Poetry Spoken Here

Chris Lee and Colleen O’Brien from Port Angeles, Washington, talk about how they set poetry to music and use poetry as a catalyst for improvised music in their performances as "PoetryMusic". Host Charlie Rossiter offers ideas for activities to celebrate National Poetry Month.

Lorette C. Luzajic, poet and visual artist from Toronto, talks about and reads her ekphrastic poetry. She's founder and host of ekphrastic.net, a website dedicated to poetry inspired by visual art. In the second part of the show, Charlie Rossiter reviews Jim Jarmusch’s new film Paterson.

Dawn Leas reads and talks about her poetry rooted in place, family and daily life. Host Charlie Rossiter uses Chinese poetry, feral children and mountain climbing Beat poets to remind us why we love the physical library.

Jeanetta Calhoun Mish, director of Red Earth Creative Writing MFA program at Oklahoma City University, reads from her recent book “What I Learned at the War.” In the second part of the show, host Charlie Rossiter talks about a new biography of radical modernist poet, Lola Ridge.

Nicole Yurcaba of Bridgewater VA reads her poetry and talks about how it is influenced by her love of music and Ukranian heritage. In the second part of the show, host Charlie Rossiter talks about Lawrence Ferlighetti’s book, "Poetry as Insurgent Art."

Award-winning Latino author, Brando Skyhorse, reads from his work and talks about the basic elements of Flash Fiction and how that form relates to poetry. In the second part of the show, host Charlie Rossiter further explores Flash Fiction with excerpts and commentary from Joyce Carol Oates and others

Ralph Murre, poet laureate of Door County, Wisconsin, reads his poems and talks about his project that publishes previously published poems. Host Charlie Rossiter then talks about the importance of reading for writing using examples from NY poet, Eileen Myles.

2016 was a great year for Poetry Spoken Here. We released 22 episodes and started a sister-podcast, Close Talking. Thank you to everyone who tuned in.

For anyone just finding the podcast, you can keep track of us with the links below.

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http://www.poetryspokenhere.com/

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Nancy Klepsch, poet-activist from Troy, NY, talks about her projects for social justice and her poetic explorations. Host Charlie Rossiter reflects on the Solstice and how a poem by Christina Rossetti became what some consider the best Christmas carol ever written.

New York City poet, Mason Granger, reads his poems, offers his thoughts on performance, and discusses the program he'll be hosting at New York's Bowery Poetry Club starting in January. Host Charlie Rossiter reviews Billy Collins' new book, "The Rain in Portugal."