Planet Poet - Words in Space

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired April 21st, 2026) featuring returning guest, award-winning poet, teacher, mentor and editor, Geoffrey Nutter , who’ll read from his Long-form Poem Emissaries, and share his thoughts on the importance of sound and dreams in poems and the emergence of AI.  Pamela Manché Pearce , Planet Poet’s erudite Poet-at-Large, a...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired March10th, 2026) featuring award-winning poets Richard Parisio and Guy Reed. Richard and Guy live in and write about the Catskills and the Hudson Valley and read from and discuss their respective poetry collections Trailside Register and Time Under The Overlook, both published in 2025 by Bushwhack Books .  Richard...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired February 10th, 2026) featuring poet Barbara Leff .  Barbara, joining the show from San Francisco, discusses and reads from her books AND GOD SAID…A Brief History of Creation , and Undertow . Planet Poet’s Poet-At-Large, Pamela Manché Pearce, also appears on the show.  Born and raised in New York, Barbara Leff disco...

LISTEN to my December 30th, 2025 WIOX show (also a podcast!) featuring Canadian poets Margo LaPierre and Guy Elston. Margo and Guy will read from and discuss their respective poetry collections Ajar and The Character Actor Convention and talk about their lives in poetry.   Margo LaPierre (she/her) is a writer and freelance literary editor. With multi-genre work published in The Ex-Puritan, CV2, Ro...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired November 18th, 2025) featuring renowned, groundbreaking poet Molly Peacock .  Molly will read from her acclaimed books and discuss her life as a poet, biographer and arts activist.     Molly Peacock is the author of eight collections of poetry, including The Widow’s Crayon Box. Her poems appear in leading literary...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired September 23rd, 2025) featuring returning guests, award-winning poet Lee Slonimsky and award-winning novelist Carol Goodman .  Lee and Carol will discuss and read from their new books - Lee’s latest bilingual poetry collection Pythagoras in Exile , which is published in Greece and translated by Katerina Mardakioupi...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired August l2th, 2025) featuring poets Bertha Rogers and Mary Gilliland. Bertha and Mary discuss their new books and talk about their work and their lives in poetry over the last few decades.   Mary Gilliland is the author of Ember Days , The Devil’s Fools (winner of the Codhill Press Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award a...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired July l, 2025) featuring two poets of the West:  Tim Hunt and Gerald Wagoner.  Tim and Gerald will read from their work and discuss their journeys in poetry. Visit: Sharon Israel , Tim Hunt , Gerald Wagoner , Broadstone Books   Tim Hunt is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently Western Where (Broadst...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired June 3rd, 2025) featuringHudson Valley poet Lisa St. John.  Lisa reads from her book Swallowing Stones and discusses her life as a poet. Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce also appears on the show.  Lisa St. John is a writer living in upstate New York. She is the author of two poetry books, Ponderings (Finishing Li...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired March 11th, 2025) featuring Ulster County Poet Laureate, performance artist and President of CAPS (Calling All Poets), Mike Jurkovic.  Mike reads from his latest work and discusses exciting developments at CAPS now entering its 26th year in the Hudson Valley.  Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce appears later in the...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired February 11th, 2025) featuring poet Tina Barry on her spellbinding new book, I Tell Henrietta.   Kristin Flynn , the artist who created the intense, expressive cover and interior art for I Tell Henrietta also joins us on the show.  Visit:Tina Barry at Tina Barry writer and  Kristin Flynn at https://www.kristinflynn...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired December 17th, 2024) featuring Bruce Weber and Jan Alexander.  Bruce is the producer and Jan is the coordinator of “Whirlwind” The 2025 Hudson Valley New Year’s Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza .  Bruce and Jan will tell us about this great event and read from their writings. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com . ...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired October 22nd, 2024) featuring award-winning poet Janet Kaplan who will explore the theme of “Chaos and Creativity” in her poetry. Her work has earned praise from poets and critics including Dan Beachy Quick and Adrienne Rich . Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com .  Visit: Janet Kaplan Ecotones .     Janet Kaplan ’s full-le...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired September 10th, 2024) featuring poet, writer and historian Bill Birns.  Bill brings his great knowledge of Catskills history and his deep affinity with Ralph Waldo Emerson to the show and reads from his work-in-progress The Cooper Shop.   Bill Birns was honored to be named one of 50 Stewards of the Catskills b y th...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired August 13th, 2024) featuring Bruce McPherson , the founding Director of the award-winning McPherson & Co .- a Literary and Arts Publishing Company, who will present and read from his compelling and award-winning catalog of books.  Pamela Manché Pearce , Planet Poet’s intrepid Poet-at-Large, joins us later in th...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired July 30th, 2024) featuring returning guest - the remarkable poet, teacher and editor, Geoffrey Nutter, who’ll read from his work and share with us his erudition and passion about the Haiku form.  Pamela Manché Pearce , Planet Poet’s intrepid Poet-at-Large is also featured on the show.  Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com ....

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired July 16th, 2024) featuring award-winning poet and President and Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets, Ricardo Maldonado .  Pamela Manché Pearce , Planet Poet’s Poet-at-Large, is also featured on the show. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com .  Visit: https://poets.org/academy-american-poets and https://poets...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired June 4th, 2024) featuring the founding members of PRP (Poets Read Poetry) who have gathered together to read and discuss the wildly expressive poetry of 19th century poet Francis Saltus Saltus .  Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com .  Visit: Francis Saltus Saltus Pamela  Manché Pearce , Planet Poet’s own Poet-At-Large,  be...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired May 7th, 2024) featuring teacher, editor, poet and writer, Nancy Merritt Bell.  How do you teach young children to write poetry?  Nancy shares her methods and also reads from works she has edited and written specifically for children.  The show also features Pamela Manché Pearce , Planet Poet’s Poet-at-Large, who b...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX broadcast (aired March 26th, 2024) featuring award-winning poet Sam Truitt.   Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com . Visit:  samtruitt.com , samtsong.com , Station Hill Press  Sam Truitt was born in Washington, DC, and raised there and in Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of the ten works in the Vertical Elegies series, among others in print and oth...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX broadcast (aired February 13th, 2024) featuring award-winning poets Carey Salerno and Stacy L. Spencer, who are on the show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Alice James Books, an important Press solely dedicated to poetry. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com . Visit Alice James Books   Carey Salerno is the executive director and publisher of...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired December 19th, 2023) featuring award-winning poet and activist MARY GILLILAND, who discusses and reads from her latest poetry collection The Devil’s Fools and from her forthcoming collection Ember Days. Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s erudite and entertaining Poet-at-Large, also joins us on the show.  Visit: Sh...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired November 21st, 2023) featuring Maureen Buchanan Jones , poet, writer and Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) Training Director, who discusses and reads from her books blessed are the menial chores and Maud & Addie. Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s Poet-at-Large also joins us on the show. Visit: Sharonisraelpoe...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired Oct. 10, 2023) featuring poet Pui Ying Wong and her new collection Fanling In October, and co-host poet Lee Slonimsky.   Poet Pui Ying Wong’s new collection, Fanling In October has just been published by Barrow Street Press. She’s also the author of three other collections: The Feast, An Emigrant’s Winter and Yello...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired September 26th, 2023) featuring the wonderful poet, writer and visual artist, Anique Sara Taylor who reads from and talks about her new, award-winning Chapbook Civil Twilight. Pamela Manché Pearce , Planet Poet ’s Poet-at-Large is also on the show, bringing us her unique insights into poetry and poets.  Anique Sara...