Thursday, June 6 2013

wow, it is already coming into June again.
On the 6th I am looking to read Garcia Lorca, whose birthday is June 5th, Alexander Pushkin and Maxine Kumin, whose birthdays are June 6th. It will be an interesting blend of three very different voices.

Frederico Garcia Lorca

Alexander Pushkin

Maxine Kumin

Expanding the Show

I am looking at expanding the show from just Thursdays, to include Monday through Fridays from 7 am until 8 am.  This would need to involve a team of people.  I have two others who are willing to work with me, but I am looking for at least five.  Not everyone needs to be readers on the air.  We will need people to work on the blog, as well as bring in resources and keep the calendar up to date.

If you are interested in participating in this exciting volunteer venture to enhance our local radio efforts please contact me.  peter_jenks@yahoo.com

May 30 2013 Walt Whitman

Last year I read Walt Whitman, probably for the first time.  I had read "Captain, My Captain" and bits and pieces of Leaves of Grass, but that was it. Then sitting down and just reading and reading Whitman opened my eyes to his genius.  What a treat. I will be reading him again this Thursday as we celebrate his 194th birthday, which will be on the 31st.

May 23

photo from nobelprize.org

Thursday, May 23rd is looking to be a day for Joseph Brodsky poetry.

thursday may 16

It is Studs Terkel and Adrienne Rich's birthdays so I will be reading from some of their work.
Also, I have raised the question of offering this show monday through friday from 7 to 8 am.
Having it offered more days would mean I would need more help, but that might be a good thing.

photo from the guardian uk

photo from porter square books

Emily Dickinson is on for May 9th!

I always look forward to the opportunity to read Emily Dickinson.  Thursday, May 9th is the day, this year.
Granted her birthday is December 10, 1830 but she died on May 15th, 1886 so I am moving it to the 9th in order to remember her as we come up on the 127th anniversary of her death.  As you can see, it doesn't take much for me to celebrate and read Emily Dickinson.

Thursday May 2

I generally know May Sarton from her journals, yet she considered herself first a poet. So this day was dedicated to her poetry. On her tombstone, it simply lists her as a poet.
Nice.
What a wonderful voice in the world of words.