Planet Poet - Words in Space

Sharon Israel
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Planet Poet - Words in Space

Poet Sharon Israel hosts the monthly radio show: Planet Poet - Words in Space on WIOX Community Radio, 91.3 broadcasting live from Roxbury in the Catskill Mountains of New York and streaming live on WIOXradio.com. These archived interviews feature poets and writers from the Catskills, the Hudson Valley and around the U.S reading their work and discussing their obsessions with poetry.

  1. NOV 14

    Janet Kaplan - Chaos and Creativity

    Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST! LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired October 22nd, 2024) featuring award-winning poet Janet Kaplan who will explore the theme of “Chaos and Creativity” in her poetry. Her work has earned praise from poets and critics including Dan Beachy Quick and Adrienne Rich. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com. Visit: Janet Kaplan Ecotones. Janet Kaplan’s full-length poetry books are Ecotones (2022; shortlisted for the Sexton Prize and publishe...

    56 min

  2. NOV 1

    Bill Birns - History is Now!

    Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST! LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired September 10th, 2024) featuring poet, writer and historian Bill Birns. Bill brings his great knowledge of Catskills history and his deep affinity with Ralph Waldo Emerson to the show and reads from his work-in-progress The Cooper Shop. Bill Birns was honored to be named one of 50 Stewards of the Catskills by the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, on the occasion of the Cent...

    50 min

  3. SEP 3

    Bruce McPherson, Publisher

    Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST! LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired August 13th, 2024) featuring Bruce McPherson, the founding Director of the award-winning McPherson & Co.- a Literary and Arts Publishing Company, who will present and read from his compelling and award-winning catalog of books. Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s intrepid Poet-at-Large, joins us later in the program. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com. Visit McPherson & Co Visit: Pamela...

    51 min

  4. AUG 19

    Poet Geoffrey Nutter on the Haiku form

    Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST! LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired July 30th, 2024) featuring returning guest - the remarkable poet, teacher and editor, Geoffrey Nutter, who’ll read from his work and share with us his erudition and passion about the Haiku form. Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s intrepid Poet-at-Large is also featured on the show. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com. Visit: Geoffrey Nutter Wallson Glass Visit: Pamela Manche Pearce Geoffrey Nutt...

    53 min

  5. AUG 9

    Poet Ricardo Maldonado, Director, Academy of American Poets

    Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST! LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired July 16th, 2024) featuring award-winning poet and President and Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets, Ricardo Maldonado. Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s Poet-at-Large, is also featured on the show. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com. Visit: https://poets.org/academy-american-poets and https://poets.org/poet/ricardo-alberto-maldonado. Visit: https://www.pamelampearce.com&...

    53 min

  6. JUL 24

    PRP (Poets Read Poetry) Presents Poet Francis Saltus Saltus

    Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST! LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired June 4th, 2024) featuring the founding members of PRP (Poets Read Poetry) who have gathered together to read and discuss the wildly expressive poetry of 19th century poet Francis Saltus Saltus. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com. Visit: Francis Saltus SaltusPamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s own Poet-At-Large, began PRP in her Garrison, New York living room in 2010 with a simple idea: to...

    52 min

  7. JUN 12

    Nancy Merritt Bell -Teacher, Editor and Poet

    Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST! LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired May 7th, 2024) featuring teacher, editor, poet and writer, Nancy Merritt Bell. How do you teach young children to write poetry? Nancy shares her methods and also reads from works she has edited and written specifically for children. The show also features Pamela Manché Pearce, Planet Poet’s Poet-at-Large, who brings us Natasha Trethewey’s Bellocq’s Ophelia. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.c...

    53 min

  8. APR 18

    Sam Truitt and the Poetic Continuum

    Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST! LISTEN to my WIOX broadcast (aired March 26th, 2024) featuring award-winning poet Sam Truitt. Visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com. Visit: samtruitt.com, samtsong.com, Station Hill Press Sam Truitt was born in Washington, DC, and raised there and in Tokyo, Japan. He is the author of the ten works in the Vertical Elegies series, among others in print and other media, including most recently TOKYOATOTO and the forthcoming STATE/SHAFT SHAF...

    55 min
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About

Poet Sharon Israel hosts the monthly radio show: Planet Poet - Words in Space on WIOX Community Radio, 91.3 broadcasting live from Roxbury in the Catskill Mountains of New York and streaming live on WIOXradio.com. These archived interviews feature poets and writers from the Catskills, the Hudson Valley and around the U.S reading their work and discussing their obsessions with poetry.

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  • Creator
    Sharon Israel
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    55
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Planet Poet - Words in Space
  • Show Website
    Planet Poet - Words in Space

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