Elizabeth Kadetsky
Men More Than Mortal
Featured in Best New American Voices, 2008. Visit Elizabeth’s
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Scott Carpenter
General Relativity
Scott Carpenter teaches French literature at Carleton College (Minnesota). Most of his creative work takes the form of short stories, but he is now completing a first novel called An Empire of Dust. In addition to fiction, he writes extensively on nineteenth-century literature and on approaches to reading, and he is finishing a book on frauds and hoaxes in French literature.
Diane Lockward
Annelida
The Missing Wife
Pyromania
Diane Lockward’s second collection, What Feeds Us (Wind Publications), received the 2006 Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize. Her poems appear in Garrison Keillor’s Good Poems for Hard Times and in such journals as The Beloit Poetry Journal, Seattle Review, and Prairie Schooner. A former high school English teacher, Diane now works as a poet-in-the-schools.
Valerie Vogrin
Aim
Valerie Vogrin, is author of the novel, Shebang, (University Press of Mississippi, 2004). Her short stories have appeared or will soon appear in, The Florida Review, The Carolina Quarterly, Black Warrior Review, New Orleans Review, and elsewhere. Currently assistant professor of English at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, she is also prose editor of the highly-regarded literary journal, Sou’wester.
(Brief Announcement: Lit-Cast may be airing fewer stories in the coming months as I, Jason Rizos, have taken on a large project unrelated, sadly, to literature. I’m happy that so many of you are listening to our programs and I welcome your feedback! Feel free to send me an email with any questions or concerns, or post a comment on a story! -jmr)
David Clewell Part II
Part II of II, RAVEN Benefit reading held at the Black Bear Bakery in St. Louis, MO.
The Collector
Desperate Measures
David Clewell Part I
Part I of II, RAVEN Benefit reading held at the Black Bear Bakery in St. Louis, MO.
Vegetarian Physics
A Brief History of the Moon in 20th Century Song and Then Some
Clewell’s poems have appeared in Harper’s, Poetry, The Georgia Review, Yankee, TriQuarterly and many other magazines and journals, as well as four dozen anthologies. His collections of poetry include Blessings in Disguise, (a National Poetry Series winner), Now We’re Getting Somewhere, (Pollak Poetry Prize), Jack Ruby’s America (a book-length poem) and, most recently, The Low End of Higher Things. Clewell teaches writing and literature at Webster University.
Nam
Waiting for a Reply from God
Dark in the Light
(Titles separated by brief Lit-Cast audio)
Dark in the Light previously published by the University of Hawai’i at Manoa newspaper Ka Leo O Hawai’i. Bio Coming Soon.
Introduction to Nam [1:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Nam - Waiting for a Reply from God and Dark in the Light [5:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadKelly Link
Stranger Things Happen
From an AWP panel on Fairy Tales, moderated by Kate Bernheimer.
Kelly Link is the author of two collections, STRANGER THINGS HAPPEN and MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS. Gavin J. Grant and Link co-founded Small Beer Press in 2001. They publish the zine LADY CHURCHILL’S ROSEBUD WRISTLET, as well as editing the fantasy half of THE YEAR’S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR.
Jack Moscovitz
Lear’s Imposter
Old Man Me
Blizzard
A retired federal employee and radio disc jockey, Moskovitz lives in the Midwest with a lady - a poem from God.
Moskovitz’s journey from the dawn of rock and roll through the payola scandals are documented in his Feast of the Purple Beast and other stories.
Brock Clarke
The Ghosts We Love
From Carrying the Torch. Brock’s work has appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Southern Review, among others. He is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize and Editor of the Cincinnati Review.