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A quarterly publication of the Vita Poetica Arts & Faith Collective, our online journal features creative work explored through a spiritual lens. Vita Poetica connects and upholds artists of faith, enlivening spiritual conversations through the arts. Learn more about us at www.vitapoetica.org. -- Hosted by Vita Poetica Journal Editors Music by John Morris Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

  1. Poems by Richard Chess & D.E. Kern

    30 AUG

    Poems by Richard Chess & D.E. Kern

    Richard Chess reads his poem, "The Loneliest Monk: By the Book," and "Sight Unseen." Richard Chess is the author of four books, most recently Love Nailed to the Doorpost (University of Tampa Press 2017). He is professor emeritus from UNC Asheville where, among other things, he directed its Center for Jewish Studies for 30 years. He serves on the boards of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry and Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center. D.E. Kern is an author and educator from Bethlehem, PA. His work has appeared in Appalachian Review, Big Muddy, Reed and Sierra Nevada Review, among others. He teaches English at Arizona Western College. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

    8 min
  2. Poems by Megan Huwa &

    28 AUG

    Poems by Megan Huwa &

    Megan Huwa reads her poem, "Counting Stars," and Hannah Butcher-Stell reads her poem, "one body." Megan Huwa is a poet and writer in southern California. A rare health condition keeps her and her husband from living near her family’s five-generation farm in Colorado, so her writing reaches for home—both temporal and eternal. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Solum Literary Press, Calla Press, Foreshadow, Ekstasis, Solid Food Press, San Antonio Review, The Midwest Quarterly, LETTERS Journal, and elsewhere, and featured on The Habit Podcast. Hannah Butcher-Stell is a writing MFA candidate at Sarah Lawrence College, holding a bachelor's degree in English from Rollins College. You can find her co-authored fiction in Sky Island Journal, Newfound Journal, and The Headlight Review. Meanwhile, her poetry has appeared on Poets.org and has also appeared in The Lehrhaus, Sequestrum, and No, Dear. She currently works as poetry editor of Lumina, Sarah Lawrence's literary journal, and as communications manager for a growing nonprofit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

    7 min
  3. Poems by Jan Wiezorek & Megan McDermott

    23 AUG

    Poems by Jan Wiezorek & Megan McDermott

    Jan Wiezorek reads his poem, "Suffering," and Megan McDermott reads her poem, "Ruth, on the Purity, or Impurity, of Attention." Jan Wiezorek's poetry appears, or is forthcoming, in The London Magazine, The Westchester Review, Lucky Jefferson, Loch Raven Review, and The Broadkill Review, among other journals. He taught writing at St. Augustine College, Chicago, and wrote Awesome Art Projects That Spark Super Writing (Scholastic, 2011). Wiezorek received the Poetry Society of Michigan's Spring 2024 Traveling Trophy Award, and he posts at janwiezorek.substack.com. Megan McDermott is a poet and Episcopal priest living in Western Massachusetts. Her first full-length poetry collection, Jesus Merch: A Catalog in Poems, came out last year through Fernwood Press. She is also the author of chapbooks Woman as Communion (Game Over Books) and Prayer Book for Contemporary Dating (Ethel Zine and Micro-Press). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

    7 min
  4. Matthew J. Andrews's Review of Lacunae by Scott Cairns

    20 AUG

    Matthew J. Andrews's Review of Lacunae by Scott Cairns

    Matthew J. Andrews reads his essay, "Never Yet an Emptiness," a review of Lacunae by Scott Cairns. Matthew J. Andrews is a private investigator and writer. He is the author of the chapbook I Close My Eyes and I Almost Remember and the forthcoming full-length collection, The Hours (Solum Press). He can be contacted at www.matthewjandrews.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

    8 min
  5. Poems by Brad Davis & Luke Usry

    16 AUG

    Poems by Brad Davis & Luke Usry

    Brad Davis reads his poem, "Unanticipated," and Luke Usry reads his poem, "Leave Britney Alone." Brad Davis (MFA, Vermont College of Fine Arts) is a California-born Canadian living in northeastern Connecticut. Poems have appeared in Poetry magazine, The Paris Review, Vallum, JAMA, Puerto del Sol, Brilliant Corners, Image, and many other journals. His most recent book is On the Way to Putnam: New, Selected, & Early Poems. Luke Usry is a high school English teacher, husband, and father who lives and works in the Atlanta, Georgia area. His deeply ecumenical faith is rooted in Christian Mysticism and Franciscan theology. He believes that there is nothing we can do to escape the grace of God. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

    9 min
  6. Lory Widmer Hess's Review of Life After Doom by Brian McLaren

    13 AUG

    Lory Widmer Hess's Review of Life After Doom by Brian McLaren

    Lory Widmer Hess reads her essay, "Seeing into the Future," a review of Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart by Brian McLaren. Lory Widmer Hess lives with her family in Switzerland, where she works with adults with developmental disabilities and is completing a training in Spiritual Direction. She is the author of When Fragments Make a Whole: A Personal Journey Through Healing Stories in the Bible (Floris, 2024). Visit her website at enterenchanted.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

    12 min
  7. Two Poems by Elizabeth Poliner

    9 AUG

    Two Poems by Elizabeth Poliner

    Elizabeth Poliner reads her poems, "Welcome World" and "Bat Mitzvah Dress," from our Summer 2024 issue. Elizabeth Poliner’s books include the poetry collection, What You Know in Your Hands (David Robert Books), and the novel, As Close to Us as Breathing (Little, Brown & Co.), winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize in Fiction. A new novel, Spinning at the Edges, is forthcoming from HarperCollins. Her poetry has appeared in The Sun, The Southern Review, The Hopkins Review, Poetry East, and On the Seawall, among other journals. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

    7 min
  8. My Other Name Is Hagar by Heather M. Surls

    6 AUG

    My Other Name Is Hagar by Heather M. Surls

    Heather M. Surls reads her essay, "My Other Name Is Hagar." Heather M. Surls is an American writer and journalist who has lived in the Middle East for more than a decade. Her reporting has appeared in outlets like the Jordan News, Christianity Today, Hidden Compass, EthnoTraveler, and Anthrow Circus, while her creative nonfiction has been published in journals like River Teeth, Catamaran, Brevity, Nowhere, Ekstasis, Ruminate, and The Other Journal. She lives in Amman, Jordan, where she recently completed her first book, a memoir-in-essays about Jordan and Israel-Palestine. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

    31 min
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A quarterly publication of the Vita Poetica Arts & Faith Collective, our online journal features creative work explored through a spiritual lens. Vita Poetica connects and upholds artists of faith, enlivening spiritual conversations through the arts. Learn more about us at www.vitapoetica.org. -- Hosted by Vita Poetica Journal Editors Music by John Morris Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support

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  • Creator
    Vita Poetica
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    156
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Vita Poetica
  • Show Website
    Vita Poetica Journal

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