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The Unruly MuseBreaking UpSong 1: “I Can’t Sing That Song” (John V. Modaff)Poem 1: “Ecdysis Sonnet” by Sandra Yannone. Sandy’s new collection is the glass studio (Salmon Poetry, 2024).Fiction: excerpt from the novel in progress, “The Angel of Devastation.” Her latest book is The Lost Archive: stories, https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htmFeed the Cat Break: “Different Same,” by Jonathan A. ModaffPoem 2: “Sympathetic Magic” by Susan Aizenberg. Susan’s new collection is A Walk With Frank O’Hara (UNMP, 2024).Song 2: “I Call Crazy” (T Bone Kelly, from the album Toast)Episode artwork by Ly...2024-11-2441 min
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 210 - Getting Cozy with Our Mystery Man, John ValeriWelcome to Episode 210, where we have the pleasure of welcoming back Our Mystery Man, John Valeri! For those of you who are new to the Book Cougars, John is a frequent guest. He’s a reader, professional reviewer, and interviewer extraordinaire (check out his BookTube channel, CENTRAL BOOKING). John joins us to not only recommend some hot new mystery/thrillers but also to share insights on the guiding principles of cozy mysteries, making this a conversation you won't want to miss!
This episode is packed with a diverse range of books. We share our thoughts on THE AWAKENING: THE DRAGON HE...2024-06-181h 45Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 209 - Author Spotlight with Sara ParetskyWelcome to Episode 209! We were thrilled and honored to talk with New York Times bestselling author, mystery legend, and social justice advocate Sara Paretsky. We talk with Sara about her newly published novel, PAY DIRT, the 22nd installment in her V.I. Warshawski series, founding Sisters in Crime, and so much more. Don’t miss our conversation at the end of the episode.
We pay tribute to the late Canadian author Alice Munro by reading and discussing her story, “Train.” We try to avoid spoilers in our discussion. The story is available online at Harper’s Magazine.
Emily also read “From Outsi...2024-06-041h 36Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 205 - Author Spotlight with Yulin KuangWelcome to Episode 205! April is National Poetry Month and we are here for it. Emily is currently reading YOU ARE HERE: Poetry in the Natural World, a new anthology edited by Ada Limón, and Chris is reading BOATS FOR WOMEN by Sandra Yannone.
Since our last episode, Chris finished listening to WAKE UP WITH PURPOSE! What I’ve Learned in my First Hundred Years by Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt. She also enjoyed the first issue of DEPROG by Tina Horn, Gab Contreras, Dani Strips, and Lisa Sterle, and dipped into RIVER EAST, RIVER WEST by Aube Rey Lescure (long lis...2024-04-091h 35
Little OraclesS03:E07 | Divinations VII with Sandra Yannone: Bones, Bergs, & the Oracular Season FinaleWelcome back to our final episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone. I'm sharing my poem-in-progress, "Sortition," inspired by Sandy's poem from Episode 6, and by the Little Oracles poetic fragment "bone," part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.We talk about skeletal neomorphs and personal specters, jury duty in 6th-century Athens, lexical campfires, and more, and reflect on the project as a whole. Plus, Sandy shares another special...2023-12-1938 minLittle OraclesS03:E06 | Divinations VI with Sandra Yannone: Bolts, Friendly Ghosts, & the Opportunity to TiltWelcome back to our sixth (and penultimate!) episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone.In this episode, Sandy shares her poem-in-progress, "By Years the Obstacles, at Night the Scars," inspired by my "Articles of Incorporation" from Episode 5: Pockets, Tooth Fairies, & the Surreal Real, as well as by the Little Oracles lexical fragment "bolt," which you can view as part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, back on view at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.We...2023-12-1232 minLittle OraclesS03:E05 | Divinations V with Sandra Yannone: Pockets, Tooth Fairies, & the Surreal RealWelcome back to our fifth episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone.In this episode, I read my poem-in-progress, "Articles of Incorporation," inspired by Sandy's "Ecdysis Sonnet" from Episode 4: Shells, Learning to Listen, & the Lyric You, as well as by the Little Oracles lexical fragment "pocket," which you can view as part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, back on view at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.We talk about transubstantiation and the corporate body...2023-12-0521 minLittle OraclesS03:E04 | Divinations IV with Sandra Yannone: Shells, Learning to Listen, & the Lyric YouWelcome back to our fourth episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone.In this episode, Sandy's shares her "Ecdysis Sonnet," inspired by my poem from Episode 3: Lakes, Cosmic Convergence, & the Scientific Sublime, as well as by the Little Oracles lexical fragment "shell," which you can view as part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, back on view at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit.We talk about giving ourselves permission to stretch poetic forms, liminality and belonging, human...2023-11-2835 minLittle OraclesS03:E03 | Divinations III with Sandra Yannone: Lakes, Cosmic Convergence, & the Scientific SublimeWelcome back to our third (and numerically auspicious, so says Sandy) episode of the Divinations miniseries, featuring an ongoing conversation in poems with poet Sandra Yannone. In this episode, I share my poem "Hereafter," after Ada Limón's "After the Fire," and inspired by Sandy's poem from Episode 2: Twine, Maps, & the Meta-Meta, as well as by the Little Oracles lexical fragment "lake," which you can view as part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, back on view at www.littleoracles.com/exhibit2023-11-2137 minLittle OraclesS03:E02 | Divinations II with Sandra Yannone: Twine, Maps, & the Meta-MetaIn our second episode of the seven-part Divinations miniseries, poet Sandra Yannone and I dig into her work-in-progress poem, "The Stars on the Snake River," inspired by the Little Oracles lexical fractal "twine," part of the original Little Oracles multimedia digital installation, which is back on view at littleoracles.com/exhibit. We talk about the liminality of travel and creative revision, map-making, the poet Elizabeth Bishop (including a reading of her poem, "The Map"), and more. Plus, I share a snippet of my response poem to Sandy's...2023-11-1431 minLittle OraclesS03:E01 | Divinations I with Sandra Yannone: Welcome to the MiniseriesOur first Divinations miniseries, featuring working poet Sandra Yannone, is here! I’m so thrilled to share the first episode of this seven-part miniseries, which chronicles our collaborative conversation in poems, in which Sandy and I debut work in progress, unpack poems, and dig into creative practice and process. In this episode, Sandy and I preview what’s in store for this short (and oh-so-sweet) season, including discussions of creating with constraints, calling in the voices of our artistic forbears, the everyday portals to stories, and more. Here’s a little bit about Sandy...2023-11-0926 minLittle OraclesS03:E00 | Season Three Trailer: Divinations with Sandra YannoneIt's our first-ever miniseries! Over seven episodes, Little Oracles: Divinations chronicles an ongoing conversation in poems between poet Sandra Yannone and yours truly. We'll debut poems in progress, discuss the creative process, and dig into what it means to collaborate with and draw inspiration from other thinkers, makers, and creators. I'm so excited to share this super-special series with all of you! Enjoy, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine. 2023-11-0702 min
The Seattle Public Library - Author Readings and Library EventsVirtual It's About Time Writers' Reading Series, Meeting 397This month’s online presentation welcomes Katy E. Ellis, Tamara Sellman, and Sandra Yannone.Katy E. Ellis grew up under fir trees and high-voltage power lines in Renton, Washington. Her debut mixed-genre collection "Home Water, Home Land" from Tolsun Press was recently published in September 2022. She is the author of three chapbooks: "Night Watch"—winner of the 2017 Floating Bridge Press chapbook competition—"Urban Animal Expeditions" and "Gravity", a single poem which was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work appears in many literary journals in the US and Canada. For more information visit www.KatyEEllis.comTamara Sellman lives in the Pa...2023-01-201h 12
Quintessential PoetryQuintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Kim Ports ParsonsAfter working in education for thirty years as a professor, mentor, public-school teacher, and
librarian, Kim now spends as much time as possible on the reading, writing, and sharing of
poetry.
Kim volunteers weekly for the international, intergenerational, intersectional poetry organization,
Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, because she believes in poetic community. She creates the
graphic designs for the group's events, and is privileged to collaborate with founder Sandra
Yannone and fellow poet Don Krieger on program ideas and management.
She earned her BA in English from Goucher College, her MA with Creative Writing Emphasis
from the University of Maryland-College Park...2021-11-041h 11
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Kim Ports ParsonsAfter working in education for thirty years as a professor, mentor, public-school teacher, and
librarian, Kim now spends as much time as possible on the reading, writing, and sharing of
poetry.
Kim volunteers weekly for the international, intergenerational, intersectional poetry organization,
Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, because she believes in poetic community. She creates the
graphic designs for the group's events, and is privileged to collaborate with founder Sandra
Yannone and fellow poet Don Krieger on program ideas and management.
She earned her BA in English from Goucher College, her MA with Creative Writing Emphasis
from the University of Maryland-College Park...2021-11-041h 12
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Sandra YannoneSandra Yannone’s poems and book reviews have appeared in numerous print and online journals including Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, Prairie Schooner, Sweet, SWWIM Every Day, Naugatuck River Review, Impossible Archetype, and Lambda Literary Review. Her poem “Requiem for Orlando” appeared in Pulsamos: LGBTQ Poets Respond to the Pulse Nightclub Shooting, a special online edition of Glass: A Journal of Poetry in August, 2016. Salmon Poetry published her debut collection Boats for Women in 2019; her second collection The Glass Studio is forthcoming. She currently hosts Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Facebook via Zoom on Sundays. Visit her at www.sandrayannone.com.2021-11-031h 06
Quintessential PoetryQuintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Sandra YannoneSandra Yannone’s poems and book reviews have appeared in numerous print and online journals including Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, Prairie Schooner, Sweet, SWWIM Every Day, Naugatuck River Review, Impossible Archetype, and Lambda Literary Review. Her poem “Requiem for Orlando” appeared in Pulsamos: LGBTQ Poets Respond to the Pulse Nightclub Shooting, a special online edition of Glass: A Journal of Poetry in August, 2016. Salmon Poetry published her debut collection Boats for Women in 2019; her second collection The Glass Studio is forthcoming. She currently hosts Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Facebook via Zoom on Sundays. Visit her at www.sandrayannone.com.2021-11-031h 05
The Poet and The PoemSandra YannoneProducer of "Cultivating Voices" reads from her debut collection "Boats For Women."2021-09-1940 min
World Poetry Day 2021World Poetry Day was adopted as 21 March by UNESCO in 1999. It is an invitation to reflect on the power of language and the full development of each person’s creative abilities. It also supports linguistic diversity through poetic expression and offers endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities (https://globaldimension.org.uk/). Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture. This year's observance will feature the following celebrated and award winning poets: Don Beukes (Pontivy, France), Heath Broug...2021-03-211h 37
Quintessential PoetryWorld Poetry Day 2021World Poetry Day was adopted as 21 March by UNESCO in 1999. It is an invitation to reflect on the power of language and the full development of each person’s creative abilities. It also supports linguistic diversity through poetic expression and offers endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities (https://globaldimension.org.uk/). Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture. This year's observance will feature the following celebrated and award winning poets: Don Beukes (Pontivy, France), Heath Broug...2021-03-211h 36