Podcast appearances and mentions of Maurice Manning

Today's poem is Two Shadows by Maurice Manning. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. We're taking a break this week, so we're sharing some of our favorite episodes from the archive. We'll be back with new episodes on January 6, 2025. This episode was originally released on December 18, 2023. In this episode, Major writes… “I want someone in my daughter's life who will sing to her when she is most full of doubts and uncertainties, when storms inevitably arrive. Today's poem gorgeously anticipates the day ahead when our children will pursue their own loves, and what magic we might model for them.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

In this episode, we'll continue our series on Ireland's major political parties, as we look at the history of Fine Gael, and debate its successes and failures.Joining host Patrick Geoghegan is former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, as well as Dr Maurice Manning, former Chancellor of the National University of Ireland and former Fine Gael TD and Senator, Dr Elaine Callinan, lecturer in History at Carlow College, Dr Mel Farrell, historian and author of 'Party Politics in a New Democracy: The Irish Free State, 1922-37', and Prof Ciara Meehan, Dean of Students at University of Galway and author of 'The Cosgrave Party: a history of Cumann na nGaedheal, 1923-33'.

The full title of today's poem from Maurice Manning says it all: “A Brief Refutation of the Rumor That I Allowed Willie and Tad to Relieve Themselves in my Up-Turned Hat on a Sunday Morning at the Office While Their Mother was Attending Religious Services” Maurice Manning (born 1966) is an American poet. His first collection of poems, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions, was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award, chosen by W.S. Merwin. Since then he has published four collections of poetry (with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Copper Canyon Press). He teaches English and Creative Writing at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, where he oversees the Judy Gaines Young Book Award, and is a member of the poetry faculty of the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. Today's poem comes from his 2020 collection, Railsplitter.-bio via Wikipedia Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Today's poem is Two Shadows by Maurice Manning.The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “I want someone in my daughter's life who will sing to her when she is most full of doubts and uncertainties, when storms inevitably arrive. Today's poem gorgeously anticipates the day ahead when our children will pursue their own loves, and what magic we might model for them.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

Recorded live, April 10, 2023. In celebration of National Poetry Month, Maurice Manning joined us for Lawson McGhee Library's monthly book discussion group, All Over the Page. Hear Manning read his poems and talk about his book Bucolics. Manning also discusses more recent work including his new podcast, The Grinnin' Possum. Maurice Manning has published seven books of poetry. His first book, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions, won the Yale Younger Poets Award, and his fourth, The Common Man, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He teaches Transylvania University.Links:The Grinnin' Possum Podcast: Poetry Music History with Maurice ManningEight Bucolics in VQRBucolics XXII, XXXV, and LVIII at Art and TheologyBio and poems at the Poetry FoundationArticle in Garden & GunInterview at PlumeManning reading at the Sewanee Writer's Conference (Video)Mentioned in this episode:KnoxCountyLibrary.orgThank you for listening and sharing this podcast. Explore life-changing resources and events, sign up for newsletters, follow us on social media, and more through our website, www.knoxcountylibrary.org.Rate & review on Podchaser

Recorded live, April 10, 2023. In celebration of National Poetry Month, Maurice Manning joined us for Lawson McGhee Library's monthly book discussion group, All Over the Page. Hear Manning read his poems and talk about his book Bucolics. Manning also discusses more recent work including his new podcast, The Grinnin' Possum. Maurice Manning has published seven books of poetry. His first book, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions, won the Yale Younger Poets Award, and his fourth, The Common Man, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He teaches Transylvania University.Links:The Grinnin' Possum Podcast: Poetry Music History with Maurice ManningEight Bucolics in VQRBucolics XXII, XXXV, and LVIII at Art and TheologyBio and poems at the Poetry FoundationArticle in Garden & GunInterview at PlumeManning reading at the Sewanee Writer's Conference (Video)Mentioned in this episode:KnoxCountyLibrary.orgThank you for listening and sharing this podcast. Explore life-changing resources and events, sign up for newsletters, follow us on social media, and more through our website, www.knoxcountylibrary.org.Rate & review on Podchaser

As we approach the end of the Decade of Centenaries, Miriam chats with Dr Maurice Manning, the Chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Commemorations

A good poet applying his pen and imagination to the inner life of historical figures...this is the human version of catnip for me. In his book A Companion for Owls, Kentucky poet Maurice Manning writes about the frontier life of Daniel and Rebecca Boone. The two poems in this episode are "Born Again" and "A Wife's Tale."   Back in episode 17 I shared and discussed "The Pupil" by Maurice Manning

Maurice Manning (born 1966) is an American poet. His first collection of poems, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions, was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award, chosen by W.S. Merwin.[1] Since then he has published four collections of poetry (with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Copper Canyon Press). He teaches English and Creative Writing at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, where he oversees the Judy Gaines Young Book Award, and is a member of the poetry faculty of the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers.[2]Bio via Wikipedia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maurice Manning has published seven books of poetry. His first book, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions, won the Yale Younger Poets Award, and his fourth, The Common Man, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.  Be sure to look for books by Manning in our online catalog. Links: https://files.captivate.fm/library/e9cfd638-efe6-4ad4-8139-79e8cc11c1dc/one-view-of-time-maurice-manning.pdf (Read "One View of Time" by Maurice Manning) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maurice-manning (Bio and poems at the Poetry Foundation) https://gardenandgun.com/feature/poet-maurice-manning-voice-wilderness/ (Article in Garden & Gun) https://plumepoetry.com/maurice-manning-railsplitter/ (Interview at Plume) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F802DnOTN8s (Manning reading at the Sewanee Writer's Conference (Video)) Music: "https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/field-report-vol-vi-bayocean-instrumental/just-a-memory-now-instrumental (Just A Memory Now (Instrumental))" by https://www.soundofpicture.com/ (Chad Crouch) is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (CC) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (BY NC 4.0) with modifications mBZv33R852R0VfEcJsei

Maurice Manning has published seven books of poetry. His first book, Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions, won the Yale Younger Poets Award, and his fourth, The Common Man, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.  Be sure to look for books by Manning in our online catalog. Links: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maurice-manning (Bio and poems at the Poetry Foundation) https://gardenandgun.com/feature/poet-maurice-manning-voice-wilderness/ (Article in Garden & Gun) https://plumepoetry.com/maurice-manning-railsplitter/ (Interview at Plume) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F802DnOTN8s (Manning Reading at the Sewanee Writer's Conference (Video)) Music: "https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/field-report-vol-vi-bayocean-instrumental/just-a-memory-now-instrumental (Just A Memory Now (Instrumental))" by https://www.soundofpicture.com/ (Chad Crouch) is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (CC BY NC 4.0) with modifications

In this episode I share "The Pupil" by native Kentucky poet Maurice Manning. This poem tells the story of an interior Appalachian scene and does artistic work that I believe is unique to poetry. I draw upon Matthew Zapruder's book Why Poetry? to aid my attempts to explain it. 

In recognition of President's Day, today's poem is in the posthumous voice of Abraham Lincoln, as imagined by Kentucky poet Maurice Manning. Kentucky poet Maurice Manning has published five books of poetry, including The Common Man, which was one of three finalists for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. His first collection, Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions, was selected for the 2000 Yale Series of Younger Poets. He has had works in publications including The New Yorker, Washington Square, The Southern Review, Poetry, Shenandoah, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. - Bio via Transy.edu. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. Maurice Manning is the Chair of Government Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries

This week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES is all about Maurice Manning's poetry collection Railsplitter. Over the past year, faculty and students at Transylvania University have worked with Manning to adapt Railsplitter for stage and film. Listen in for a sneak preview of the production as host Bill Goodman chats with Maurice Manning and Tosha Fowler, director of theatre at Transy, as well as some of the other directors and actors. Railsplitter will premeire on Friday, November 20 at 7:30 PM. For more information, visit www.transy.edu/railsplitter. THINK HUMANITIES is made possible by generous funding from Spalding University.

Senator Barry Ward talks Seanad reform in Episode 5. Barry is joined by two former TDs: Senator Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fáil – Wexford); and former Leader of Seanad Éireann and current Chancellor of the National University of Ireland, Dr Maurice Manning. Malcolm Byrne was elected to the 32nd Dáil for the Wexford Constituency in a by-election in November 2019; he was subsequently elected to the 26th Seanad on the Cultural & Educational Panel and is the author, along with his fellow-Fianna Fáil Senators Pat Casey and Shane Cassells, of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020. This episode explores the role of the Seanad, the upper house of the Irish parliament, its potential and what reforms are needed to broaden its scope. Follow Senator Malcolm Byrne on Twitter @malcombyrne, on Instagram @malcolmbyrne, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/malcolmbyrne, or at www.fiannafail.ie/reps/senator-malcolm-byrne. Maurice Manning was a member of the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament, for 21 years, serving as a Senator on the Cultural & Educational Panel in the 15th , 18th, 19th, 21st and 22nd Seanaid, and as TD for Dublin North-East in the 23rd and 24th Dála. Maurice Manning also authored the Manning Report on Seanad Reform in 2015, which recommended extensive “root and branch” reform of the upper house, and which formed the basis for the Seanad Bill 2020, sponsored by Senators Michael McDowell, Gerard Craughwell and Alice Mary Higgins. Find out about Dr Maurice Manning at www.nui.ie/about/chancellor.asp and www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Maurice-Manning.S.1981-10-08. You can read about the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020 here: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2020/11/ You can read about the Seanad Bill 2020 here: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2020/47/ The Irish Legislation Podcast is presented by Senator Barry Ward. Follow Barry on Twitter twitter.com/barrymward; Instagram www.instagram.com/barrym_ward; Facebook at www.facebook.com/BarryWard.ie; or his web site: www.barryward.ie. E-mail barry.ward@oireachtas.ie with any comments or suggestions.

Today's poem is Gerard Manley Hopkins' "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" (with a little assist from fellow-poet, Maurice Manning). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You may not have known that award-winning Kentucky writer Maurice Manning has been the Kentucky Arts Council's featured artist. The spot on the arts council homepage usually reserved for the featured artist has been used to communicate valuable COVID-19 related resources for artists and arts organizations throughout the pandemic. But we wanted to put Maurice out front and center in a meaningful way, so we're giving you this chance to learn more about him on this episode. Arts council staff member Tamara Coffey spends time chatting with Maurice about what he's been up to during self-isolation, who his influences are and asks him to share some of his work with the audience.

On this week's episode of THINK HUMANITIES host Bill Goodman is joined virtually by author Silas House and poet Maurice Manning to talk about their thoughts on life during the pandemic, the importance of storytelling, and music.

The second summer of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference begins with James speaking with Marilyn Nelson, who has written poetry in many forms and for many audiences. Marilyn tells James about her fears of being pigeonholed as well as her love of musicality, embodying voices, and finding a way forward. Plus, Copper Canyon Executive Editor Michael Wiegers.      - Marilyn Nelson: https://marilyn-nelson.com/ Buy Marilyn's books: Shop your local indie bookstore for Marilyn Nelson Marilyn and James discuss:  Andrea Davis Pinkney Igor Stravinsky  Maurice Manning  Wyatt Prunty Childcraft Books  Sara Teasdale  Gwendolyn Brooks  Linda Ronstadt "Songs for My Father"  Norton's Anthology of Children's Literature  Stephen Roxburgh Front Street Publishing Augusta Savage  - Michael Wiegers: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/michael-wiegers/ Copper Canyon Press: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/ Michael and James discuss:  The New York Times  Goodreads  Amazon Michiko Kakutani  Ocean Vuong  RAILSPLITTER by Maurice Manning  Melissa Stein  Coffee House Press  W.S. Merwin  Robert Graves  Alan Brilliant  Unicorn Press  -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: https://www.beatroxel.com/ -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK /Instagram: tkwithjs / FB: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Today's poem is Maurice Manning's "Thee Art of Poetry," from his great new collection, Railsplitter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maurice Manning writes poems about turnips, and copperheads, and tire swings, and a woman who gets her apron strings caught in an old wringer washer. His work is dug from the ground of the Kentucky farmland where he lives. But it’s also elevated, universal, as high and expansive as the stars.

Today's poem is Robert Penn Warren's "Boy Wandering in Sims Valley" -- ready by poet and guest contributor, Maurice Manning. Remember: you can help us spread the word by subscribing, rating, and reviewing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maurice Manning is an award-winning poet from Kentucky whose new collection, Railsplitter, is written from the perspective of the posthumous Abraham Lincoln, recently assassinated and looking back at his life and death. It's out next week and it's wonderful. Manning joined David Kern recently for a conversation in his writing shed about his interest in Lincoln, writing poetry from a particular voice, and the process of imagination.If you enjoyed this conversation be sure to check out part two of our their conversation, which appeared in the summer issue of FORMA.Remember: subscribe, rate, review. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maurice Manning is an award-winning poet from Kentucky whose new collection, Railsplitter, is written from the perspective of the posthumous Abraham Lincoln, recently assassinated and looking back at his life and death. It's out next week and it's wonderful. Manning joined David Kern recently for a conversation in his writing shed about his interest in Lincoln, writing poetry from a particular voice, and the process of imagination. If you enjoyed this conversation be sure to check out part two of our their conversation, which appeared in the summer issue of FORMA. Remember: subscribe, rate, review. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Although Manning has been lauded throughout the country for his work — garnering accolades from some of the major poets of our time, like W.S. Merwin, in addition to the numerous awards he has received — he has found his place in this literary life, wearing it now as effortlessly as the patterned chambray shirts he favors. He is a man of the people, intent on bringing poetry and scenes of rural beauty to them, words of the past, but also the present — the poetry of preservation, of all of us." —Jason Howard, Leo Weekly

In our final episode of our Sewanee Writers' Conference series recorded in the summer of 2018, James is joined by Christine Schutt, one of our greatest authors, to discuss her career from FLORIDA to her latest, PURE HOLLYWOOD. They cover a lot of books, and a lot of ground, from nerves about reading to insecurity about writing, in an honest and illuminating conversation. Plus, friend and (relatively) new PARIS REVIEW editor Emily Nemens.  -  Christine Schutt: https://www.christineschutt.com/  Christine and James discuss:  Christine's books: FLORIDA; A DAY, A NIGHT, ANOTHER DAY, SUMMER; NIGHTWORK; ALL SOULS; PROSPEROUS FRIENDS; PURE HOLLYWOOD: AND OTHER STORIES  Amy Hempel  Barry Hannah  Gordon Lish  Lucy Corin  UC Davis  Mary Jo Salter  John Casey Cheri Peters  William Gay  Wyatt Prunty  Jill McCorkle  AWP  Donald Justice  Elizabeth Bishop  BLUETS by Maggie Nelson  TRIQUARTERLY  National Book Award  Kathryn Davis  SLEEPLESS NIGHTS by Elizabeth Hardwick TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson CHILD OF GOD by Cormac McCarthy  AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner  TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf  Diane Williams  NOON  Josh Weil  UC Irvine  The Nightingale-Bamford School  Wesleyan University  Mills College  Elizabeth Winthrop  GOSSIP GIRL by Cecily von Ziegesar Laura van den Berg  Elisabeth Schmitz   Margot Livesey  Alfred Hitchcock "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor  Alice Munro  Dan O'Brien  Maurice Manning  Clare Beams  - Emily Nemens: https://www.theparisreview.org/ Emily and James Discuss: THE PARIS REVIEW  THE SOUTHERN REVIEW  Diane Williams  WRITERS AT WORK  Pulitzer Prize  WOMEN AT WORK, INTERVIEWS FROM THE PARIS REVIEW  Francois Mauriac  Nadine Gordimer  Hernan Diaz  Kelli Jo Ford  Emily Bell  AWP  THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

The third in a series of conversations recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in the summer of 2018 finds James sitting down with Randall Kenan, who talks about the books that made him feel less alone, the art of writing about food, and the legacy of James Baldwin. Plus, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, editor at Ecotone Magazine.     - Randall Kenan: https://randallkenan.com/ Randall and James discuss:  Margot Livesey  Richard Bausch  Jill McCorkle  Tony Earley  Steve Yarbrough  Wyatt Prunty  Maurice Manning  Zora Neale Hurston  Charles Chestnut  Latin American Boom  Gabriel Garcia Marquez  Carlos Fuentes  Mario Vargas Llosa  Isabelle Allende  UNC- Chapel Hill  Amos Tutuola  Wole Soyinka  William Faulkner  Bennett Cerf  Donald Klopfer  Christine Schutt  Little Richard  Studs Terkel  V.S. Naipaul  THE LIVING IS EASY by Dorothy West  Jackie Kennedy  THE WEDDING by Dorothy West  Dan O'Brien  C-SPAN'S BOOKNOTES with Brian Lamb  SOUTHERN FOOD by John Egerton  Southern Foodways Alliance  INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison  Edna Lewis  William Styron  Molly O'Neill  Mark Twain  MFK Fisher  Urban Waite  JAMES BALDWIN: A BIOGRAPHY by David Leeming  THE NATION  THE FIRE NEXT TIME by James Baldwin NO NAME IN THE STREET by James Baldwin GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin  ANOTHER COUNTRY by James Baldwin Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  - Anna Lena Phillips Bell: https://ecotonemagazine.org/ Anna Lena and James discuss:  David Gessner  UNC- Wilmington  AWP  TIN HOUSE  AMERICAN SCIENTIST  David Schoonmaker  Dawn Silvia   Emerson College   -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: https://www.beatroxel.com/ -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

This episode, the third and final in a special three-part series, chronicles Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's travels to rural Kentucky in March 2018 as a pilot for her second-year project, 'American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities.' Rob Casper of the Poetry and Literature Center will reflect on the trip with help from Phillip Justice, Ashton Ricketts, and Maurice Manning. We'll also hear clips from one of Tracy K. Smith's Kentucky events, and close out the podcast series with reflections from Anya Creightney and our poet laureate herself.

In the first in a series of Sewanee Writers' Conversations, recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in July 2018, James sat down with poet Maurice Manning to talk about his latest collection, ONE MAN'S DARK, as well as a beautiful story about a gift from Claudia Emerson, challenging himself with each book, and how his poetry has changed. Plus, editor-in-chief of 32 POEMS, George David Clark.  Sewanee Writers' Conference: http://www.sewaneewriters.org/ - Maurice Manning Maurice and James discuss: Tony Earley  Tim O'Brien  Claudia Emerson  Pelican pens  Margot Livesey  Daniel Boone  Brooks Haxton  By Maurice Manning: ONE MAN'S DARK, THE GONE AND THE GOING AWAY, BUCOLICS, THE COMMON MAN, A COMPANION FOR OWLS, LAWRENCE BOOTH'S BOOK OF VISIONS  - George David Clark: http://www.georgedavidclark.com/ 32 POEMS: http://32poems.com/ David and James discuss:  32 POEMS  Texas Tech  VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEW MERIDIAN  John Poch  ONE STORY  Hannah Tinti  Dan O'Brien  REDIVIDER  Mark Wagner  Aimee Bender  Lydia Davis  "How to Talk to the Hunter" by Pam Houston   -  Music courtesy of Bea Troxel from her album, THE WAY THAT IT FEELS: https://www.beatroxel.com/ -  http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

Welcome back to The Daily Poem. Today's poem is Maurice Manning's "On Silence." Remember: subscribe, rate, review. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Bill Goodman is joined by Dr. Michael Cairo, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Political Science at Transylvania University. Dr. Cairo discusses the relevance of Robert Penn Warren’s timeless and celebrated work, "All the King’s Men," in relation to today’s society. Dr. Cairo will serve as a moderator for a community discussion about journalism and politics during our upcoming Kentucky Reads event, Democracy and the Informed Citizen, at Transylvania University’s Carrick Theatre on Tuesday, October 16th at 6:30 PM. The evening will begin with a “cuttings” read of the play "All the King’s Men" featuring regional actors and will be followed by a panel discussion including public figure Mayor Jim Gray, journalist Linda Blackford, and scholar Maurice Manning.

Tom Martin joined by Deborah Alexander and Aaron Thompson discuss returning to Kentucky after time outside of the state. They provide insight on the observation by Governor Happy Chandler that he "never met a Kentuckian who wasn't either thinking about going home or actually going home.” Eastern Standard summer intern Rebecca Blankenship trekked to the Anderson County farm of Pulitzer Prize-nominated Kentucky poet and Transylvania University professor Maurice Manning to talk about his comings and goings, from and back to Kentucky. Click here to listen.

Tom Martin joined by Deborah Alexander and Aaron Thompson discuss returning to Kentucky after time outside of the state. They provide insight on the observation by Governor Happy Chandler that he "never met a Kentuckian who wasn't either thinking about going home or actually going home.” Eastern Standard summer intern Rebecca Blankenship trekked to the Anderson County farm of Pulitzer Prize-nominated Kentucky poet and Transylvania University professor Maurice Manning to talk about his comings and goings, from and back to Kentucky. Click here to listen.

Host Bill Goodman welcomes U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to Kentucky as part of her National Project Rural Tour of America. Bill is also joined by Robert Casper, who heads the Poetry & Literature Division of the Center for the Book of the Library of Congress. Tracy and Robert reflect on their visits to Bowling Green, Glasgow, and New Haven, and describe their appreciation for the Kentuckians who engaged in a thoughtful discussion of poetry and their experiences in rural Kentucky. Bill also speaks with Maurice Manning, a noted Kentucky poet and professor in the Department of English at Transylvania University. Maurice discusses the importance of having a poet of such magnitude visit rural Kentucky.

This episode features a response to Prof. Richard Kearney's Annual Irish Studies Lecture by Prof. Maurice Manning.

This episode features a response to Prof. Richard Kearney's Annual Irish Studies Lecture by Prof. Maurice Manning.

Ted Olson is a Professor of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University.  He has published a collection of poems called Revelations.  This is a magnificent collection of poetry that touches on spirituality, nature, family, and music.  Maurice Manning writes that Revelations "...sweeps broadly, gathering family history, displaced people, the natural world, religion, small towns, solitude, and love into a single tide washing into shore."   Dr. Olson brought his banjo and his poetry.  Join us!

Shana Ritter interviews poet and Indiana University professor Maurice Manning

Maurice Manning traces the history of the Blueshirts in Ireland. The Blueshirts was the nickname for the National Guard which was an Irish extra-parliamentary security organisation active in the 1930s. Led by Eoin O’Duffy, they provided protection for political groups such as the Cumann na nGaedheal. (First Broadcast 1974)