Twice 5 Miles Radio with James Navé

James Navé welcomes storyteller Lucinda deLorimier to the Twice 5 Miles Microphone. In the opening of this captivating interview, Lucinda dives into a provocative story about how a horrible swamp captures the moon from the sky. Of course, the moon got away, but the question is, how did the moon escape? Did the moon have help? Why did the swamp capture the moon in the first place? You'll find out w...

James Navé welcomes poet Dr. G. to the Twice 5 Miles microphone to talk about the provocative poetic notion of what lies between starting and finishing. Of course, as you might have guessed, much lies between any two points. For poets, as Dr. G. points out, the job is to discover the endless possibilities that lie not only in-between but also everywhere you look. Once you accept the world around y...

This piece was written during The Imaginative Storm Prompt of the Week session, www.imagibnativestorm.com. ABOVE THE HAUNTED RIVER I’ve known the back-and-forth, that old war between what is and what is not. I’ve been at night in November above the mourning river. I’ve heard the sounds of irritation, the sounds of found dreams floating from the mountain hollers like easy devotions from some church...

Most Twice 5 Miles Radio shows explore the artistic tracks people take. Now and then, other tracks appear like Rob Bowen who owns an insurance company just north of New York City. What does insurance have to do with art, literature, and creativity? You might be wondering. Well, insurance actually allows us to practice our life-styles without the stress of big losses if we slip and fall. So Rob's i...

Twice 5 Miles Radio, hosted by James Navé, welcomes master storyteller and actor Regina Ress (http://www.reginaress.com) to the microphone. When you first read this show's title, The Past Becomes the Present; you might say, "obviously, how could it not?" You might go on to say, "when you think about it, the past not only becomes the present, it also compliments, shapes, creates, and informs the pr...

Join former Oklahoma Poet Laureate Nathan Brown and listen to how his idea of poetry from The Fire Pit Sessions in Austin, Texas grew into a collaborative four-volume poetry book series that uses 300 plus poems to track Covid-19's pandemic trajectory across the globe. I discovered Nathan's collaborative poetry from The Fire Pit Sessions when I tuned into his Facebook Live show. Accompanied by a bl...

My weekly Twice 5 Miles Radio show usually features a conversation with a guest. Occasionally, I create a solo show titled Walking the Rim Road, so named because I plug in my mic, turn on my recorder, and start talking while I walk for an hour down the Rim Road. Why I Was A Failed Hippy, the title of this show, emerged about halfway through the walk while I was recounting a visit I once made to th...

Twice 5 Miles Radio welcomes actor and poet Nick Kapustinsky to the microphone. In this exploratory interview, you'll enjoy how the theme of debunking perfectionism threads through the multiple topics Nick and I discuss. Nick begins with his love for acting and continues with his ongoing long-term collaboration with Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way, his fascination with poetry, and his pa...

James Navé welcomes LEAF Global Arts founder Jennifer Pickering to the Twice 5 Miles Radio Microphone. In this dynamic conversation titled Think Globally, Jennifer discusses her expanding commitment to being a local leader and a global citizen. The LEAF Global Arts organization resides in Asheville, North Carolina, Jennifer's hometown. But, to be more precise, Jennifer grew up in the Swannanoa Val...

James Navé Twice 5 Miles Radio welcomes poet Glenis Redmond to the Twice 5 Miles Radio microphone. Glenis and Navé explore the liberating idea that your artistic destiny belongs to you in this lively discussion. Glenis, a nationally recognized poet, understands well that her artistic destiny belongs to her, just like your artistic destiny. Best of all, Glenis is living proof that her hypothesis is...

You remember the boy who fell out of the sky and splashed into the sea. Have you ever wondered what was happening around him when he fell. Listen to Allegra Huston read Museé des Beaux Arts and learn about how little we notice in our daily lives.

Allegra Huston reads Ozymandias. The desert winds and vultures make an appearance. Talk about being in the middle of nowhere.

James Navé (www.jamesnave.com) welcomes Poetic Prezz (www.poeticprezz.com)to the Twice 5 Miles Radio Microphone. In this lively deep-digging conversation titled Take Artistic Risks with Poetic Prezz, known to his friends as Prezz, you'll journey with Prezz as he explores the many ways you can craft your written work. From there, he'll talk about the risks and rewards of keeping your day job. Final...

James Navé (www. JamesNave.com) welcomes Julia Cameron (www. JuliaCameronLive.com) to the Twice 5 Miles Radio microphone. In this provocative interview titled Poetic Listening with Julia Cameron, you'll quickly learn that poetic listening depends on the creative art of your attention. In her new book, THE LISTENING PATH, Julia says, "And what does it mean, to listen? We listen to our environment,...

In this Twice 5 Miles show, titled Why I Got the Covid-19 Shot, you and I will take a walk along the Rim Road. Even though most of my shows are long-form interview shows that focus on poetry, art, culture, and sometimes politics, now and then, I record a show solo, just me walking and talking. Sure, I've recorded a few solo shows sitting in front of a microphone; that said, I prefer the walking an...

Legends of the Poetry Slam with poet and novelist Danny Solis Article by James Navé Twice 5 Miles Radio welcomes poet and novelist Danny Solis to the microphone. In this interview titled Legends of the Poetry Slam, Danny Solis speaks at length about the legendary spoken-word poets who experimented, invented, and defined the Poetry Slam. You might be wondering. How does a poet become legendary in t...

Twice 5 Miles Radio hosted by James Navé (www.jamesnave.com) welcomes Minton Sparks (www.mintonsparks.com) poet, storyteller, and singer-songwriter, to the microphone.  I first heard Minton Sparks mentioned fifteen years ago while visiting my friends James and Mary Beth in Nashville, Tennessee. We were sipping tea after supper and talking about songwriting, poetry, and storytelling. Mary Beth aske...

Enjoy this wonderful rendition of Carolina in the Morning sung by Big John Shearer. Nobody does it better. Enjoy.

James Navé welcomes poet Cathy Linh Che to Twice 5 Miles Radio. Cathy was born after Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Filming started in the Philippines on April 7, 1976. Three years later, in April 1979, Apocalypse Now opened in theaters. You might be asking what a classic movie made over 40-years ago has to do with Cathy Linh Che, one of Americas finest poets? In this interview,...

Listen to Allegra Huston's wonderful reading of Jabberwocky by Lewis Carrol

In this provocative and compelling interview, Play of the Duende, poet S. Erin Batiste discusses how The Duende and her life-long love of the written word influence her poetry. What is The Duende? You might be wondering. Federico Garcia Lorca says about The Duende in his essay Theory and Play Of The Duende. "Those dark sounds are the mystery, the roots that cling to the mire that we all know, that...

Twice 5 Miles Radio, hosted by James Navé, welcomes Laurie Richardone to the microphone with insights on how to live a gluten-free life. First off, what does it mean to live a gluten-free life? Sometimes when I think about a gluten-free life, my imagination conjures a bevy of protesters in New York's Washington Square Park marching around on a warm spring afternoon, chanting 'free the glutens, fre...

Twice 5 Miles: Songwriting Delights with singer-songwriter Alice Howe In this lovely Twice 5 Miles interview, Alice Howe talks about all the songwriting delights she has enjoyed while establishing herself as one of America's prominent young singer-songwriters. When Alice Howe wants to unlock a memory or understand emotion, she steps outside. "There's something about the stillness," she says. "When...

The sun rises, the rooster crows, the day begins. Allegra Huston reads The Sun Rising by John Donne

Twice 5 Miles Radio welcomes spoken-word artist Marc Smith, the poet who invented the Poetry Slam with the Chicago Poetry Ensemble in the early 1980s. By now, you've likely heard the term Poetry Slam. You may know that a Poetry Slam is a spoken-word-performance-poetry competition judged 0-10 like a diving match by judges chosen randomly from the audience. You may think that slamming a poem means t...