Margaret R. Sáraco Encore: Poetry, Heritage, and the Stories We Carry

In this insightful episode of Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram engages storyteller and poet Margaret R. Sáraco in a quintessential poetry podcast conversation exploring her creative journey, literary expression, and the intersections of poetry, fiction, and memoir. Margaret’s work appears in numerous anthologies and literary journals, including Paterson Literary Review, Exit 13, The Path Literary Magazine, Book of Matches, Greening the Earth (Penguin Books), Lips, and Kerning: A Space for Words. She serves as a poetry editor for The Platform Review, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and has twice been recognized in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest.A dynamic performer and literary advocate, Margaret has recorded video poems for Poetry of Protest and Struggle, Writing the Land, and Poets Wear Prada. She regularly performs spoken word and leads writing workshops, drawing from her 27-year career teaching middle school math and writing before retiring in June 2022. Her debut poetry collection If There Is No Wind was published in September 2022, followed thirteen months later by Even the Dog Was Quiet (Human Error Publishing). Margaret lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her husband Alex, who illustrated her latest book.Amazon.com: Even the Dog Was Quiet: 9781948521185: Sáraco, Margaret R.