Podcast appearances and mentions of kirk judd

The Open Mic of the Air is a new project from Poetry Spoken Here. Since in-person events are temporarily suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet while staying safe at home. This is the second episode of the Open Mic of the Air features poets from across the United States - Texas, Vermont, West Virginia and more. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air This Week's Readers 1:22 Linda Simone, San Antonio, Texas – “Salon” 3:12 Michael Minassian, Flower Mound, Texas – “Cut Above the Heart” 5:16 Carlos “El Principito” Garcia Leon, Cincinnati, Ohio – “This is a Sentence” 8:09 Selena Abbot – Largo, Florida, “hear me” 10:11 Susan Jefts, Lake George, New York – “Bardo Over the Hudson” 12:39 Kirk Judd, Morgantown, West Virginia – “The High Country Remembers Her Heritage” 15:29 J. D. Fox, Barre, Vermont – "Daff o Dils" 18:13 Brenda Berry, Winchester, Virginia – “Longanimity” 20:36 Matthew Ussia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – “At the Moment He Was Conceived” 22:10 Ralph Culver, South Burlington, Vermont – “To March” 25:27 Kate Jordan, Cross Lanes, West Virginia – “Ten-Year Father” 31:14 Laura Santner, Brooklyn, New York – “March” SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR!: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Annmarie Lockhart interviews West Virginia poet Kirk Judd about the influence of one's environment on one's poetry. Judd discusses the environment, his poetic activism, and the experience of curating Joseph Barrett's collection, Blue Planet Memoirs, published posthumously by Dos Madres Press.

West Virginia poet, Kirk Judd, talks about spirituality in poetry, his personal perspective on the mountain state he loves, and teaching the importance of getting poetry off the page. Recordings of his poetry with musical accompaniment are also featured. Subscribe to Poetry Spoken Here on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/poetr…d1030829938?mt=2 Visit our website: poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Episode 37 is a recorded live reading of the historic Appalachian Inquisition Panel recorded at the WV Writers 2010 Summer Conference. The panel featured WV literary notables: Irene McKinney, Denise Giardina, Kirk Judd, Norman Jordan, Daniel Boyd, Gretchen Moran Laskas and Tim Poland fielding questions about the state of Appalachian literature, as pitched by moderator Cat Pleska. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 37 Links mentioned in Podcast: * Irene McKinney * Denise Giardina * Kirk Judd * Norman Jordan * Daniel Boyd * Gretchen Moran Laskas * Tim Poland * Cat Pleska

This week we present a special double-sized podcast episode in tribute to WV Writers founder Shirley Young Campbell, who passed away August 17, 2009. For this special episode, we interview Kirk Judd, Dr. Barbara Smith and Dolly Withrow, each counted among the charter members of WV Writers and longtime friends of Mrs. Campbell. We speak to them about Mrs. Campbell's many accomplishments in promoting the writing and writers of WV, her role as the driving force in the creation of West Virginia Writers, Inc., her co-founding of Mountain State Press, her own writing career and many publications, what she was like as a person, and her role in mentoring many of the finest writers of our state and beyond. Many thanks to Phyllis Wilson Moore for her tremendous help in the research for this podcast. DOWNLOAD (Right click and Save Link Target As) West Virginia Writers Podcast Episode 16 Links mentioned in Podcast: Shirley Young Campbell’s books in the World Catalog search Fairmont State's Literary Map of West Virginia Dolly Withrow Columns at the Charleston Daily Mail Allegheny Echoes Dr. Barbara Smith Phyllis Wilson Moore A POEM FOR SHIRLEY YOUNG CAMPBELL BY BOYD CARR Shirley Young Campbell ~ 8-19-09 i was a budding writer in her fold ~ when i got into My.th day/nights i would send her my papers ~ at the wvw ink i would sit with her & go over them ~ she said two things ~ a thousand years is not a very long time & do you think if i had gone to the university of virginia i could understand your My.th ? when i had my hernia Repaired she held her second Hill & Valley party ~ i phoned her & declined ~ she said that in her business a hernia was not even considered a disability ~ i stayed home & sulked ~ she said she used to have a public speaking voice but when i knew her it had cracked ~ Ed ~ her husband ~ gave me a walking stick with a head carved on one end ~ i can see it now in the cane &umbrella stand ~one day i said to Shirley ~ i am being discovered ~ she Replied ~ you have already been discovered bc

Episode 10, in which we speak with poet and WV Writers Charter Member, Kirk Judd. We discuss the early origins of WV Writers as an organization, Kirk's recent work with the West Virginia Words and Music program at the Clay Center in Charleston and Kirk's co-creation of the Allegheny Echoes Workshops. Allegheny Echoes is celebrating its 13th year in 2009 and will run June 21- 27, in Marlinton, West Virginia