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Enlighten Radio: May 22: Adam Booth, Stas Ziolkowski and I share thoughts on story research and development

Enlighten Radio: May 8: Mary Stanley shares stories from the back alley garden tour

Th Poetry Show Features Poetry of Samuel Hazo -- May 8,2017

Janet's notes on this podcast of the Poetry Show on Enlighten Radio, aired on May 8, 2017 in Shepherdstown, WV.
 
Here are Janet's Notes
 
The son of Lebanese and Syrian immigrants, Samuel Hazo was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 19, 1928. After his mother died when he was only six years old, his aunt became the primary caretaker for his brother and him. In 1949 he graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and then enlisted in the Marine Corps, serving as a captain. Returning to Pittsburgh after his military service, he earned an M.A. from Duquesne University and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. An extremely prolific writer, Samuel Hazo has published in many genres: novels, plays, essays, a memoir, a film script, and more than 30 books of poetry and translations. Among is recent publications in poetry are The Song of the Horse: A Selection of Poems 1958-2008 (Autumn House Press, 2008) and They Rule the World (Syracuse University Press, 2016). He founded the International Poetry Forum in 1966. The organization brought more than 800 poets and performers to Pittsburgh, including such luminaries as Seamus Heaney and Robert Pinsky. Additionally he taught English (1955-1998) and served as an associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1961-1966) at Duquesne University. In 1993, he was appointed poet laureate of Pennsylvania, a position he held for a decade. His poetry is both personal and political, and has been praised by poets such as Naomi Shihab Nye and Martín Espada. 
 
 
Responding with approval to a remark a friend wrote to him in a letter, "Knowing is stifling; not knowing is creative," Hazo commented, "We live in a world obsessed with the ultimate value of information and the pursuit of the factual over the ambiguous, the obscure or the mysterious." He goes on to draw an important distinction between the language of communication (everything from conversation to journalism, from text messaging to expository prose) and the language of communion (poetic statements, the arts and literature). He states, "Life, however, is by nature not static. It is ultimately a mystery; it has more in common with what we cannot know than what we do know." 
 
This week's featured poem, "Only the New Branches Bloom," is from Song of the Horse: A Selection of Poems from 1958-2008 (Autumn House Press, 2008). 
 
ONLY THE NEW BRANCHES BLOOM
 
Denying what it means to doubt, 
  this year's forsythias unfold
  and flood the air with yellow 
  answers. 
                  They say it's time
  I opened up, time I learned
  French, time I liked less
  and loved more, time
  I listened to the sun, time
  I made time. 
                         Why not? 
Can days of making sense
  of days that make no sense
  make sense? 
                          If nothing's sure
  but nothing's sure, then reading
  Montesquieu must wait. 
Preparing for my enemies must
  wait. 
            And gravity the hurrier
  must wait because forsythias 
  are happening. 
                             They make me
  turn my back on forts, 
  insurance policies, inoculations, 
  wire barbed or braided, 
  bodyguards and all that folderol
  of fear. 
               They say that this
  year's blossoms will outlive
  the lasting death of Mars. 
There are no flowers on the stars. 

Podcast: Local Truth with Hound Dog and Abel Eakin

This podcast of of the Local Truth show with Hound Dog and Abel Eakin was broadcast April 27, 2017,  from Enlighten Radio in Shepherdstown, WV.

Podcast: The May Day Poetry Show -- Jay Parini

The May Day Poetry Show was broadcast live on Enlighten Radio on Monday, May 1, 2017 in Harpers Ferry, WV. It features a discussion of poet Jay Parini and selections from his work.
 

Labor Beat Podcast: DC Labor Film Fest, WV Senator Bob Beach

This podcast of the Labor Beat Radio Program was broadcast on Enlighten Radio on April 28, 2017 in Shepherdstown West Virginia.. State Senator Bob Beach reviews the train wreck of Republican leadership on the West Virginia Legislature. Chris Garlock discusses the DC Labor Film Fest -- which will feature Matewan, a film of the early 20th Century struggle of Miners for union representation and recognition. Labor Beat regularly broadcasts Fridays 9--10:30 AM on Enlighten Radio.
 
JBs Notes: riday's Labor Beat will give you the skinny on DC's Labor FilmFest starting next month, Chris Garlock will be joining us at the top of the hour. There are several films that I am interested in seeing, I will post the lineup soon. Our next guest will be calling in from Morgantown where he is the state senator, Bob Beach will share his experiences of serving in the legislature, the budget debacle, and just be his very active and intuitive self. Open phones Friday in effect if you feel the need to share in the conversation. @John Case, Stewart Acuff, Christopher Garlock call in number is 304-885-0708

Podcast: Paris on the Potomac: the Climate March, Guv Shutdown, and more

This Podcast was broadcast April 28 on Enlighten Radio, from Shepherdstown, West Virginia
 
Paris on the Potomac: 7:30-9:00 AM: Gayle Becker and John Case Host
Notes from Gayle:
8:00 am  -- We'll speak with environmental activists about Saturday's Peoples Climate March, and fracking-related projects planned in the Ohio River Valley that -- by themselves -- reportedly would threaten U.S. obligations to the Paris Agreement on climate change IF completed. These projects include numerous area pipelines, associated compressor stations and so-called cracker plants that are either proposed or reportedly being considered at sites in the Upper and Lower Ohio River Valley. Completion of those projects alone would make it impossible for the U.S. to meet its obligations to the Paris Agreement, contends Robin Blakeman, of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC). We also hope to discuss with Robin and others the very positive flip side: a growth nationwide of renewable energy and related jobs, with a focus on renewable efforts underway in the W.Va. counties of Cabell and Wayne. Detailed information on this is available in an ambitious 28-page special edition newspaper OVEC produced. (View online here.) It said 29,000 copies were to have been mailed last month to people in Cabell, Wayne, Putnam, Jackson, and Roane counties who reside near some of the proposed pipelines and their associated compressor stations. Plans include a total of nine large diameter pipelines through the Huntington area, according to OVEC, which also reports industry discussion about fracking the very deep Rogersville Shale that underlies the Huntington area. One pipeline would bore under the Ohio River near Camden Amusement Park.For more information on how you can help, click on Join Us at Peoples Climate March in Huntington, or at the Location Nearest You These include Charleston and Hagerstown (MD). You might also want to check out articles at Paris climate agreement | Environment | The Guardian
 
8:30 am  -- We'll discuss an effort to get a short-term spending bill through Congress before midnight Friday to avert a possible spending shutdown by much of the federal government. Major issues confronting lawmakers include efforts by Republicans to expedite an ObamaCare repeal this week -- possibly in time for Trump's symbolic first 100 days -- and the ill-advised GOP "tax reform" plan. Democrats are reported by The Hill as saying they'd block a short-term spending bill if Republicans push ACA repeal and replace. Read the full story here

Fanny Crawford Talks Storytelling with Teller Jane Dorfmann

This podcast of Storytelling with Fanny Crawford was broadcast on Enlighten Radio April 24, 2017 in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Fanny's guest interview is with Jane Dorfmann, a witty and original teller with deep knowledge of Arabian  Night tales as well.
Storytelling with Fanny regularly broadcasts Noon to 1 PM EST on Mondays on Enlighten Radio.