Mississippi Arts Hour

In this next installment of the Favorite Poem Podcast Project hosted by Mississippi Poet Laureate, poet and memoirist Mike Smith brings us Marianne Moore’s intriguing poem “The Fish.” Please listen—and enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this third episode of the Favorite Poem Podcast Project, hosted by Mississippi Poet Laureate Ann Fisher-Wirth, Beth Ann Fennelly reads and discusses Shakespeare’s beautiful sonnet 29, “When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes.”  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the second installment of the Favorite Poem Podcast Series hosted by Mississippi Poet Laureate Ann Fisher-Wirth, featuring C. Liegh McInnis reading and discussing a poem by Margaret Walker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Poetry is alive and thriving in the Magnolia State! On the Mississippi Poetry Podcast you’ll hear poets sharing their work, telling their stories, and offering tips to help listeners flex their poetic muscles. In this episode, poet Christie Collins joins host and Mississippi Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce for a conversation about sound in poetry, the difference between writing and being a writer, and baby elephants. A resource for teachers or community leaders can be found here: https://arts.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Podcast-Supplement_Collins-.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Poetry is alive and thriving in the Magnolia State! On the Mississippi Poetry Podcast you’ll hear poets sharing their work, telling their stories, and offering tips to help listeners flex their poetic muscles. In this episode, poet Jermaine Thompson joins host and Mississippi Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce to talk about individuality in poetry, the importance of loving language, and why tree frogs are one of his favorite sounds. A resource for educators or community groups can be found here: https://arts.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Podcast-Supplement_Thompson.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Poetry is alive and thriving in the Magnolia State! On the Mississippi Poetry podcast you’ll hear poets sharing their work, telling their stories, and offering tips to help listeners flex their poetic muscles. In this episode, poet Joshua Nguyen joins host and Mississippi Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce to talk about form, embracing weird obsessions, and his least favorite vegetable.A resource for teachers and community groups can be found here https://arts.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Podcast-Supplement_Nguyen-.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Poetry is alive and thriving in the Magnolia State! On the Mississippi Poetry podcast you’ll hear poets sharing their work, telling their stories, and offering tips to help listeners flex their poetic muscles. In this episode, poet Angela Ball joins host and Mississippi Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce to talk about childhood games, poems as wish fulfillment, and how everything can be an opportunity for poetry.A resource for teachers and community groups can be found here https://arts.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Podcast-Supplement_Ball.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Poetry is alive and thriving in the Magnolia State! On the Mississippi Poetry Podcast you’ll hear poets sharing their work, telling their stories, and offering tips to help listeners flex their poetic muscles. In this episode, poet and Mississippi Review editor Adam Clay joins host and Mississippi Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce to talk about inventing new forms, being a little reckless, and how writing poetry is like long-distance running.A resource for teachers and community groups can be found here: https://arts.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Podcast-Supplement_Clay.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Malcolm White talks with Arden Barnett, owner and operator of Ardenland, a music management and promotion company responsible for bringing a wide variety of musical acts to the metro area. The longtime friends discuss the state of the music business during the pandemic and the future of small, independent entertainment venues such as Duling Hall in Jackson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Malcolm White speaks with Oxford-based author Michael Farris Smith about his newly released book, Blackwood. Known for his Southern fiction, Smith is an award-winning writer whose latest book centers on themes of justice and grace in a rural Mississippi town. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.