In this special episode of anti-fascist poetry, David talks with Hannah Levy about her poem and the current democracy crisis in the United States. They discuss the value of art as a mode to process, as well as art as a vehicle for protest and exploration of truth. 

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Poems:

1.  "Apolitical Intellectuals" by Otto Rene Castillo, translated by Margaret Randall. Used with the translator's permission, read by David
2. "The Day a Poet Is Murdered by ICE," written and recited by Hannah Levy
3. "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs," by Renee Nicole Good. Read by David

Links:

Otto Rene Castillo, Apolitical Intellectuals/ Intelectuales apolíticos 

Writer and Translator Margaret Randall's Poetry Foundation Page

https://margaretrandall.org/

Hannah Levy's poem, "The Day a Poet Is Murdered by ICE"

https://hannaheve.substack.com/

"Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs," by Renee Nicole Good

Andre Henry's Instagram Post

"Beaumont to Detroit: 1943" by Langston Hughes

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David talks with poet Grant Clauser about his recent book, Temporary Shelters (Cornerstone Press, 2025). We talk about poetry grounded in place, and particularly in nature, but also the taking of shelter, however temporary those things that fascinate you, whatever they may be.  

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Poems: 

1. "Fireline Trail" from (2025, Cornerstone Press), read by David
2. "Talking with Birds" from (2025, Cornerstone Press), read by Grant
3. "From a Country Overlooked” by Tom Hennen, read by Grant, as published in Hennen’s book Darkness Sticks to Everything, published by Copper Canyon, 2013. Used on the podcast with permission.

Grant's Bio:

Grant Clauser is the author of several books, including Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven (2020) and Reckless Constellations (2018). His poems have appeared in the American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, Greensboro Review, and Tar River Poetry. He teaches in Rosemont College’s MFA program and works for  the New York Times.

Links:

GrantClauser.com

Temporary Shelters

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David talks with Mitchell Nobis about his first book of poetry, The Size of the Horizon, or I Explained Everything to the Trees. The poetry discussion spans the topics nature and politics to gun violence and publishing, all wrapped in a discussion centered on three poems. 

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Poems: 

1. "A Jackass Offers and Apology" from The Size of the Horizon, or I Explained Everything to the Trees (2025, Matchbox Editions)
2. "Monumental" from The Size of the Horizon, or I Explained Everything to the Trees (2025, Matchbox Editions)
3.  "For All” by Gary Snyder was presented as published in The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations, 1952-1998 (Volume I, 1999 Counterpoint). Used with Permission.

Mitchell's Bio:

Mitchell Nobis is a writer and K-12 public school teacher in Metro Detroit where he lives with his family and dog. He facilitates the Teachers as Poets group for the National Writing Project, hosts the Wednesday Night Sessions reading series for KickstART Farmington, and co-founded the Not at AWP (NAWP) reading series. He is a past president of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English and former co-director of Red Cedar Writing Project, and he co-authored Real Writing: Modernizing the Old School Essay, a pedagogical text for writing teachers. For more, see mitchnobis.com or find him falling apart on a basketball court.

Links:

mitchnobis.com

The Size of the Horizon, or I Explained Everything to the Trees

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Meet poet and Memoirist Judith Sornberger as we read three poems and chat about her writing inspirations and projects, as well as examine how these poems work on the page and how they communicate with each other and with other art, particularly how "Weaving," an ekphrastic poem by Judith draws on and expands from the mural by Diego Rivera. 

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Poems:

1. "Prayer Flags" by Judith Sornberger, read by David J. Bauman as it appears in the new anthology, Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania, edited by Marjorie Maddox & Jerry Wemple, published by Penn State University Press, 2025. 
2. "Weaving" by Judith Sornberger, read by Judith, published in her collection Sorority of Stillness: A Gallery of Women in Art, published by Shanti Arts, 2025.
3. "Throwing Like a Girl," by Marjorie Maddox, read by Judith Sornberger from Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania, edited by Marjorie Maddox & Jerry Wemple, published by Penn State University Press, 2025. 

Judith's Bio:

Poet, memoirist, and essayist Judith Sornberger earned her B.A. in University Studies at the age of 30 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln while a single mother raising twin sons. Sornberger is the author of five full-length books of poetry (most recently Sorority of Stillness: A Gallery of Women in Art from Shanti Arts, 2025K), six chapbooks, and a prose memoir. She first taught creative writing and literature in Nebraska prisons and since then has taught in many venues, including the University of Colorado-Boulder where she taught in the Women's Studies Program. She is professor emerita of Mansfield University of Pennsylvania where she created and taught in the Women's Studies Program, as well as teaching creative writing. She lives on the side of a mountain outside Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.

Links:

InThreePoems.com

https://www.judithsornberger.net/

Sorority of Stillness

Keystone Poetry

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