Meat For Teacast

Scott Ferry returns for the third time to the Meat For Teacast, this time with his co-author of their new book, Fill Me With Birds, Daniel McGinn! Great conversation about writing, not writing, some timely politics, and so much more. Join Elizabeth as she has a great chat with these two super writers!

Find out more at https://meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm and at https://ferrypoetry.com/books/

Join us for Tzivia Gover's lovely reading/mini-workshop/dreaming in writing event at Splendor Solis Books in Northampton MA on March 8, 2024. Tzivia reads from her book Dreaming on the Page, discusses how dreams can be excellent writing prompts, leads the audience through a mini dream-writing exersise (with impressive results) and more!

If you find her suggestions in this recording helpful and interesting, there's a lot more in her books!

More can be found about Tzivia here:

https://thirdhousemoon.com/

https://www.instagram.com/tziviadreams/

The third part in our series of Pushcart Prize nominees. Christian Livermore is back for more discussion on her writing, her books, and more. A fascinating conversation! Author of Girl, Lost and Found, We Are Not Okay and The Very Special Dead, Christian also reads from and discusses her upcoming novel The Execution of Tertius Lafontaine as well!

Join us for a special afternoon at Ana Bandeira in Northampton MA. Dave Dersham hosts the Second Sunday series there, and for this one, his guest is poet and artitst Kim Keough. They have a lovely back-and-forth between Kim's reading and Dave's songs that we believe you'll enjoy as much as we did. Ana Bandeira is a lovely cafe/confectionary/coffee house, as as such, this recording naturally has all the sounds one would expect in a bustling cafe!

https://davedershammusic.com/

https://www.anabandeirachocolates.com/

This is a super engaging episode, where Elizabeth and writer/storyteller/teacher/professor Andrew Shelffo get into a lot of deep discussion about pedagogy, writing discipline and practice, dreams as inspiration - and a whole ton more. Andrew also reads a terrific story from a past edition of Meat For Tea that garnered accolades when he read it at that corresponding Cirque. Do stick around!

This episode features author John Yamrus' third visit to the Meat For Teacast. This time around, he and Elizabeth focus mainly on his most recent Meat For Tea Press book People and Other Bad Ideas but also, as is the usual, go off on tangents - writing and music in particular are covered. It's a lovely time - do stick around!

You can find both of his Meat For Tea Press books here: https://meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm

For this episode, we have a delightful recording of John Sheirer reading from his book For Now: One-Hundred 100 Word Stories live at Splendor Solis Books in Northampton on December 8th, 2023. A big treat, this reading, plus a lot of background on his writing approach, a fun q&a type session at the end, and more! Do stick around!

We're pleased to share with you an excerpt of this lovely and fun podcast we were a part of recently.

Please check out https://www.creativepeacemeal.com/ for the complete episode and much, much, more!

"This special episode features podcast alums, and Beatlephiles, Jack Canfora, Elizabeth MacDuffie, Mark Alan Milller, and Steve March-Tormé.
I learned so much in this panel episode about the original Fab Four, and made some great memories. I can't wait for future collaborations! Stay to the end for some fun trivia!"

In this episode we feature a terrific live recording of the opening reading for the release of the Florence Poets Society's Silkworm journal, issue 16, Wide Open. A bit cinéma vérité sonically, but we think that's great! Sit back and enjoy. Host Tommy Twilite is a charm.

For more info, please visit http://www.florencepoets.com/

Here we present the second half of our participation in the annual 100 Thousand Poets for Change event. If you've not heard of it, definitely look it up! The founder, Michael Rothenberg, sadly passed away in 2022 - he was our guest here in 2020, and we re-visited that episode midway through last season as well. Do check that out - he was a wonderful human. This episode features performances by Tommy Twilite, Eric Lee, LD Green and Mistress Miriam's Two-Cent Revue.

Here we have a preview of the spoken word from Le Cirque Avant la Lune Froide, Saturday, December 3, 2022! Jane Yolen & Peter Tacy, Carla Cooke, Chaya Grossberg, Jacob Chapman, Gerald Yelle, Elizabeth Appelquist, Richard Wayne Horton, Tommy Twilite and Charles Coe. To hear the full episode and lots of other goodies, please consider supporting what we do on our Patreon!

Here we present the first half of our participation in the annual 100 Thousand Poets for Change event. If you've not heard of it, definitely look it up! The founder, Michael Rothenberg, sadly passed away in 2022 - he was our guest here in 2020, and we re-visited that episode midway through last season as well. Do check that out - he was a wonderful human. This episode features performances by Two.Five, Kim Keough, Daniel Hales of Frost Heaves and Hales, Josh Levy and Adam Zucker of Outro and Beth Filson.

For this bonus episode, we're featuring the live (on Zoom) reading and discussion with Christian Livermore for her debut novel on Meat For Tea Press The Very Special Dead. Hosted by noted author Jacob Polley!

Please join us and Christian at The Emily Williston Library in Easthampton MA, Oct 18, Splendor Solis Books in Northampton MA, Oct 20, and at the Hygenic Art Gallery, New London, CT Oct 21! She'll be reading from the novel, taking some Q&A and signing books, which will be available for purchase.

https://ewmlibrary.org/https://ewmlibrary.org/event/meat-for-tea-author-reading-with-christian-livermore/

https://www.splendorsolisbooks.com/page/SplendorSolisEvents

https://www.hygienic.org/events

You can find out more about Christian at https://www.christianlivermore.com/ and order her new novel from https://www.meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm or by visiting meatfortea.com and getting the ISBN and ordering it from your local bookstore!

Author, poet, writer Gayle Brandeis has a new book out, Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss, and joins Elizabeth for a second excellent conversation. Too much to list! Just grab a snack/beverage/comfy place to sit and tuck right into this super episode!

Be sure to check out Gayle's works at gaylebrandeis.com too!

One of the great things about hosting a podcast is guesting on other people's podcasts - and radio shows that are also podcasted!

This episode features Elizabeth and Mark, both of whom were guests on Tammy Takaishi's Creative Peacemeal, and then were asked by the lovely Tammy to come on her show and interview her for her 100th episode! Here we present a segment of the full podcast.

Then, Elizabeth and Mark were guests on the Fabulous 413 with the fabulous Kaliis and Monte - on NEPM radio here in the... 413... which also is available as a podcast after their initial air dates! This is their segment from the September 9th, 2023 show.

Do check out their podcasts if you like what you hear here!

Creative Peacemeal:

https://goodpods.app.link/BHmQeMG2cDb

The Fabulous 413:

https://goodpods.app.link/5UY544D2cDb

https://www.nepm.org/podcast/the-fabulous-413

Hi and welcome to the season 5 premiere! We've got a treat for you! Elizabeth and Mark are joined by Jovanna Van Pelt and Richard Wayne Horton in a table reading of A Long Moment in the South, part of Richard's book Artists in the Underworld. The book is out on Human Error Publishing. Richard is a frequent contributor to Meat For Tea. (See also his Meat For Tea Press book Sticks and Bones!)

We hope you enjoy this special recording of this excellent work.

"Stories do what their roots tell them to do, and the roots run deep in these stories. The book starts with eleven published stories in the dark range, then goes on to “A Long Moment In The South,” flash fiction, set in three Texas towns from 1953 to 1957. A strong voice and a person to person talking style takes the reader inside the stories. "...razor sharp language..." –Amy Laprade, novelist.

"...the driest sense of humor...this is a horse that leads YOU to water...and you drink it..." –Joshua Michael Stewart, poet. 

You can get your copy of Artists in the Underworld at https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Underworld-2023-Richard-Horton/dp/1948521679

Do check out https://www.humanerrorpublishing.com and of course https://meatfortea.com !

Wrapping up season 4 with a bang! Elizabeth converses with writer Jeffrey Feingold (author of the Meat For Tea Press book The Black Hole Pastrami - Stories and the bookThere is No Death in Finding Nemo on Impspired.) A lot of ground is covered discussing facets of Creative Non-Fiction and more. Jeffrey reads one of the storied from The Black Hole Pastrami as well. A real treat!

More can be found at https://jeffreymfeingold.com/ and very soon his book will be available at https://meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm

Wow! What a fast-paced, exciting episode this is! Elizabeth has an amazing conversation with writer Jerome Berglund (author of the Meat For Tea Press book Funny Pages) and who has also worked on feature films and is also an award-winning fashion and fine arts arts photographer (check out his IMDB!) covering a range of topics from Senryu and Haiku to politics, trials and tribulations of what a college degree is worth, to conspiracies (or are they?) and much much more. He reads some original work as well. Oh! He's also an editor! It's a wild ride. Grab a snack and a beverage and tuck in!

Follow him on twitter @BerglundJerome

Additonally, please consider donating to support some of our local farms (or local farms wherever you might be) who have been affected by recent flooding/climate change!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/mountain-view-farm-flood-damage-fund

https://whmp.com/news/160061-western-mass-farms-need-our-help/

Here's a preview of a Patreon Exclusive episode, the spoken word section of Le Cirque Avant la Lune Froide, December 3, 2022 at Abandoned Building Brewery. To hear the full episode and more, sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea. The higher tiers not only get the bonus audio content, but a PDF of each new issue of Meat For Tea: The Valley Review every quarter!

Readers in the full episode are:

Andrew Varnon, Gerald Yelle, Lindsay Adkins, Richard Wayne Horton, Mary Jennings, Michael Favala Goldman and Jacob Chapman!

Join Elizabeth and Francesca Bell, author and poet of What Small Sound, Bright Stain and Whoever Drowned Here in a great conversation. Trigger warnings, censorship, speaking (and translating) German, and more. Francesca reads a couple of selections from What Small Sound and also a poem from her upcoming book of Max Sessner poems, translated from his native German.

Find more about Francesca at https://www.francescabellpoet.com/

Learn more about the playlists that Elizabeth's son does at https://www.mayithowl.com/

For this bonus we have an excerpt from Episode 259 of the Notes McGotes where Brandon flies solo with Elizabeth discussing Patti Smith Group's album Easter. If you like what you hear here, please do check out the full episode and more wherever you get your favorite podcasts!

For more about the Notes McGotes Podcast, go here: https://linktr.ee/notesmcgotespod

We're joined by Dianne and Kevin Germain of Splendor Solis Books in Northampton, MA. We have a really great chat about how they came to own and run their store, their history, record and book shopping, tin cans and string, and a whole lot more! Grab a snack and a beverage and settle in for this fun conversation!

https://www.splendorsolisbooks.com/

Mentioned in this episode, the album We're OK. But We're Lost Anyway. from Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp.

For this exclusive episode, we have the readers for the Meat For Tea portion of the Human Error Publishing Poetry Month reading from April 2, 2023 at the Divine Theater at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA. Featuring Tam Fricke, Gerald Yelle and Lindsay Adkins! Enjoy this preview featuring one of Lindsay's pieces from her chapbook (on Meat For Tea Press) Fixing The Halo. If you enjoyed this and want to hear the rest of the readings, plus lots of other Patreon exclusive stuff, please consider joining our Patreon at patreon.com/meatfortea

Hey hey! Welcome to a live recording in our house with David P. Miller, Jane Wiley, Tommy Twilite, Daniel Hales and James Lowe! Join us for a semi-free-form discussion, with a reading from David, and music from Tommy and The Frost Heaves & HaLeS: Daniel and James (with Tommy joining in) and much more. Be a fly on the wall at Meat For Teacast HQ with this largely unedited capture of a good hang with some great people! Yes, there's "language" and there's "politics" but at this point, 100 episodes in to the Meat For Tea Cast, what do you expect?! Ha. Please grab a beverage and snack and sit back and enjoy the ride.

For this episode, the dynamic duo Fred Cracklin said we could share their set from Le Cirque Avant la Lune Froide: Saturday, December 3, 2022! It's a rockin' good time. To hear the full set, subscribe to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea for this and other goodies, with lots more to come!

Join Elizabeth as she has one heck of a talk with Marina Barcenilla - independent perfumer and fragrance educator, and, randomly, an Astrobiology Doctoral Researcher at the University of Westminster and Natural History Museum in London. This one is lively! Chemicals! Natural Cosmetics! Pedro Pascal! The conversation also goes full Chant Rat. (You'll need to listen to get it. Listen! You'll love it.)

More about Marina can be found here:

https://www.marinabarcenilla.com

https://mbparfums.com

and on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/marinabarcenillaparfums

https://www.instagram.com/marina_barcenilla

We welcome back writer John Yamrus. Elizabeth and John have a free-form conversation ranging from music to writing and much more. John's most recent book, Twenty Four Poems is available from Meat For Tea Press, and his prior book Selected Poems: The Director's Cut, an expansive volume is out through Concrete Mist Press. John reads from his works including some newer, never-published poems! A terrific ride, we promise.
For more from John, go back and check out S2 E18!

Ahoy! Elizabeth has a great chat session with Meat For Tea contributors Rick Paar and Joshua Michael Stewart in this packed episode. They read from their most recent works, including a new, unpublished piece from Joshua, and much much more!
Rick's book God Bless America and Breakfast Burritos to Go (Meat For Tea Press) can be found here:
https://www.meatfortea.com/chapbooks.htm
and
https://www.amazon.com/God-Bless-America-Breakfast-Burritos/dp/B0BJYQ7S3D/
and Joshua can be found at https://www.joshuamichaelstewart.com/
Their reading (Tuesday, Feb 21, 2023) is listed here: https://www.facebook.com/events/867387794489389

We welcome the authors of our upcoming 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.

The third and last installment in our 2022 Pushcart Nominees' series, this one features a terrific conversation with Mary Buchinger and Mark Lew. Topic range from the english language and the importance of retaining words to writing processes, and beyond. They read their nominated pieces as well - a real treat. AND! We've got more 6 Word Stories culled from our Meat For Teacast Facebook page participants! If you've not heard the prior two installments of the Pushcart Nominees' series, we highly recommend going back to those - after you've finished this episode, of course!

https://lewwriter.com/?page_id=235
https://www.marybuchinger.com/

For this episode, it's all about music. The live music from the June 2022 Cirque, in fact. Two bands! First up, we have The Urojets, then Owen Manure. Please enjoy these great shows, recorded live at Abandoned Building Brewery at Les Cirques des Abeilles: Saturday, June 11, 2022.
For the full episode, please consider joining our Patreon at patreon.com/meatfortea - you'll get a bunch of cool stuff and the joy that comes with supporting an independent arts and literary journal and it's related podcast!

Welcome back for part two of our three-part series featuring our 2022 Pushcart Prize nominees. Carla Cooke and Robert Peate talks writing, some politics, media, and more with Elizabeth in this engrossing episode. Make yourself comfortable and tuck right in!

Carla's work in Meat For Tea can be found in the Russian Caravan issue, and Robert's in the Mugwort, Russian Caravan, Criadilla de Toro and Passionfruit issues. meatfortea.com/buy.htm

Welcome to part one of our three-part series featuring our 2022 Pushcart Prize nominees. Charles Coe and Tamara Fricke have an extensive conversation - not to mention highly entertaining! - with Elizabeth, discussing writing and the creative process, featuring them reading some of their works, including those nominated for the Pushcart, and much, much more. Grab a beverage, a snack, and tuck right in!

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tamara-M-Fricke/author/B01D90OR1K

https://www.charlescoe.org/

(Opening song by Tom Kovar - thanks, Tom!)

We have a special preview of this episode from Paisley Productions' Learn German Through Music podcast, where Elizabeth was that episode's guest!

"A great way to learn German for music lovers!

Learn 30 new vocabulary words each lesson by listening to popular German language songs. Each lesson features a song in a different genre, from indie to rap, punk to reggae, pop to heavy metal, "Learn German though Music” will help you build vocabulary quickly, while improving listening and pronunciation skills. We hope you will enjoy this podcast, and benefit from music as a fun, and effective learning tool!"

Direct link to the episode featured here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CuwKjZmfIfGnYSvSzFPSK?si=qdC5WkLNRhiwRhi0hSSPlw

Link to Learn German Through Music podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/3JpaBUaBBb9JWk2djk533g

Podcast socials:

https://twitter.com/GermanthruMusic

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077572148829

Elizabeth and Matthew McKee have a great conversation about his new book Keeping the Stars Awake from Atmosphere Press, how he landed in Japan, and a whole lot more! Let us mention, please, that his website is https://matthewjmckee.com - it might not have been clear in the episode itself!

Join Elizabeth and author/poet and RN Scott Ferry for a lively conversation about poetry and writing, some politics, his background, and much more! He reads some of his works as well - a big treat.

Find more about Scott and his books here: https://ferrypoetry.com/books/

We have a special preview of this episode from Derik Jones' Ratchet Book Club.

"In this episode, Elizabeth from the Meat for Tea podcast, Stew from the Stew World Order podcast, Paisley from the Learn German Through Music podcast and Amanda from the Momma Murdered a Podcast join together to create a story based on the following phrases: Nudist, Invitation from a stranger, and Box of hair. Enjoy."

Check out the full episode here: https://www.goodpods.com/episodes/24460513

Also: "4 Minds. One Story. We have fused two age-old activities; Storytelling and the game Telephone into a thrilling new medium. Storytellers. We build delicious little narratives. Come try one. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tales-we-tell/support "

Jane Yolen and Peter Tacy! For the full episode, please consider joining our Patreon and help support what we do. We promise exclusive stuff over there!

This is a live recording from October 25, 2022 at the Emily Williston Library in Easthampton MA. Unedited, and cleaned up as best as could be (air handler in the same room as the reading!) they read from their Meat For Tea Press book The Black Dog Poems, as well as other "back and forth" poems, and have a lovely informal Q&A at the end.

https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea

What a great conversation we had with John Berglund of Tijon (Saint Martin, Charlottesville and New Orleans). He's an expert perfumer and author, and our chat ranges from perfuming, writing, life on the island of Saint Martin (and our meeting him on our visit there) and beyond.

https://www.tijon.com/

Authors Lesléa Newman and Tzivia Gover and Elizabeth discuss their writing, their latest book Sleep Tight Through The Night, and provide readings from their works. The discussion goes, as is par for the Meat For Teacast way, wide-ranging. Grab a cuppa and settle in!

https://tziviagover.com/
https://lesleanewman.com/

Here's a preview of the full episode available to our Patreon supporters. Please consider signing up and supporting what we do. For as little as $2/month, you get all the exclusive content uploaded to our Patreon. For $4/month, you also get a PDF of each new issue after it comes out! https://www.patreon.com/meatfortea

Here's what's in store:

At this year's North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival, there were the Spoken Word in the Woods events, hosted by Paul Richmond and Human Error Publishing. This exclusive recording of Meat For Tea's contribution to these events features an introduction and Reading by our own Elizabeth MacDuffie, with featured readers Joshua Michael Stewart, Jacob Chapman and Candace Curran!

Wowza, do Elizabeth and Christian Livermore ever go deep on this one. They discuss her upcoming book We Are Not Okay and dive deep into some of the politics, personal experiences and sociology involved. She also reads some really compelling sections of the book. And of course, as is the way of the Meat For Teacast, they go off on delightful tangents.

You can find out more about Christian's books at https://www.christianlivermore.com/books-1

Also mentioned in this episode are her current reads/listens/watches:
Heavy by Kiese Laymon is a current read.
Leadbelly, especially 'Where Did You Sleep Last night,' and the music of William Elliott Whitmore.
Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer is a recommended viewing.

As we reset our schedule to our regular release dates, here's an excerpt from Elizabeth's appearance on the Antler Queens podcast!
If you want to hear the entire episode, go here:
https://antlerqueenspodcast.podbean.com/e/yellowjackets-fan-panel-july-2022/