Emergent thoughts on poetry, prose, and sometimes medicine. And maybe science.
POET TALK
Last Thursday, November 20th, I was invited to participate on a podcast, Poet Talk, hosted by Ellen Miller-Mack and Meredith Foley. The show began with me reading W.S. Merwin’s poem, “Thanks”–which is a provocative beginning to the Holidays coming up–and to the conversation and reading that followed:
I am a poet and literary critic. I have published four books of poetry: 'Chased by Lunacies and Wonders', 'Memphis Shoals', 'Genealogies', and 'My Gargantuan Desire.' The first book on this list, 'Chased by Lunacies and Wonders', won the 2023 Catamaran Poetry Prize, and can be purchased by using this link: https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/subscribe-donate/chased-by-lunacies-and-wonders
The book is also available on Amazon. The other three books on the list are published by Greenhouse Review Press, and are also available on Amazon. I have published two chapbooks as well: 'Limits of Resurrection', and 'Propagandas'.
I have worked as a neuropsychologist for many years in a New England tertiary care medical center, and in the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services. 'Medical Life' reflects my encounters with people who have had neurological insults of various sorts, and the problems that result.
When I am not writing, or working, I'll be out in my ocean kayak in either the Pacific or Atlantic Oceans. The unconstructed world.
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Dear Brad,
I don’t know why it has taken me so long to say how much I enjoyed this reading/interview. I am wondering why the medium is so much more pleasing to me than that of the “live stage” of a reading. There is the element of being exposed in an audience. What is everyone else thinking/doing? And there is the clarity of your voice and some silence around it which is hard to reproduce in a more open setting. Anyway, I loved listening. Thank you.
I hope you had a good birthday and that all is well. We look forward to seeing you …in February?
Blue Islands, Blue as Ink 
Dear Brad,
I don’t know why it has taken me so long to say how much I enjoyed this reading/interview. I am wondering why the medium is so much more pleasing to me than that of the “live stage” of a reading. There is the element of being exposed in an audience. What is everyone else thinking/doing? And there is the clarity of your voice and some silence around it which is hard to reproduce in a more open setting. Anyway, I loved listening. Thank you.
I hope you had a good birthday and that all is well. We look forward to seeing you …in February?
Love, K
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