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
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
dasterndastern.com
also, to help out those in LA: lafoodbank.org/fire/ gofundme.com/f/wildfire-relief-fund-2025 donate.wck.org/give/654000
We're reprising this episode from Season 3 for the holiday break we're talking. But more importantly, we're serializing a story of Reid's in Meat For Tea: The Valley Review, starting with the December 2024 issue Cup.
Writer Reid Messerschmidt has a great and diverse chat with Elizabeth about, well, a lot of stuff. A whole lot of stuff. No kidding. Lots of stuff. Great Stuff. And Reid reads some of his works. A Do-Not-Miss!
We've got long-time contributor to Meat For Tea, Charles Rammelcamp, in the house! (Well, figuratively.)
Charles and Elizabeth get pretty deep, Charles reads a bunch of his work, and they go far into a chat about the state of the nation now.
It's great. Grab a snack and a beverage and settle in.
This is a fun one! Author of Be Still: Poems for Kay Sage and Juice , with a forthcoming book coming soon - and Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of Thimble Literary Magazine Nadia Arioli and Elizabeth get into some serious/deep talk about form, Nadia reads some of her work (including a piece that is seriously both, well, randy, as it is funny and insightful.)
A good time is guaranteed for all!
Find more about Nadia:
We welcome author Matthew J. McKee back again to the Meat For Teacast, straight from Japan! Elizabeth and Matthew discuss his new Atmosphere Press Book Flicker, the inspiration and creation of it, and Matthew reads a few excerpts as well!
As usual, the conversation travels many paths!
For more information on Matthew: https://matthewjmckee.com/
Atmosphere Press: https://atmospherepress.com/?s=matthew+j+mckee
A link to the fundraiser...
It's the spoken word from Le Cirque des plumes tueuses!
September 7, 2024 at Abandoned Building Brewery.
Featured readers are Gerald Yelle, C. Desiree Finley (Fin), Michael Favala Goldman, Mohini Ghoshroy and Josef Langton.
For the full episode, please support us through Patreon!
patreon.com/meatfortea
Gary Metras, the first Poet Laureate of Easthampton, MA, is in conversation with Elizabeth in this jam-packed episode. Lots of Gary's work, discussions on pedagogy, and a lot more!
Find some of Gary's books here:
http://www.thelostbookshelf.com/cervenabooks.html#MARBLE%20DUST
https://presapress.com/gary-metras
https://www.dosmadres.com/shop/vanishing-points-by-gary-metras/
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