Planet Poet - Words in Space

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  If you missed yesterday’s broadcast (September 12th), LISTEN to my WIOX show featuring the founding members of PRP (Poets Read Poetry) who have gathered together to read and discuss the poetry of Carl Sandburg.  Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s own Poet-At-Large, began PRP in her Garrison, New York living room in 2010 with a simple idea: to have poets...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired July 18th, 2023) featuringpoet, writer and historian Bill Birns who will discuss and read from his latest book Fleischmanns in Verse and other works.   Planet Poet’s Poet-at-Large, writer and visual artist Pamela Manché Pearce also joins us on the program to bring us her unique poetic insights and the latest in poe...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired May 9th, 2023) featuring longtime guest and erudite occasional co-host, poet and writer Lee Slonimsky who will talk about and read from his latest collection, the beautifully intriguing Pythagoras and the Animals.   Lee Slonimsky has published eleven books of poetry (including his latest, Pythagoras and the Animals...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired April 11th, 2023) featuring award-winning poet Christopher Brean Murray whose debut collection Black Observatory , published by Milkweed Editions , was selected by Dana Levin as the winner of the 2021-22 Jake Adam York Prize.    Planet Poet ’s Poet-at-Large, writer and visual artist Pamela Manché Pearce also joins...

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired March 14th, 2023) featuring two remarkable guests:  visionary humanitarian, musician and poet Elissa Montanti and writer, producer and director Michael McKinley , both here to discuss their documentary “Our Lady of Staten Island” which focuses in great part on Elissa’s work helping African children with Albinism, v...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired February 14th, 2023) featuring writer Frances Collato, who will read from and talk about her moving family saga, Shadows on the Pathway  (including Sephardic poetic proverbs passed down through centuries).  Planet Poet ’s Poet-at-Large, writer and visual artist Pamela Manché Pearce also joins us on the program.  ...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired January 17th, 2023) featuring  Eric Baylin, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Sullivan County, New York. You’ll hear Eric discussing his tenure as Poet Laureate, reading his poems and talking about his life as a sculptor and teacher.  Planet Poet’s Poet-At-Large, Pamela Manché Pearce, also joins us on the program.  Eric B...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my podcast (broadcast on WIOX radio January 3, 2023) featuring award-winning poet Alison Carb Sussman, who will discuss and read from her new poetry collection, Black Wool Cape.   Planet Poet’s Poet-At-Large, Pamela Manché Pearce, also joins us on the program. In addition to Black Wool Cape , Alison’s new poetry collection published by Unsolici...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my podcast featuring author Ellen Greene Stewart, who will read from and discuss her latest non-fiction book, ELEPHANTS – Up Close and Personal, a truly entertaining and affecting exploration of the author’s experiences as a volunteer in South Africa’s Knysna Elephant Park.  (Also a poem by Dan Chiasson!)   Ellen’s poignant portraits of individ...

NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired October 5th, 2022) featuring award-winning poet Lissa Kiernan, who will read from and discuss her most recent poetry collection, The Whispering Wall.   Planet Poet’s Poet-At-Large, Pamela Manché Pearce, also joins us on the show.   The Whispering Wall , Lissa Kiernan ’s second full-length poetry collection, won the 2020 Homebound Publications...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired September 13th, 2022) featuring award-winning poet Cammy Thomas who discusses and reads from her most recent poetry collection, Tremors , published by Four Way Books.  Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s endlessly interesting and erudite Poet-At-Large, also joins us on the show!     Cammy Thomas’ first book of poe...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired August 16, 2022) featuring Canadian poet Lisa Richter who reads from and discusses her poetry collection Nautilus and Bone , winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry, and the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry.    Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s endlessly...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired June 21, 2022) featuring Cheryl Clarke, remarkable poet, activist, educator and co-organizer of the annual Hobart Festival of Women Writers in Hobart, the Book Village of the Catskills.  Planet Poet’s intrepid Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce also joins us on the show!    CHERYL CLARKE is a black lesbian feminis...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my May 24th, 2022 WIOX show featuring poet and performance artist Mike Jurkovic.   Mike will read and perform poetry from his latest collection of poetry mooncussers and other works.  “From suburban streets to worldwide events, Jurkovic fights back with humor, ranging from dry to hilarious. Everything is political, and Jurkovic doesn’t care wha...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my April 26th 2022 WIOX show featuring Jerrice J. Baptiste, a poet of exceptional lyricism.  Jerrice will discuss and read from her upcoming poetry collection, Coral in the Diaspora.    Planet Poet’s endlessly interesting and erudite Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce also joins us on the show!    Jerrice J. Baptiste is the author of eight book...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my April 12th, 2022 WIOX show featuring returning guests, poet, essayist and novelist Sparrow to discuss his books Small Happiness & Other Epiphanies and The Princeton Diary, and novelist and essayist Violet Snow to discuss her new novel To March or to Marry.    Sparrow lives in a doublewide trailer in the salutary hamlet of Phoenicia, New...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my March 15th, 2022 WIOX show featuring returning guest, the unique poet and novelist Lee Slonimsky, who will read from and discuss his latest erudite and poignant poetry collection, Bright Yellow Buzz . This show has a  fascinating range - from Pompeii and the Lisbon Earthquake to Pythagoras, Vermeer, and the DNA commonality of trees and human...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my December 21st, 2021 WIOX show for my conversation with poet Elizabeth J. Coleman and photographer Michael Craig Palmer on their beautiful new book, Experiencing Autumn , and their unusual and imaginative collaboration.     Elizabeth J. Coleman is the editor of HERE: Poems for the Planet (Copper Canyon Press, 2019), with a foreword from His H...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my February 15th, 2022 WIOX show featuring returning guest, the remarkable poet and teacher Geoffrey Nutter . Geoffrey reads poems from his latest collection, Giant Moth Perishes, and shares his brilliance and exuberance about poetry including his lightheartedly profound wrangling of the comparative mysteries of Wallace Stevens’ “Anecdote of th...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my January 18th, 2022 WIOX show featuring Maria Mazziotti Gillan , poet, teacher, artist and visionary founder of the renowned Poetry Center at the Passaic Community College in Patterson, N.J., on her new book, When the Stars Were Still Visible .  Planet Poet’s erudite and endlessly interesting Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce also joins us w...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my November 23rd, 2021  WIOX show for my conversation with poet, music critic and founder of Parnassus Records, Leslie Gerber on his collection of poems Losing Tara, An Alzheimer’s Journey , published in 2020 by Post Traumatic Press, in honor of his late wife, writer Tara McCarthy. Leslie and I will also listen to and discuss recordings release...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my October 26th, 2021 WIOX show with my in-studio guest, poet, essayist, translator and teacher, Philip Pardi who will read from and discuss his prize-winning poetry collection, Meditations on Rising and Falling and talk about his life as writer, activist and teacher.   Philip Pardi is the author of Meditations on Rising and Falling (University...

LISTEN to my March 31st, 2021 WIOX show with my guest co-host, the erudite poet and novelist, Lee Slonimsky.  Lee invited poet and eminent physician Robert Charles Basner to read and discuss his evocative and original poetry.    Robert Charles Basner, holds the titles of Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Columbia University, and Special Lecturer in Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my September 28th, 2021 WIOX radio conversation with remarkable poet and teacher, Geoffrey Nutter by phone from Manhattan to read from and discuss his latest poetry collection, Giant Moth Perishes (Wave Books, 2021), and share his brilliance and exuberance about poetry and living in this world.   Geoffrey Nutter is the author of Giant Moth Peri...

Planet Poet-Words in Space  – NEW PODCAST!  LISTEN to my August 3rd, 2021 WIOX Radio conversation with Robert Milby , poet, teacher and freelance thinker.  Milby was Poet Laureate of Orange County, NY from 2017 to 2019.  He’s given over 500 featured readings and hosted 30 poetry series including Calling All Poets in the Hudson Valley. He’s been published in over 2 dozen magazines and 25 anthologie...