The Literary Life

An introduction to Shari Wagner's website, Through the Sycamores, and to the poet Stephen R. Roberts, and a reading of his poem, "Down in Mechanicsburg"

Poetry and song; Allison Adelle Hedge Coke; a reading of "America, I Sing You Back"

A brief introduction to poet Julie Price Pinkerton and a reading of her poem "Why I Opted for the More Expensive Oil at Jiffy Lube"

An introduction to poet Steve Davenport and a reading of his poem, "Real Simple (1)."

A brief introduction to Janice Harrington and a reading of her poem, "Picture of the Poet and Horace H. Pippin Before the Perigee"

An introduction to Karen Gettert Shoemaker's novel, THE MEANING OF NAMES, and a reading of the opening.

Writing from the body; Shari Wagner, and a reading of her poem, "These Rocks"

An introduction to poet Daniel Borzutzky; Chicago's Homan Square; and a reading of his poem "Lake Michigan Merges into the Bay of Valparaiso, Chile"

An introduction to Lee Ann Roripaugh, the poet laureate of South Dakota, and a reading of her poem, "The Planet of Dandar"

An introduction to author Peter Orner and a reading from his new book AM I ALONE HERE?: NOTES ON LIVING TO READ AND READING TO LIVE, published by Catapult.

Literature as call and response; Paul Celan; a reading of Juliet Patterson's "Draft of a Landscape"

A letter I wrote to my children after the 2016 election.

Episode 29 - Tara Betts by Podcast produced by Amy Hassinger

A reflection about connectedness and the essay, and a reading from Carol Spindel's essay "A Line Through the Heart of Paris, the French Prime Meridian"

A brief introduction and a reading from HIGH RISE STORIES, compiled and edited by Audrey Petty