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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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Airs at: Mon, 09/21/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Airs at: Mon, 08/10/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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Hello, dear listeners , on Monday, May 18th, we have a performance by Portland’s majestic bubblegum unicorn of poetry, Nancy Dear!  Accompanied by her mighty purse dog, Bru , Nancy reads several of her poems ; the magic of Nancy’s poetry is that when she reads poems abou... Read more

Talking Earth on 05/11/20

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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