incredible autobiographical sequence, "Squarings":

Don’t forget to support Human Voices Wake Us on Substack, where you can also get our newsletter and other extras. You can also support the podcast by ordering any of my books: Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone.

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

A reading of two poems from Seamus Heaney's 1991 collection, Seeing Things. The poems are the title poem, "Seeing Things," and "1.1.87"; both address the memory and death of Heaney's father. 

Seeing Things can be purchased here.

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at [email protected], and I will remove the episode immediately.

A reading of five more poems from the sequence "Squarings," from Seamus Heaney's 1991 collection, Seeing Things. The poems in the sequence have only numbers for titles, and these are #32, #40, #42, 45, and #46. Seeing Things can be purchased here.

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at [email protected], and I will remove the episode immediately.

A reading of three poems from the sequence "Squarings," from Seamus Heaney's 1991 collection, Seeing Things. The poems in the sequence have only numbers for titles, and these are #25, #27 and #31. Seeing Things can be purchased here.

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to [email protected].

I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at [email protected], and I will remove the episode immediately.