Shows
Deerfield Theater PodcastShrek The Musical, Meet the Cast: Annika HilemanAnnika Reece is a passionate performer and dance teacher who plays both a rat tapper and a lost boy in Deerfield’s upcoming production of Shrek the Musical. With a lifelong background in dance and musical theater, Annika brings energy and experience to the stage, having previously performed in shows like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Oklahoma. She values the collaborative, community-driven spirit of Deerfield Theater, describing it as welcoming and top-tier, and appreciates the opportunity to work with cast members of all ages. Annika finds joy in both teaching and performing, seeing each as a way to le...
2025-11-1323 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastShrek The Musical, Meet the Cast: Al Katz-MarianiAl Katz-Mariani, who plays Pinocchio in Deerfield Theater’s production of Shrek The Musical, shares his deep connection to the company, having performed in numerous shows since high school and considering it his theatrical home. As a public school teacher by day, Al values community theater for providing a high-caliber artistic outlet that fits his life, allowing him to collaborate with people of all ages and backgrounds. He highlights the welcoming, family-like atmosphere of Deerfield Theater, the impressive upgrades to its facilities, and the unique opportunities the show offers both ensemble and lead performers. Al discusses the challenges and ex...
2025-11-1122 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastShrek The Musical, Meet the Cast: Mae O'ConnellIn this episode, we meet Mae O’Connell, the youngest-ever guest on the Deerfield Theater Podcast and a true rising star at just nine years old. With an impressive resume of around 15 shows already under her belt, Mae brings infectious enthusiasm and wisdom beyond her years to her role as Young Fiona in Deerfield Theater’s production of Shrek The Musical. She shares her journey from her first stage experiences in kindergarten to the thrill of performing alongside both kids and adults, and the unique excitement of singing a trio as part of a multi-generational Fiona cast. Mae’s love f...
2025-11-0819 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastShrek The Musical, Meet the Cast: Matanel RoitmanMatanel Roitman plays Shrek in Deerfield Theater’s upcoming production of Shrek The Musical. Matanel shares his journey from high school theater to earning a BFA in acting, and how performing is both his passion and his therapy. He reflects on the thrill of playing both villains and heroes, the unique challenges of bringing Shrek to life (including nailing his version of that famous Scottish accent), and the camaraderie of the Deerfield Theater community. Matanel also opens up about adapting to the pandemic as a performer and director, and how his love for storytelling—on stage, in Dungeons & Dragons, or a...
2025-10-2821 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastTime to Audition for Shrek the Musical with Director Karen ShumanKaren Shuman, the director of Deerfield Theater’s upcoming Shrek the Musical, came on the podcast to talk about the show and upcoming auditions. Karen discusses her lifelong passion for theater, tracing her journey from childhood to her current role as a director. She shares her love for Shrek, mentioning how it is a favorite in her household and how she pushed hard for it to be staged because of its heartfelt and fun nature. Karen also highlights the unique and catchy new songs in the musical, which differentiates it from the popular movies. We reflect on the inclusive an...
2025-07-2425 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5 Outro Episode (with Mathew Kerbis, Lisa Hiton, and Daniel Baer)Our Queer Poem-a-Day "outro" episode, featuring three "extras" for Year 5! At 02:00: Mathew Kerbis, a board member of The Friends of the Deerfield Public Library, shares details about the local 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, dedicated to enriching the Library's materials, services, and programs for the members of the community. Mathew shares with us some of the Library programs (like Queer Poem-a-Day!) and services that the Friends group supports, and how you can get involved. Check them out at: https://www.deerfieldlibrary.org/about/friends-of-the-library/ At 09:00: The audio of our annual Queer Poem-a-Day Capstone Lecture program, where co-directors Lisa Hiton and D...
2025-07-0355 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 5 TrailerWe're back for year five of Queer Poem-a-Day! Queer Poem-a-Day is a unique podcast series for Pride Month, presenting a public archive of original poems written and read by contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets. For this fifth year, we'll be sharing a poem each weekday in June. Get exciting with this audio collage "cento" trailer, featuring some of the voices from year five (see if you can recognize the voice of a favorite poet!). Then tune in Monday, June 2, for our first episode on our Queer Poem-a-Day page, and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts. Queer Po...
2025-05-3004 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastOur Town, Meet the Producer, Julie StevensJulie Stevens shares her extensive background in theater, revealing her journey as both an actress and producer. She discusses her roles as a board member at Deerfield Theater and her return to acting after a 20-year hiatus, during which she built a successful career in senior living. Julie highlights her contributions to the local theater scene, her experiences overcoming pandemic-related challenges, and the excitement around producing Our Town, emphasizing its relevance and emotional impact. Additionally, she reflects on the new dynamics following the merger of Deerfield Family Theater and Theater D boards and her enthusiasm for bringing the community...
2025-04-0931 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastOur Town, Meet the Cast: Sarah CanonSarah Canon is an experienced performer and choreographer deeply involved with Deerfield Theater. Sarah, who has been both on stage and behind the scenes, discusses her notable roles and contributions, including performing in "Annie" and choreographing productions like "Beauty and the Beast" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." She shares her excitement about her current role as Emily Webb in the upcoming production of "Our Town," calling it a dream role. Sarah also reflects on her pandemic experiences, the unique dynamic of working with her husband, Matt Canon, who is also involved in Deerfield Theater, and offers insights into...
2025-04-0826 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastDeerfield Podcasts Unite Again! Dylan Zavagno of the Deerfield Public Library Returns.In this episode of the Deerfield Theater Podcast, Dylan Zavagno from the Deerfield Public Library returns as a guest. Dylan, the adult services coordinator at the library since 2017, discusses his role in hosting the Deerfield Public Library podcast and running various programs, including the Queer-Poem-A-Day series and the classics book discussion. He shares recent highlights from his podcast, including interviews with local and renowned authors. Dylan also delves into Roald Dahl's works, discussing their impact and the author's complicated legacy, while recommending contemporary read-alikes for young readers.Dylan provides insight into the Friends of the Deerfield Public...
2024-09-1325 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Cindy Juyoung OkDay 15: Cindy Juyoung Ok reads her poem "Claim." They originally published the poem in Conjunctions Issue 75 (Fall 2020). Cindy Juyoung Ok is the author of Ward Toward from the Yale Series of Younger Poets and an assistant English professor at the University of California Davis. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language. Queer Poem...
2024-06-2103 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Yinlin ZhaoDay 14: Yinlin Zhao reads its poem "The Mpreg Poem." We are honored to be the poem's first publication. Yinlin Zhao (he/it/go for it, truly) is a writer/student out on the East Coast and on the world wide web. All the stuff it makes is probably about robots, bugs, or a secret third thing. His work has been published in warning lines literary, Hominum Journal, The Dawn Review, and antinarrative, and has been recognized by Scholastic. Its website, which has a bunch of his creations, is https://braveyoungcowboys.neocities.org/ Text of today's...
2024-06-2007 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Séamus Isaac FeyDay 13: Séamus Isaac Fey reads his poem "Edwin says I deserve to be loved with precision" which appears in their new collection decompose (Not a Cult Media, 2024). Séamus Isaac Fey (he/they) is a Trans writer living in LA. Currently, he is the poetry editor at Hooligan Magazine, and co creative director at Rock Pocket Productions. His debut poetry collection, decompose, is out with Not a Cult Media. His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Poet Lore, The Offing, Sonora Review, and others. He loves to beat his friends at Mario Party. Find him onl...
2024-06-1902 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Fatimah AsgharDay 12: Fatimah Asghar reads their poem "The Ocean is Trynna Fuck," originally published in the American Poetry Review, 2023. Fatimah Asghar is an artist who spans across different genres and themes. They have been featured in various outlets such as TIME, NPR, Teen Vogue and the Forbes 30 Under 30 List. They are the author of If They Come For Us and When We Were Sister, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Carol Shield's Prize. Along with Safia Elhillo they co-edited an anthology for Muslim people who are also women, trans, gender non-conforming, and/ or qu...
2024-06-1803 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Joshua GarciaDay 11: Joshua Garcia reads "Epistle (Deluge)" which first appeared in New South and appears in his new collection Pentimento. Joshua Garcia is the author of Pentimento (Black Lawrence Press 2024). His poetry has appeared in Ecotone, The Georgia Review, Passages North, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from the College of Charleston and has received a Stadler Fellowship from Bucknell University and an Emerge—Surface—Be Fellowship from The Poetry Project. He lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queer...
2024-06-1704 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: p. hodges adamsDay 10: p. hodges adams reads their poem "pêche d'enfer," originally published in the New Orleans Review, 2022. p. hodges adams is a michigander poet who received their MFA in creative writing from the university of virginia, where they currently teach as a lecturer. their work can be found in cutbank, fourteen poems, december magazine, and elsewhere. hopefully they will turn into a beam of sunlight someday soon. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. ...
2024-06-1402 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Jimin SeoDay 9: Jimin Seo reads his poem "Richard Wakes Up in The Middle of The Night" forthcoming from his book OSSIA (Changes, 2024). Jimin Seo was born in Seoul, and immigrated to the US to join his family at the age of eight. He is the author of OSSIA, a winner of The Changes Book Prize. His poems can be found in Action Fokus, The Canary, annulet, Pleiades, mercury firs, and The Bronx Museum. His most recent projects were Poems of Consumption with H. Sinno at the Barbican Centre in London, and a site activation for salazarsequeromedina's Open Pavilion a...
2024-06-1303 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Amelia AdaDay 8: Amelia Ada reads an excerpt from her collection Hard and Glad, forthcoming from DOPAMINE/Semiotext(e) May 2026. Amelia Ada is a trans poet and essayist, and she is currently a doctoral candidate in literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California. Her writing has appeared widely in journals, and she is the co-creator and co-host of the podcast You Shouldn't Let Poets Lie To You. She lives in Los Angeles. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from p...
2024-06-1204 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Mark WunderlichDay 7: Mark Wunderlich reads his poem "No Horse." We are honored to be the first publisher of this poem. Mark Wunderlich is the author of four collections of poems, the most recent of which is God of Nothingness published by Graywolf Press. His other collections include The Earth Avails, winner of the Rilke Prize, Voluntary Servitude, and The Anchorage, which received the Lambda Literary Award. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Amy Lowell Trust, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and the Wallace Stegner program at Stanford University. He serves as Exec...
2024-06-1103 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Angel NafisDay 6: Angel Nafis reads her poem "Why R&B First Thing in the Morning, Why R&B Above All," originally published on The Rumpus in 2015. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Angel Nafis is a writer and the author of BlackGirl Mansion (Red Beard Press/ New School Poetics, 2012). She earned her BA at Hunter College and her MFA in poetry at Warren Wilson College. Her work has appeared in The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-day, BLACK FUTURES, The Rumpus, Poetry Magazine, Buzzfeed Reader and elsewhere. Text of today's poem and more d...
2024-06-1003 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Gabrielle BatesDay 5: Gabrielle Bates reads her poem "Intro to Theater," which appears in her collection Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023) [and an an earlier version of it appeared in Ploughshares]. Gabrielle Bates is the author of Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023), named Electric Lit's top poetry book of the year and an NPR Best Book of 2023. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, she currently lives in Seattle, where she works for Open Books: A Poem Emporium and co-hosts the podcast The Poet Salon. Website: www.gabriellebat.es Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at...
2024-06-0703 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Richard SikenDay 4: Richard Siken reads his new poem Cover Story, originally published in Pithead Chapel, which will appear in his forthcoming book I Do Know Some Things (Copper Canyon Press, 2025). Richard Siken is a poet, painter, and filmmaker. His book Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück, a Lambda Literary Award, a Thom Gunn Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His other books are War of the Foxes (Copper Canyon Press, 2015) and I Do Know Some Things (forthcoming, Copper Canyon Press, 2025). Siken is a recipient of...
2024-06-0604 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Leslie SainzDay 3: Leslie Sainz reads her poem "At the Center of the Story & Utterly Left Out", originally published in The Common (2023). Leslie Sainz is the author of Have You Been Long Enough at Table (Tin House, 2023), a finalist for the 2024 Audre Lorde Award. The daughter of Cuban exiles, her work has appeared in the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, the Yale Review, Kenyon Review, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. A three-time National Poetry Series finalist, she's received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, CantoMundo, and the Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts at Bucknell University. Originally f...
2024-06-0504 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: Eduardo C. CorralDay 2: Eduardo C. Corral read the title poem of his 2020 collection Guillotine (Graywolf Press). Eduardo C. Corral is the son of Mexican immigrants. He's the author of Guillotine, published by Graywolf Press, and Slow Lightning, which won the 2011 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. He's the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship, a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University. He teaches in the MFA program at North Carolina State University. Text of today's poem and more details about our program c...
2024-06-0403 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4: jason b. crawfordDay 1: jason b. crawford reads their poem "Untitled 1975-86." We are honored to be the first publication of this poem. jason b. crawford is a writer born in Washington DC, raised in Lansing, MI. Their debut Full-Length Year of the Unicorn Kidz is out from Sundress Publications. They are a 2023 Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Voices fellow. Their second collection, YEET! is forthcoming from Omnidawn Publishing in 2025. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. ...
2024-06-0304 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day, Year 4 TrailerQueer Poem-a-Day is a unique podcast series for Pride Month, presenting a public archive of poems written and read by contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets. For this fourth year, we are sharing a poem each weekday in June on our podcast and on our website. Enjoy this audio trailer featuring a collage of some of our voices for 2024. Get episodes of poets reading their poems each weekday starting Monday, June 3, 2024 on the Deerfield Public Library Podcast feed—where we also host interviews with authors of all genres and other notable people from Chicagoland and around the world. Listen on Ap...
2024-05-2902 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Composer Robert Savage & John AshberyFor our final day of Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition, we reveal the unknown lineage story of the composer Robert Savage (whose "AIDS Ward Scherzo" is our excerpted music this year) and and his connection to poet John Ashbery. While preparing the music for this year, our pianist Daniel Baer discovered a 1982 piece by Savage "Chaconne," dedicated to John Ashbery. For the last month, while we've been presenting lineage poems, we've also been tracking down the mystery of their connection. We want to extend our enormous gratitude to David Kermani, John Ashbery's husband, for his time and sharing hi...
2023-06-3027 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Amanda GunnAmanda Gunn reads a poem by Judy Grahn and the poem "Like This" from Amanda's new book Things I Didn't Do With This Body (Copper Canyon Press, 2023). Quick Note: for today's episode, Amanda Gunn chose a long poem by the living poet Judy Grahn as her lineage work—while Judy Grahn is not a "poet of the past" Amanda's passion about this poem and this great figure of our current age was irresistible, so we end our Lineage series by reopening the present. Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring cont...
2023-06-2837 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Megan FernandesMegan Fernandes reads a poem by Federico García Lorca and "Paris Poem Without Clichés" from Megan's just-released book, I Do Everything I'm Told (Tin House, 2023) Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Megan Fernandes is a poet living in NYC. She has been published in The New Yorker, The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, among many others. Text of today's original poem and more details about our...
2023-06-2608 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Jameson FitzpatrickJameson Fitzpatrick reads a text by Gertrude Stein and a poem "The Genius of Wives I Have Sat With" from Jameson's chapbook Mr. & (Indolent Books, 2018). Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Jameson Fitzpatrick is the author of the poetry collection Pricks in the Tapestry (Birds, LLC, 2020) and the chapbooks Mr. & (Indolent Books, 2018) and Morrisroe: Erasures (89plus/LUMA Publications, 2014). She is a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in Cre...
2023-06-2206 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Alicia MountainAlicia Mountain reads a poem by Pat Parker and "Rewinding the Lesbian Sex Scene on a Flight to Denver" originally published in American Poetry Review. Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Alicia Mountain is the author of Four in Hand (BOA 2023). Her debut collection, High Ground Coward (Iowa 2018), won of the Iowa Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Guernica, Pleiades, Poetry Northwest, and American Poetry Rev...
2023-06-2112 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Chen Chen Chen Chen reads a poem by Justin Chin and "The World's Italianest Resturant" from Chen's new book, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency (BOA Editions, 2022); the poem first appeared in bath magg (bathmagg.com/chenchen2/). In this special longer episode, Chen Chen shares (in conversation with Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno) his reflections on the importance of libraries being for everybody and standing against censorship. Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of...
2023-06-1942 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: K. IverK. Iver reads a peice by David Wojnarowicz and their poem "Central Park" originally published in Bat City Review, Spring 2023. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language. Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. K. Iver (they/them) is a nonbinary trans poet born in Mississippi. Their book Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco won the 2022 Ballard Sp...
2023-06-1606 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Tara SkurtuTara Skurtu reads a poem by Elizabeth Bishop and "Morning Love Poem" from from her debut collection The Amoeba Game (Eyewhere Publishing, 2017), and first published in the Minnesota Review. Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Tara Skurtu is the author of the chapbook Skurtu, Romania, the full poetry collection The Amoeba Game, and the upcoming collection Faith Farm. A two-time Fulbright grantee and recipient of a Robert Pinsky G...
2023-06-1407 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Armen DavoudianArmen Davoudian reads a poem by James Merrill and "The Yellow Swan" from Armen's chapbook Swan Song (Bull City Press, 2020), originally published in Literary Matters, 11.3. Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Armen Davoudian is the author of The Palace of Forty Pillars, forthcoming from Tin House Books in in Winter 2024. His poems and translations from Persian appear in Poetry magazine, the Hopkins Review, the Yale Review, and elsewhere. Hi...
2023-06-1210 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Rachel MenniesRachel Mennies reads a poem by Muriel Rukeyser and "Feburary 26, 2017" from Rachel's book The Naomi Letters. Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Rachel Mennies is the author, most recently, of THE NAOMI LETTERS (BOA Editions, 2021). Her poetry has appeared, or will soon, at Poetry, American Poetry Review, The Believer, and elsewhere. An editor for AGNI, she lives in Chicago. Text of today's original poem and more d...
2023-06-0909 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Maggie MillnerMaggie Millner reads a poem by Adrienne Rich and Section 2.9 from Millner's new book Couplets. Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Maggie Millner is the author of Couplets (FSG, 2023). Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Nation, BOMB, Kenyon Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. She is currently a senior editor at The Yale Review and a lecturer in writing at Yale. Text o...
2023-06-0705 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Derrick Austin Derrick Austin reads a poem by Robert Hayden and "Black Docent." Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Derrick Austin is the author of Tenderness (BOA Editions, 2021), winner of the 2020 Isabella Gardner Poetry Award, and Trouble the Water (BOA Editions, 2016) selected by Mary Szybist for the A. Poulin Jr, Poetry Prize. His first chapbook, Black Sand, is recently out from Foundlings Press. Tenderness was a finalist for the Lambda L...
2023-06-0507 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: Richie HofmannRichie Hofmann reads a poem by Walt Whitman and "Reconciliation." Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition is our new format for year three! Featuring contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets reading a poem by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past, followed by an original poem of their own. Richie Hofmann is the author of two books of poems, A Hundred Lovers (2022) and Second Empire (2015). His poetry appears recently in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, and The Yale Review, and has been honored with the Ruth Lilly and Wallace Stegner fellowships. Work from a new ma...
2023-06-0206 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition: An IntroductionFor this third season of the program, we are shaking things up with a new format: Queer Poem-a-Day Lineage Edition. In each podcast episode, we asked a contemporary queer poet to read a work of influence by an LGBTQIA+ writer of the past followed by an original poem of their own. Our participating poets also discuss the poem they chose and how their own work responds, offering an educational opportunity to consider how today's vibrant living voices are in conversation with the voices of the past that live on library shelves. Our new semi-daily format (shared Monday, Wednesday, and...
2023-06-0117 min
The Deerfield Public Library Podcast59: Lisa Barr, author of Woman on FireWe're sharing the recording of the special in-person interview we held earlier this month with New York Times bestselling author—and Deerfield resident—Lisa Barr. Our conversation was recorded live in front of an enthusiastic audience of fans, family, friends, book clubs, book bloggers, and neighbors. Lisa Barr's novel Woman on Fire (2022) tells the story of the contemporary pursuit of a single Nazi-looted painting and the many lives it touches. Lisa shares how her own family history and her fascinating career as a journalist inspires her fiction. We take a local angle on this popular novel...
2023-04-2548 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Gay Epithalamium by Benjamin GarciaBenjamin Garcia's first collection, THROWN IN THE THROAT, won the National Poetry Series and the Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize, in addition to being a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. He works as a sexual health and harm reduction educator in New York's Finger Lakes region, where he received the Jill Gonzalez Health Educator Award recognizing contributions to HIV treatment and prevention. A CantoMundo and Lambda Literary fellow, he serves as core faculty at Alma College's low-residency MFA program. His poems and essays have recently appeared or are forthcoming in: AGNI, American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, and...
2022-06-3005 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: GPOY as Rainbowfrong.gif by Aerik FrancisAerik Francis is a Queer Black & Latinx poet based in Denver, Colorado, USA. Aerik is the author of the recently published chapbook BODYELECTRONIC (Trouble Department 2022). Selected by Dorothy Chan as the winner of the 2022 chapbook contest, Aerik's second chapbook MISEDUCATION is forthcoming from New Delta Review in 2023. Aerik is the recipient of poetry fellowships from Canto Mundo and The Watering Hole, as well as a poetry reader for Underblong poetry journal and an event coordinator for Slam Nuba. Aerik's work can be found on their website phaentompoet.com. Copyright © 2021 by Aerik Francis. This poem first appeared in HAD...
2022-06-2903 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Polyamory by Madeleine CravensMadeleine Cravens is a 2022-2024 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. She received her M.F.A from Columbia University, where she was a recipient of the Max Ritvo Poetry Fellowship. She was the first-place winner of Narrative Magazine's 2021 Poetry Contest and 2020 30 Below Contest, a semifinalist for the 92 Street Y's 2021 Discovery Prize, and a finalist for the 2022 James Hearst Poetry Prize. Copyright © 2022 by Madeleine Cravens. This poem is originally published on Queer Poem-a-Day. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating po...
2022-06-2802 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Arm'd and Fearless by Julian GewirtzJulian Gewirtz is the author of YOUR FACE MY FLAG (Copper Canyon Press, forthcoming October 2022 (https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/your-face-my-flag-by-julian-gewirtz). His poems have appeared in the Best American Poetry, Boston Review, Lambda Literary, The Nation, The New Republic, PEN America, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, and elsewhere. He is also the author of two books on the history of modern China, Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s and Unlikely Partners ("a gripping read" –The Economist). He co-edited an issue of Logic Magazine on China and technology and has written essays and reviews for publications in...
2022-06-2702 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: The Need for Repetition by Jim WhitesideJim Whiteside is the author of a chapbook, Writing Your Name on the Glass (Bull City Press, 2019) and is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. His poems have appeared in The New York Times, POETRY, Ploughshares, Boston Review, and Best New Poets 2020. The recipient of scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and Sewanee Writers' Conference, he earned his MFA from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He works as a copywriter and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Copyright © Jim Whiteside 2021. Originally published in Black Warrior Review, Fall/Winter 2021, No. 48.1 Text of tod...
2022-06-2603 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: from Dependence, the Joistrix / How you are made by Emily MartinEmily Martin is a writer and teacher from Brooklyn. Her most recent work is in Tagvverk and Blazing Stadium, and the rest of her work is here: myemilymartin.com. Copyright © 2022 by Emily Martin. Originally published on Queer Poem-a-Day. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for this second year of our series is...
2022-06-2505 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Jacob Riis Memorial Beach by Stephen IraStephen Ira is a writer and performer. Favorite appearances, in various roles, include Poetry (Chicago), Fence, tagvverk, the Poetry Project Newsletter, La Mama Etc, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Philly Trans Wellness Conference. Copyright © 2022 by Stephen Ira. Originally published in Chasers (New Michigan Press, 2022). Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Mu...
2022-06-2402 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Let There Be Pride by Richard BlancoRichard Blanco is the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history—the youngest, first Latino, immigrant, and gay person to serve in such a role. Born in Madrid to Cuban exile parents and raised in Miami, the negotiation of cultural identity and place characterize his body of work. He is the author of the poetry collections Looking for the Gulf Motel, Directions to the Beach of the Dead, and City of a Hundred Fires; the poetry chapbooks Matters of the Sea, One Today, and Boston Strong; a children's book of his inaugural poem, "One Today," illustrated by Dav Pilkey...
2022-06-2305 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: gxrl gospel iv: beast of a southern wild by Aurielle MarieAurielle Marie is an award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural strategist. They are a Black queer storyteller, a political organizer, and child of the Deep South by way of Atlanta. Their poetry debut, Gumbo Ya Ya, won the 2020 Cave Canem prize and is a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Copyright © Aurielle Marie 2020. A version was originally published in their collection Gumbo Ya Ya (University of Pittsburg Press, 2020). Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Quee...
2022-06-2203 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Oracle by Ari BaniasAri Banias is the author of A SYMMETRY (2021), winner of the 2021 Publishing Triangle Award for Trans & Gender Variant Literature, and ANYBODY (2016), both from W.W. Norton. His poems have appeared in Bæst, Hyperallergic, The Nation, The New Republic, Triple Canopy, The Yale Review, and elsewhere. He lives in Chicago. Copyright © Ari Banias. Published in BathHouse Journal, and then in their collection A Symmetry (W. W. Norton, 2021). Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem...
2022-06-2102 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Book VI from The Queerness of Eve by Emilia PhillipsEmilia Phillips is the author of four books of poetry, including Embouchure (University of Akron Press, 2021). They teach in the MFA in Writing Program at UNC Greensboro. Copyright © 2021 by Emilia Phillips. Originally published in Copper Nickel, Fall 2021. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for this second year of our se...
2022-06-2002 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: 2000 miles and this is the love letter I send you over text by Noa/h FieldsNoa/h Fields is a Chicago-based writer and curator. She works at the Poetry Foundation and is a 2022 fellow at Zoeglossia and Disability Lead. Her writing has appeared in Anomaly, Tripwire, Zoeglossia, and Sixty Inches from Center. Copyright © 2018 by Noa/h Fields. Originally published in With, a micro-chapbook (Ghost City Press, 2018). Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services...
2022-06-1902 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: All My Friends are Sad & Bright by Cameron Awkward-RichCameron Awkward-Rich is the author of two collections of poetry—Sympathetic Little Monster (Ricochet Editions, 2016) and Dispatch (Persea Books, 2019)—as well as The Terrible We: Thinking with Trans Maladjustment, forthcoming from Duke University Press. His writing has appeared, in various forms, in Poetry, American Poetry Review, Transgender Studies Quarterly, Signs, and elsewhere, and has been supported by fellowships from Cave Canem, the Lannan Foundation, and the ACLS. Presently, he lives in Greenfield Massachusetts and is an assistant professor in Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Copyright © 2019 by Cameron Awkward-Rich. Originally published in Dispatch (Persea Books, 20...
2022-06-1803 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: On Growing Bored with Synonyms for the Apocalypse, I Rename It Carl... by C. Russell PriceC. Russell Price is originally from Glade Spring, Virginia, but now lives in Chicago. They are a Lambda Fellow in Poetry, a Ragdale Fellow, a Windy City Times 30 Under 30 honoree, an essayist, and a poet. They are the author of a chapbook, Tonight, We Fuck the Trailer Park Out of Each Other. Their work has appeared in the Boston Review, Court Green, DIAGRAM, Iron Horse Literary Review, Lambda Literary, Nimrod International, PANK, and elsewhere. Their full length collection oh, you thought this was a date?!: Apocalypse Poems will be published by Northwestern University this month. Copyright © 2022 by C...
2022-06-1705 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: The Antihero by Megan FernandesMegan Fernandes is a poet living in NYC. Copyright © 2015 by Megan Fernandes. This poem received commendation by Don Paterson in the annual Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition and was published in Fernandes' first collection The Kingdom and After (2015, Tightrope Books). Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for this second ye...
2022-06-1603 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Humpty Dumpty by Spencer ReeceSpencer Reece is the author of The Clerk's Tale and The Road to Emmaus, long-listed for the National Book Award. In 2017 he edited, Counting Time Like People Count Stars: Poetry by the Girls of Our Little Roses. The Secret Gospel of Mark: A Poet's Memoir and All The Beauty Still Left: A Poet's Painted Book of Hours arrived in 2021. He has worked as an Episcopal priest in Honduras, Spain, and New York City. Copyright © 2022 by Spencer Reece. Originally published on Queer Poem-a-Day, June 2022. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be f...
2022-06-1502 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastMeet the Newest Star of the Deerfield Park District, Laney HaupertDFT Info: http://deerfieldfamilytheater.comOpen Positions: https://www.deerfieldparks.org/jobs/Laney's email: laney@deerfieldparks.orgDeefield Park District: https://www.deerfieldparks.orgCheck out these events: Rodeo Roundup, Woofstock, and Youth CeramicsJewett Park Community Center: 836 Jewett Park Dr, Deerfield, IL 60015Message us: https://anchor.fm/dft This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deerfieldtheater.substack.com
2022-06-1425 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Salt Lake City by Christian GulletteChristian Gullette is a National Poetry Series finalist and his poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The American Poetry Review, The Yale Review, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Northwest Review, Los Angeles Review, and other journals. He is a 2022 Discovery / 92Y Contest semi-finalist. He serves as the editor-in-chief of The Cortland Review. His website is christiangullette.com. Copyright © 2021 by Christian Gullette. Originally published in Northwest Review, Fall 2021. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's ca...
2022-06-1402 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Photograph by Jenny GeorgeJenny George is the author of The Dream of Reason (Copper Canyon Press, 2018). She is also a winner of the "Discovery"/Boston Review Poetry Prize and a recipient of fellowships from The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Lannan Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, and Yaddo. Her poems have appeared in The New York Times, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, Narrative, Granta, Iowa Review, FIELD, Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. Jenny lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she works in social justice philanthropy. Copyright © 2019 by Jenny George, originally published in the Massachusetts Review. Text of today's poem an...
2022-06-1302 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Soon by Makshya TolbertMakshya Tolbert is a poet, cook, and potter who just found her way back to Virginia. Her recent poems and essays have been published in Interim, Narrative Magazine, Emergence Magazine, Tupelo Quarterly, Art Papers, The Night Heron Barks, For the Culture, Earth in Color, Odd Apples, and with poetry forthcoming in RHINO. Makshya is currently based in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she is a second-year MFA student walking the grounds of the University of Virginia. Makshya serves on the Charlottesville Tree Commission and is a 2022-23 Lead to Life Curatorial Fellow. In her free time, she is elsewhere— what Eddie S...
2022-06-1203 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Boombox Ode: Enjoy the Silence by K. IverK. Iver is a nonbinary trans poet from Mississippi. Their work has appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Adroit, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. They are the 2021-2022 Ronald Wallace Poetry Fellow for the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. They have a Ph.D. in Poetry at Florida State University. Copyright © 2022 by K. Iver. Originally published in The Adroit Journal, April 2022. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and tea...
2022-06-1103 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Ode to Sneakers by Tory AdkissonTory Adkisson is the author of The Flesh Between Us (SIU Press, 2021), winner of the Crab Orchard Series Open Book Competition. His poems have appeared widely in journals such as Third Coast, Crazyhorse, Adroit Journal, Boston Review, Quarterly West, and elsewhere. He lives in Oakland and teaches writing at UC Berkeley. Copyright © 2021 by Tory Adkisson. Originally published in the New Orleans Review, and then in his book The Flesh Between Us (South Illinois University Press, 2021). Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find boo...
2022-06-1003 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Argument of Situations by Shangyang FangShangyang Fang grew up in Chengdu, China, and writes both in English and Chinese. A graduate from Michener Center for Writers, he is a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. His works appeared in The Nation, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, Forward Book of Poetry Anthology, The Best American Poetry, and Pushcart Prize Anthology. He is the author of the poetry collection, Burying the Mountain (Copper Canyon Press, 2021). Copyright © 2021 by Shangyang Fang. "Argument of Situations" is from his book Burying the Mountain. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/
2022-06-0905 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: The Morning After by Ellen BassEllen Bass's most recent collection, Indigo, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2020. Her other poetry books include Like a Beggar, The Human Line, and Mules of Love. Her poems appear frequently in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, and many other journals. Among her awards are Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The NEA, and The California Arts Council, The Lambda Literary Award, and four Pushcart Prizes. She co-edited the first major anthology of women's poetry, No More Masks! (Doubleday, 1973), and her nonfiction books include the groundbreaking The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual A...
2022-06-0803 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Love in the Time of PrEP by Jaques RancourtJacques J. Rancourt is the author of two poetry collections, Brocken Spectre (Alice James Books, 2021) and Novena (Pleiades Press, 2017), as well as a chapbook, In the Time of PrEP (Beloit Poetry Journal, 2018). Raised in Maine, he lives in San Francisco. www.jacquesrancourt.com Twitter @jj_rancourt Instagram: @jj_rancourt "Love in the Time of PrEP" originally appeared in Brocken Spectre (Alice James Books) 2021. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets in our library's catalog. Que...
2022-06-0703 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: At the New York City AIDS Memorial by Stefania GomezStefania Gomez is a queer writer, teacher, and audio artist from Chicago's South Side who received her MFA in poetry at Washington University in St. Louis in 2022. Currently teaching at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, she has received fellowships from the Dirt Palace, Sewanee Writers Workshop, and the International Quilt Museum. Her work has appeared in the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series, The Missouri Review, The Offing, and Cosmonauts Avenue. Instagram: @stefaniagomez_nopeanuts Twitter: @stefaniahgomez "At the New York City AIDS Memorial" originally was published in the American Academy of Poets Poem-a-Day, 2022. Text of...
2022-06-0603 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: To Be Saved by CM BurroughsCM Burroughs is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago and author of The Vital System (Tupelo, 2012) and Master Suffering (Tupelo, 2021,) which was longlisted for the National Book Award, Lambda Book Award, and the LA Times Book Award. Burroughs' poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies including Poetry, Ploughshares, Cave Canem's Gathering Ground, and Best American Experimental Writing. "To Be Saved" was published in her book Master Suffering (Tupelo, 2021). Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books from participating poets i...
2022-06-0502 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: The Baby Inside My Baby by Nomi StonePoet and anthropologist Nomi Stone is the author of three books, most recently the poetry collection Kill Class (Tupelo, 2019), finalist for the Julie Suk Award, and the ethnography Pinelandia: An Anthropology and Field Poetics of War and Empire, finalist for the Atelier award (University of California Press, 2022). Her poems recently appear in The Atlantic, POETRY Magazine, American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, The Nation, The New Republic, and elsewhere. A section from her third collection of poetry in progress, You Could Build a World This Way, was recently a finalist for the Bull City Press's Chapbook Prize, and a...
2022-06-0402 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Obsessions by Gabriel Ojeda-SaguéGabriel Ojeda-Sagué is a poet and writer living in Chicago. He is most recently the author of Madness (Nightboat Books, 2022) and Losing Miami (The Accomplices, 2019), which was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry. He is also co-editor of An Excess of Quiet: Selected Sketches by Gustavo Ojeda, 1979-1989. He is currently a PhD student in English at the University of Chicago where he works in the study of sexuality. ojedasague.com Twitter: @hadeejasouffle Instagram: @hadeejasouffle "Obsessions" is from Madness (Nightboat Books, 2022). Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be...
2022-06-0302 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Birthday Suits by Joshua Jennifer EspinozaJoshua Jennifer Espinoza is a trans woman poet. Her work has been featured in Poetry Magazine, the American Poetry Review, Southeast Review, The Rumpus, Poem-a-day at poets.org, and elsewhere. She is the author of I'm Alive / It Hurts / I Love It (Big Lucks 2019) and THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS (The Accomplices 2016). She holds an MFA in poetry from UC Riverside and currently teaches creative writing. Jennifer lives in California with her wife, poet/essayist Eileen Elizabeth, and their dog and cat. Her third full-length collection I Don't Want to Be Understood is forthcoming from Alice James Books in 2024. Joshuajenniferespinoza...
2022-06-0203 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Self Portrait as a Body, A Sea by Donika KellyDonika Kelly is the author of The Renunciations (Graywolf), winner of the Anisfield-Wolf book award in poetry, and Bestiary (Graywolf), the winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Kelly's poetry has been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Publishing Triangle Awards, the Lambda Literary Awards, and longlisted for the National Book Award. A Cave Canem graduate fellow and member of the collective Poets at the End of the World, she has also received a Lannan Residency Fellowship, and a summer workshop fellowship from t...
2022-06-0102 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day 2022, an introductionWe are so excited to launch the second year of our special Pride Month podcast series Queer Poem-a-Day. Exclusive to the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, Queer Poem-a-Day is the first daily poetry podcast to focus exclusively on the LGBTQIA+ community. Once again we are thrilled to feature many award-winning, leading, and emerging poets—as well as several poets with Chicagoland connections—and provide this unique snapshot of LGBTQIA+ poetry today. An archive of our first year (June 2021) is available on our website. Every day of June 2022, you can read and hear a poem on our website, deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday, or s...
2022-05-2613 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastThe Mayor Comes to DFT - Dan Shapiro, Mayor of DeerfieldDFT Info: http://deerfieldfamilytheater.comSchoolhouse Rock Live Tickets: https://bit.ly/3othZ4Q (performances on November 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21)Village of Deerfield: https://www.deerfield.il.usMessage us: https://anchor.fm/dft This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deerfieldtheater.substack.com
2021-11-1124 min
Deerfield Theater PodcastDeerfield Podcasts Unite! - Dylan Zavagno of the Deerfield Public Library PodcastDFT Info: http://deerfieldfamilytheater.comSchoolhouse Rock Live Tickets: https://bit.ly/3othZ4Q (performances on November 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21)Deerfield Public Library Podcast: https://deerfieldlibrary.org/podcast/Deerfield Public Library Theater Resources: https://bit.ly/3cuzsCVDylan's email: podcast@deerfieldlibrary.orgMessage us: https://anchor.fm/dft This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit deerfieldtheater.substack.com
2021-11-0535 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast50: Lisa Hiton, author of AfterfeastCelebrating the debut full-length poetry collection, Afterfeast, by poet Lisa Hiton. Lisa Hiton grew up in Deerfield and recently collaborated with the Deerfield Public Library Podcast as the founder and co-director of our Queer Poem-a-Day project. Selected by the poet Mary Jo Bang as the winner of the Dorset Prize for Poetry, Afterfeast is published by Tupelo Press. Lisa will be doing a reading from her book Saturday November 13th at 1pm Central. You can sign up for in person or online attendance through Zoom. The poems in Afterfeast often take as their subject trips to Gr...
2021-10-211h 00
Deerfield Theater PodcastDeerfield Park District - Jeff Nehila, Executive Director of the Deerfield Park DistrictDFT Info: http://deerfieldfamilytheater.comSchoolhouse Rock Live Tickets: https://bit.ly/3othZ4Q (performances on November 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21)Jeff's email: jeff@deerfieldparks.orgJeff's #: 847-572-2612Deerfield Park Foundation Donations: https://www.deerfieldparks.org/get-involved/dpf/donations/Deerfield Park District Events: https://www.deerfieldparks.org/events/Message us: https://anchor.fm/dftThe Deerfield Park District was established in 1951 to provide recreation programs and facilities for residents of all ages. The park system operates on revenue received from...
2021-10-1330 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Eileen Myles "Love Song"Eileen Myles (they/them) came to New York from Boston in 1974 to be a poet. Their books include For Now (an essay/talk about writing), I Must Be Living Twice/new and selected poems, and Chelsea Girls. They showed their photographs in 2019 at Bridget Donahue, NYC. Eileen has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and an award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. They live in New York and Marfa, TX. eileenmyles.com Twitter: @EileenMyles Instagram: eileen.myles "Love Song" is originally published on Queer Poem-a-Day at the Deerfield Public Library on June 28, 2021. Text of today's po...
2021-06-2802 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Michael M. Weinstein "An Act"Michael M. Weinstein is a poet, scholar, and teacher. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The New Yorker, Boston Review, Conjunctions, The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program, he is currently working on a book about the social and romantic lives of transgender Americans. https://michaelmweinstein.com/ Twitter: @transpoetics Instagram: @intractably "An Act" is originally published on Queer Poem-a-Day at the Deerfield Public Library Podcast on June 20, 2021. Michael M. Weinstein's poem, "Anniversary,"...
2021-06-2003 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Julia Guez "Forty"Julia Guez is a writer and translator based in Brooklyn. Her essays, interviews, fiction, poetry and translations have appeared in Guernica, POETRY, The Guardian, BOMB, The Brooklyn Rail and Kenyon Review. Four Way Books released her first full-length collection, In An Invisible Glass Case Which Is Also A Frame, in 2019; they will release her second book, The Certain Body, in 2022. For the last decade, Guez has worked with Teach For America New York; she's currently the senior managing director of design and implementation. She also teaches creative writing at NYU and Rutgers. www.juliaguez.net Twitter: @G_U_E_Z...
2021-06-1201 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: H. Melt "Prayer for My Trans Siblings"H. Melt is a poet, artist and educator whose work celebrates trans people, history and culture. They are the author of The Plural, The Blurring and editor of Subject to Change: Trans Poetry & Conversation. Lambda Literary awarded them the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. Their next book, There Are Trans People Here, is forthcoming from Haymarket Books in the fall of 2021. Twitter: @hmeltchicago, Instagram: @hmeltchi Books are available here: https://hi-buddy.org/search?q=h.+melt or on hmeltchicago.com/books "Prayer for My Trans Siblings" is originally published on Queer Poem-a-Day...
2021-06-0703 min
The Deerfield Public Library PodcastQueer Poem-a-Day: Sam Herschel Wein "Nature Poem"Sam Herschel Wein (he/they) is a Chicago-based poet who specializes in perpetual frolicking. Their second chapbook, GESUNDHEIT!, a collaboration with Chen Chen, was part of the 2019-2020 Glass Poetry Press Series. He co-founded and edits Underblong. Recent work can be found in Moon City Review, Sundog Lit, and Bat City Review, among others. Instagram: @samforbreakfast, samherschelwein.com. "Nature Poem" is originally published in Queer Poem-a-Day at the Deerfield Public Library on June 3rd, 2021. Text of today's poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Find books f...
2021-06-0304 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast42: Erik Gellman, author of Troublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art ShayTroublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art Shay, by our guest Erik Gellman, fuses photography and history to explore many "movements and moments" in the struggle for a more free and democratic society in our city, from the post-war years through 1970. Troublemakers use the photographs of acclaimed photographer, longtime Deerfield resident (and past DPL podcast guest) Art Shay (1922 - 2018), and it also contains a whole chapter on the fight over integrated housing in Deerfield. That history, explored in our 2019 series The Fight to Integrate Deerfield: 60 Year Reflection, is given a fascinating new historical analysis, plus n...
2020-09-1755 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast40: "How can white people accelerate racial justice?" with Christine SaxmanRacial and social justice facilitator Christine Saxman discusses the question, "how can white people accelerate racial justice?" Christine describes herself as a "white woman fighting for racial justice and anti-racism as long as this social construct of race exists." She has worked for Courageous Conversations about Race, the National SEED Project (Seeking Education Equity and Diversity) as part of the National Staff, and prior to full time facilitation she was an educator at our own Deerfield High School. In our current era of ongoing protests against systemic racism and police brutality, we've had many white pa...
2020-07-1659 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast38: Bulls in Deerfield; K.C. Johnson on The Last Dance and moreK.C. Johnson, Bulls Insider for NBC Sports Chicago, discusses The Last Dance and memories of the Chicago Bulls in Deerfield. The Last Dance, ESPN's popular 10-part documentary series on Michael Jordan's last season with the Chicago Bulls, features previously unseen footage from that '97-'98 season--much of it shot here in Deerfield, IL at the Bulls former practice facility, the Berto Center. K.C. Johnson shares his firsthand perspective on the documentary, Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Jerry Krause, and many "unforgettabull" stories from when the Chicago Bulls made their home in our village. The Bul...
2020-05-1435 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast28: Chris Claremont, legendary X-Men writer!X-Men in Deerfield! In Chris Claremont's nearly 20-year run writing X-Men comics, he wrote many classic stories that made The Uncanny X-Men a bestseller and spawned blockbuster movies. Claremont also made Deerfield the hometown of Kitty Pryde who was first introduced in "X-Men #129" as a 13½ year-old Jewish girl living in a split-level on Central Ave., whose strange headaches presage her mutant ability to phase through matter. It's not long before Professor Xavier, Wolverine, Storm, and Colossus come through town to recruit her for the X-Men. That's right, True Believers: Deerfield, IL is in the Marvel Universe! Top...
2019-06-1334 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast27: Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of LawRichard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Rothstein's widely praised book makes clear that the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day--and uses Deerfield history as one of many examples. Video of the lecture is available, too. This was the final program in our special series, The Fight to Integrate Deerfield: 60 Year Reflection, which featured discussions, lectures, and exhibits all focused on the history of Deerfield residents voting to block an integrated housing d...
2019-05-091h 15The Deerfield Public Library Podcast26: Congressman Brad SchneiderRep. Brad Schneider has a special connection to Deerfield. Not only does he represent our village as part of Illinois' 10th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, but he also lives here in Deerfield. We ask Rep. Schneider about the life of a Member of Congress from juggling the logistics of traveling back and forth to D.C., to preparing for a hearing, to how he incorporates feedback from constituents. We also ask him about some of the local issues he's discussed on his recent "listening tour" around the district, including immigration, gun control, and...
2019-04-1132 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast23: Graham Ambrose, writer & the Fight to Integrate DeerfieldGraham Ambrose has written for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. Graham wrote a recent history thesis at Yale about his hometown's history and the housing integration crisis that began in Deerfield in 1959. In our conversation, Graham details the history and reads from his thesis, ""The Little Rock of the North": Racial Integration and NIMBYism in Suburban Chicago, 1959." The Library is hosting a months-long series of programs, exhibits, and other opportunities to reflect on the 60 year anniversary of the integration crisis called the Fight to Integrate Deerfield. You can find out more about the history and o...
2019-01-1026 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast21: The Center for Enriched Living with Harriet Levy, Executive DirectorOn this episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we celebrate the Center for Enriched Living, a local non-profit organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Center for Enriched Living (CEL) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In honor of this achievement, Executive Director Harriet Levy joined us to talk about the history, present, and future of this unique organization. Hear moving stories of how CEL impacts the lives of its members through their many programs that focus on social, post-school, and work life. As Harriet tells us, society has changed greatly since 1968, but...
2018-10-1124 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast20: Lake County Forest Preserves with Nan Buckardt, Dir. of EducationDinosaurs in Deerfield? Endangered turtles? 300 year old trees? Yes! On this episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we learn about the plant and animal life around us with with Nan Buckardt, Director of Education at the Lake County Forest Preserves. Hear how, in Nan's words, "the land shapes the people and the people shape the land." You'll also learn what makes each of the preserves around Deerfield unique: Ryerson Woods, Prairie Wolf Forest Preserve and Dog Park, and Berkeley Prairie Forest Preserve. Find out more more about the the Lake County Forest Preserves, the D...
2018-09-1334 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast12: Art Shay, photographer & writerLegendary photographer and writer Art Shay's work has appeared in LIFE, Time, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. Our conversation is full of first-hand accounts of some of the most the famous people and events of the 20th century--and local Deerfield history. We learn that Nelson Algren and Billy Corgan often visited Shay in Deerfield and Eleanor Roosevelt and James Baldwin were in town to support a proposed integrated housing development in the late 1950s and early 60s. Shay was part of the Deerfield Citizens for Human Rights, a group supporting integration. We also hear about Shay's...
2018-01-1130 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast10: Natalie Kirsch & Peter Fitzgerald, Deerfield Rotary Co- PresidentsDeerfield Rotary Club co-presidents Natalie Kirsch & Peter Fitzgerald. Check out deerfieldrotary.org for more info about their unique projects and how to get involved. Vicki from Adult Services shares her Top 5 Spooky Reads list. Send in your own list of favorite Spooky Reads by 11:59 pm (Central), October 19th to podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org. We'll share all listener lists in a blog post and you'll be entered in a random drawing to win a Halloween treat! (One entry per person.) Comments and feedback: podcast@deerfieldlibrary.org. More info at http://deerfieldlibrary.org/podcast. Follow us...
2017-10-1222 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast9: Dr. Mike Lubelfeld, Superintendent, Deerfield District 109Dr. Michael Lubelfeld, the superintendent of District 109, Deerfield's elementary schools is our guest. We discussed the state of education today in Deerfield and Mike's recent book (with co-author Nick Polyak) The Unlearning Leader. Check out District 109's new podcast, "Sound Around 109." Library news this month highlights an author visit from Elizabeth Rynecki on October 8th, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m., to discuss her memoir and documentary project Chasing Portraits. Register by clicking here. Finally, Elisa, our Youth Development Collection Librarian, recommends a beautiful new children's book, The Grand Canyon by Jason Chin. Comments and feedback: podc...
2017-09-1426 minThe Deerfield Public Library PodcastDeerfield Public Art Audio TourGuided audio walking tour of public art in Deerfield, IL. Find map & guide and more info at deerfieldlibrary.org/arttour. Tour features artists Lars-Birger Sponberg, Janet Austin, Robert Winslow, Javier Vilató, Antoine Poncet, Mary Block, and Ryan Wilde. Find other local tours at deerfieldlibrary.org/localtours.
2017-08-1033 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast3: Deputy Chief Ray Larson of the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire DistrictDeputy Chief Ray Larson of the Deerfield Bannockburn Fire District is our guest this month. He discusses the path to becoming a firefighter, specific fire and life safety tips, when to call 911, and some of the unusual situations they've responded to. Follow the Fire Dept. on Facebook for more safety tips and news updates. Bookending the conversation, Library Director Amy Falasz-Peterson tells us about the new Giving Tree project the Library Board has been working on. A reception honoring the first group of honorees will be held on Thursday, March 9 from 5-6:30 p.m. in the lib...
2017-03-0526 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast2: Vicki Street, Executive Director of the Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of CommerceExecutive Director of the Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of Commerce, Vicki Street, is our feature interviewee this month. We discuss the Chamber's role in the community, growing up in Deerfield, and the Chamber's recent trip to Cuba! Bookending the conversation, Outreach Coordinator Judy Hoffman tells us about the food drive for the Deerfield Township Food Pantry (donate in the library lobby March 1st - 22nd) and Teen librarian Nina Michael recommends the memoir Ugly by Robert Hoge. Read the transcript of a speech a Deerfield librarian gave to the local Woman's club in 1939 here. Comments a...
2017-02-0825 minThe Deerfield Public Library Podcast1: Mayor Harriet RosenthalDeerfield's current Mayor, Harriet Rosenthal is our feature interviewee this month. Mayor Rosenthal discusses her path from community volunteer to the Mayor's seat and what makes her job particularly fulfilling. Bookending the conversation, librarian John Phillips fills us in on the details of our new board game collection, available for checkout now, and librarian Anne Jamieson recommends The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. Mayor Rosenthal also shares some information on an upcoming volunteer project, Give Where You Live--Deerfield. Info on Jan. 16th event: http://www.deerfield.il.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=56 Comments and feedback: podcast...
2017-01-1123 minThe Deerfield Public Library PodcastVeteran's Day Audio Tour of the Deerfield Illinois CemeteryUse this audio walking tour to explore Deerfield-area veterans (and other related people) in the historic cemetery in Deerfield Illinois. Narrator Dylan Zavagno will introduce the tour and guide you to the graves and librarian Anne Jamieson will detail the lives of those buried there. Along the way we'll learn about veterans from nearly all of our country's wars, with a special focus on the Civil War, World War I and II and the home front. The cemetery is located on Waukegan Rd. at the corner of Central Ave.. A .pdf map of the tour can be...
2016-12-2651 minThe Deerfield Public Library PodcastDeerfield Illinois Cemetery Audio TourUse this audio walking tour to explore the historic cemetery in Deerfield Illinois. Narrator Dylan Zavagno will introduce the tour and guide you to the graves and librarians Ted Gray and Anne Jamieson will detail the lives of those buried there. Along the way we'll learn about early settlers, German immigrant families, abolitionists and veterans. We'll get to know PTA and church members, famous local names, and a local historian, Marie Ward Reichelt. The cemetery is located on Waukegan Rd. at the corner of Central Ave.. A .pdf map of the tour can be found here: http...
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