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READ TO ME with Becky Karush

Becky Karush

READ TO ME with Becky Karush

A weekly Arts and Books podcast featuring Becky Karush
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READ TO ME with Becky Karush

Becky Karush

READ TO ME with Becky Karush

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READ TO ME with Becky Karush

Becky Karush

READ TO ME with Becky Karush

A weekly Arts and Books podcast featuring Becky Karush
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Today, we read and love “River House” by Diana Whitney. This poem is from Diana's forthcoming October 2023 collection, DARK BEDS (June Road Press).  Pre-order DARK BEDS here and anywhere you buy books: https://www.juneroadpress.com/bookstore L
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, joyous skill inside great writing — listening. We listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good Today, we read from Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create A Life That Mat
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, joyous skill inside great writing — listening. We listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good Today, we revisit a 2019 episode on the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Addre
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, sensuous skill inside great writing — listening. We listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good. Today, we read “Transgender Heroic: All This Ridiculous Flesh” by Ka
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, joyous skill inside great writing: listening. We listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good.  Today, we read from The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon. (And hear my
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, joyous skill inside great writing — listening. We listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good. Today, we read from Beneficence by Meredith Hall. We love its stunning
On Read to Me, we practice the essential, joyous skill inside great writing — listening. We listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good. Today, we read from The Book of Form and Emptiness, a stunning new nove
On Read to Me, we practice the most fundamental skill of writing — how to listen for what we love in the work, and then put words to why it's so, so good! Today, we read from Megan Baxter's Farm Girl. Here, a body at work, precisely described i
On READ TO ME, we practice the most fundamental skill of writing — how to listen for what works on the page. And then understand why! In this live episode, recorded in front of a Texas audience, I read from "The Wit and Wisdom of Ann Richards"
On READ TO ME, we practice the most fundamental skill for excellent writing — how to listen for what works on the page. (And then understand why.) Today, we get to listen to the talented, generous, and so so so so smart poet MAURICIO NOVOA. Hi
On READ TO ME, we practice the most fundamental skill of writing — how to listen for what works on the page. (And then understand why.) Today, I read the poem "Abuela Sestina" from Memorias from the Beltway by Mauricio Novoa. Then we get to l
We read a selection from one of Mary Ruefle's beguiling essays, "TK NAME." Then we love the craft of it using the principles of Gateless Writing. If I offered you a space where you could write and read your writing within a safe community, a s
Your host Becky Karush got to be in a writing salon with author Jodi Paloni the other day, and man, was it dizzyingly hot-damn amazing to hear her work. In this episode, we read from Jodi's short story collection, THEY COULD LIVE WITH THEMSELVE
In this episode, we read the lyrics of Wedding Song, from the Tony- and Grammy-winning musical HADESTOWN by Anais Mitchell. We get to love up the song's questions, the dares, the seduction, the reckless hope, the promises, the love. The episode
Today we get to talk to my friend Emily Bass, the debut author of the extraordinary book TO END A PLAGUE: America’s Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa. This book is… An essential history of a U.S. government program. A history of the evolution
I met author Emily Bass in 1996, right around the time she was meeting AIDS activists in New York City. I met Em when we were summer camp counselors together. Neither of us knew that we’d become longtime friends. Neither of us knew that she was
Today we get to talk to the numinous and luminous Barbara Newman, author of the brand-new, to-be-published-on-July-27 young adult fantasy novel, THE DREAMCATCHER CODES. In this book, four girls, powered by the elements of earth, air, fire, and
This week, we enter the realm of the mystical, the brave, and the female — and learn how to write a story as epic, as timeless, as magisterial and intimate from its very first words. And not just that. In the young adult fantasy novel THE DREAM
Meet Sari Rosenblatt, extraordinary writer, teacher, observer, candy connoisseur, conversationalist, interviewee. Author of the acclaimed short story collection FATHER GUARDS THE SHEEP, Sari here talks about the family history inside the book,
Sari Rosenblatt is a consummate short story writer. Just look at Daughter of Retail, the lead story in her new collection, FATHER GUARDS THE SHEEP. Place — she's got it. Pacing — she's got it. High and low stakes twisting around each other — sh
Ann Braden made a book out of heartstrings and glitter. FLIGHT OF THE PUFFIN, for middle-grade readers, is both tough and whimsical, following four young people who are hurt and alone — until one tiny, delightfully illustrated act of kindness c
Today on READ TO ME, we love WHY SOLANGE MATTERS by Stephanie Phillips. We love the mix of history, memoir, music writing, future-dreaming, feminism, and punk. We love the love for Solange Knowles and her music. We love the celebration of Black
Today we get to hang out with musician, fiber artist, medium, radio host, and all-around star Jocelyn Mackenzie — a creative and intuitive mind living in the body of a control freak with a love of spreadsheets! ⠀ ⠀ And if you think those two th
Today we get to chat with my friend, Ann Braden — activist, founder of several grassroots organizations, podcaster, teacher, and author! I read (and cried over) an excerpt from her new book, Flight Of A Puffin, last week. Today we talk to Autho
Today on READ TO ME, we love a song about dental hygiene, the constrictions of modern adult life, the misappropriation of the human stress response, and the extravagant goddess-like holiness that is our true nature. And mango leather. Naturally
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