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Poetry Moment

384 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings

Presented by Spokane Public Radio, Poetry Moment is a program that showcases myriad poems as read by poets and poetry lovers from across the Inland Northwest — and occasionally beyond.Poetry Moment airs one poem on KPBX each weekday at 9am; a single reader curates the entire week’s worth of poetry. Sometimes the poems are the reader's own, and sometimes they're written by poets whose work they admire and want to share with listeners.Since its start in 2018, Poetry Moment has featured readers ranging from the Washington State Poet Laureate and popular local slam poets to listeners who simply want to give voice to a few of their favorite pieces.Are you interested in reading for Poetry Moment too? If so, e-mail us at [email protected].

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"Grandfather Rocks" by Donell Barlow

May 29, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 117 Bytes

Donell Barlow was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. She is Yurok and an enrolled member of the Ottawa tribe/ Otter clan. She is the author of Medicine Tracks-A Memoir, Bigfoot and Lightning Bug, and Words Have No Meaning.

"Mother Earth" by Donell Barlow

May 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 69 Bytes

Donell Barlow was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. She is Yurok and an enrolled member of the Ottawa tribe/ Otter clan. She is the author of Medicine Tracks-A Memoir, Bigfoot and Lightning Bug, and Words Have No Meaning.

Donell Barlow Reads "Honoring" by Joy Harjo

May 27, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 111 Bytes

Donell Barlow was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. She is Yurok and an enrolled member of the Ottawa tribe/ Otter clan. She is the author of Medicine Tracks-A Memoir, Bigfoot and Lightning Bug, and Words Have No Meaning.

Donell Barlow Reads "The Creation Story" by Joy Harjo

May 26, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 88 Bytes

Donell Barlow was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. She is Yurok and an enrolled member of the Ottawa tribe/ Otter clan. She is the author of Medicine Tracks-A Memoir, Bigfoot and Lightning Bug, and Words Have No Meaning.

Donell Barlow Reads "Fire" by Joy Harjo

May 25, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 64 Bytes

Donell Barlow was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. She is Yurok and an enrolled member of the Ottawa tribe/ Otter clan. She is the author of Medicine Tracks-A Memoir, Bigfoot and Lightning Bug, and Words Have No Meaning.

Five Haiku by Kevin Brown

May 22, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 74 Bytes

Singer-songwriter Kevin Brown makes his home in rural Northeastern Washington state, not too far from the farms where two sets of great-grandparents settled a century ago. He has four albums of original songs to his credit, including his latest “Heroes and Sparrows” which was the #3 album on national folk radio for November 2019. In his songs and in his poetry, the rich natural surroundings serve as a metaphor for exploring the landscapes of the heart and soul--faith, family, love, the passag...

Five Haiku by Kevin Brown

May 21, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 89 Bytes

Singer-songwriter Kevin Brown makes his home in rural Northeastern Washington state, not too far from the farms where two sets of great-grandparents settled a century ago. He has four albums of original songs to his credit, including his latest “Heroes and Sparrows” which was the #3 album on national folk radio for November 2019. In his songs and in his poetry, the rich natural surroundings serve as a metaphor for exploring the landscapes of the heart and soul--faith, family, love, the passag...

Kevin Brown Reads Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

May 20, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 95 Bytes

Singer-songwriter Kevin Brown makes his home in rural Northeastern Washington state, not too far from the farms where two sets of great-grandparents settled a century ago. He has four albums of original songs to his credit, including his latest “Heroes and Sparrows” which was the #3 album on national folk radio for November 2019. In his songs and in his poetry, the rich natural surroundings serve as a metaphor for exploring the landscapes of the heart and soul--faith, family, love, the passag...

Kevin Brown Reads Haiku by Yoso Buson

May 19, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 80 Bytes

Singer-songwriter Kevin Brown makes his home in rural Northeastern Washington state, not too far from the farms where two sets of great-grandparents settled a century ago. He has four albums of original songs to his credit, including his latest “Heroes and Sparrows” which was the #3 album on national folk radio for November 2019. In his songs and in his poetry, the rich natural surroundings serve as a metaphor for exploring the landscapes of the heart and soul--faith, family, love, the passag...

Kevin Brown Reads Haiku by Basho

May 18, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 86 Bytes

Singer-songwriter Kevin Brown makes his home in rural Northeastern Washington state, not too far from the farms where two sets of great-grandparents settled a century ago. He has four albums of original songs to his credit, including his latest “Heroes and Sparrows” which was the #3 album on national folk radio for November 2019. In his songs and in his poetry, the rich natural surroundings serve as a metaphor for exploring the landscapes of the heart and soul--faith, family, love, the passag...

"The Sermon of the Bin" by Jeffrey Dunn

May 15, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 103 Bytes

Jeffrey Dunn, writer, culture critic, teacher, and dyslexic, holds a Ph.D. in Culture Studies and English Literature. For forty years his teaching has integrated natural history, creative writing, DIY publication, film, and psychology—all summed up as place-based learning. His first novel, Dream Fishing the Little Spokane , has been described as “melancholic, irreverent, untamed” ( Kirkus Reviews ) and “a hoot that goes down easy” (natural historian Jack Nisbet). Recently, his interview, “A C...

"When Hooker Boots Kick Ravens from Our Skies" by Jeffrey Dunn

May 14, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 96 Bytes

Jeffrey Dunn, writer, culture critic, teacher, and dyslexic, holds a Ph.D. in Culture Studies and English Literature. For forty years his teaching has integrated natural history, creative writing, DIY publication, film, and psychology—all summed up as place-based learning. His first novel, Dream Fishing the Little Spokane , has been described as “melancholic, irreverent, untamed” ( Kirkus Reviews ) and “a hoot that goes down easy” (natural historian Jack Nisbet). Recently, his interview, “A C...

Jeffrey Dunn Reads "Dog" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

May 13, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 177 Bytes

Jeffrey Dunn, writer, culture critic, teacher, and dyslexic, holds a Ph.D. in Culture Studies and English Literature. For forty years his teaching has integrated natural history, creative writing, DIY publication, film, and psychology—all summed up as place-based learning. His first novel, Dream Fishing the Little Spokane , has been described as “melancholic, irreverent, untamed” ( Kirkus Reviews ) and “a hoot that goes down easy” (natural historian Jack Nisbet). Recently, his interview, “A C...

Jeffrey Dunn Reads "The Albatross" by Charles Baudelaire

May 12, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 95 Bytes

Jeffrey Dunn, writer, culture critic, teacher, and dyslexic, holds a Ph.D. in Culture Studies and English Literature. For forty years his teaching has integrated natural history, creative writing, DIY publication, film, and psychology—all summed up as place-based learning. His first novel, Dream Fishing the Little Spokane , has been described as “melancholic, irreverent, untamed” ( Kirkus Reviews ) and “a hoot that goes down easy” (natural historian Jack Nisbet). Recently, his interview, “A C...

Jeffrey Dunn Reads "Tyger" by William Blake

May 11, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 97 Bytes

Jeffrey Dunn, writer, culture critic, teacher, and dyslexic, holds a Ph.D. in Culture Studies and English Literature. For forty years his teaching has integrated natural history, creative writing, DIY publication, film, and psychology—all summed up as place-based learning. His first novel, Dream Fishing the Little Spokane , has been described as “melancholic, irreverent, untamed” ( Kirkus Reviews ) and “a hoot that goes down easy” (natural historian Jack Nisbet). Recently, his interview, “A C...

"La Loba's Last Goodbye" by Loren Jakobov

May 08, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 135 Bytes

Loren Jakobov is a New York based spoken word performer, artist and musician. Her self-published book of poetry titled Truth is a Woman (2019) is a collection of poems chronicling her maturity and the lives of those who shaped her identity as a woman. It is dedicated in memory of friend Miriam Irene Shelow. With a background in songwriting and Music Composition Jakobov draws inspiration for her poetry from lyrics and performance. Her poems often reflect on issues of social inequality; from ab...

Loren Jakobov Reads "Counting Moons" by Devreaux Baker

May 07, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 140 Bytes

Loren Jakobov is a New York based spoken word performer, artist and musician. Her self-published book of poetry titled Truth is a Woman (2019) is a collection of poems chronicling her maturity and the lives of those who shaped her identity as a woman. It is dedicated in memory of friend Miriam Irene Shelow. With a background in songwriting and Music Composition Jakobov draws inspiration for her poetry from lyrics and performance. Her poems often reflect on issues of social inequality; from ab...

Loren Jakobov Reads "The Virgin Speaks of What She Endured" by Shivanee Ramlochan

May 06, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 176 Bytes

Loren Jakobov is a New York based spoken word performer, artist and musician. Her self-published book of poetry titled Truth is a Woman (2019) is a collection of poems chronicling her maturity and the lives of those who shaped her identity as a woman. It is dedicated in memory of friend Miriam Irene Shelow. With a background in songwriting and Music Composition Jakobov draws inspiration for her poetry from lyrics and performance. Her poems often reflect on issues of social inequality; from ab...

Loren Jakobov Reads "Return" by Gala Mukmolova

May 05, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 171 Bytes

Loren Jakobov is a New York based spoken word performer, artist and musician. Her self-published book of poetry titled Truth is a Woman (2019) is a collection of poems chronicling her maturity and the lives of those who shaped her identity as a woman. It is dedicated in memory of friend Miriam Irene Shelow. With a background in songwriting and Music Composition Jakobov draws inspiration for her poetry from lyrics and performance. Her poems often reflect on issues of social inequality; from ab...

"My Inner Dwelling" by Loren Jakobov

May 04, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 123 Bytes

Loren Jakobov is a New York based spoken word performer, artist and musician. Her self-published book of poetry titled Truth is a Woman (2019) is a collection of poems chronicling her maturity and the lives of those who shaped her identity as a woman. It is dedicated in memory of friend Miriam Irene Shelow. With a background in songwriting and Music Composition Jakobov draws inspiration for her poetry from lyrics and performance. Her poems often reflect on issues of social inequality; from ab...

"The Gambler" by Laura Read

May 01, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 135 Bytes

Laura Read is a poet and educator living in Spokane. She is the author of Dresses from the Old Country (BOA Editions, 2018); Instructions for my Mother’s Funeral (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by Dorianne Laux), and The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, 2011). Her poems appear widely. Recipient of a Washington State Artists Trust Grant, a Florida Review Prize ...

Laura Read reads "Our Holiday Letter" by Erika Meitner

April 30, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 139 Bytes

Laura Read is a poet and educator living in Spokane. She is the author of Dresses from the Old Country (BOA Editions, 2018); Instructions for my Mother’s Funeral (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by Dorianne Laux), and The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, 2011). Her poems appear widely. Recipient of a Washington State Artists Trust Grant, a Florida Review Prize ...

Laura Read reads "After Twelve Days of Rain" by Dorianne Laux

April 29, 2020 15:00 - 3 minutes - 188 Bytes

Laura Read is a poet and educator living in Spokane. She is the author of Dresses from the Old Country (BOA Editions, 2018); Instructions for my Mother’s Funeral (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by Dorianne Laux), and The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, 2011). Her poems appear widely. Recipient of a Washington State Artists Trust Grant, a Florida Review Prize ...

Laura Read reads "Self Potrait with Sylvia Plath's Braid" by Diane Seuss

April 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 99 Bytes

Laura Read is a poet and educator living in Spokane. She is the author of Dresses from the Old Country (BOA Editions, 2018); Instructions for my Mother’s Funeral (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by Dorianne Laux), and The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, 2011). Her poems appear widely. Recipient of a Washington State Artists Trust Grant, a Florida Review Prize ...

Laura Read Reads "Famous" by Naomi Shihab Nye

April 27, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 91 Bytes

Laura Read is a poet and educator living in Spokane. She is the author of Dresses from the Old Country (BOA Editions, 2018); Instructions for my Mother’s Funeral (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012, winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by Dorianne Laux), and The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You (winner of the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award, 2011). Her poems appear widely. Recipient of a Washington State Artists Trust Grant, a Florida Review Prize ...

"How Tides Work" by Ellen Welcker

April 24, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 137 Bytes

Ellen Welcker is the author of Ram Hands (Scablands Books, 2016), The Botanical Garden (2009 Astrophil Poetry Prize, Astrophil Press, 2010) and several chapbooks, including "The Pink Tablet" (Fact-Simile Editions, 2018), which she and her collaborators adapted into a multi-genre live performance they called a feral opera. She lives in Spokane, WA.

Ellen Welcker Reads "If You've Lived Alone" by Kary Wayson

April 23, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 73 Bytes

Ellen Welcker is the author of Ram Hands (Scablands Books, 2016), The Botanical Garden (2009 Astrophil Poetry Prize, Astrophil Press, 2010) and several chapbooks, including "The Pink Tablet" (Fact-Simile Editions, 2018), which she and her collaborators adapted into a multi-genre live performance they called a feral opera. She lives in Spokane, WA.

Ellen Welcker Reads From "The Victorious Ones" by Chris Nealon

April 22, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 109 Bytes

Ellen Welcker is the author of Ram Hands (Scablands Books, 2016), The Botanical Garden (2009 Astrophil Poetry Prize, Astrophil Press, 2010) and several chapbooks, including "The Pink Tablet" (Fact-Simile Editions, 2018), which she and her collaborators adapted into a multi-genre live performance they called a feral opera. She lives in Spokane, WA.

Ellen Welcker Reads "A Gift, Day Thirty" by Kim Hyesoon

April 21, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 89 Bytes

Ellen Welcker is the author of Ram Hands (Scablands Books, 2016), The Botanical Garden (2009 Astrophil Poetry Prize, Astrophil Press, 2010) and several chapbooks, including "The Pink Tablet" (Fact-Simile Editions, 2018), which she and her collaborators adapted into a multi-genre live performance they called a feral opera. She lives in Spokan

Ellen Welcker Reads From "Calamities" by Renee Gladman

April 20, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 94 Bytes

Ellen Welcker is the author of Ram Hands (Scablands Books, 2016), The Botanical Garden (2009 Astrophil Poetry Prize, Astrophil Press, 2010) and several chapbooks, including "The Pink Tablet" (Fact-Simile Editions, 2018), which she and her collaborators adapted into a multi-genre live performance they called a feral opera. She lives in Spokane, WA.

Thom Caraway Reads "Briefly It Enters and Briefly Speaks" by Jane Kenyon

April 17, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 78 Bytes

Thom Caraway is the author of the poetry collections A Visitor's Guide to North Dakota , published by Finishing Line Press in 2007, and What the Sky Lacks , from Korrectiv Press (2018). He served as Spokane’s first Poet Laureate from 2013-2015, and since 2008, he has taught creative writing, editing, and book design at Whitworth University, where he also serves as editor of the literary journal Rock & Sling . Thom also runs Sagehill Press, an independent poetry publisher, as well as Millwood ...

Thom Caraway Reads "To Pablo Picasso" by Paul Eluard

April 16, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 146 Bytes

Thom Caraway is the author of the poetry collections A Visitor's Guide to North Dakota , published by Finishing Line Press in 2007, and What the Sky Lacks , from Korrectiv Press (2018). He served as Spokane’s first Poet Laureate from 2013-2015, and since 2008, he has taught creative writing, editing, and book design at Whitworth University, where he also serves as editor of the literary journal Rock & Sling . Thom also runs Sagehill Press, an independent poetry publisher, as well as Millwood ...

Thom Caraway Reads "Is Love Then So Simple?" by Irene Rutherford McLeod

April 15, 2020 15:00 - 53 seconds - 53 Bytes

Thom Caraway is the author of the poetry collections A Visitor's Guide to North Dakota , published by Finishing Line Press in 2007, and What the Sky Lacks , from Korrectiv Press (2018). He served as Spokane’s first Poet Laureate from 2013-2015, and since 2008, he has taught creative writing, editing, and book design at Whitworth University, where he also serves as editor of the literary journal Rock & Sling . Thom also runs Sagehill Press, an independent poetry publisher, as well as Millwood ...

Thom Caraway Reads "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" by Emily Dickinson

April 14, 2020 15:00 - 43 seconds - 43 Bytes

Thom Caraway is the author of the poetry collections A Visitor's Guide to North Dakota , published by Finishing Line Press in 2007, and What the Sky Lacks , from Korrectiv Press (2018). He served as Spokane’s first Poet Laureate from 2013-2015, and since 2008, he has taught creative writing, editing, and book design at Whitworth University, where he also serves as editor of the literary journal Rock & Sling . Thom also runs Sagehill Press, an independent poetry publisher, as well as Millwood ...

Thom Caraway Reads "Speak Softly" by Adam Zagajewski

April 13, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 142 Bytes

Thom Caraway is the author of the poetry collections A Visitor's Guide to North Dakota , published by Finishing Line Press in 2007, and What the Sky Lacks , from Korrectiv Press (2018). He served as Spokane’s first Poet Laureate from 2013-2015, and since 2008, he has taught creative writing, editing, and book design at Whitworth University, where he also serves as editor of the literary journal Rock & Sling . Thom also runs Sagehill Press, an independent poetry publisher, as well as Millwood ...

Chris Maccini Reads "On Fallen Comrades" by Mike Aleman

April 10, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 143 Bytes

Mike Aleman is a long-time KPBX volutneer who, like many of us, is staying home due to the coronavirus quarantine, or perhaps jail time. SPR's Program Production Director, Chris Maccini, is reading peoms Mike has selected for this week.

Chris Maccini Reads "Antithesis in Motherhood" by Mike Aleman

April 09, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 126 Bytes

Mike Aleman is a long-time KPBX volutneer who, like many of us, is staying home due to the coronavirus quarantine, or perhaps jail time. SPR's Program Production Director, Chris Maccini, is reading peoms Mike has selected for this week.

Chris Maccini Reads "Jerusalem" by William Blake

April 08, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 122 Bytes

Mike Aleman is a long-time KPBX volutneer who, like many of us, is staying home due to the coronavirus quarantine, or perhaps jail time. SPR's Program Production Director, Chris Maccini, is reading peoms Mike has selected for this week.

Chris Maccini Reads "Nest" by Suzanne Cleary, Selected by Mike Aleman

April 07, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 170 Bytes

Mike Aleman is a long-time KPBX volutneer who, like many of us, is staying home due to the coronavirus quarantine, or perhaps jail time. SPR's Program Production Director, Chris Maccini, is reading peoms Mike has selected for this week.

Chris Maccini Reads "Fireflies" by Jennifer O'Grady, Selected by Mike Aleman

April 06, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 119 Bytes

Mike Aleman is a long-time KPBX volutneer who, like many of us, is staying home due to the coronavirus quarantine, or perhaps jail time. SPR's Program Production Director, Chris Maccini, is reading peoms Mike has selected for this week.

Poetry Moment Extension: Listeners Finish the Poem

April 03, 2020 22:28 - 4 minutes - 247 Bytes

Poet Lynn Schott offers the first three lines of a poem called "Spring Training" and listeners submit the last. "Spring Training" The lilacs tip their pitches every time Each pair of buds a little heart that swells With praise, before the purple flag they raise ...

"A Bird in the Hand" by Lynn Rigney Schott

April 03, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 138 Bytes

Lynn Rigney Schott is a retired English teacher from Kettle Falls, and she'll be reading some poems about baseball to celebrate the start of the season. Her father, Bill Rigney, was a player and manager who spent his life working in major league baseball. In fact, his first professional assignment, in 1938, when he was twenty, was in Spokane as a Spokane Hawk in the old Western International League. He went on to play and manage with the New York Giants, the San Francisco Giants, the Californ...

"Souvenirs" by Lynn Rigney Schott

April 02, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 82 Bytes

Lynn Rigney Schott is a retired English teacher from Kettle Falls, and she'll be reading some poems about baseball to celebrate the start of the season. Her father, Bill Rigney, was a player and manager who spent his life working in major league baseball. In fact, his first professional assignment, in 1938, when he was twenty, was in Spokane as a Spokane Hawk in the old Western International League. He went on to play and manage with the New York Giants, the San Francisco Giants, the Californ...

Auditions for a Relief Poet for Lynn Schott’s April 1 Poetry Extension

April 01, 2020 16:05 - 57 seconds - 57 Bytes

Spring Training The lilacs tip their pitches every time Each pair of buds a little heart that swells With praise, before the purple phrase they raise . . . (fill in your final line here. Send to [email protected] Winning answers will be read on Friday.

Lynn Rigney Schott Reads "Game 4, American League Championship Series . . . 1985" by Elinor Nauen

April 01, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 136 Bytes

Lynn Rigney Schott is a retired English teacher from Kettle Falls, and she'll be reading some poems about baseball to celebrate the start of the season. Her father, Bill Rigney, was a player and manager who spent his life working in major league baseball. In fact, his first professional assignment, in 1938, when he was twenty, was in Spokane as a Spokane Hawk in the old Western International League. He went on to play and manage with the New York Giants, the San Francisco Giants, the Californ...

Lynn Rigney Schott Reads "Fathers" by Vince Wixon

March 31, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 116 Bytes

Lynn Rigney Schott is a retired English teacher from Kettle Falls, and she'll be reading some poems about baseball to celebrate the start of the season. Her father, Bill Rigney, was a player and manager who spent his life working in major league baseball. In fact, his first professional assignment, in 1938, when he was twenty, was in Spokane as a Spokane Hawk in the old Western International League. He went on to play and manage with the New York Giants, the San Francisco Giants, the Californ...

Lynn Rigney Schott Reads "What Baseball Tells Us About Love" by Linda Kittell

March 30, 2020 15:00 - 4 minutes - 266 Bytes

Lynn Rigney Schott is a retired English teacher from Kettle Falls, and she'll be reading some poems about baseball to celebrate the start of the season. Her father, Bill Rigney, was a player and manager who spent his life working in major league baseball. In fact, his first professional assignment, in 1938, when he was twenty, was in Spokane as a Spokane Hawk in the old Western International League. He went on to play and manage with the New York Giants, the San Francisco Giants, the Californ...

"A Lake's Worth of Nights" by Jane Fritz

March 27, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 125 Bytes

Jane Fritz has lived in Sandpoint, Idaho for 40 years and is a published writer, poet, independent radio producer and author of Legendary Lake Pend Oreille (Keokee Books, 2018, 2010). She is also the media director of The Idaho Mythweaver, a 30-year-old nonprofit organization that has worked with the Plateau tribes of the region. For many years, she was a community producer of feature stories and documentaries for KPBX as well as for national programs like Living on Earth (now on PRX) and Nat...

Jane Fritz "Why Gray Ghosts Haunt" by Heather McElwain

March 26, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 179 Bytes

Jane Fritz has lived in Sandpoint, Idaho for 40 years and is a published writer, poet, independent radio producer and author of Legendary Lake Pend Oreille (Keokee Books, 2018, 2010). She is also the media director of The Idaho Mythweaver, a 30-year-old nonprofit organization that has worked with the Plateau tribes of the region. For many years, she was a community producer of feature stories and documentaries for KPBX as well as for national programs like Living on Earth (now on PRX) and Nat...

Jane Fritz Reads "The Salmon" by William Johnson

March 25, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 131 Bytes

Jane Fritz has lived in Sandpoint, Idaho for 40 years and is a published writer, poet, independent radio producer and author of Legendary Lake Pend Oreille (Keokee Books, 2018, 2010). She is also the media director of The Idaho Mythweaver, a 30-year-old nonprofit organization that has worked with the Plateau tribes of the region. For many years, she was a community producer of feature stories and documentaries for KPBX as well as for national programs like Living on Earth (now on PRX) and Nat...