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Here's a preview of a Patreon Exclusive episode, the spoken word section of Le Cirque Avant la Lune Froide, December 3, 2022 at Abandoned Building Brewery. To hear the full episode and more, sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea. The higher tiers not only get the bonus audio content, but a PDF of each new issue of Meat For Tea: The Valley Review every quarter! Readers i...

Join us for this live recording with Linsday Adkins - author of the recent Meat For Tea Press book Fixing The Halo. She reads from her book as well as other works, and we all then get into a nice informal Q&A/chat for a bit as well. Good times! Thanks to the folks at Splendor Solis Books in Northampton MA for hosting and for all their support. Lindsay's book can be ordered at https://meatfortea.co...

Join Elizabeth and Francesca Bell, author and poet of What Small Sound, Bright Stain and Whoever Drowned Here in a great conversation. Trigger warnings, censorship, speaking (and translating) German, and more. Francesca reads a couple of selections from What Small Sound and also a poem from her upcoming book of Max Sessner poems, translated from his native German. Find more about Francesca at http...

For this bonus we have an excerpt from Episode 259 of the Notes McGotes where Brandon flies solo with Elizabeth discussing Patti Smith Group's album Easter. If you like what you hear here, please do check out the full episode and more wherever you get your favorite podcasts! For more about the Notes McGotes Podcast, go here: https://linktr.ee/notesmcgotespod

We're joined by Dianne and Kevin Germain of Splendor Solis Books in Northampton, MA. We have a really great chat about how they came to own and run their store, their history, record and book shopping, tin cans and string, and a whole lot more! Grab a snack and a beverage and settle in for this fun conversation! https://www.splendorsolisbooks.com/ Mentioned in this episode, the album We're...

For this exclusive episode, we have the readers for the Meat For Tea portion of the Human Error Publishing Poetry Month reading from April 2, 2023 at the Divine Theater at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA. Featuring Tam Fricke, Gerald Yelle and Lindsay Adkins! Enjoy this preview featuring one of Lindsay's pieces from her chapbook (on Meat For Tea Press) Fixing The Halo. If you enjoyed this and...

Hey hey! Welcome to a live recording in our house with David P. Miller, Jane Wiley, Tommy Twilite, Daniel Hales and James Lowe! Join us for a semi-free-form discussion, with a reading from David, and music from Tommy and The Frost Heaves & HaLeS: Daniel and James (with Tommy joining in) and much more. Be a fly on the wall at Meat For Teacast HQ with this largely unedited capture of a good hang...

For this episode, the dynamic duo Fred Cracklin said we could share their set from Le Cirque Avant la Lune Froide: Saturday, December 3, 2022! It's a rockin' good time. To hear the full set, subscribe to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea for this and other goodies, with lots more to come!

Join Elizabeth as she has one heck of a talk with Marina Barcenilla - independent perfumer and fragrance educator, and, randomly, an Astrobiology Doctoral Researcher at the University of Westminster and Natural History Museum in London. This one is lively! Chemicals! Natural Cosmetics! Pedro Pascal! The conversation also goes full Chant Rat. (You'll need to listen to get it. Listen! You'll...

Bad Girls Book Party - the Bad Girls of Poetry! Hi hi! So, we have here a terrific reading celebrating Jane Muschenetz's chapbook All the Bad Girls Wear Russian Accents. Host:  Katie Manning ( Whale Road Review ) Featuring:  Jane Muschenetz Readers: John Guzlowski , Elizabeth MacDuffie (Meat for Tea) , Tara Lynn Masih , Shyla Shehan ( The Good Life Review ), Marjorie Tesser ( Mom Egg Review )

Buckle up! One heck of a conversation with Elizabeth and Madcollage, collage artist, writer and the host of the Six Impossible Things podcast! The discussion ranges from Alice in Wonderland to artist statements, from old school TV to analog vs. digital in the visual arts, and more! For more information, check out these links: Six Impossible Things Trailer:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CYfprI...

We welcome back writer John Yamrus. Elizabeth and John have a free-form conversation ranging from music to writing and much more. John's most recent book, Twenty Four Poems is available from Meat For Tea Press, and his prior book Selected Poems: The Director's Cut, an expansive volume is out through Concrete Mist Press. John reads from his works including some newer, never-published poems! A terri...

Ahoy! Elizabeth has a great chat session with Meat For Tea contributors Rick Paar and Joshua Michael Stewart in this packed episode. They read from their most recent works, including a new, unpublished piece from Joshua, and much much more! Rick's book God Bless America and Breakfast Burritos to Go (Meat For Tea Press) can be found here: https://www.meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm and https://www.ama...

We welcome the authors of our upcoming Meat For Tea Press book Midnight Glossolalia to this engaging episode. They read some of the works in this collaborative book, talk about creative process and a ton more. Do tuck in! Warning! There is some "language" in this episode. But we're all adults here, right? Right.

The third and last installment in our 2022 Pushcart Nominees' series, this one features a terrific conversation with Mary Buchinger and Mark Lew. Topic range from the english language and the importance of retaining words to writing processes, and beyond. They read their nominated pieces as well - a real treat. AND! We've got more 6 Word Stories culled from our Meat For Teacast Facebook page parti...

Welcome back for part two of our three-part series featuring our 2022 Pushcart Prize nominees. Carla Cooke and Robert Peate talks writing, some politics, media, and more with Elizabeth in this engrossing episode. Make yourself comfortable and tuck right in! Carla's work in Meat For Tea can be found in the Russian Caravan issue, and Robert's in the Mugwort, Russian Caravan, Criadilla de Toro and Pa...

Welcome to part one of our three-part series featuring our 2022 Pushcart Prize nominees. Charles Coe and Tamara Fricke have an extensive conversation - not to mention highly entertaining! - with Elizabeth, discussing writing and the creative process, featuring them reading some of their works, including those nominated for the Pushcart, and much, much more. Grab a beverage, a snack, and tuck right...

(Opening song by Tom Kovar - thanks, Tom!) We have a special preview of this episode from Paisley Productions' Learn German Through Music podcast, where Elizabeth was that episode's guest! "A great way to learn German for music lovers! Learn 30 new vocabulary words each lesson by listening to popular German language songs. Each lesson features a song in a different genre, from indie to rap, punk t...

Elizabeth and Matthew McKee have a great conversation about his new book Keeping the Stars Awake from Atmosphere Press, how he landed in Japan, and a whole lot more! Let us mention, please, that his website is https://matthewjmckee.com - it might not have been clear in the episode itself!

We're reprising our episode (S1 E20, August 20, 2020)  - our conversation with Michael Rothenberg - upon the sad news of his passing. Our hearts go out to all of those whose lives he touched. He will be very dearly missed. The twentieth episode of the Meat For Teacast, and the season one finale! Join Elizabeth in conversation with Michael Rothenberg, writer, artist, and co-founder of 100,000...

Join Elizabeth and author/poet and RN Scott Ferry for a lively conversation about poetry and writing, some politics, his background, and much more! He reads some of his works as well - a big treat. Find more about Scott and his books here: https://ferrypoetry.com/books/

We have a special preview of this episode from Derik Jones' Ratchet Book Club. "In this episode, Elizabeth from the Meat for Tea podcast, Stew from the Stew World Order podcast, Paisley from the Learn German Through Music podcast and Amanda from the Momma Murdered a Podcast join together to create a story based on the following phrases: Nudist, Invitation from a stranger, and Box of hair. Enjoy."...

Jane Yolen and Peter Tacy! For the full episode, please consider joining our Patreon and help support what we do. We promise exclusive stuff over there! This is a live recording from October 25, 2022 at the Emily Williston Library in Easthampton MA. Unedited, and cleaned up as best as could be (air handler in the same room as the reading!) they read from their Meat For Tea Press book The Black Dog...

What a great conversation we had with John Berglund of Tijon (Saint Martin, Charlottesville and New Orleans). He's an expert perfumer and author, and our chat ranges from perfuming, writing, life on the island of Saint Martin (and our meeting him on our visit there) and beyond. https://www.tijon.com/

Authors Lesléa Newman and Tzivia Gover and Elizabeth discuss their writing, their latest book Sleep Tight Through The Night , and provide readings from their works. The discussion goes, as is par for the Meat For Teacast way, wide-ranging. Grab a cuppa and settle in! https://tziviagover.com/ https://lesleanewman.com/