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NPR Poetry Moment

Audio from a series of radio appearances.

“Each tucked string tells”: Buechner on the Rostrum

I’d never heard his speaking voice before and was stunned to hear even his casual, or social, remarks dealt out in the same elegant syntactic registry as his published writing. So, what is Buechner like as a sermonizer?

Old Books with Grace

I went on this fun podcast to talk S.T. Coleridge and creative resurrection.

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  • Guite on best Anglican Poet Mischa Willett

    "Here is a striking and original collection which responds to both our biblical and poetic heritage with a fresh contemporary voice."

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