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Featuring Sam Lohmann, Amy Glin sand Claudia Saleeby savage, hosted by dan raphael

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For over 40 years Talking Earth has provided the most interesting poets and writers in Portland and elsewhere, reading and talking about their work. Founded by Walt Curtis and Barbara LaMorticella, the show is now hosted by Benjamin Fisher and dan raphael.

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This episode features Claudia Saleeby Savage, Sam Lohmann and Amy Glin. Host dan raphael reads works by federico garcia lorca and allen ginsberg.

Claudia F. Saleeby Savage is an Arab American performer, poet, essayist, and mama with MS whose work explores displacement and the landscape of the body. The author of four books of poetry, most recently first you must destroy the world from Portland's First Matter Press, she creates and performs alone and with her music-text duo Thick In The Throat Honey.  She lives with her experimental musician husband, daughter, and vocal cat here n Portland, You can find her at claudiafsavage.com and thickinthethroathoney.com 

Sam Lohmann is a parent, poet, and librarian living in Vancouver, Washington. He is a co-organizer of the long-running Spare Room Reading Series in Portland, and co-publisher of Airfoil Chapbooks with David Abel. He is the author of several books and pamphlets, most recently Poems for Shy Communists (Airfoil ‘25). Recent work has appeared online at beautifuldayspress.com (in the Winter 2025 issue of Works & Days) and at relegationbooks.com (in the journal R&R). 

Amy Nanette Glin.is a poet, author, and personal development coach who’s lived an unconventional life. From managing comedians to cooking for celebrities and priests to studying addiction recovery, she explores the sacred and the absurd with equal reverence. Her debut novel, G.O.D., Galactic Order of Demonstration, is available now in softcover and ebook, with the audiobook coming soon. amyglin.com  

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Talking Earth: Dan Raphael with Leanne Grabel, C.E. Putnam and Rebecca Smolen

Airs at: Mon, 03/15/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features  Leanne Grabel, C. E. Putnam, and Rebecca Smolen. Host dan raphael will read poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Tongo Eisen-Martin. Leanne Grabel is a writer, illustrator, performer & retired special education teacher. Grabel t... Read more

A Valentine for Poet Bob Kaufman

Airs at: Mon, 02/15/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Barbara LaMorticella talks about the legendary black San Francisco beatnik poet Bob Kaufman, joined by Zoom with editor, publisher and Kaufman friend Ray Foye,  in poetry, reading and discussion. Read more

Talking Earth on 02/08/21

Airs at: Mon, 02/08/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Talking Earth: Laura Winter and Jen Coleman

Airs at: Mon, 01/18/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Tonight's Talking Earth is hosted by dan raphael, with poetry readings by Laura Winter and Jen Coleman.  dan reads some work by Dennis McBride, Jack Spicer and himself. Laura Winter is the author of 6 collections of poetry, broadsides and performance projects. A number ... Read more

Talking Earth: James Honzik Memorial

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2021 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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In tonight's edition of Talking Earth, host Walt Curtis plays poems from the 1994 Spoken Word album Talking Rain, and in the second half of the show mourns the passing of local poet and filmmaker James Honzik.  Honzik worked on the film Salmon Poet, a documentary about W... Read more

Talking Earth on 12/21/20

Airs at: Mon, 12/21/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Talking Earth: Walt Curtis-December 14, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 12/14/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Host Walt Curtis reads several of his poems, and talks about the history of Christmas, referring to the book Mary Magdalene by Lynn Picknett.  Board-op Patrick Bocarde chimes in about his cats, and reads a poem or two. Read more

Talking Earth: Dan Raphael with James Grabill

Airs at: Mon, 11/16/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Local poet Dan Raphael has his first Talking Earth show tonight!  In his own words: "This is my first hosting of this great radio show. I 've had 3 books published in the last 14 months and will read from the last two--Moving with Every and Starting Small. This is covid ... Read more

Talking Earth on 11/09/20

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Talking Earth on 10/19/20

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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