Of Poetry is hosted by Han VanderHart, author of Larks (Ohio UP, 2025).
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Read: "Midwinter" in The Dodge

Purchase: Songs for the Land-Bound (June Road Press, 2024)

Violeta Garcia-Mendoza is a Spanish-American poet, teacher, and suburban wildlife photographer. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals, and in 2022, she received a grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation. She is a member of the Madwomen in the Attic Writing Workshops at Carlow University. Violeta lives with her husband, children, and pack of rescue dogs on a small certified wildlife habitat in western Pennsylvania. Songs for the Land-Bound (June Road Press, 2024) is her debut collection.

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"In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rossetti

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