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Literature for the Halibut

Literature for the Halibut is a literary program featuring your favorite living and dead writers, some of whom you may not even know you love yet. Trust us, we are your fishing buddies. We taught you how to fish and how to read. Listen once and you'll get hooked. Produced in the studios of KDHX Community Media in St. Louis, MO.
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Literature for the Halibut is a weekly literary program featuring your favorite living and dead writers, some of whom you may not even know you love yet. Trust us, we are your fishing buddies. We taught you how to fish and how to read. Listen once and you'll get hooked.

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004: Anne Valente
Jun 26, 2015

 

This week we bring you the director’s cut of Nicky's on-air interview from last fall with Anne Valente, a fiction writer whose work is heavily influenced by life in Saint Louis, despite living in Cincinatti. On air, we didn’t have time to finish her reading of her short story “Everything That Was Ours” from her collection “By Light We Knew Our Names”, but now we’re able to deliver the full audio of Anne’s reading, and her wrap-up interview with Nicky. 

003: Aries and Oracle
Jun 19, 2015

This week, MK Stallings sits down with Erielle Jones and Charles McGill, aka Aries and Oracle. The current first- and second-place VerbQuake champions discuss coming into their own in poetry slam competitions, and how social issues have shaped their work.

002: Ted Mathys
Jun 12, 2015

Literature for the Halibut reels in a live one this week!

Ted Mathys recenlty published his most recent collection from the singular Coffee House Press. It's Null Set (2015), following up on his two previous collections, The Spoils(2009) and Forge (2005). 
 
Ted's poetry is intelligent and challenging while revealing a vulnerability that never reeks of weakness. Heartfelt and heady stuff.
 
Best of all, Ted reads work from his book and we discuss form, voice, his work in the field of international environmental policy, and how the hell he works on poems while distance driving.
 
Listen... and you'll get hooked.
 
--Ann
001: Cheeraz Gormon
Jun 3, 2015
On the fishing boat this week is Cheeraz Gormon, an intimate poet and fine storyteller.     
 
Cheeraz's book, "In the Midst of Loving" came out in 2015.  In this podcast, Cheeraz tells stories about growing up in North St. Louis, performing poetry on an HBO tour and spontaneous romantic encounters (not one night stands).  
 
Best of all, Cheeraz reads powerful work from her book.  The poems are sophisticated & leave you feeling raw. I think you'll love them.  
 
--Nicky
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