Poets & Writers

Henry McCarthy remembers master naturalist, Washington County teacher, coach, poet, and historian Randall Smith through a conversation they shared in 2016.

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Henry McCarthy interviews Emily Wilson (Ms. Wake Forest) about her life, her writing and her poetry. She also discusses the many personalities she has met over the years and her relationship to Edwin Wilson (Mr. Wake Forest).

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Host Henry McCarthy sits down with award winning author Barbara Kingsolver to discuss her new book Demon Copperhead.

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Tanya is currently the Director of Special Collections and Archives at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Tanya gives us a tour of special collections and shares her wisdom on using precious materials of our lives.

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Michael Blumenthal has been a law and creative writing professor at Harvard. He lived and studied with wildlife. Listen to Michael as he reads his wise poems and talks with Henry about a life of adventure.

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Drew Lanham is a poet, a forestry professor, and recently received the MacArthur Genius award for his work to preserve nature, particularly our beautiful birds. Henry interviews him in his truck at the Pat Conroy celebration of life in South Carolina,

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Join Henry McCarthy for another conversation with award-winning mystery writer, Shelly Frome for a free-ranging conversation.

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Henry McCarthy talks about his brother Billy, attends his funeral and conducts the eulogy.

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In this episode of Poets & Writers Henry talks with Emory & Henry English Professor Emeritus, Felicia Mitchell about her experiences navigating her mother's dementia and capturing those memories in poem in her newly published book, A Mother Speaks, A Daughter Listens.

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Henry McCarthy sits down and has another conversation with Pat Conroy.

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