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November 2024 Dante's Old South Jenna Schroeder is a writer, mother of four, and the director of communications for Dolphin Hat Games. Additionally, she is the founder of Little Bird Press, and her creative projects include the inspiring children's book “Are Enchanted Forests Real?” and “Tacoo Cat Goat Cheese Pizza and the Case of the Missing Hat.” Schroeder also contributed to the 2021 book “Peace in the Presence of God: Devotionals for Women with Anxiety” published by Michael Lacey. She earned a bachelor's degree in interpersonal communications from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.  For more information visit JennaaSchroeder.com or follow her @jennaaschroeder Michel Stone is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Border Child (Doubleday/Anchor, 2017) and The Iguana Tree (Hub City Press, 2012). She is the winner of the Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Arts and Letters, the Patricia Winn Award for Southern Literature, and the South Carolina Fiction Award. She holds a BA in English from Clemson University and M.Ed. from Converse University. She is a past board chair of the Hub City Writers Project. These days she writes full time and volunteers at area schools and colleges. She recently completed her third novel. www.michelstone.com Lynne Kemen's full-length book of poetry, Shoes for Lucy,was published by SCE Press in 2023. Woodland Arts Editions published her chapbook, More Than a Handful in 2020. Her work is anthologized in The Memory Palace: an ekphrastic anthology (Ekphrastic Editions, 2024), Seeing Things (Woodland Arts, 2020). Lynne is President of the Board of Bright Hill Press and has served on many other not-for-profit boards. She is an Editor and Interviewer for Blue Mountain Review. lynnekemen.com www.facebook.com/lmkemen/ www.instagram.com/lynnekemen/ Kemen@lynnekemen.bsky.social   Echo Montgomery Garrett loves all things Southern, especially the tradition of storytelling. The 40+ year journalist has written 25 books and joined her son Connor Judson Garrett to run Lucid House Publishing during the Pandemic. Lucid House represents 12 authors, and all of its titles have won awards, except the latest releases that have not had time yet. She is the co-founder of Orange Duffel Bag Initiative, a nonprofit that provides life plan coaching to young people (14-24) experiencing homelessness, foster care, and/or extreme poverty. The Nashville native lives with her husband Kevin Garrett in Marietta, Georgia. www.lucidhousepublishing.com Additional Music by:  Buffalo Kin: www.buffalokin.com Larkin Poe: www.larkinpoe.com Justin Johnson: www.justinjohnsonlive.com Big Love for Our Sponsors: Lucid House Press: www.lucidhousepublishing.com Whispers of the Flight: www.amazon.com/Whispers-Flight-Voyage-Cosmic-Unity-ebook/dp/B0DB3TLY43 The Crown: www.thecrownbrasstown.com The Red Phone Booth: www.redphonebooth.com Bright Hill Press: www.brighthillpress.org We Deeply Appreciate: UCLA Extension Writing Program: www.uclaextension.edu Mercer University Press: www.mupress.org NPR: https: www.npr.org WUTC: www.wutc.org Alain Johannes for the original score in this show: www.alainjohannes.com The host, Clifford Brooks', The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs, and Old Gods are available everywhere books are sold. Find them all here: www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-order Check out his Teachable courses, The Working Writer and Adulting with Autism, here: brooks-sessions.teachable.com

September 2023 Dante's Oliver de la Paz is the Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA for 2023-2025. He is the author and editor of seven books: Names Above Houses, Furious Lullaby, Requiem for the Orchard, Post Subject: A Fable, and The Boy in the Labyrinth, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry. His newest work, The Diaspora Sonnets, is published by Liveright Press (2023) and is longlisted for the National Book Award. With Stacey Lynn Brown he co-edited A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry. Oliver serves as the co-chair of the Kundiman advisory board. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Poetry, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere. He has received grants from the NEA, NYFA, the Artist's Trust, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship, and has been awarded multiple Pushcart Prizes. He teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the Low-Residency MFA Program at PLU. Website: https://www.oliverdelapaz.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oliver.delapaz1 Instagram: odelapaz Twitter (X): @Oliver_delaPaz Threads; @odelapaz Blue Sky: @oliverdelapaz.bsky.social TikTok: odeladog27 Lynne Kemen lives in Upstate New York. Her chapbook, More Than a Handful, was published in 2020.  She is published in Silver Birch Press, The Ravens Perch, Poetica Review, Stone Canoe, Spillwords, Topical Poetry, Fresh Words, The Ekphrastic Review, Lothlorien Poetry, and Blue Mountain Review. Lynne is the Interim President of Bright Hill Press. She is an Editor for the Blue Mountain Review and a lifetime member of The Southern Collective Experience. She has a new book, Shoes for Lucy, that will be published in early 2023 by SCE.   website: https://lynnekemen.com/ Facebook: Lynne Kemen Twitter (X): @psychadv Instagram: lynnekemen Luke Johnson is the author of Quiver (Texas Review Press), a finalist for The Jake Adam York Prize, The Levis Award, The Vassar Miller Prize and the Brittingham. His second book A Slow Indwelling, a call and response with the poet Megan Merchant, is forthcoming from Harbor Editions Fall 2024. You can find more of his work at Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Narrative Magazine, Poetry Northwest and elsewhere. Connect on Twitter at @Lukesrant or through email: writerswharfmb@gmail.com.   Website: lukethepoet.com Songs Provided by: Christa Wells www.patreon.com/christawells https://open.spotify.com/artist/3gCNiuPNPiAA5UQSgb8Uby?si=2PSZA0SJQrmnwme_fP6kbw Instrument by: Justin Johnson www.justinjohnsonlive.com https://open.spotify.com/artist/151RUyDTIDJM8gXwGJbv7z?si=Ti4xx1_kTIGTJgEa182Rew Special Thanks Goes to: Wild Honey Tees: www.wildhoneytees.com Lucid House Press: www.lucidhousepublishing.com UCLA Extension Writing Program: The Crown: www.thecrownbrasstown.com Mercer University Press: www.mupress.org Mr. Classic's Haberdashery: theemanor.org Woodbridge Inn: www.woodbridgeinnjasper.com The Red Phone Booth: www.redphonebooth.com The host, Clifford Brooks', The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs, and Old Gods are available everywhere books are sold. His chapbook, Exiles of Eden, is only available through his website: www.cliffbrooks.com/how-to-order Check out his Teachable courses on thriving with autism and creative writing as a profession here: brookssessions.teachable.com

Luke Johnson is the author of Quiver (Fall 2023) with Texas Review Press & A Slow Indwelling (Harbor Editions 2024), a collaborative work with the poet Megan Merchant. Quiver was a finalist for the Levis Prize with Four Way Press, The Vassar Miller Award, the Jake Adam York with Milkweed and the Brittingham & Pollock through University of Wisconsin. His poems can be found in Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Narrative, Florida Review, Poetry Northwest & elsewhere.  You can buy my book on Amazon: https://shorturl.at/ekNS6 And through the press: https://shorturl.at/uA089 Connect on Twitter at @Lukesrant or Facebook Website: www.lukethepoet.com __________________ N.A. Windsor is the Program Manager of the UCLA Extension Writers' Program and the Co-Regional Advisor of the Los Angeles Region of SCBWI (Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators). In both posts, she organizes and produces writing events and conferences. In 2010 she founded the Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles (CBW-LA.org). Through her work with CBW-LA Publications, N.A. has co-created, co-produced, and co-written Story Sprouts and Story Sprouts: Voice. You can learn more about her at: https://www.nawindsor.com/ _____________________ Annette Sisson lives in Nashville, TN, where she is a professor at Belmont University. Her poems have appeared in Valparaiso Poetry Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Glassworks, Rust and Moth, Blue Mountain Review, Citron Review, Lascaux Review, Cider Press Review, and others. Her book of poetry, Small Fish in High Branches, was published by Glass Lyre in 2022: https://glass-lyrepress.myshopify.com/collections/full-length-collections-1/products/small-fish-in-high-branches. Her poetry chapbook, A Casting Off, was published by Finishing Line in 2019: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/a-casting-off-by-annette-sisson/. She was a Mark Strand Scholar for the 2021 Sewanee Writers' Conference and 2020 BOAAT Fellow. She won The Porch Writers' Collective's 2019 poetry prize. ___________________ Brooke McKinney is a poet and writer from South Georgia. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Valdosta State University and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. Brooke's work was a finalist in the Key West Emerging Writer's Contest and the World's Best Short-Short Story. Her memoir in progress, Creatures Like Us, has received scholarships to the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference, and Writers in Paradise. She is also the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Awards. _____________________ Music by: David Shaw: https://www.davidshaw.com/ Jacob Bryant: https://www.jacobbryantmusic.com/ Alicia Blue: https://aliciablue.com Special Thanks Goes to: Wild Honey Tees www.wildhoneytees.com The Crown www.thecrownbrasstown.com Mercer University Press www.mupress.org Mr. Classic's Haberdashery www.theemanor.org Woodbridge Inn www.woodbridgeinnjasper.com The Red Phone Booth www.redphonebooth.com The host, Clifford Brooks', The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics and Athena Departs are available everywhere books are sold. His chapbook, Exiles of Eden, is only available through my website. To find them all, please reach out to him at: cliffordbrooks@southerncollectiveexperience.com Check out his Teachable courses on thriving with autism and creative writing as a profession here: www.brooks-sessions.teachable.com

Adrian dug through a box of loose leaf works to find poems that span a decade. From middle schooler to NYC apartment dweller, Adrian's previous contexts help pull back the curtain on poems full of mixed metaphors, Greek myths dropped in, and chewy lines to say. Dave and Aaron had a lot to ruminate on and that was before they even got to the chapbook on Teeth! My Bad Poetry Episode 4.6 "Untitled Works & Ganymede in Waiting (w/Adrian Dallas Frandle)" End Poem from a Real Poet: "Ode to My Husband's Parasomnia" by Adrian Dallas Frandle found in May's edition of Blue Mountain Review.⁠ Their chapbook, Book of Extraction: Poems with Teeth, can be found through Kith Books Publishing. You can follow them on Twitter @adrianf. Podcast Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: ⁠https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message

Aaron and Dave find themselves chatting with the founder of the Southern Collective and editor-in-chief of Blue Mountain Review, Charles Clifford Brooks III. Yet the bad poems he brings to the table prove even editor-in-chiefs can't find their muse every time. From dead puppies to misinterpreted meanings, this episode doesn't fail to take flight (unlike one poems protagonist). So press play and LIVE, DANCE, STAY. Won't you? End Poem from a Real Poet: "I Remember the Earth" by Clifford Brooks My Bad Poetry Episode 3.5 "Bad Poetry" & "Airplanes Won't Leave Washington" (w/ Clifford Brooks) Clifford Brooks is the author of The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics, Athena Departs: Gospel of a Man Apart, as well as Exiles of Eden. You can hear his voice on the Dante's Old South and The Business of Music & Poetry podcasts. His website with all of his many other projects is https://www.cliffbrooks.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @CliffBrooks3 My Bad Poetry Email: mybadpoetry.thepodcast@gmail.com My Bad Poetry Twitter: @MyBadPoetryThe1 Website: https://www.podpage.com/my-bad-poetry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mybadpoetry-thepodcast/message

She is a poet, teacher, editor, writer, and playwright born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967, who now lives in theUnited States. Faleeha is the first woman to write poetry for children in Iraq. She received her master's degree in Arabic literature and has now published 25 books. Her poems have been translated into  English, Turkmen, Bosnian, Indian, French, Italian, German, Kurdish, Spain, Korean, Greek, Serbia, Albanian, Pakistani, Romanian, Malayalam, ODIA, and Nepali language. Ms. Hassan has received many awards in Iraq and throughout the Middle East for her poetry and short stories. Faleeha Hassan has also had her poems and short stories published in avariety of American magazines such as: Philadelphia poets 22, Harbinger Asylum, Brooklyn Rail April 2016, Screaming Mamas, The Galway Review, Words Without Borders, TXTOBJX, Intranslation, SJ Magazine, Nondoc, Wordgathering, SCARLET LEAF REVIEW, Courier-Post,  I am not a Silent Poet, Taos Journal, Inner Child Press, Atlantic City Press, SJ Magazine, Intranslation Magazine, The Guardian, Words Without Borders, Courier-Post, Life and Legends, Wordgathering, SCARLET LEAF REVIEW, Indiana   Voice  Journal, The Bees Are Dead, IWA, Poetry Soup, Poetry Adelaide Literary Magazine, Philly, The Fountain Magazine, DRYLAND, The Blue Mountain Review, Otoliths, Taos Journal of Poetry and  Art, TXTOBJX, DODGING THE RAIN, Poetry  Adelaide Literary Magazine, NonDoc Philly,   DRYLAND, American Poetry Review, The Fountain Magazine, Uljana Wolf, Arcs, Tiferet and Ice Cream Poetry Anthology, Dryland Los Angeles underground art  & writing Magazine, Setu Magazine, Opa Anthology of contemporary, BACOPA  Literary Review, Better than Starbucks Magazine, Tweymatikh ZQH Magazine, TUCK Magazine, Street Light Press. For additional biographical information, please visit https://kvisit.com/7QE/5IgH.  

July 2022 Dante's Old South Christopher Moore is the New York Times best-selling author of 18 novels, including Lamb, A Dirty Job, Noir, and Razzmatazz. You can find his web site at chrismoore.com and follow him on Twitter at @theauthorguy. Lynne Kemen is a citizen of Upstate New York. Her chapbook, More Than a Handful, was published in 2020. She is published in Silver Birch Press, The Ravens Perch, Fresh Words Magazine, Spillwords, Topical Poetry, and Blue Mountain Review. Lynne stands on the Board of Bright Hill Press. She is an Editor for the Blue Mountain Review and a lifetime member of The Southern Collective Experience. Joshua Jennifer Espinoza is a trans woman poet. Her work has been featured in The Nation, Poetry Magazine, the American Poetry Review, Southeast Review, The Rumpus, Poem-a-day at poets.org, and elsewhere. She is the author of I'm Alive / It Hurts / I Love It (Big Lucks 2019) and THERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS (The Accomplices 2016). Her third collection, I Don't Want to Be Understood, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in 2024. She holds an MFA in poetry from UC Riverside, and currently teaches creative writing. Jennifer lives in California with her wife, poet/essayist Eileen Elizabeth, and their dog and cat. Here's the link to my book: https://bookshop.org/books/there-should-be-flowers/9781937865733 Special Thanks Goes to: Woodbridge Inn: www.woodbridgeinnjasper.com Autism Speaks: www.autismspeaks.org Mostly Mutts: www.mostlymutts.org Meadowbrook Inn: www.meadowbrook-inn.com The Red Phone Booth: www.redphonebooth.com The host, Clifford Brooks, The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics and Athena Departs are available everywhere books are sold. His chapbook, Exiles of Eden, is only available through my website. To find them all, please reach out to him at: cliffordbrooks@southerncollectiveexperience.com Check out his Teachable courses on thriving with autism and creative writing as a profession here: www.brooks-sessions.teachable.com

June 2022 Dante's Old South Diane Seuss Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry Winner of the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Winner of the 2022 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection Winner of the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry Finalist for the 2022 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award “The sonnet, like poverty, teaches you what you can do / without,” Diane Seuss writes in this brilliant, candid work, her most personal collection to date. These poems tell the story of a life at risk of spilling over the edge of the page, from Seuss's working-class childhood in rural Michigan to the dangerous allures of New York City and back again. With sheer virtuosity, Seuss moves nimbly across thought and time, poetry and punk, AIDS and addiction, Christ and motherhood, showing us what we can do, what we can do without, and what we offer to one another when we have nothing left to spare. Like a series of cels on a filmstrip, frank: sonnets captures the magnitude of a life lived honestly, a restless search for some kind of “beauty or relief.” Seuss is at the height of her powers, devastatingly astute, austere, and—in a word—frank. https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/frank-sonnets Robert Gwaltney A writer of southern fiction, he is a graduate of Florida State University. He resides in Atlanta Georgia where he is an active member of the Atlanta literary community. By day, he serves as Vice President of Easter Seals North Georgia, Inc., Children Services, a non-profit supporting children with disabilities and other special needs. Robert's work has appeared in such publications as The Blue Mountain Review, The Signal Mountain Review, and The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. The Cicada Tree, a Somerset Finalist, is his debut novel. https://robertlgwaltney.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Cicada-Tree-Robert-Gwaltney/dp/1952439248/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1655941395&sr=1-1 Music: Joe Cocker: With a Little Help from My Friends: https://open.spotify.com/track/7JiHWExnegKTwVO7ssdaLO?si=b76908e0d687470c Pixies: Where is My Mind: https://open.spotify.com/track/0KzAbK6nItSqNh8q70tb0K?si=e5e7752950104c01 Max Richter: November https://open.spotify.com/track/2NGhKPZdZk2pPZinWphTzh?si=94dcdefc91f64e41 Special Thanks Goes to: Woodbridge Inn: www.woodbridgeinnjasper.com Autism Speaks: www.autismspeaks.org Mostly Mutts: www.mostlymutts.org Meadowbrook Inn: www.meadowbrook-inn.com The Red Phone Booth: www.redphonebooth.com The host, Clifford Brooks, The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics and Athena Departs are available everywhere books are sold. His chapbook, Exiles of Eden, is only available through my website. To find them all, please reach out to him at: cliffordbrooks@southerncollectiveexperience.com Check out his Teachable courses on thriving with autism and creative writing as a profession here: www.brooks-sessions.teachable.com

In this episode, Michael & Clifford are joined by Andy Whitehorne (Music Editor for The Blue Mountain Review) as they interview Grammy-nominated producer and drummer Adam Deitch Adam Deitch (www.DeitchBeatsDontQuit.com) While other kids were more interested in "Being Like Mike," Adam Deitch was more interested in "Being Like Quincy." Adam began composing around the age of 11 in his Dad's basement studio. Pretty soon artists in the neighborhood came knocking. Now, years later Adam Deitch's career has crossed genres and he plays the role of both producer and drummer. Adam was inspired by hip-hop at an early age, inspired by Public Enemy and Eric B and Rakim. Adam has produced records for such luminaries as 50-Cent, Redman, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Chali 2na and MF Doom. He has also done major session work on drums for artists including Justin Timberlake, Daniel Bedingfield, Anthony Hamilton, DJ Quik and Wyclef Jean and the Fugees. Adam has toured the world and recorded as a member of the Grammy Nominated John Scofield Band, Pretty Lights, the Average White Band, The Fugees, Wyclef Jean, Meshell Ndegeocello and his own Break Science and Lettuce.

A graduate of Florida State University, Robert Gwaltney resides in Atlanta, Georgia. By day, he serves as Vice President of Easter Seals North Georgia, Inc., a non-profit organization that strengthens children and their families during the most critical times in their development. Through his non-profit work, he is a champion for early childhood literacy. Robert also serves as Fiction Editor for The Blue Mountain Review. In all the hours between, he writes. The Cicada Tree is his debut novel. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: ✨how Robert makes time for his passion for writing even with a busy life and demands of a day job ✨the importance of finding support and community ✨leaving room for your intuition to speak to you throughout the writing process ✨behind-the-scenes of Robert's award-winning debut novel THE CICADA TREE RESOURCES: Robert's website: https://robertlgwaltney.com/ Follow Robert on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertgwaltneyjr/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dallas-woodburn/support

My guest today, a writer of southern fiction, is a graduate of Florida State University. He resides in Atlanta Georgia where he is an active member of the Atlanta literary community. By day, he serves as Vice President of Easter Seals North Georgia, Inc., Children Services, a non-profit supporting children with disabilities and other special needs. His work has appeared in such publications as The Signal Mountain Review and The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. He also serves as Prose Editor for The Blue Mountain Review. The Cicada Tree is his debut novel. Welcome, Robert Gwaltney to Authors Over 50!Robert Gwaltney's Website Robert Gwaltney's Facebook Robert Gwaltney's Instagram Julia Daily's Twitter: Julia Daily's Facebook: Julia Daily's Instagram Julia Daily's Linked In Julia Daily's Goodreads Authors Over 50 Podcast Links:Amazon MusicSpotifyApple PodcastsGoogle Podcasts - authors over 50WebsiteThank you, Holly Shannon, Zero to Podcast coach and host of Culture Factor 2.0. https://hollyshannon.com and Sean McNulty, Sound Engineer. 

In this episode, Michael Amidei and Clifford Brooks are joined by Andy Whitehorne (Music Editor for the Blue Mountain Review) in interviewing guitarist Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff. Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff (www.LettuceFunk.com) is the guitarist/co-founder of the Grammy-nominated funk powerhouse called Lettuce, which began in 1992 when all of its members attended a music program at Berklee College Of Music as teenagers. Now, 30 years later, the band has played countless shows to a large international audience and has produced 8 studio albums, including their newest “Unify”, which drops on June 6th, 2022. Smirnoff has also shared the stage with a myriad of other artists, including Lady Gaga, and Robert Randolph & the Family Band. Redman, Chaka Khan, John Scofield, the Clark Sisters, Maceo Parker, Dr. John, members of The Meters and Wu-Tang Clan, and many more. In this episode, Adam shares stories from his career and teaches us something valuable about relationships in the creative pursuit.

Robert Gwaltney, a writer of southern fiction, is a graduate of Florida State University. He resides in Atlanta Georgia where he is an active member of the Atlanta literary community. By day, he serves as Vice President of Easter Seals North Georgia, Inc., Children Services, a non-profit supporting children with disabilities and other special needs. Robert's work has appeared in such publications as The Signal Mountain Review and The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Robert also serves as Prose Editor for The Blue Mountain Review.Intro roll for WTPC

In this episode, Clifford Brooks and Michael Amidei interview poet Nicole Tallman. Nicole Tallman (www.NicoleTallman.com) is a professional writer and poet. Born and raised in Michigan, she lives in Miami, serves as the Poetry Ambassador for Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, an Associate Editor for South Florida Poetry Journal, and Interviews Editor for The Blue Mountain Review. She is the author of Something Kindred (The Southern Collective Experience Press), co-editor with Maureen Seaton of We Who Rise from Saltwater, Let's Sing!, and her next book is forthcoming from Really Serious Literature.

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Robert Gwaltney about his novel THE CICADA TREE. Robert Gwaltney, a writer of southern fiction, is a graduate of Florida State University. He resides in Atlanta Georgia where he is an active member of the Atlanta literary community. By day, he serves as Vice President of Easter Seals North Georgia, Inc., Children Services, a non-profit supporting children with disabilities and other special needs. Robert's work has appeared in such publications as The Signal Mountain Review and The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Robert also serves as Prose Editor for The Blue Mountain Review. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eliot-parker/support

BLURB: Robert Gwaltney, an author of Southern fiction, resides in Atlanta Georgia, where he is an active member of the local literary community and serves as Fiction Editor for The Blue Mountain Review. By day he helps leads a national non-profit. By night he is author, author-supporter, and a bit of a Facebook maverick. His debut novel, The Cicada Tree, will be released by Moonshine Cove Publishing, February 25, 2022. To learn more about Robert, visit his website: robertlgwaltney.com The Storytellers hosted by Grace Sammon, focuses on individuals who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Each episode engages guests and listeners in the story behind the story of authors, artists, reporters and others who leave a legacy of storytelling. Applying her years of experience as an educator, entrepreneur, author, and storyteller herself, Grace brings to listeners an intimate one-on-one experience with her guests. The Storytellers is a copyrighted work © of Grace Sammon and Authors on The Air Global Radio Network. Visit Grace at her website www.gracesammon.net. Contact Grace about being a guest on the show, email her at grace@gracesammon.net Follow Grace: On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GraceSammonWrites/ On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/GraceSammonWrites/ On Twitter https://www.twitter.com/GSammonWrites On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-sammon-84389153/ #TheStorytellers #Storyteller #Storytellers # Storytelling #AuhtorInterview #LetsTalkBooks #LeaveYourMark #Legacy #AuthorLife #StorytellerLife #ArtofStory #debutnovel #southernfiction #fiction #debut #novel #cicada #cicadatree #moonshinecovepublishing #naturalevents #supernaturalrepercussions #repercussions #piano #pianoprodegy #thebluemountainreview #debutauthor #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork

BLURB: Robert Gwaltney, an author of Southern fiction, resides in Atlanta Georgia, where he is an active member of the local literary community and serves as Fiction Editor for The Blue Mountain Review. By day he helps leads a national non-profit. By night he is author, author-supporter, and a bit of a Facebook maverick. His debut novel, The Cicada Tree, will be released by Moonshine Cove Publishing, February 25, 2022. To learn more about Robert, visit his website: robertlgwaltney.com The Storytellers hosted by Grace Sammon, focuses on individuals who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Each episode engages guests and listeners in the story behind the story of authors, artists, reporters and others who leave a legacy of storytelling. Applying her years of experience as an educator, entrepreneur, author, and storyteller herself, Grace brings to listeners an intimate one-on-one experience with her guests. The Storytellers is a copyrighted work © of Grace Sammon and Authors on The Air Global Radio Network. Visit Grace at her website www.gracesammon.net. Contact Grace about being a guest on the show, email her at grace@gracesammon.net Follow Grace: On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GraceSammonWrites/ On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/GraceSammonWrites/ On Twitter https://www.twitter.com/GSammonWrites On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-sammon-84389153/ #TheStorytellers #Storyteller #Storytellers # Storytelling #AuhtorInterview #LetsTalkBooks #LeaveYourMark #Legacy #AuthorLife #StorytellerLife #ArtofStory #debutnovel #southernfiction #fiction #debut #novel #cicada #cicadatree #moonshinecovepublishing #naturalevents #supernaturalrepercussions #repercussions #piano #pianoprodegy #thebluemountainreview #debutauthor #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork

The Pat Conroy Literary Center and the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network proudly present executive director Jonathan Haupt in conversation with award-winning poets Elizabeth Robin and Ann-Chadwell Humphries. Both will be presenting and teaching at the 6th annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival on November 6. GUESTS: Elizabeth Robin is the author of the poetry collections Where Green Meets Blue (2018), Silk Purses and Lemonade (2017), and To My Dreamcatcher (forthcoming in 2022.) She is the 2021 winner of the Cary McCray Nickens Fellowship. Of her work in that competition judge Tiana Clark said: “I see a lunar lyricism reflected by this poet. The language is mystical, mythic, sublime, and romantic. The haunting imagery is fresh and allows for strangeness, devastation, and delight in a way that captures me as a reader.” She will or did appear most recently in Ukweli, Poetry Society of South Carolina Yearbook 2021, COMET buses, Catfish Stew 2021, Drunk Monkeys, Ripples, The Broadkill Review, i am not a silent poet, and Blue Mountain Review. www.elizabethrobin.com Ann-Chadwell Humphries was selected by Muddy Ford Press for publication in their Laureate Series with her debut collection, An Eclipse and a Butcher. A finalist for Carrie McCray Nickens Fellowship, Ann reads and writes using assistive technology. www.Ann-ChadwellHumphries.com HOST: Jonathan Haupt is the executive director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center and coeditor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy.

Show Notes (More Show Notes available at ourfaithinwriting.com (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/writing-and-faith/our-faith-in-writing-podcast)) Our Faith in Writing explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. Host Charlotte Donlon is a writer and a spiritual director for writers, and she believes writing and reading help us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Subscribe to Our Faith in Writing wherever you listen to podcasts, and don't forget to rate and review the show letting us know how these conversations are helping you feel less alone in your writing life and your reading life. Our Faith in Writing is a podcast that explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. Aarik Danielson shares a list of nine of his favorite sad songs and talks for nine-ish minutes about a few songs from his list. Please note: Our two audio files were recorded separately and there's a bit of a layering effect here and there but I'm not doing any editing so it is what it is. I don't think it's too annoying and hopefully you won't either. Nine of Aarik's Favorite Sad Songs: 1) Tom Waits, "Tom Traubert's Blues" 2) Elton John, "The Last Song" 3) Peter Gabriel, "I Grieve" 4) Ray Lamontagne, "Burn" 5) Radiohead, "Let Down" 6) Patty Griffin, "Long Ride Home" 7) Frightened Rabbit, "Holy" 8) John Prine, "Hello in There" 9) Lucy Dacus, "Pillar of Truth" Aarik Danielsen is a Midwestern journalist, essayist and poet whose writing exists at the four corners of literature, human dignity, pop culture and theology. Rejecting the title "content" creator (however you pronounce it), he hopes to create meaningful dispatches from a place of holy discontent. Aarik has covered the arts for more than a decade at the Columbia Daily Tribune. He writes a weekly column, The (Dis)content, Wednesdays at Fathom Magazine. His bylines have appeared at Image Journal, Plough, Rain Taxi, Entropy, Think Christian, Christ and Pop Culture, Sojourners, Mockingbird, EcoTheo Review, Relief Journal, The Englewood Review of Books, The New Territory, The Blue Mountain Review, The Curator, Ekstasis and more. Aarik also teaches at his alma mater, the University of Missouri. He lives in Columbia, Missouri with his wife and son. Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/). Charlotte's writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (https://charlottedonlon.com/the-great-belonging-book). You can subscribe to her newsletter (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/) and connect with her onTwitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

Show Notes and Links to Clifford Brooks's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode 72          On Episode 72, Pete welcomes Clifford Brooks, poet supreme, passionate creative, and founder of Southern Collective Experience, which publishes the fabulous journal of culture, Blue Mountain Review. They talk about Cliff's idyllic childhood of curiosity and wonder, his faith in continuing to channel this wonder and passion into his work, his coming relatively late into poetry, music and its inspiration for his writing, resonant lines, myth as a muse, consistent themes in his work, and much more.             Clifford Brooks was born in Athens, Georgia. His first poetry collection, The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysic, was re-issued by Southern Collective Experience in August 2018. His second full-length poetry volume, Athena Departs: Gospel of a Man Apart, as well as a limited-edition poetry chapbook, Exiles of Eden, were published by Southern Collective Experience in 2017. Clifford is the founder of The Southern Collective Experience, a cooperative of writers, musicians and visual artists, which publishes the journal of culture The Blue Mountain Review and hosts the NPR show Dante's Old South. He is on the faculty of The Company of Writers, and provides tutorials on poetry through the Noetic teaching application. Clifford Brooks' Website   The Southern Collective Experience Website   Buy The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics   "A Bookshop Interview with Clifford Brooks"   CLIFFORD BROOKS IN CONVERSATION WITH TERENCE HAWKINS   Dante's Old South NPR Radio Show on Spotify       At about 1:45, Clifford Brooks talks about the methods in which his work has been published-re: rights, second edition, etc.   At about 3:30, Cliff talks about his childhood relationship with reading and the written word and how he was encouraged to explore his curiosity   At about 7:00, Cliff talks about the power and importance of play in his childhood, being on the autism spectrum   At about 8:40, Cliff talks about the connections between the playful, curious, imaginative kid and his creative power as an adult poet   At about 10:40, Cliff talks about writers who have given, and continue to give, “chills at will,” like Pinsky, Kelli Russell Agodon, Chen Chen, Langston Hughes, Louise Gluck, and Dante, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Rilke; Cliff expands on Rilke's pull   At about 14:20, Cliff talks about the outsized pull of music in his life, including its effect on him becoming a poet; Pete shouts out three music recs he received and loved from Cliff's show, Dante's Old South Radio Show-Cutso, Lyrics Born, and Turkuaz   At about 17:40, Cliff and Pete discuss the mythological “Easter eggs” in Cliff's work, as well as references of “haunting” with Robert Johnson and connections to addiction and “Old Scratch”   At about 21:25, Pete asks Cliff to tell the audience about his “ ‘Eureka' moment” that impelled him to continue writing, as well as how an agent pointed Cliff to poetry over the other genres   At about 30:45, Cliff talks about the difference between imitation and inspiration and his early days “learning to write” poetry after having written other styles   At about 32:45, Cliff talks about the importance of truth in poetry and how seriously he takes it in his own writing   At about 35:00, Cliff details his editing process and it being essential for him and creating connections; Pete follows up with a questions about the connection between catharsis and editing   At about 37:00, Clifford denies the importance of “decoding poetry” and trumpets the power of subjectivity    At about 39:30, Cliff discusses purpose in his poem, as epitomized by a Jericho Brown quote   At about 41:40, Pete outlines some thematic and stylistic “throughlines” in Cliff's poetry, including passion and wanderlust, which leads Cliff to talk about the seeking of travel, both literal and metaphorical   At about 43:30, Pete asks Cliff about the Nietzche epigraph   At about 45:50, Cliff and Pete agree on the connectivity that paradoxically comes with solitude and the quiet of writing poetry   At about 47:00, Clifford talks about the magic of the twilight hours and his kinship with past guest of both Cliff and Pete, standout prose poet José Hernández Diaz    At about 48:40, Pete identifies the poem “In the Beginning” and some resonant lines     At about 50:35, Pete and Cliff discuss abandonment/restlessness through a poem that references Alice in Wonderland     At about 53:15, Cliff touches on themes like moderation from “The Transparent Mess of an Unbalanced Man”   At about 54:10, “A Father Sits with a Son” brings about resonant lines and discussion of “Live and Let Live” and beautiful “moments in time” with his father   At about 55:55, “The Last Wispy Gypsy” provides a thrill-inducing line   At about 56:30, Cliff references Kid Cudi in talking about “night terrors” and “childlike quality” in his work   At about 58:30, Pete quotes some of Cliff's work as the two discuss regret and the temporal nature of happiness as a consistent theme in Cliff's work   At about 59:55, Pete and Cliff add to their playlist of songs that correspond to the poetry's subject matter, including “Everlong”   At about 1:00:30, Cliff and Pete discuss amicable breakups “with no malice” and the consequences of life decisions like starting a family, etc.   At about 1:03:00, Pete quotes the “Scotch, Scuffles, and Sermons” and a “musical” line from the piece that leads into discussions of spirituality and the connection between spirit and flesh   At about 1:08:00, Cliff dissects some of his “methodical, but not contrived” rhymes and syntax that work to enhance the ethereal quality of the words   At about 1:10:50, Cliff talks about mythology and its connection to his inspirations   At about 1:12:55, Cliff introduces and reads from “The Original Title Failed Me”   At about 1:17:15, Cliff introduces and reads from “Colors of Parish, Sex, and Essence”    At about 1:19:30, Cliff gives some info on his myriad projects, including the fabulous Blue Mountain Review and contact info   At about 1:22:20, Cliff talks about upcoming projects, including fiction and poetry publications You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. 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Show Notes and Links to Jason Heller's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode           On Episode 71, Pete talks with Jason Heller about his early influences, turning points in his writing life, his book Taft 2012 and its legacy, his deep dive into sci-fi music with Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded, his view on writing reviews of subjective art forms, and exciting upcoming projects (a 90s punk-rock story mixed with magic and ideas of belonging!).  Jason Heller is the author of STRANGE STARS, a book about science fiction's influence on '70s music (David Bowie, P-Funk, Hawkwind, Rush, Kraftwerk, Devo, and everything in between). It was published in hardcover and paperback by Melville House Publishing and is available everywhere books are sold. Jason is also the author of the alternate history novel TAFT 2012 (Quirk), the Goosebumps book SLAPPY'S REVENGE (Scholastic), the Pirates of the Caribbean book THE CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW HANDBOOK (Quirk), and numerous short stories in magazines and anthologies. He's the former nonfiction editor of CLARKESWORLD and won a Hugo Award in 2013 as part of that editing team, and he also penned a chapter of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's THE TIME TRAVELER'S ALMANAC (Tor). He's written about pop culture for THE NEW YORKER, THE ATLANTIC, ROLLING STONE, PITCHFORK, NPR, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, THE A.V. CLUB, and many others. His next novel REPEATER, an urban fantasy set in the '90s punk scene, will be published in 2021 by Saga Press/Simon & Schuster; his memoir EXTRATERRESTRIAL SUMMER will be published in 2022 by Melville House. His most recent band was the internationally-touring post-punk outfit WEATHERED STATUES (Svart Records). He is represented by Eddie Schneider, Vice President of JABberwocky Literary Agency, and he lives in Denver with his wife.   Buy Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded (Amazon)   Buy Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded (Bookshop)   NPR Review of Holly George Warren's Janis, about Janis Joplin        Jason Heller's Pitchfork Writer Page   At about 3:00, Jason talks about J.G. Ballard and the idea of being a “geek” and “a  At about 5:10, Jason discusses his childhood relationship with the written word and reading and writing as ways of combating anxiety; he also references his huge fandom for Star Wars and Star Trek and other science fiction and fantasy  At about 9:05, Jason outlines the pop culture boom in his later childhood and his dive into unorthodox music (Queen, etc.) as“survival mechanisms” At about 12:00, Jason describes the pull of David Bowie for him and like minded friends At about 12:55, Jason lists writers who have given, and continue to give him, “chills at will”-including J.G. Ballard and the band The Buzzcocks At about 18:10, Jason describes the particular ethos of Pete Shelley of The Buzzcocks At about 20:45, Jason talks about inspiration from music critics and reviews that sent him more and more into the world of writing as a profession, including his start with the world of “zines.” At about 23:20, Jason talks about a “Eureka moment” in his budding writing career in which forged a connection with Westword Magazine in Denver, getting notice due to a review of a favorite of Jason's, Jonathan Richman At about 27:40, Jason talks about music writers like Lester Bangs and Greil Marcus and others who “energized” him as a young writer At about 30:30, Jason talks about his book Taft 2012-its genesis and subject matter, as well as his classification of it as “alternate history” At about 40:15, Jason and Pete discuss the “butterfly effect” and its many iterations in pop culture and how he turned the trope on its face in Taft 2012 At about 41:30, Jason talks about his use, or lack thereof or “magical realism” and how he used folklore and folktales in his book on Taft At about 44:40, Jason talks about salient themes in the book, especially the lionizing of our US leaders At about 50:00, Jason talks about the beginning of his book, Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded and its emphasis on the 1970s music scene and how the sci-fi-inflected music inspired the book At about 53:35, Jason talks about the book's circular nature, “bookend[ed]” by David Bowie songs At about 55:20, Jason and Pete discuss the 1969 moon landing and its influence on the music of the age At about 59:00, Jason and Pete trace the connections in Jason's book to the changing American landscape/technology and the changes in sci-fi music, from  At about 1:01:30, Jason and Pete talk about Star Wars and Star Trek and their consistent pull on Jason and their parts in the sci-fi pop culture zeitgeist At about 1:06:10, Jason discusses the ways in which sci-fi music evolved with the evolution  At about 1:07:25, Jason is asked if he thinks sci-fi music has gotten a bad rap in the tiers of “high art” in pop culture; he references strong sci-fi writers like Charlie Jane Anders and also talks about how standouts like Sun-Ra and Parliament-Funkadelic and David Bowie often had their music examined through any genre but sci-fi At about 1:14:20, Pete compliments Jason's portrayal of David Bowie and how Jason traces the “family tree” of sci-fi music in a nonlinear, interesting way At about 1:15:20, Jason discusses his writing of reviews and Pete asks him what it is like to judge someone's art, as art is so subjective; he gives an interesting take on how he approaches writing and reading reviews At about 1:18:40, Jason explains the changing mores in terms of writing cruel and “savage” music reviews, including by Pitchfork Magazine At about 1:24:15, Jason talks about his upcoming book projects, including an evolving book idea and Repeater, a novel set in the 1990s punk rock scene   You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. 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The episode is with Clifford Brooks, poet, writer of, most recently,  Athena Departs: Gospel of a Man Apart, founder of The Southern Collective Experience, a cooperative of writers, musicians and visual artists, which publishes the journal of culture The Blue Mountain Review and hosts the NPR show Dante's Old South.  The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.

July 2021 Dante's Old South David Shaw: Acclaimed singer, songwriter, musician, and producer David Shaw's first-ever solo album (Yokoko Records/C3 Records) finds The Revivalists frontman following the direction of his own internal compass, riling up his raw rock ‘n' roll impulses as he opens up like never before as a lyricist, poet, and storyteller. The journey of David's solo artistry began as he placed a renewed focus on self-care and personal growth, noticing something within himself that, as he says, he “needed to water.” Natalia Anciso: (Weslaco, TX, 1985). Chicana-Tejana visual artist, educator, and Rio Grande Valley native. Anciso earned her BA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin, her MFA from the California College of the Arts, and her MA in Education from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education. Anciso has exhibited her work throughout the United States and internationally, including the San Jose Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum of California, and the National Museum of Mexican Art. Her work focuses primarily on Identity, as well as human rights, race, class and education. Arts integration and social justice are paramount to her work as an urban educator. Her contributions as an artist have been acknowledged by The Huffington Post, Latina Magazine, Elle Magazine, and TVyNovelas, as well as by former United States Secretary of Education, John King, Jr. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Robert Gwaltney: A graduate of Florida State University, Robert Gwaltney resides in Atlanta Georgia. By day, he serves as Vice President of Easter Seals North Georgia, Inc., a non-profit organization strengthening children and their families at the most critical times in their development. Through his non-profit work, he is a champion for early childhood literacy. In all the hours between, he writes and works as Fiction Editor for The Blue Mountain Review. His work has appeared in the The Signal Mountain Review, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and The Blue Mountain Review. His debut novel, The Cicada Tree, will be released January 21, 2022 and has been selected by the International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club as its selection for February 2022. Music: “Disrepair” David Shaw “On the Run” Turkuaz "Esala Rien" Rey Sapienz Special Thanks: Autism Speaks - www.autismspeaks.org Red Phone Booth – www.redphonebooth.com Linden Row Inn- www.lindenrowinn.com Office Evolution of Roswell, Georgia - www.officeevolution.com/locations/roswell To purchase books written by the show's host, please visit www.cliffbrooks.com for more details. His major collections of poetry are available anywhere books are sold.

Tim Conroy is a poet and former educator. His work has been published in journals, magazines, and compilations, including Fall Lines, Auntie Bellum, Blue Mountain Review, Jasper, Marked by the Water, and Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy. In 2017, Muddy Ford Press published his first book of poetry, Theologies of Terrain, edited by Columbia, South Carolina, poet laureate Ed Madden. A founding board member of the Pat Conroy Literary Center established in his brother's honor, Tim Conroy lives in Columbia. Host Jonathan Haupt Kentucky-born Jonathan Haupt has served as Director of the University of South Carolina Press and, prior to that, as USC Press's Assistant Director for sales and marketing. Under Haupt's leadership, USC Press was honored with a South Carolina Governors Award in the Humanities, given in recognition of the Press's commitment to education through humanities publishing. In 2013, he established the Press's acclaimed Story River Books fiction imprint, edited by Pat Conroy and named by Garden & Gun magazine as one of the top ten things to love about the South. His directorship at USC Press has been defined by a consistent commitment to serving the interests of writers and readers in and beyond South Carolina. Haupt created the Pat Conroy at 70 Festival in October 2015, an immersive literary event that was equal parts birthday celebration, book festival, writers conference, film festival, civic pride ceremony, community outreach program, and family reunion. Following Conroy's death, Haupt remade the festival as the Pat Conroy Literary Festival. @copyrighted.

Author Cliff Brooks makes a return appearance to talk about his new books, Athena Departs and Exiles of Eden, his many other endeavors, and the aesthetic of contemporary poetry of the American South.