EPISODE · Apr 14, 2016 · 39 MIN
Ep. #17 -- Celebrating National Poetry Month
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Episode Overview: April is National Poetry Month and some of the OverDrive staff is celebrating by having a themed episode where we share some of our favorite poems and poets and even read a couple of poems on air. The professional book nerds also share some non-poetry recent reads and forthcoming titles we are looking forward to reading. Feel free to let us know some of your favorite poems by emailing us at [email protected] Featured OverDrive Staff: Jill, Annie, Todd Intro (0:00-3:01) Recent Reads: (3:02-13:59) Gone with the Mind by Mark Leyner My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyner Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog by Mark Leyner The Sugar-Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein Girl In a Band by Kim Gordon Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir Celebrating National Poetry Month: (14:00-31:59) Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion by Pasha Malla and Jeff Parker Some Ether by Nick Flynn The Forgiveness Parade by Jeffrey McDaniel The Endarkenment by Jeffrey McDaniel Chapel of Inadvertent Joy by Jeffrey McDaniel Bright Dead Things by Ada Lilmon Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich Erratic Facts by Kay Ryan Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur The Spoons In the Grass Are There To Build a Moat by Linda Bruckheimer Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (32:00-End) Sex & Love & by Bob Hicok Words for Empty and Words for Full by Bob Hicok The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Motefiore Certain Magical Acts by Alice Notley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Episode Overview: April is National Poetry Month and some of the OverDrive staff is celebrating by having a themed episode where we share some of our favorite poems and poets and even read a couple of poems on air. The professional book nerds also share some non-poetry recent reads and forthcoming titles we are looking forward to reading. Feel free to let us know some of your favorite poems by emailing us at [email protected] Featured OverDrive Staff: Jill, Annie, Todd Intro (0:00-3:01) Recent Reads: (3:02-13:59) Gone with the Mind by Mark Leyner My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyner Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog by Mark Leyner The Sugar-Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein Girl In a Band by Kim Gordon Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir Celebrating National Poetry Month: (14:00-31:59) Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion by Pasha Malla and Jeff Parker Some Ether by Nick Flynn The Forgiveness Parade by Jeffrey McDaniel The Endarkenment by Jeffrey McDaniel Chapel of Inadvertent Joy by Jeffrey McDaniel Bright Dead Things by Ada Lilmon Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich Erratic Facts by Kay Ryan Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur The Spoons In the Grass Are There To Build a Moat by Linda Bruckheimer Forthcoming Titles and Other Books (32:00-End) Sex & Love & by Bob Hicok Words for Empty and Words for Full by Bob Hicok The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Motefiore Certain Magical Acts by Alice Notley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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