Podcasts about best literature

Is the idea of reading the Great Works of Western Civilization intimidating or daunting? Did you read classics in school and just didn't get it or didn't like them? Is it difficult to know where to begin? Well start where you are – here with us! We will walk you through a Baker's Dozen Quick Tips, and give you 2 recommendations each from Children's Literature, Short Stories, and Lite Classics as great entry points to the World's Best Literature! It might just be easier than you think. Let us know your thoughts in our ⁠Facebook Group!⁠ Previous Episodes Mentions in this Episode: Ep 85 – What are the Best Habits for Good Readers? Start Here! Ep 48 – To Reread or Not to Reread. That is Today's Question. Ep 3 - When It's Been a While Since I Was Lost in a Good Book ... When You've Forgotten Your Reading Purpose. Books & Authors Mentioned in this Episode: Tending the Heart of Virtue by Vigen Guroian The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Peter Pan by JM Barrie The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Lord Peter Whimsey Complete Short Stories by Dorothy L Sayers The Lord Peter Whimsey Short Story Collection by Dorothy L Sayers Dracula by Bram Stoker Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Quotes from: Andrew Kern Andrew Klavaan Join our reading group to read The Ethics of Beauty by Dr. Timothy Patitsas! Tricia is facilitating a group to read this book slowly - one chapter a month- for the first 9 months of this year. If you'd like to be included, reach out though our website or message us on social media. Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We're not academics or scholars. We're just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That's why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family.  Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bookfare/message

Izidora Angel, in this conversation, spoke about her experience of Emigration to America, the initiative that she is involved in, 'Third Coast Translators Collective' and the legendary Bulgarian writer - Hristo Karastoyanov.Izidora Angel is a Bulgarian-born writer and literary translator in Chicago. She is the author of three book-length translations. Her work on Yordanka Beleva's collection, Keder, received a 2023 NEA translation fellowship; her work on She Who Remains by Rene Karabash was awarded the 2023 Gulf Coast Translation Prize. Izidora's essays, interviews, and translations have been featured in Astra Magazine, Words Without Borders, Electric Literature, Firmament, Two Lines Journal, Chicago Reader, and elsewhere, and her translation of the short story Family Portrait of the Black Earth by Yordanka Beleva is forthcoming in Deep Vellum's inaugural anthology, Best Literature in Translation 2024. Izidora's writing has been supported by English PEN, Art Omi, Bread Loaf, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, and by the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation, which awarded her a writing fellowship in 2023 for her in-progress memoir.Third Coast Translator's Collective website -https://tctranslatorscollective.org/Rona Jaffe Foundation:https://www.ronajaffefoundation.org/Elizabeth Kostova Foundation:https://ekf-writing-center.org/Art Omi:https://artomi.org/Bread Loaf:https://www.middlebury.edu/writers-conferences/writers-conference/apply/financial-aidEnglish Pen:https://www.englishpen.org/* For your Valuable feedback on this Episode - Please click the link below.https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/feedbackHarshaneeyam on Spotify App –https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/onspotHarshaneeyam on Apple App – https://harshaneeyam.captivate.fm/onapple*Contact us - harshaneeyam@gmail.com ***Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by Interviewees in interviews conducted by Harshaneeyam Podcast are those of the Interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Harshaneeyam Podcast. Any content provided by Interviewees is of their opinion and is not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrpChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

On this episode of the Classical Et Cetera podcast, to celebrate the end of a huge year for the show, the gang takes it back to the basics with an episode that covers how Memoria Press reviews, analyzes, critiques, and selects the best of the best to assemble the traditional Christian curriculum for homeschool education around the world.  Join Tanya, Paul, and Martin at the table as they discuss how we choose literature to include in our curriculum. In the episode, you'll hear about organizing literature, the importance of content over Lexile levels, historical context in literature, and the philosophy of teaching literature early on rather than solely focusing on decoding abilities. We hope you enjoy this in depth review of our literature studies program and how the reading list comes together!  Looking for a great online homeschooling option for your kids? Check out the Memoria Press online academy! https://www.memoriaacademy.com/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=CETC&utm_campaign=106 Want to learn more about our literature programs? Visit us today!  https://www.memoriapress.com/literature-poetry/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=CETC&utm_campaign=106

In this episode, I want to discuss some key elements of reading comprehension, the significance of including this crucial subject in your homeschool, and some fantastic reading comprehension resources.

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds what they considered the best pieces of human writing, and compiled an ambitious collection of 45 volumes (with a 46th being an index-guide). Besides the selection and translation of a huge number of poems, letters, short stories and sections of books, the collection offers, before each chapter, a short essay about the author or subject in question. In many cases, chapters contemplate not one author, but certain groups of works, organized by nationality, subject or period; there is, thus, a chapter on Accadian-Babylonian literature, one on the Holy Grail, and one on Chansons, for example. The result is a collection that holds the interest, for the variety of subjects and forms, but also as a means of first contact with such famous and important authors that many people have heard of, but never read, such as Abelard, Dante or Lord Byron. According to the editor Charles Dudley Warner, this collection "is not a library of reference only, but a library to be read." This thirteenth volume contains chapters from "Dutt" to "Emerson". Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Anthologies, Anthologies Language: English --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/3daudiobooks0/support

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This is the Q&A portion of the special book discussion and Q&A event made possible by a collaboration between International Immersion Podcast and the Viet Sisters in the US group which aired on Friday, December 11, 2020, from 8:30 PM to 9:45 PM CST. For this event, we hosted Ms. Nguyen Phan Que Mai - author of The Mountains Sing, Winner of the 2020 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship, a New York Times Editors' Choice, an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Literature & Fiction, and subject of many more international literary achievements in 2020. In the discussion, two co-hosts Sean Severson and Vu Do will discuss with Ms. Que Mai about Que Mai's creative journey and The Mountains Sing More information about The Mountains Sing and ms. Nguyen Phan Que Mai: http://www.nguyenphanquemai.com/page/the-mountains-sing.html Please see the reviews about The Mountains Sing on some US major media outlets: https://www.npr.org/.../the-mountains-sing-a-song-of-many... https://www.nytimes.com/.../the-mountains-sing-nguyen... http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/.../the... https://www.startribune.com/review-the.../568768242/ More information about the author and the book: http://www.nguyenphanquemai.com/ Purchase The Mountains Sing at: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../the.../1136563531 https://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Sing-Que.../dp/161620818X Another Special consideration from the author - Ms. Nguyen Phan Que Mai, for those interested in Vietnamese culinary insights to check out Viet World Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen at vietworldkitchen.com and her Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/andreanguyen88/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/international-immersion/message

This is the Discussion portion of the special book discussion and Q&A event made possible by a collaboration between International Immersion Podcast and the Viet Sisters in the US group which aired on Friday, December 11, 2020, from 8:30 PM to 9:45 PM CST. For this event, we hosted Ms. Nguyen Phan Que Mai - author of The Mountains Sing, Winner of the 2020 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship, a New York Times Editors' Choice, an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Literature & Fiction, and subject of many more international literary achievements in 2020. In the discussion, two co-hosts Sean Severson and Vu Do will discuss with Ms. Que Mai about Que Mai's creative journey and The Mountains Sing More information about The Mountains Sing and ms. Nguyen Phan Que Mai: http://www.nguyenphanquemai.com/page/the-mountains-sing.html Please see the reviews about The Mountains Sing on some US major media outlets: https://www.npr.org/.../the-mountains-sing-a-song-of-many... https://www.nytimes.com/.../the-mountains-sing-nguyen... http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/.../the... https://www.startribune.com/review-the.../568768242/ More information about the author and the book: http://www.nguyenphanquemai.com/ Purchase The Mountains Sing at: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../the.../1136563531 https://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Sing-Que.../dp/161620818X Another Special consideration from the author - Ms. Nguyen Phan Que Mai, for those interested in Vietnamese culinary insights to check out Viet World Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen at vietworldkitchen.com and her Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/andreanguyen88/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/international-immersion/message

This is a special Book Discussion made possible by a collaboration between International Immersion Podcast and the Viet Sisters in the US group which aired on Friday, December 11, 2020, from 8:30 PM to 9:45 PM CST. For this event, we hosted Ms. Nguyen Phan Que Mai - author of The Mountains Sing, Winner of the 2020 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship, a New York Times Editors' Choice, an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Literature & Fiction, and subject of many more international literary achievements in 2020. In the discussion, two co-hosts Sean Severson and Vu Do will discuss with Ms. Que Mai about Que Mai's creative journey and The Mountains Sing More information about The Mountains Sing and ms. Nguyen Phan Que Mai: http://www.nguyenphanquemai.com/page/the-mountains-sing.html Please see the reviews about The Mountains Sing on some US major media outlets: https://www.npr.org/.../the-mountains-sing-a-song-of-many... https://www.nytimes.com/.../the-mountains-sing-nguyen... http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/.../the... https://www.startribune.com/review-the.../568768242/ More information about the author and the book: http://www.nguyenphanquemai.com/ Purchase The Mountains Sing at: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/.../the.../1136563531 https://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Sing-Que.../dp/161620818X Another Special consideration from the author - Ms. Nguyen Phan Que Mai, for those interested in Vietnamese culinary insights to check out Viet World Kitchen by Andrea Nguyen at vietworldkitchen.com and her Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/andreanguyen88/ We appreciate any feedback and suggestions that you may have. Feel free to reach out to us at internationalimmersionpodcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/international-immersion/message

In this hourlong special, host Dennis Leap celebrates completing over 200 podcasts with his favorite picks from four years of broadcasting.

Just the Best Literature host Dennis Leap has been in the Philadelphia Church of God for almost 30 years and has many memories to share. Listen as he also talks about his many work projects, which include Volume 13 of The Bible Story.

November is OLD ENGLISH   Cædmon's Hymn &  Beowulf part 1 World's Best Literature Anglo-Saxon part 1 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 1 Beowulf 2 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 2 Beowulf 3 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 3 Beowulf 4 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 4 Beowulf 5 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 5 Beowulf 6 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 6 Beowulf 7 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 7 Beowulf 8 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 8 Beowulf 9 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 9 Beowulf 10 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 10 Beowulf 11 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 11 Beowulf 12 Beowulf 13 Beowulf 14 Learning old English 1 Learning Old English 2 Seafarer Worlds Best Literature Anglo-Saxon 2   Listen to “Articulated Warbling with Zak Ferguson” and check out Zak's books w/ this link https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AZak+Ferguson&s=relevancerank&text=Zak+Ferguson&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1   This episode is brought to you by  www.bunnyslippers.com Subscribe to PGttCM with DB Spitzer and Sara Fee wherever you subscribe to podcasts, we use podbean and apple podcasts some folks use stitcher.   Check out our new website over at WWW.PGttCM.com! Check out new PGttCM merch over at PGttCM.threadless.com Three new shirts, new Zak shirt! Check out our RAT FINK inspired Tsathoggua shirt, and our new “Join A Cult” shirt.   Remember to listen to Dave's Corner of this podcast, and check out his website over at Davescorneroftheuniverse.com     Follow us on facebook, twitter, and instagram at PGttCM and youtube at “Black Clock Audio” and listen to Black Clock Audio Tales, our daily podcast about spooky stories, stories of the gothic tradition, folklore, and more. Produced and Edited by DB Spitzer   Help the show by sharing/rating/liking or 5 star giving wherever you listen to or rate podcasts Support the show by hitting the patron button at PGttCM.podbean.com or by going to PayPal.me/pgttcm.   Recorded at Badger's Drift Studio in North Portland, Oregon.   Check out our new website over at WWW.PGttCM.com! Check out new PGttCM merch over at PGttCM.threadless.com Two new shirts, Check out our RAT FINK inspired Tsathoggua shirt, and our new “Join A Cult” shirt. Donate some coin, caps, credits, or whatever flat currency from your fav scifi/fantasy setting to paypal.me/pgttcm Money helps keep the show going, and your name on the show in the credits. Also message me on facebook so I know about it, Im just one person running this podcast stream and all of it's social media.

November is OLD ENGLISH   Cædmon's Hymn &  Beowulf part 1 World’s Best Literature Anglo-Saxon part 1 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 1 Beowulf 2 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 2 Beowulf 3 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 3 Beowulf 4 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 4 Beowulf 5 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 5 Beowulf 6 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 6 Beowulf 7 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 7 Beowulf 8 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 8 Beowulf 9 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 9 Beowulf 10 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 10 Beowulf 11 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 11 Beowulf 12 Beowulf 13 Beowulf 14 Learning old English 1 Learning Old English 2 Seafarer Worlds Best Literature Anglo-Saxon 2   Listen to “Articulated Warbling with Zak Ferguson”and check out Zak’s books w/ this link https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AZak+Ferguson&s=relevancerank&text=Zak+Ferguson&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1   This episode is brought to you by  www.bunnyslippers.com Subscribe to PGttCM with DB Spitzer and Sara Fee wherever you subscribe to podcasts, we use podbean and apple podcasts some folks use stitcher.   Check out our new website over at WWW.PGttCM.com! Check out new PGttCM merch over at PGttCM.threadless.comThree new shirts, new Zak shirt! Check out our RAT FINK inspired Tsathoggua shirt, and our new “Join A Cult” shirt.   Remember to listen to Dave's Corner of this podcast, and check out his website over at Davescorneroftheuniverse.com     Follow us on facebook, twitter, and instagram at PGttCMand youtube at “Black Clock Audio” and listen to Black Clock Audio Tales, our daily podcast about spooky stories, stories of the gothic tradition, folklore, and more. Produced and Edited by DB Spitzer   Help the show by sharing/rating/liking or 5 star giving wherever you listen to or rate podcasts Support the show by hitting the patron button at PGttCM.podbean.com or by going to PayPal.me/pgttcm.   Recorded at Badger's Drift Studio in North Portland, Oregon.   Check out our new website over at WWW.PGttCM.com! Check out new PGttCM merch over at PGttCM.threadless.com Two new shirts, Check out our RAT FINK inspired Tsathoggua shirt, and our new “Join A Cult” shirt. Donate some coin, caps, credits, or whatever flat currency from your fav scifi/fantasy setting to paypal.me/pgttcm Money helps keep the show going, and your name on the show in the credits. Also message me on facebook so I know about it, Im just one person running this podcast stream and all of it’s social media.

November is OLD ENGLISH   Cædmon's Hymn &  Beowulf part 1 World's Best Literature Anglo-Saxon part 1 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 1 Beowulf 2 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 2 Beowulf 3 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 3 Beowulf 4 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 4 Beowulf 5 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 5 Beowulf 6 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 6 Beowulf 7 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 7 Beowulf 8 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 8 Beowulf 9 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 9 Beowulf 10 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 10 Beowulf 11 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 11 Beowulf 12 Beowulf 13 Beowulf 14 Learning old English 1 Learning Old English 2 Seafarer Worlds Best Literature Anglo-Saxon 2   Listen to “Articulated Warbling with Zak Ferguson” and check out Zak's books w/ this link https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AZak+Ferguson&s=relevancerank&text=Zak+Ferguson&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1   This episode is brought to you by  www.bunnyslippers.com Subscribe to PGttCM with DB Spitzer and Sara Fee wherever you subscribe to podcasts, we use podbean and apple podcasts some folks use stitcher.   Check out our new website over at WWW.PGttCM.com! Check out new PGttCM merch over at PGttCM.threadless.com Three new shirts, new Zak shirt! Check out our RAT FINK inspired Tsathoggua shirt, and our new “Join A Cult” shirt.   Remember to listen to Dave's Corner of this podcast, and check out his website over at Davescorneroftheuniverse.com     Follow us on facebook, twitter, and instagram at PGttCM and youtube at “Black Clock Audio” and listen to Black Clock Audio Tales, our daily podcast about spooky stories, stories of the gothic tradition, folklore, and more. Produced and Edited by DB Spitzer   Help the show by sharing/rating/liking or 5 star giving wherever you listen to or rate podcasts Support the show by hitting the patron button at PGttCM.podbean.com or by going to PayPal.me/pgttcm.   Recorded at Badger's Drift Studio in North Portland, Oregon.   Check out our new website over at WWW.PGttCM.com! Check out new PGttCM merch over at PGttCM.threadless.com Two new shirts, Check out our RAT FINK inspired Tsathoggua shirt, and our new “Join A Cult” shirt. Donate some coin, caps, credits, or whatever flat currency from your fav scifi/fantasy setting to paypal.me/pgttcm Money helps keep the show going, and your name on the show in the credits. Also message me on facebook so I know about it, Im just one person running this podcast stream and all of it's social media.

November is OLD ENGLISH   Cædmon's Hymn &  Beowulf part 1 World’s Best Literature Anglo-Saxon part 1 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 1 Beowulf 2 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 2 Beowulf 3 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 3 Beowulf 4 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 4 Beowulf 5 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 5 Beowulf 6 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 6 Beowulf 7 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 7 Beowulf 8 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 8 Beowulf 9 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 9 Beowulf 10 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 10 Beowulf 11 Anglo-Saxon Sonnets part 11 Beowulf 12 Beowulf 13 Beowulf 14 Learning old English 1 Learning Old English 2 Seafarer Worlds Best Literature Anglo-Saxon 2   Listen to “Articulated Warbling with Zak Ferguson” and check out Zak’s books w/ this link https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AZak+Ferguson&s=relevancerank&text=Zak+Ferguson&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1   This episode is brought to you by  www.bunnyslippers.com Subscribe to PGttCM with DB Spitzer and Sara Fee wherever you subscribe to podcasts, we use podbean and apple podcasts some folks use stitcher.   Check out our new website over at WWW.PGttCM.com! Check out new PGttCM merch over at PGttCM.threadless.com Three new shirts, new Zak shirt! Check out our RAT FINK inspired Tsathoggua shirt, and our new “Join A Cult” shirt.   Remember to listen to Dave's Corner of this podcast, and check out his website over at Davescorneroftheuniverse.com     Follow us on facebook, twitter, and instagram at PGttCM and youtube at “Black Clock Audio” and listen to Black Clock Audio Tales, our daily podcast about spooky stories, stories of the gothic tradition, folklore, and more. Produced and Edited by DB Spitzer   Help the show by sharing/rating/liking or 5 star giving wherever you listen to or rate podcasts Support the show by hitting the patron button at PGttCM.podbean.com or by going to PayPal.me/pgttcm.   Recorded at Badger's Drift Studio in North Portland, Oregon.   Check out our new website over at WWW.PGttCM.com! Check out new PGttCM merch over at PGttCM.threadless.com Two new shirts, Check out our RAT FINK inspired Tsathoggua shirt, and our new “Join A Cult” shirt. Donate some coin, caps, credits, or whatever flat currency from your fav scifi/fantasy setting to paypal.me/pgttcm Money helps keep the show going, and your name on the show in the credits. Also message me on facebook so I know about it, Im just one person running this podcast stream and all of it’s social media.

Child Rearing With Vision is a life-changing new book available for free at theTrumpet.com. Listen as host Grant Turgeon interviews Just the Best Literature host Dennis Leap, who contributed mightily to the book.

Paulette Beete's poems, short stories, and personal essays have appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Always Crashing, and Beltway Poetry Quarterly, among other journals. Her chapbooks include Blues for a Pretty Girl and Voice Lessons. Her work also appears in the anthologies Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington, DC and Saints of Hysteria: A Half-Century of Collaborative American Poetry (with Danna Ephland). Her work has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She also blogs (occasionally) at thehomebeete.com and her manuscript "Falling Still" is currently in circulation. Find her on Twitter as @mouthflowers.Kathleen Hellen is the author of The Only Country Was the Color of My Skin (2018), the award-winning collection Umberto's Night, and two chapbooks, The Girl Who Loved Mothra and Pentimento. Nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Net, and featured on Poetry Daily, her poems have been awarded the Thomas Merton poetry prize and prizes from the H.O.W. Journal and Washington Square Review. She has won grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts. Hellen's poems have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Barrow Street, The Massachusetts Review, New Letters, North American Review, Poetry East, Prairie Schooner, Salamander, The Seattle Review, the The Sewanee Review, Southern Poetry Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Witness, and elsewhere. For more on Kathleen visit https://www.kathleenhellen.comStephen Zerance is the author of Safe Danger (Indolent Books, 2018), which was nominated for Best Literature of the Year by POZ Magazine. His poems have appeared in West Branch, Prairie Schooner, Quarterly West, and Poet Lore, among other journals. He has also been featured on the websites of Lambda Literary and Split This Rock. Zerance received his MFA from American University, where he received the Myra Sklarew Award. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Find him on Twitter @stephnz. Instagram: stephenzeranceRead "Freddie Gray Breaks Free" and "Please Excuse This Poem" by Paulette Beete.Read "The Girl They Hired from Snow Country" by Kathleen Hellen.Read "Anne Sexton's Last Drink" and "Lindsay Lohan" by Stephen Zerance.Recorded On: Thursday, February 7, 2019

Paulette Beete's poems, short stories, and personal essays have appeared in Crab Orchard Review, Always Crashing, and Beltway Poetry Quarterly, among other journals. Her chapbooks include Blues for a Pretty Girl and Voice Lessons. Her work also appears in the anthologies Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington, DC and Saints of Hysteria: A Half-Century of Collaborative American Poetry (with Danna Ephland). Her work has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She also blogs (occasionally) at thehomebeete.com and her manuscript "Falling Still" is currently in circulation. Find her on Twitter as @mouthflowers.Kathleen Hellen is the author of The Only Country Was the Color of My Skin (2018), the award-winning collection Umberto's Night, and two chapbooks, The Girl Who Loved Mothra and Pentimento. Nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Net, and featured on Poetry Daily, her poems have been awarded the Thomas Merton poetry prize and prizes from the H.O.W. Journal and Washington Square Review. She has won grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts. Hellen's poems have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Barrow Street, The Massachusetts Review, New Letters, North American Review, Poetry East, Prairie Schooner, Salamander, The Seattle Review, the The Sewanee Review, Southern Poetry Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Witness, and elsewhere. For more on Kathleen visit https://www.kathleenhellen.comStephen Zerance is the author of Safe Danger (Indolent Books, 2018), which was nominated for Best Literature of the Year by POZ Magazine. His poems have appeared in West Branch, Prairie Schooner, Quarterly West, and Poet Lore, among other journals. He has also been featured on the websites of Lambda Literary and Split This Rock. Zerance received his MFA from American University, where he received the Myra Sklarew Award. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Find him on Twitter @stephnz. Instagram: stephenzeranceRead "Freddie Gray Breaks Free" and "Please Excuse This Poem" by Paulette Beete.Read "The Girl They Hired from Snow Country" by Kathleen Hellen.Read "Anne Sexton's Last Drink" and "Lindsay Lohan" by Stephen Zerance.

In this episode, we explore some of the repertoire mentioned in Thad Carhart’s memoir "The Piano Shop on the Left Bank." [“Just the Best Literature” discussion with Music For Life’s Ryan Malone, part 1:Just-the-best-literature – Discussing-the-piano-shop-on-the-left-bank-with-music-for-life-host-ryan-malone-part-1 “Just the Best Literature” discussion with Music For Life’s Ryan Malone, part 2:Just-the-best-literature – Discussing-the-piano-shop-on-the-left-bank-with-music-for-life-host-ryan-malone-part-2 ]