Remembering Gaza Again with Poetry

We present poetry, thoughts and prayer inspired by the 2014 Gaza war, a military operation launched by Israel after rocket fire from Gaza struck Israel.   It was recorded in the summer of 2014 as the war continued. The recent repetition of that scenario in 2021 inspired tonight's East End Ink.     

Heard were Kathy Engel, Pamela Kallimanis, Kimberly Wilder, Sigrid Meinel, Clare Coss, Blanche Weisen Cook, and the former minister at Incarnation Lutheran Church, Reverend Katrina Foster.  

 first broadcast - June 22, 2021

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What the Dead Know: Learning about Life as a NYC Death Investigator.

Author and former NYC medical examiner Barbara Butcher talks with novelist A.M. Homes about Butcher’s memoir,

What the Dead Know: Learning about Life as a NYC Death Investigator.

They were recorded at Canios Books in Sag Harbor in August 2023.

The book was published in 2023 by Simon and Schuster.

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Scott Chaskey: Soil and Spirit

 

Organic farming pioneer, writer and poet Scott Chaskey reflects on his exploration of poetry, land cultivation,and life in his collection of essays, 

"Soil and Spirit."

He is the retired director of the Quail Hill farm in Amagansett New York.

He spoke in May of 2023 at The Church Sag Harbor.

Here are excerpts as aired on WPKN:

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Chaskey was introduced by Kathryn Szoka of Canios Books.

The complete recording is posted here 

Soil and Spirit was published by Milkweed Editions in May 2023

 

Grace Schulman "Again, the Dawn: New and Selected Poems, 1976-2022”

 

Grace Schulman was recorded at The Church Sag Harbor in April 2023.

Here are excerpts as broadcast May 31 2023 

Ms Schulman was introduced by The Church founder April Gornik

Here is the complete recording

 

Grace Schulman’s published work includes the poetry collections

The Marble Bed published by Turtle Point Press in 2020.

Without a Claim published by Harcourt in 2013 (listen here)

The Broken String published in 2007

and The Paintings of Our Lives published in 2001

by Houghton Mifflin.

Ms. Schulman’s critical work Marianne Moore: The Poetry of Engagement was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1986.

 

Love In The Time of Times Up and How Women Read Moby Dick

We present Christine Sneed and Roberta Montgomery reading from Love In The Time of Times Up

and Susan Scarf Merrell talking about How Women Read Moby-Dick

Love In The Time of Times Up. was edited by Christine Sneed  It was published in October 2022 by Tortoise Books.                      

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Emma Walton Hamilton: Door to Door

We present Emma Walton Hamilton reading from her poetry collection 

Door to Door.

She was introduced by poet and teacher  Julie Sheehan

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The book was published in September 2022 by Andrews McMeel Publishing.

Emma Walton Hamilton's 2022 book Raising Bookworms: 

Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment 

won a Parent's Choice Gold Medal.
She has also published over thirty childrens books along with her mother, 

actress Julie Andrews.

Emma Walton Hamilton is also a theatrical director, 
and is a co-founder of Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. 

 

Poets Moira Linehan and Bart Mallio

 

Poets Moira Linehan and Bart Mallio were recorded at Canios Books in Sag Harbor in February of 2023.

Moira Linehan's work reflects her roots in Ireland and France.

Poet Bart Mallio reads from his Out on the Rim of the Now.

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Moira Linehan's & Company was published in December 2020 by Dos Madres Press,

Her previous work includes Toward from Slant books in June 2020

Out on the Rim of the Now is Bart Mallio's first publication.

He has performed extensively as an electric bassist; currently works in cyber security, and is completing his next book, a collection of haiku and tanka.