WELCOME TO EPISODE 3 WITH . This episode is extremely special, and we think you’ll agree. BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN FOR OPPORTUNITIES. Our literary journal’s submissions open soon!
The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by TheWayBack2Ourselves.com, with co-host and producer
and founder Kimberly Phinney, an English professor, author, editor, and counselor, completing her doctorate in Community Care and Counseling. Her poetry collections, Of Wings and Dirt and Exalted Ground, are available wherever books are sold. She is an award-winning poet and educator.Come join Kimberly as she sits down with
, who is a poet and an executive editor with Nelson Books, a division of Harper Collins. This episode will be a divine gift for those who find themselves walking through difficult years of suffering or call themselves a poet or writer, as we talk about the craft and his new poetry collection, The Locust Years.
Paul speaks on:
-the deep meaning behind his collection and title
-poetics and "seeing" as a poet
-suffering and Christian joy
-form and function
-the power of time and place
-poetry as prayer
-three specific things poets can do to superpower their craft
-then, he performs his poem, "The Sower"
-and so much more
This is an episode you won't want to miss!
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