Poets & Writers

Host Henry McCarthy speaks with Doug Pote, a fine playwright who has a special ability to take great songs and turn them into great plays! They discuss the play "Keep On The Sunny Side" based on the Carter Family. Doug Pote is a retired Medical Doctor in southwest Virginia and the host of "Soundtracks" which airs on WEHC Emory 90.7 and WISE-FM 90.5 Wise. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is...

Henry McCarthy remembers master naturalist, Washington County teacher, coach, poet, and historian Randall Smith through a conversation they shared in 2016. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Henry McCarthy interviews Emily Wilson (Ms. Wake Forest) about her life, her writing and her poetry. She also discusses the many personalities she has met over the years and her relationship to Edwin Wilson (Mr. Wake Forest). Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Host Henry McCarthy sits down with award winning author Barbara Kingsolver to discuss her new book Demon Copperhead . Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Tanya is currently the Director of Special Collections and Archives at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Tanya gives us a tour of special collections and shares her wisdom on using precious materials of our lives. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This...

Drew Lanham is a poet, a forestry professor, and recently received the MacArthur Genius award for his work to preserve nature, particularly our beautiful birds. Henry interviews him in his truck at the Pat Conroy celebration of life in South Carolina, Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener suppor...

Michael Blumenthal has been a law and creative writing professor at Harvard. He lived and studied with wildlife. Listen to Michael as he reads his wise poems and talks with Henry about a life of adventure. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Join Henry McCarthy for another conversation with award-winning mystery writer, Shelly Frome for a free-ranging conversation. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Henry McCarthy talks about his brother Billy, attends his funeral and conducts the eulogy. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

In this episode of Poets & Writers Henry talks with Emory & Henry English Professor Emeritus, Felicia Mitchell about her experiences navigating her mother's dementia and capturing those memories in poem in her newly published book, A Mother Speaks, A Daughter Listens. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained...

Henry McCarthy sits down and has a conversation with Edwin Wilson. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Henry McCarthy sits down and has a conversation with Eugene Wolf. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Henry McCarthy sits down and has a conversation with Janet and William Cohen. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Henry McCarthy sits down and has a conversation with Pat Conroy. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Henry McCarthy sits down and has another conversation with Pat Conroy. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Henry McCarthy sits down with Psychiatry Specialist Dr. Catherine M. Green, MD Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Part 2 of 2 of Poets & Writers with Ben Montomery Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Part one of two of Poets & Writers with Ben Montgomery. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Children are natural born poets, they tell what they hear, feel and see. Three children join the podcast to tell some of their favorite poems Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Henry McCarthy has a one on one talk with Dale Carter Jett Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Poets and Writers' Henry McCarthy sits down and has a conversation with Lee Smith Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Henry McCarthy speaks with Edison Jennings Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Charlie Lovett, New York Times best selling novelist and playwright, collector of Lewis Carroll ephemera including his 1885 typewriter, discusses with Henry McCarthy his upcoming books including The Enigma Affair . Charlie is a philosopher, scholar, brilliant writer of fiction and non-fiction, and a joy to interview. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay...

Reminiscences of Waughtown, Davidson College, love, loss, and life experiences with poets and scholars Bill and Bob Denham. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed and entertained. This is listener supported radio. www.wehcfm.com

Trisha Chaney is a poet, actress, and singer who lives in Abingdon, Virginia. She was a employee and innovator with Apple Computer in its infancy, and worked in technology for thirty five years before returning to her love of the arts. She's an integral part of the Abingdon cultural scene. Mentioned in this episode: WEHC 90.7 FM is the Voice of Southwest Virginia. Stay tuned, connected, informed a...