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Conversations with today's poets and writers about Emily Dickinson and about the scope and sources of creative influence and the relevance of the past. Guests choose a Dickinson poem and one of their own to read. kathrynpetruccelli.substack.com
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Bonus Bit: Pádraig Ó Tuama (opens the original)
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This Bonus Bit supplements the full-length interview with poet Pádraig Ó Tuama for the Melody or Witchcraft podcast. Here’s what’s in each of the four snippets: 1. A final request ritual that happened at Corrymeela Peace and Reconciliation organization . 2. Examples of the importance of contexts, religious and poetic. 3. Reading Emily Dickinson during a challenging time in Pádraig’s conflict mediation work. 4. A ritual gesture among friends where one had lost a son—an expanded definition of ritu
Bonus Bit: James Allen Hall (opens the original)
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This Bonus Bit supplements the full-length interview with poet James Allen Hall for the Melody or Witchcraft podcast. Explicit Language Warning: There’s a curse word, y’all. Section 1: I ask about breaking past the plateau you may find yourself in with writing or publishing and James discusses the necessity of writing toward your fascinations. Louise Glück Oscar Wilde Section 2: Cork International Poetry Festival highlights Annemarie Ní Churreáin Audrey Molloy (Both Annemarie & Audrey will be fu
Diane Seuss: strange freedom (opens the original)
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The Melody or Witchcraft podcast interviews begin with a love for poetry, its craft, and a major literary ancestor: Emily Dickinson. I’m your host, Kathryn Petruccelli, a poet, workshop leader, Substacker, & former guide for the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts. I’m interested in things like the sources of creative inspiration, how the past influences the present, challenging cultural norms, social justice, and poetry as a tool for survival. I have yet to fail to fall further in
Bonus Bit: Diane Seuss (opens the original)
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This Bonus Bit supplements the full-length interview with poet Diane Seuss for the Melody or Witchcraft podcast. Section 1: Diane speaks about her approach to her books, her interest in objectivity, Dickinson’s presence in a variety of ways in the books, including Althea , the forthcoming book. “High Romance” – is Diane’s poem she mentions from her book, Modern Poetry, in which Keats is a ghost. The poem first appeared in the New Yorker (with thanks to Susannah McNamara for her help in providing
Evie Shockley: the selective poet (opens the original)
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Poets are truthtellers. We need more of those. The Melody or Witchcraft podcast conversations begin with a love for poetry, its craft, and a major literary ancestor: Emily Dickinson. The two poems you’ll hear each episode are chosen by the guests: a Dickinson poem and one of their own. Amongst the poem-talk and new discoveries around our 19th Century sister, we do our best to follow an organic flow of dialogue that moves us around a poet’s POV on the real life challenges of the 21st Century and
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