Here we present the first half of our participation in the annual 100 Thousand Poets for Change event. If you've not heard of it, definitely look it up! The founder, Michael Rothenberg, sadly passed away in 2022 - he was our guest here in 2020, and we re-visited that episode midway through last season as well. Do check that out - he was a wonderful human. This episode features performances by Two.Five, Kim Keough, Daniel Hales of Frost Heaves and Hales, Josh Levy and Adam Zucker of Outro and Beth Filson.

For this bonus episode, we're featuring the live (on Zoom) reading and discussion with Christian Livermore for her debut novel on Meat For Tea Press The Very Special Dead. Hosted by noted author Jacob Polley!

Please join us and Christian at The Emily Williston Library in Easthampton MA, Oct 18, Splendor Solis Books in Northampton MA, Oct 20, and at the Hygenic Art Gallery, New London, CT Oct 21! She'll be reading from the novel, taking some Q&A and signing books, which will be available for purchase.

https://ewmlibrary.org/https://ewmlibrary.org/event/meat-for-tea-author-reading-with-christian-livermore/

https://www.splendorsolisbooks.com/page/SplendorSolisEvents

https://www.hygienic.org/events

You can find out more about Christian at https://www.christianlivermore.com/ and order her new novel from https://www.meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm or by visiting meatfortea.com and getting the ISBN and ordering it from your local bookstore!

Author, poet, writer Gayle Brandeis has a new book out, Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss, and joins Elizabeth for a second excellent conversation. Too much to list! Just grab a snack/beverage/comfy place to sit and tuck right into this super episode!

Be sure to check out Gayle's works at gaylebrandeis.com too!

One of the great things about hosting a podcast is guesting on other people's podcasts - and radio shows that are also podcasted!

This episode features Elizabeth and Mark, both of whom were guests on Tammy Takaishi's Creative Peacemeal, and then were asked by the lovely Tammy to come on her show and interview her for her 100th episode! Here we present a segment of the full podcast.

Then, Elizabeth and Mark were guests on the Fabulous 413 with the fabulous Kaliis and Monte - on NEPM radio here in the... 413... which also is available as a podcast after their initial air dates! This is their segment from the September 9th, 2023 show.

Do check out their podcasts if you like what you hear here!

Creative Peacemeal:

https://goodpods.app.link/BHmQeMG2cDb

The Fabulous 413:

https://goodpods.app.link/5UY544D2cDb

https://www.nepm.org/podcast/the-fabulous-413

Hi and welcome to the season 5 premiere! We've got a treat for you! Elizabeth and Mark are joined by Jovanna Van Pelt and Richard Wayne Horton in a table reading of A Long Moment in the South, part of Richard's book Artists in the Underworld. The book is out on Human Error Publishing. Richard is a frequent contributor to Meat For Tea. (See also his Meat For Tea Press book Sticks and Bones!)

We hope you enjoy this special recording of this excellent work.

"Stories do what their roots tell them to do, and the roots run deep in these stories. The book starts with eleven published stories in the dark range, then goes on to “A Long Moment In The South,” flash fiction, set in three Texas towns from 1953 to 1957. A strong voice and a person to person talking style takes the reader inside the stories. "...razor sharp language..." –Amy Laprade, novelist.

"...the driest sense of humor...this is a horse that leads YOU to water...and you drink it..." –Joshua Michael Stewart, poet. 

You can get your copy of Artists in the Underworld at https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Underworld-2023-Richard-Horton/dp/1948521679

Do check out https://www.humanerrorpublishing.com and of course https://meatfortea.com !

Wrapping up season 4 with a bang! Elizabeth converses with writer Jeffrey Feingold (author of the Meat For Tea Press book The Black Hole Pastrami - Stories and the bookThere is No Death in Finding Nemo on Impspired.) A lot of ground is covered discussing facets of Creative Non-Fiction and more. Jeffrey reads one of the storied from The Black Hole Pastrami as well. A real treat!

More can be found at https://jeffreymfeingold.com/ and very soon his book will be available at https://meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm

Wow! What a fast-paced, exciting episode this is! Elizabeth has an amazing conversation with writer Jerome Berglund (author of the Meat For Tea Press book Funny Pages) and who has also worked on feature films and is also an award-winning fashion and fine arts arts photographer (check out his IMDB!) covering a range of topics from Senryu and Haiku to politics, trials and tribulations of what a college degree is worth, to conspiracies (or are they?) and much much more. He reads some original work as well. Oh! He's also an editor! It's a wild ride. Grab a snack and a beverage and tuck in!

Follow him on twitter @BerglundJerome

Additonally, please consider donating to support some of our local farms (or local farms wherever you might be) who have been affected by recent flooding/climate change!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/mountain-view-farm-flood-damage-fund

https://whmp.com/news/160061-western-mass-farms-need-our-help/

A fabulous conversation as writer Karen Poppy joins Elizabeth to talk writing, comparisons and contrasts, some good socio-political talk, and more! Karen reads from their current book Diving at the Lip of the Water, as well as a new, heretofore unreleased piece. And the comparisons and contrasts get illustrated when they read from two favorite authors' works as well.

Find out more about Karen at:

https://karenpoppy.com

https://www.facebook.com/KarenPoppyPage

and on Instagram at @13foxesdesigns

Here's a preview of a Patreon Exclusive episode, the spoken word section of Le Cirque Avant la Lune Froide, December 3, 2022 at Abandoned Building Brewery. To hear the full episode and more, sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea. The higher tiers not only get the bonus audio content, but a PDF of each new issue of Meat For Tea: The Valley Review every quarter!

Readers in the full episode are:

Andrew Varnon, Gerald Yelle, Lindsay Adkins, Richard Wayne Horton, Mary Jennings, Michael Favala Goldman and Jacob Chapman!