S2 E8 Poetry and Odes

Kate and Michael discuss odes, noodles with heads, Jennifer Lopez, and “Ode for you Walking by” by Brian Simoneau.

 

 

co starring Kate Hanson Foster

                   Michael Schmeltzer

 

 

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Pindar

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Links to content mentioned in this episode:

 

Brian Simoneau

 

https://www.briansimoneaupoet.com

 

“Ode for you Walking by” by Brian Simoneau

 

https://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/brian-simoneau-ode-for-you-walking-by/

 

“Small Kindness” by Denusha Lameris

 

https://grateful.org/resource/small-kindnesses/

 

Pindar Ancient Greek lyric poet (image)

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Jennifer Sperry Steinorth

Irene Mathieu

Kristin Hersh

Denusha Lameris

 

 

 

Brian Simoneau’s poems have appeared in Barn Owl Review, Boston Review, Boulevard, Cave Wall, Cincinnati Review, Colorado Review, Crab Creek Review, Crab Orchard Review, Crazyhorse, Four Way Review, The Georgia Review, Mid-American Review, The Normal School, North American Review, Poet Lore, Red Rock Review, RHINO, Salamander, Southern Humanities Review, Southern Indiana Review, Sugar House Review, Third Coast, Waxwing, and other journals. Originally from Lowell, Massachusetts, he lives near Boston with his family.

 

 

Kate Hanson Foster is the author of Crow Funeral (EastOver Press 2022) and Mid Drift, finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. A recent recipient of the NEA Sustainable Arts Fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center, she lives and writes in Groton, Massachusetts.

 

Michael Schmeltzer's most recent book of poetry, Empire of Surrender, is the winner of the 2021 Wandering Aengus Book Award. Along with Meghan McClure, he is the co-author of the nonfiction book A Single Throat Opens, a lyric exploration of addiction and family. His debut full-length Blood Song was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award in Poetry, the Julie Suk Award, and the Coil Book Award. 

 

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