LIVELY WORDS

Session 22

After taking nearly a year off, Lively Words is bringing back the goodness. And the 2011 literary goodness starts with Christina Olson, a fantastic poet I met while I was in Vermont last month. Her first book of poetry, Before I Came Home Naked, won the Spire Press annual contest and was published last year.
I’m excited to present Christina’s reading as the opening to a set of several sessions I recorded in Vermont. I’ll be posting these as the summer unfolds.
In the meantime, enjoy this great reading.

Session 23

Nina Alvarez reads a wonderful and strangely beautiful excerpt from her novel-in-progress in this session. Nina one of the great people I met during my residency at the Vermont Studio Center in May and I’m excited to feature her work here. This reading is the second of a series I recorded in Vermont. I’ll be posting more in the months to come.

Session 24

There’s so much to like about Carl Adamshick’s poetry.
I’m not the only one who thinks so. His collection Curses and Wishes won the 2010 Walt Whitman Award.
Check out this reading we recorded in May at the Vermont Studio Center. It’s gold.

Session 25

Megan Levad reads a great set of poems in Lively Words Session 25. It’s awesome and filled with real bird sounds in the woods.

Several of them are featured in a recent issue of Fence.

Recorded at the Vermont Studio Center last May. Check it out.

Session 26

Another great session recorded at the Vermont Studio Center a year ago. This one features Vicente Lozano reading an excerpt from his novel-in-progress. It’s wildly compelling and fantastic.

This summer we’ll offer up four more readings from Vermont.

We’re taking our time, stretching out the lit goodness. Enjoy.