Meat For Teacast
The podcast from the folks who bring you Meat For Tea: The Valley Review. This quarterly publication of arts and literature has its very own audio companion. The Meat For Teacast features live recordings of spoken word and music, conversations with authors and other artists, and more! HEY! We have T-Shirts, Mugs, Socks, Pint Glasses and Totes. Maybe more to come. A great way to support Meat For Tea and this podcast is to go to https://meat-for-tea.creator-spring.com/ and get some of that stuff, or to http://meatfortea.com and go to the buy or subscribe pages and, well, buy or subscribe!
Episodes
This year's installment from our involvement with the amazing international 100 Thousand Poets, Artists and Musicians for Change event. September 27, 2025.
This year we were grateful to be hosted at The Guilded Brick in Holyoke MA! For part one, in this episode we have performances from our own Elizabeth MacDuffie, Dan Hales/Frost Heaves and Hales, Dana Salisbury, Doug Anderson and Primordial Pouch.
Be sure to check back for part...
Welcome to Season 7 of the Meat For Teacast!
For this first episode, we have a recording of poet Kathryn Good-Schiff's book launch reading for her book Love Letters to Ghosts (Meat For Tea Press). It was hosted by the Emily Williston Library in Easthampton MA on September 7, 2025 at their new Library Annex space!
Kathryn reads from her book and we have a brief Q&A after. Enjoy!
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For our season 6 finale, we have a very special episode. Tammy Takaishi originally hosted and recorded this conversation on William Shakespeare with our own Elizabeth MacDuffie, and Jack Canfora and Amrita Sen.And it has become a collaborative release between Tammy's Creative Peacemeal podcast and ours!
A fun and engaging discussion on the bard. Grab a snack and a beverage and enjoy!
Be sure to check out Creative Peacemea...
Elizabeth has an excellent conversation with author J. Ladd Zorn, Jr. , Author of Car Trouble. He reads excerpts from the book and more! Really a great listen.
Car Trouble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/car-trouble-j-ladd-zorn-jr/1145547444
Join Elizabeth in a great conversation with artists Aunia Kahn and Michael de Vena. Among discussions of their art, they also talk about gatekeeping (and how it's not always a bad thing,) helping lesser known artists get a leg up in an ocean of big fish, running a gallery, a podcast, and a new publication. And more. Grab a snack and sit down and tuck in. Or drive. Or however you enjoy listening. We don't judge.
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As Season 6 starts to wind down (but not over!) we decided to revisit our first (two) episodes. Cold Cuts and Cool Cats , at Corsello Butcheria, Easthampton MA , from July 13, 2019! Sit back and enjoy music and readings from Elizabeth MacDuffie, Alison Murchie, Brandee Simone, Michael Sean Qamar Alves, Lawrence Darren Green, and Brittany Brideau!
Artist Keemo joins Elizabeth in this great conversation about process and creativity and so much more. You just gotta tuck in. Keemo's art graces the cover of Jerky issue of Meat For Tea, The Valley Review, as well. The story behind that painting is fascinating!
Find out more about Keemo:www.keemogallery.comAnd the stuff mentioned in this episode:
Reading:
WS Merwin. The Moon Before Morning: https://www.goodreads.com/book...
From the September 7 2024 Le Cirque des plumes tueuses, Color Killer graced us with their formidable and catchy brand of punk with a pop edge! Enjoy this preview, and head on over to https://www.patreon.com/c/meatfortea for this an a bunch of other cool stuff. And the knowledge you're also just simply helping us keep Meat For Tea and the Meat For Teacast going!
Long-time friend of the Meat For Teacast, Music Therapist, Writer, Musician and podcast host of the Creative Peacemeal podcast Tammy Takaishi joins Elizabeth for a brisk, entertaining chat. They discuss her music therapy work, she reads a poem published in Meat For Tea , Volume 16 Issue 4: Electric, and more!
Elizabeth and Mark have both been guests on the Creative Peacemeal podcast (April 4, 2022 and Feb. 14, 2022, respectively...
Join Elizabeth as she and writer, artist and musician Daniel Hales discuss his latest book, How to Tie and Untie Mist (out now on Frayed Edge Press!) and a ton more!
Daniel has been on the Meat For Teacast in S3 E25 and S4 E24 - do check out those episodes for more!
(Yes, the internet wasn't in full cooperation during this conversation, so please forgive the occasional audio anomolies!)
Find out more at:https://www.frayede...
Join Elizabeth as she chats with Scott Ferry again! This time they discuss his new Meat For Tea Press book 500 Hidden Teeth, and as usual, a whole lot more.
Find out more!
https://ferrypoetry.com/
Dummy band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCyb1729fe0
Peel Dream Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqSPeufe3aA
Horsegirl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC1v7Y7bIKs
Christian Lozada He’s a Color Until He’s Not : https://www.amazon.c...
Join Elizabeth for a chat with author Nancy Kricorian, discussing her writing including her new novel The Burning Heart of the World out now on Red Hen Press.
Find out more here:
https://nancykricorian.net/
Links to other topics discussed:One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian (1972 Caldecott Medal) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/958211.One_Fine_Day
Etel Adnan, Voyage, War, Exile: Three Essays https://litmuspress.org/product/voyage-war-e...
For this episode, Elizabeth is joined by writer Kathryn Good-Schiff, author of the new Meat For Tea Press book Love Letters to Ghosts. They talk about writing, surrealism in poetry, a fish elevator, and much, much more. Do tuck in!
Referenced in this conversation:
Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton, by Gail Crowther
Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir, by Ernestine Hayes
Statue of A...
For the third installment of this years Pushcart Award Nominee's series, we have Jeffrey Feingold back again with Elizabeth, discussing more of his short fiction. His latest book A Fine Madness, Jeffrey was nominated for the Pushcart Award for his story "The Blender". They talk about it's creation and insipration, and Jeffery reads some of his other work. A fine, fast-paced conversation! Do tuck in!
https://mea...
In celebration of National Poetry Month, we thought it worthwhile to revisit this conversation with the authors of the Meat For Tea Press book Midnight Glossolalia to this engaging episode. They read some of the works in this collaborative book, talk about creative process and a ton more. Do tuck in! Warning! There is some "language" in this episode. But we're all adults here, right? Right. RIGHT! Please enjoy this episode with Sco...
February 13, 2025. Lily Library, Florence MA. It was a wonderful night where the Florence Poets Society had a send-off party for their long-time host and organizer, Tommy Twilite.
For this episode we're presenting to you the proceedings from that lovely evening with very little editing - like you were there in the room with us. Join in to hear his farewell feature performance, along with special guest, Massachusetts Beat Poet La...
It's Women's History Month.
Let's revisit this lovely chat with writer Jessamyn Smyth.
Worthwhile time spent!
Part 2 of our 3 part series featuring our annual Pushcart nominees, Elizabeth is joined by Rebecca Evans and Mohini Ghoshroy in a super, detailed, intensive chat. Let's just say, don't hesitate. Grab a beverage and/or a snack (maybe not if you're driving?!) and tuck into this!
Join us for an excellent conversation with writers Julie Benesh and Leo Hwang. This is part one of this year's Pushcart Award nominees' episodes. Julie, Leo and Elizabeth get into discussions on writing approaches, AI in writing, dreams and writing, and much more. And we're treated to some readings of their works as well!
"Oh Johnny" (the featured song in this episode) written and performed by Reid Messerschmi...
We have a great talk with musician and author DA Stern, our friend Dave, talking about writing and music and such. It goes far and wide and we recommend sticking around! Grab a snack or something and settle in!
dastern.bandcamp.com
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