Listen and Be Heard

Martha speaks with Dan Sinykin about Big Fiction, How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature. Tony Robles visits novelist, Beth Revis, and poet, Kyra Freeman, at Morganton Public Library in North Carolina. Also, we persist in resisting book bans and give thanks for your community radio station.

A panoply of poetry and prose readings by Caroline Cabading, Ruth Ozeki, Mary Oishi, Joan Gelfand, Ernie Brill, Glenis Redmond, Suzy Sureck, Josiah Luis Alderete, Lesley Ann Brown, Yenia, Crystal Cauley and Dan Sinykin from Season 2 of the Listen & Be Heard Hour for Readers & Writers.

Martha talks with Professor TR Johnson (A Writer’s City, New Orleans) about the origins of literature in New Orleans. Tony Robles talks to authors Cassidy Collins, Joseph Mills, Kathie Collins and Michele Tracy Berger at the NCWN Conference. We feature poet Randy Gonzales, thoughts on banning books, and some Earth poetry.

Featuring Sherrie Flick, author of Homing, Instincts of a Rust Belt Feminist and NCWN Fall Conference attendees, Kenly Corya (NC Lit. Review), Paul Reali (Charlotte Lit), and Peter Grimes (Pembroke Magazine). Spoken word by Homer Erotic. Also, comments about banning books, and some garden poetry.

Poet, Mosab Abu Toha, reads “Under the Rubble” from Forest of Noise. Professor Doug Tallamy talks about Living with Oaks. Part 3 of the SPD roundtable features Eileen Tabios, Diane Goettel, Kate McMullen and Annie Groover. Sherrie Flick defines Rust Belt Feminism. Martha shares a garden poem.