s2e31 Iowa Poet Laureate, Vince Gotera, Ann Davila Cardinal, SPD News, Poetry and more

The audio garden weathers the storm…

SHOW NOTES

s2e31
October 10, 2024

L&BH has prevailed to bring you Hurricane Helene poetry by Tony Robles and Martha Cinader, an Interview with Iowa Poet Laureate, Vince Gotera, local stories from Travelers Rest authors, a preview of conversations with Ann Davila Cardinal and the SPD roundtable, as well as the return of Professor Jonathan Storm.

HOST: Martha Cinader, Tony Robles. GUESTS: Vince Gotera, Professor Jonathan Storm, Carla J. Field, Bonnie Burgess Neely, Andrea Beam, Ann Dávila Cardinal, Small Press Distribution Roundtable, Dr. Mark Alain Déry. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: DJ Jeannie Hopper. EDITING: Jeremiah Cothren. MUSIC: Jay Rodriguez Sierra. Banned Book Theme by DJ Jeannie Hopper with the voice and words of Yvette Murray.

GUESTS

Vince Gotera – Poet Laureate of Iowa, Author, critic, professor, musician

Vince Gotera (born 1952) is a Filipino American poet and writer, best known as Editor of the North American Review. In 1996, Nick Carbó called him a “leading Filipino-American poet of this generation”; later, in 2004, Carbó described him as “one of the leading Asian American poets … willing to take a stance against American…
Professor Jonathan Storm

Jon Storm is a Professor of Biology at the University of South Carolina Upstate. He is lead author of the Field Guide to the Southern Piedmont, a free eBook covering more than 700 species of animals, plants, fungi, slime molds and more in the Piedmont of the Carolinas and Georgia. He and his co-authors won…

FEATURED SPOKEN WORD

Tony Robles and
Martha Cinader

Poetry inspired by hurricane Helene

AUTHORS AT THE ARTISAN MARKET – PART 2

Martha speaks with authors at the monthly Author & Artisan Market at As The Page Turns Bookstore in Travelers Rest, SC.

Listen to the unedited interviews

Andrea Beam

Andrea Beam is the author of a children’s book, Tyler Goes To School, and editor of the news/media site, Greenville360 based in Greenville, South Carolina.
Read more: Andrea Beam
Bob Strother

A three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Bob Strother’s work has been published internationally and adapted for film. The author of five novels and a short story collection, Strother has won numerous literary awards including the 2015 Southern Writers Magazine Short Fiction Award.
Read more: Bob Strother
Brian Marotto

Brian Marotto is the author of the modern-day fantasy trilogy The Creature Within comprised of The Awakening, The Deception, and The Imprisoned.
Read more: Brian Marotto
Carla Field

Carla Field has been writing since the 1980s, when she won several awards for short stories and poetry, before beginning a lengthy career as a broadcast and digital news journalist and news manager. During her 25 years in the news business, she was awarded several Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalism awards, as well…
Read more: Carla Field
Jason E. Fort

Jason E. Fort is an independent author who writes both family history and Christian fiction. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, and has been a teacher, a coach, a personal trainer, a bouncer, and a police officer. He was brought up in a traditional southern Christian family, and his parents instilled in him an…
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London Clarke

London Clarke is an award-winning author of nine novels, including the Legacy of Darkness series, the Dunmoor series, Wildfell, The Neighbor, and The Night Singers. Her books have repeatedly been #1 Amazon category bestsellers in ghost thrillers and vampire suspense.Clarke lives in South Carolina with her husband and two Italian greyhounds.
Read more: London Clarke
Ruth Buchanan

Ruth Buchanan is a freelance writer and the author of books, plays, and countless articles and essays. She is the Director of Literary Services at the personal growth and development network Build a Better Us.
Read more: Ruth Buchanan

FEATURED BOOKS

Vince Gotera – Dragons & Rayguns

Iowa Poet Laureate Vince Gotera’s latest book is an inventive and wide-ranging collection of speculative poetry. Come for the Filipino mythology and classic cartoon aliens, stay for the masterful use of poetic forms and vivid language.
Jonathan J. Storm – Field Guide to the Southern Piedmont

The Field Guide to the Southern Piedmont was created to help the general public identify common or distinctive organisms living in the Piedmont region of the Carolinas and Georgia.

VIDEOS

SUBMISSIONS

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BANNED BOOKS

We invite you to share your voice
on the banning of books
in schools and libraries in the USA.

PEN America reported ‘While the movement to ban books is driven by a vocal minority demanding censorship, a 2022 poll conducted by The American Library Association found that over 70% of parents oppose book banning leaving many public school districts in a bind. We invite you to share your voice on the banning of books in schools and libraries in the USA.

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Ongoing discussion

Climate Resilience with Laura Lengnick & Meredith Leigh

Climate change is the concern of every writer because it is the concern of every person. Every season, we meet with Laura Lengnick, Meredith Leigh and friends to discuss everything related to agricultural and climate resilience.

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