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Belinda Subraman Presents
by Belinda Subraman
Belinda Subraman Presents produces the Gypsy Art Show which specializes in interviews and performances of poets, writers , musicians and occasionally has an interview with an outstanding contributor to another field.. Originally (in 2005) Belinda Subraman Presents was the umbrella name for several shows produced by Belinda. This is why if you want to download to your ipod you need to subscribe to Belinda Subraman Presents rather than to the Gypsy Art Show. I’d like to thank past affiliate stations: Progressive Blend radio. Lit Station, VI radio, Tyne FM, Bzoo and Net Talk Radio.
Episodes
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Skye Jackson and Ben Aleshire: Touring Poets
SKYE JACKSON was born and raised in New Orleans. She holds an English degree from LSU and a degree in law from Mississippi College School of Law. She is currently an MFA candidate in poetry at the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop where she serves as Associate Poetry Editor of...
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Dee Sunshine on Tantric Sex, Spiritual Growth, and Auschwitz
Dee Sunshine is an artist, poet, yoga teacher, massage therapist, spiritual healer and new age hobo. After a brief foray in the Default World he sold up and hit the road. That was back in 2006. Since then he has spent the bulk of his time in India and Thailand, following the twisted, rugged and...
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Conversation with Vince Gotera: Poet, Teacher, Editor, Artist
Vince Gotera writes poems and stories, as well as the occasional creative nonfiction or critical article. His books include the three poetry collections — FIGHTING KITE, GHOST WARS, and DRAGONFLY — as well as the critical study RADICAL VISIONS: POETRY BY VIETNAM VETERANS. Vince has been a…
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Lucid Play with Yogini, Author, Teacher, Artist, Tantra Bensko
Tantra Bensko plays toward Lucidity in many ways, and has presented some methods and results through formats such as her writing, in a genre she calls Lucid Fiction. She has traveled across the country for decades doing healings, which she learned to do at a distance at 12. Her music, art…
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Talk with Swedish Poet and Artist, Henry Denander
HENRY DENANDER was born in 1952 and lives in Stockholm, Sweden and on Hydra Island in Greece. For over 25 years he has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry. He is also the editor of Kamini Press. Henry Denander’s books are I know What She Will Say (Bottle of Smoke Press…
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Mystical K and Magical B Discuss How to Live a Better Life in Harsh Times
Mystical K and Magical B Discuss How to Live a Better Life in Harsh Times
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BL Kennedy Talks About His Friendship with Ginsberg, Waldman and His Own Fabulous Poetic Life
Learn how a grade school dropout earns two Masters degrees and becomes an English teacher, an exciting performance poet and great catalyst in the poetry community. Hear BL's personal stories of his time with Alan Ginsberg and Anne Waldman. Learn about BL's other influences including but not…
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Peggy Kelsy and Her Afghan Women's Project
Peggy was inspired to begin the Afghan Women’s Project after meeting with a delegation of Afghan women who passed through Austin, Texas during the fall of 2002. The strength, humor and resiliency of these women was contrary to the media image of Afghan women as helpless victims. It inspired Peggy...
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Lars Erickson and his Pi Symphony
Omaha native Lars Erickson based The Pi Symphony on the digits of , the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The melody uses the first 32 digits of Pi (pi=3.14159265358979323846264338327950 ...), "e", and the cycle of fifths. The first eight digits represent notes in a scale…
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Unlikely Interview with Mexican Performance Artist, Leon De la Rosa
Leon is a performance artist from Cd. Juárez, Mexico. He has been working on creating vehicles where poetry and multimedia art collide for almost ten years, with a specific concentration on video and poetry, his two main media. For a 6 minute sampling of one of his recent events visit:...
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The Myth of the West and Anti-Americanism
William Al-Sharif is a British humanist intellectual and author of many works including "Christianity, Islam and Secular Criticism," "Rethinking Quranic Studies," "Islamism: Religion and Ideology," "Men and Ideas," "The Dearest Quest," "Asian Papers," and "Ireland: A History. He is currently...
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Designer, Mark Schwartz, on Shoes, Art and Knowing Andy Warhol
Mark Schwartz is an accomplished shoe designer and artist. He has been designing shoes for over 20 years for some of the biggest names in our industry. Born in New York City, Mark has traveled the world gaining inspiration for his ideas from artist Andy Warhol, who Mark beneficially watched at…
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Larissa Shmailo: Poet, Performer and Translator
Larissa Shmailo's new collection of poetry is In Paran (BlazeVOX [books] 2009). Larissa is the winner of the 2009 New Century Music Awards for spoken word with jazz, electronica, and rock; her poetry CDs are Exorcism (SongCrew 2008) and The No-Net World (SongCrew 2006). Larissa's translation of…
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David Moolten: Prize Winning Poet and M.D.
David N. Moolten is the author of three books of poetry, Plums & Ashes (Northeastern University, 1994), which won the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, and Especially Then (David Robert Books, 2005). The manuscript for a third book, Primitive Mood recently won the T.S. Eliot Prize from Truman…
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Peter Buffett: Composer, Singer, Philanthropist, speaks about his life and new CD, IMAGINARY KINGDOM
Peter Buffett, a well-established composer/producer, has released his third vocal album, IMAGINARY KINGDOM. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Buffett began his career in San Francisco writing music for commercials. He has eight released albums on Narada, Epic and Hollywood labels as well as six releases…
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Jill Mattson: Composer and Author of TRANSFORMATIVE POWER IN SOUND
Jill wrote Transformative Power In Sound: Intelligence, Health and Energy Through the Magic of Music, and lectures throughout the U.S. on this topic. She has numerous CDs out, with healing and transforming energy. Also, visit Jill's cyber gallery of art, fluid and evoking paintings and prints....
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Mark Yakich and The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine
Mark Yakich is an author and professor in the Department of English at Loyola University. His collection of poems Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross was one of five winners of The National Poetry Series in 2003. Another collection, The Making of Collateral Beauty, won the...
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Attention. Deficit. Disorder. with Brad Listi
ATTENTION. DEFICIT. DISORDER. is a book. It's a novel. It's a story about how difficult it is to find meaning in the Information Age. It's a contemporary rendition of the classic coming of age novel. It features a man who wants to shave his head for reasons he can't explain. It features a really...
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Cliff Kindy: Peacemaker and Educator on the Dangers of Depleted Uranium Weapons
Cliff Kindy has spent parts of several years on peacemaking trips to Iraq. He is a member of CPT which places violence-reduction teams in crisis situations and militarized areas around the world at the invitation of local peace and human rights workers. CPT embraces the vision of unarmed...
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Sylvia Thompson: Terminally ill poet and Wholistic Practitioner
Diagnosed with advanced colon cancer on her birthday in 2005, Sylvia Thompson discovered the healing power of creative writing through her illness. She teaches meditation, Reiki, Chakra and Color Therapy and takes part in a women's Kabbalah study group in her community. Her book "In the Garden of...
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C. J. Sage: Poet and Editor of The National Poetry Review
C.J. Sage edits The National Poetry Review (www.nationalpoetryreview.com). Her poems appear in Antioch Review, Black Warrior Review, Ploughshares, POOL, Prairie Schooner, Shenandoah, Threepenny Review, et cetera. Previous books include Let's Not Sleep, And We The Creatures, Field Notes on...
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J.P. Dancing Bear: Poet, Editor of APJ and Dream Horse Press
J. P. Dancing Bear is the author of Conflicted Light (SalmonPoetry, 2008), Gacela of Narcissus City (Main Street Rag, 2006), Billy Last Crow (Turning Point, 2004) and What Language (Slipstream, 2002). His poems have been published in Shenandoah, Poetry International, New Orleans Review, National...
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Ravi Shankar: Poet and Professor
Ravi Shankar is Associate Professor and Poet-in-Residence at Central Connecticut State University and founding editor of the international online journal of the arts, Drunken Boat . He has published a book of poems, Instrumentality (Cherry Grove, 2004), named a finalist for the 2005 Connecticut...
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Tony Barnstone: Prize Winning Poet with a Ph.D
Tony Barnstone is Associate Professor of creative writing at Whittier College. His first book of poetry, Impure, a finalist for the Walt Whitman Prize, the National Poetry Series Prize, and the White Pine Prize, appeared with the UP of Florida in June 1999. His chapbook of poems, Naked Magic,...
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Frances Mai Ling: Poet and Alternative Classical Composer
Frances Mai-Ling is pioneering the genre of Alternative-Classical music; taking classical piano to new level giving it a fresh sound of the traditional and the current trend of rock, pop, alternative. Creating a new genre that is powerful, for people of all ages can enjoy. Since 2001, she has…
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John Amen: Poet, Musician/Songwriter, Editor
John Amen is the author of two collections of poetry: Christening the Dancer (Uccelli Press 2003) and More of Me Disappears (Cross-Cultural Communications 2005), and has released one folk/folk rock CD, All I’ll Never Need (Cool Midget 2004). His poetry has appeared in various journals and...
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Iris Brossard: Poet, Writer and Neurologist
Yes, and she's great at all three and had a famous father to boot. Listen to find out more!
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David Francis: His Poetry, Music and Interview
New Grey Whistle Test" (nugreywhistletest.co.uk) by David Hudson All the way from New York this guy oozes credibility and coolness, he has a new album out now called 'Poems'... All the lyrics and poems on his new album were written entirely in the UK, a collection of inspirations and thoughts…
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Joe Martin: Playwright, Novelist, Theatre Director
Playwright, novelist and theatre director, Joe Martin's works comprise an international, searching, formal exploration into the border regions between the spiritual cosmos and the political world. He is the recipient of various grants and awards as a writer and director--including a Fulbright...
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Judy Kronenfeld: Professor, Scholar, Author, Poet
Dr. Kronenfeld is both a scholar and a poet (as well as a more occasional writer of fiction, memoir, essays and reviews). She has taught English Literature at the University of California, Irvine, the University of California, Riverside and Purdue University. She has published over a dozen…
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David Biespiel: Poet, Writer-In-Residence, Editor of Poetry Northwest
David Biespiel was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1964 and grew up in Houston, Texas. He has degrees from Boston University and the University of Maryland. A former NCAA scholarship diver who competed in the United States National Diving Championships, he continues to coach national, international…
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Tea With Dante: Poetry by Brian Michael Tracy, Music from Andy Hill, Renee Safier and Marty Rifkin
Brian had been working on a book of poetry when he attended a Lucinda Williams concert where, between songs, her father Miller Williams read his poetry. Brian thought that Andy and Renee might be the perfect choice to do something similar. The folk/rock duo had carved a niche for themselves in…
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Peter Buffett: Composer, Musician, Singer
Buffett's full-bodied electronic sound and rock-influenced accessibility make his music a congenial transition between the lighter pop instrumentals that have flooded the market and artists who are pushing the boundaries of modern electronic music with more challenging fare. The Nebraska-born...
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Bryan Appleyard: Author of 8 books, Award Winning Journalist, Columnist for The Sunday Times
From Bryan's Bio: “Born Manchester. Educated Bolton School and King’s College. Cambridge. Degree in English. At The Times as Financial News Editor and Deputy Arts Editor from 1976 to 1984. Freelance journalist ever since. Three times won Feature Writer of the Year and twice commended in the…
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Kelly Cherry: Poet and Author
Equally masterful at poetry, fiction, and the essay, Kelly Cherry has published eleven works of poetry, eight of fiction, five of nonfiction, and two dramatic translations. Her collection Hazard and Prospect: New and Selected Poems was published by Louisiana State University Press in 2007. Some…
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Didi Menendez: Poet, Artist, Publisher
Didi Menendez is a Cuban-born American artist and author. She is also the publisher for MiPoesias, http://www.mipoesias.com ,OCHO and Oranges & Sardines. Her series The American Poet Portraits is gaining momentum. http://americanpoets.blogspot.com/ Her latest book of poetry is WHEN I SAID GOODBYE...
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Patricia Smith: Four-time national poetry slam winner, author, teacher
Internationally renowned as a performance poet, Patricia Smith is four-time national individual champion of the notorious and wildly popular poetry slam, an energized competition where poets are judged on the content and performance of their work. She is also regarded as one of the few…
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Peter Krok: poet, editor and director of Manayunk Art Center
Peter Krok is the editor of the Schuylkill Valley Journal and serves as the humanities/poetry director of the Manayunk Art Center where he has coordinated a literary series since 1990. His poems have appeared in more than seventy publications including the Yearbook of American Poetry, America,...
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Maurya Simon, poet and nominee for a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award
Maurya Simon is the author of The Enchanted Room and Days of Awe (Copper Canyon Press, 1986, 1989), Speaking in Tongues (Gibbs Smith, 1990), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and The Golden Labyrinth (University of Missouri Press, 1995). A fifth volume, A Brief History of Punctuation, was...
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Deborah Bogen: author of Landscape with Silos
Bogen’s real poetry writing adventure did not begin till she was 47 when she took a poetry workshop run by Doug Anderson. That was followed by summer seminars at The Catskill Poetry Workshop, The Frost Place, Ropewalk and Bread Loaf. Her poems and reviews appear widely in journals including...
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Fleda Brown: Delaware Poet Laureate 2001-2007
Fleda Brown was born in Columbia, Missouri, and grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She earned her Ph.D. in English (specialty in American Literature) from the University of Arkansas, and in 1978 she joined the faculty of the University of Delaware English Department, where she founded the Poets…
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E. Ethelbert Miller, Poet, Editor, Activist, Educator
E. Ethelbert Miller is a literary activist. He is a board member of The Writer’s Center and editor of its Poet Lore magazine. The author of several collections of poems, his last book How We Sleep On The Nights We Don’t Make Love (Curbstone Press, 2004) was an Independent Publisher Award Finalist...
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Dick Bakken, performance poet
Dick Bakken began performing his poetry without a manuscript in 1972 and within a year was collaborating with dancers at innovative performance and spoken word poetry events. From 1975 to 1980 he crisscrossed the country giving readings and performances until, during a tour of the Southwest, he...
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Jerry Wennstrum on The Inspired Heart
Jerry was trained in art, however. “I went to school for three years at Rockland Community College and the State University of New Paltz, both in New York. One day, the one teacher who believed in me and saw how committed I was as an artist said to me, ‘What are you doing here? Why don’t you just...
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Lyn Lifshin on a Poet's Life
Lyn Lifshin has written more than 100 books and edited 4 anthologies of women writers. Her poems have appeared in most poetry and literary magazines in the U.S.A., and her work has been included in virtually every major anthology of recent writing by women. She has given more than 700 readings...
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Rus Bowden on Poetry and Poets in Rags
In 1999, Rus started posting poetry onto online forums. In 2003, he began his column Poetry & Poets in Rags, a Tuesday night weekly that is carried by the InterBoard Poetry Community (IBPC), part of the Web Del Sol site, at http://www.webdelsol.com/IBPC/wire_rags.htm. For the past two years, he…
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Gregg Shapiro: Poet, Writer, Journalist, Activist
Photo by www.feastoffools.net Pop-culture journalist Gregg Shapiro’s interviews and reviews run in a variety of regional LGBT publications and websites. His poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous outlets including literary journals such as Beltway, modern words, Bloom, White Crane Journal,...
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Legendary Billy Joe Royal
Raised in Marietta, Georgia, Royal became a local singing sensation at Savannah, Georgia's Bamboo Ranch in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for the 1965 Top Ten pop hit "Down in the Boondocks," which, along with the singles "I Knew You When" (Top 20, 1965) and "Hush" (1967), were written and...
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GAS 66 with poet/writer/editor, Jonathan Penton
Jonathan Penton is the editor of www.UnlikelyStories.org. He is the author of three chapbooks of poetry: Last Chap (Vergin' Press, 2004), Blood and Salsa (self-published, 2006) and Painting Rust (self-published, 2006).
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GAS 62 Tribute to Robert Burns w/ Janice Hale-Hobby
Scotland's National Bard, Robert Burns, gave a voice to ordinary life and was himself as much an inspiration as his poetry. Burns profound belief in the worth of every human being, no matter who they are or what their origins was the most inspiring aspect of the man. He may have endured grinding...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Belinda Subraman Presents produces the Gypsy Art Show which specializes in interviews and performances of poets, writers , musicians and occasionally has an interview with an outstanding contributor to another field.. Originally (in 2005) Belinda Subraman Presents was the umbrella name for several shows produced by Belinda. This is why if you want to download to your ipod you need to subscribe to Belinda Subraman Presents rather than to the Gypsy Art Show. I’d like to thank past affiliate stations: Progressive Blend radio. Lit Station, VI radio, Tyne FM, Bzoo and Net Talk Radio.
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