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The Hive Poetry CollectiveS7 E46: Matthew Nienow Chats with Dion O'ReillyWe read from Matthew's newest book and also the poem My Father's Locker by James Ciano.Matthew Nienow’s recently released collection, If Nothing (Alice James Books, 2025), has been recommended by the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post Book Club, Publishers Weekly, and Poetry Northwest. He is also the author of House of Water (Alice James Books, 2016) and three earlier chapbooks. His poems and essays have appeared in Gulf Coast, Lit Hub, New England Review, Ploughshares, and Poetry, and have been recognized with fellowships from the Poetry Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bread...
2025-12-2159 min
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastIf Nothing by Matthew NienowMatthew Nienow reads “Every Gift Carries a Cost” from his poetry collection If Nothing, published by Alice James Books in January 2025.
2024-12-1101 min
I'm ListeningPoetrySend a textIs poetry meant to be written, read, or listened to? Poetry is everywhere and likely one of the first styles of writing that was read to you. This podcast welcomes guest Ty Phelps, a lifelong educator and writer. He discusses his background in teaching, writing, music, and his passion for poetry. Ty shares how he initially viewed poetry as a way to sound profound, but it wasn't until he read T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" in high school that he became intellectually interested in poetry. In college, he began to connect with poetry...
2024-03-2834 min
Lay Me Down PodcastSeeds of HopeDario Re, Murray Shugars, Jerimy Spencer, Matthew Nienow, Relaxatone and a John O’Donohue poem come together to water our seeds of hope and love.Lay Me DownThe Mycelium CollectiveSun Goose RecordsRelaxatone
2022-02-2719 minLay Me Down PodcastSometimes BereftPete takes a back seat while the music of Zach Winters, C’est Lis (Elisa Rose Cox) and Relaxatone and the poetry of Matthew Nienow and Murray Shugars weave a tapestry of peace and hope. Episode 2 is a prayer. Lay Me DownThe Mycelium CollectiveSun Goose RecordsRelaxatone
2022-01-1624 minLay Me Down PodcastOurselves becoming Ourselves (audio fix)Season 2 Episode 1: Ourselves Becoming Ourselves:The music of Relaxatone, Thomas Sluberski, Suzie Kretzschmar, Dario Re and the Poetry of Daniel Todd and Matthew Nienow explore the journey of becoming. Pete tells a story of welcoming a past he resisted. Lay Me DownThe Mycelium CollectiveSun Goose RecordsRelaxatone
2022-01-0329 minLay Me Down PodcastOurselves becoming OurselvesSeason 2 Episode 1: Ourselves Becoming Ourselves:The music of Relaxatone, Thomas Sluberski, Suzie Kretzschmar, Dario Re and the Poetry of Daniel Todd and Matthew Nienow explore the journey of becoming. Pete tells a story of welcoming a past he resisted. Lay Me DownThe Mycelium CollectiveSun Goose RecordsRelaxatone
2022-01-0229 min
Our AmericanaWe Found Busytown | Port Townsend, WashingtonOn the peninsula of a peninsula, in the northwest of the Northwest, there is a town whose citizens pride themselves on being masters of trade; and that trade is less commodity and more currency. Some call it Busytown, others refer to it as Lynchian; and in many ways, it's where this podcast began.Today we head to Port Townsend, and tell stories of tazing deer, a boat race to Alaska, a family who dresses as superheroes, feasting on roadkill, and me slowly losing my mind in a cabin in the woods.This is a Studio BOTH...
2016-06-231h 10