S2E20: Dr. Erin Hoover, Our Poet Laureate

It’s so rare to find poetry in the wild outside the classroom, but this week, we sat down with a legendary poet of our own. Dr. Erin Hoover teaches at Tennessee Tech University here in Cookeville, TN. She’s a single parent by choice, a poet, a professor, a prolific writer, and this year, she is Cookeville’s first-ever Poet Laureate.You can find more of Erin Hoover on her website: https://erinhooverpoet.com/With Honors is a Free Zone Radio production. You can find this show alongside our other podcast, Second Stage, on major platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.Also, throw some love at our brother podcast, A Deadman’s Books, with Drew Haston. You can find him on Spotify and Apple Podcasts as well.This episode also features “Groove Delight” by Musinova and inspiring piano music by BlackTrendMusic, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jcrock.substack.com