Albany area poet Therese Broderick discusses her work, how she thinks about tone in poetry, introduces the concept of ice balloons, and talks about her personally curated lending library of local poets work. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Find us on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@cardboardboxproductionsinc Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com ..read more

Faith Vicinanza, slam poet and poet laureate of Southbury, CT, shares memories of the slam scene of the 90s, her plans for her laureateship, and the tips she gives to new writers in her workshops. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Find us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cardboardboxproductionsinc Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com ..read more

In 2022 Poetry Spoken Here celebrated its 200th episode. We had guests from across the United States and around the world. We also shared even more readings from the Unamuno Author Festival which took place in 2019. Guests you will hear on this episode include Ashley M. Jones, the first Black Poet Laureate of Alabama, Emmy Award-Winning Director Violet Du Feng, Polaris Award-Winning throat-singer, poet, and activist Tanya Tagaq and many, many more. In order or appearance in the show: Episode 181: Ashley M. Jones: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-180-ashley-m-jones-poet-laureat ..read more

Maya Jewell Zeller reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at Desperate Literature, an independent bookstore in Madrid. More about Maya Jewell Zeller, here: https://western.edu/people/maya-jewell-zeller/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com ..read more

Emmy Award-winning director Violet Du Feng discusses her latest film Hidden Letters about Nushu, a secret language developed by women in China. She also reads poems written in Nushu that offer a window into the lives of women living in rural China many years ago. Learn more about the film, here: https://www.hiddenlettersfilm.com/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetr ..read more

Raena Shirali is a poet, editor, and educator whose latest book SUMMONINGS won the 2021 Hudson Prize. The book examines present-day witch hunting in India. Shirali reads from the book, discusses some of the formatting choices she made, and explains the connections she sees between explicit witch hunting in India, and social practices in the United States that similarly endanger women. Learn more about Raena Shirali, here: http://www.raenashirali.com/ Get a copy of SUMMONINGS, here: https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/summonings/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open ..read more

Aracelis Girmay reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at La Residencia de Estudiantes which cultural luminaries such as Frederico Garcia Lorca and Salvador Dali once called home. Learn more about Aracelis Girmay, here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/aracelis-girmay SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenher ..read more

California poet Rich Ferguson reads from his new collection EVERYTHING IS RADIANT BETWEEN THE HATES. He also discusses and reads from BEAT, NOT BEAT a collection of California poets whose work is in a beat vein. Learn more about Rich and buy his books, here: http://rich-ferguson.com/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com ..read more

After just over six years, we've reached a milestone - 200 episodes of Poetry Spoken Here! This is an extra special episode featuring multi-award-winning musician, poet, and activist Tanya Tagaq. She reads from her 2018 book Split Tooth, shares warm memories of a dear friend, gives insight into the throat singing tradition she has helped keep vibrantly alive, and discusses her frustrations with the corporatization of activism. Learn more about Tanya on her website: www.tanyatagaq.com SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetrysp ..read more

Marty Gervais, the first Poet Laureate of Windsor, Ontario, reads from his new book MEETING THOREAU AT THE GAS STATION DINER, a collection of poems about his adventures hitchhiking across Canada in the late 1960s. During his travels he met preachers, wrestlers, firecracker salesmen, and even went in search of Jimi Hendrix's grandmother. Get a copy of MEETING THOREAU AT THE GAS STATION DINER, here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/meeting-thoreau-at-the-gas-station-diner-marty-c-h-gervais/1141382778 SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our websit ..read more