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Welcome to part one of our annual Pushcart Award Nominees episodes! For this one, Elizabeth talks with Ren Wilding and Dana Henry Martin. It's a marvelous conversation that goes from heavy and serious to very funny and everything in between. They read their nominated works as well as an amazing reading of Renee Nicole Good's great poem "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs".

In this expansive and entertaining chat, Elizabeth and James Duncan, Gabriel Ricard and Kevin Ridgeway talk about ther book We Have Waited Long Enough as well as others of their works, and treat us to some readings as well. And, in usual Meat For Teacast style, the conversation takes twists and turns and ends up on the four questions... ANSWERS/Kevin Ridgeway:Current Book:  1.  Moonglow A Go-Go, by Joan Jobe Smith 2.  The Grifters, by Jim Thompson3.  Finding God In Arby’s, by John Dorsey 4.  Waiting on Hummingbirds,  by James Benger & Jason Baldinger  Current Music:  1.  Surf’s Up (1971), The Beach Boys 2.  Naturally (1971), JJ Cale 3.  Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (1974), Little Feat4.  Link Wray (1971), Link Wray Current Shows:1.  I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson2.  The Daily Show 3.  South Park 4.  Shameless  ANSWERS/James Duncan:Book: It's The End Of The World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stan TV: Ludwig (British mystery/comedy Music: The Replacements "Let It Be" Buy the book through James' website: https://www.jameshduncan.com/books

In this episode, we are pleased to share the online book launch event for Francine Witte's Some Distant Pin Of Light, published by the excellent Cervena Barva Press. This event also features the reading by Brad Rose! For more information:francinewitte.com Cervena Barva Press Poetry Homepage Gloria Mindock Editor

This was a Patreon-only episode. But with the sad and untimely passing of Charles Coe, we are presenting it to you all here. Charles, you will be greatly missed. https://www.charlescoe.org/ "Here we have for you, the spoken word from Le Cirque des Pretres et des Betes: Saturday, March 11, 2023! Jane Yolen & Peter Tacy, Carla Cooke, Chaya Grossberg, Jacob Chapman, Gerald Yelle, Elizabeth Appelquist, Richard Wayne Horton, Tommy Twilite and Charles Coe (do stick around for the end of Charles' reading - it's a treat!)"

This year's installment from our involvement with the amazing international 100 Thousand Poets, Artists and Musicians for Change event. September 27, 2025. This year we were grateful to be hosted at The Guilded Brick in Holyoke MA! For part two, in this episode we have performances from Jeffrey Feingold, Christine Dutton, Ezzy P, Isa Gitana and Britt Brideau! Be sure to check out part 1 in the last episode!

This year's installment from our involvement with the amazing international 100 Thousand Poets, Artists and Musicians for Change event. September 27, 2025. This year we were grateful to be hosted at The Guilded Brick in Holyoke MA! For part one, in this episode we have performances from our own Elizabeth MacDuffie, Dan Hales/Frost Heaves and Hales, Dana Salisbury, Doug Anderson and Primordial Pouch. Be sure to check back for part 2 coming soon!

Welcome to Season 7 of the Meat For Teacast! For this first episode, we have a recording of poet Kathryn Good-Schiff's book launch reading for her book Love Letters to Ghosts (Meat For Tea Press). It was hosted by the Emily Williston Library in Easthampton MA on September 7, 2025 at their new Library Annex space! Kathryn reads from her book and we have a brief Q&A after. Enjoy! For more information: Book Launch - Love Letters to Ghosts by Kathryn Good-Schiff - The Easthampton Public LibraryKathryn's website:KMGS The book can be found on our website, or you can order it through your local bookstore by noting down the ISBN: 979-8310951488

For our season 6 finale, we have a very special episode. Tammy Takaishi originally hosted and recorded this conversation on William Shakespeare with our own Elizabeth MacDuffie, and Jack Canfora and Amrita Sen.And it has become a collaborative release between Tammy's Creative Peacemeal podcast and ours!A fun and engaging discussion on the bard. Grab a snack and a beverage and enjoy!Be sure to check out Creative Peacemeal!https://www.creativepeacemeal.com/

Elizabeth has an excellent conversation with author J. Ladd Zorn, Jr. , Author of Car Trouble. He reads excerpts from the book and more! Really a great listen. Car Trouble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/car-trouble-j-ladd-zorn-jr/1145547444

Join Elizabeth in a great conversation with artists Aunia Kahn and Michael de Vena. Among discussions of their art, they also talk about gatekeeping (and how it's not always a bad thing,) helping lesser known artists get a leg up in an ocean of big fish, running a gallery, a podcast, and a new publication. And more. Grab a snack and sit down and tuck in. Or drive. Or however you enjoy listening. We don't judge. For more information: Aunia Kahn - Painter | Curator | Gallerist - Aunia Kahn - Painter | Curator | Gallerist New Contemporary Narrative Art Gallery - Poetic Tiger Gallery From Poetic Tiger to Hyperlux: Our Publishing Evolution - Poetic Tiger Gallery Hyperlux Magazine & Publishing | Art | Design | Living | Collecting - Hyperlux Magazine & Publishing Curated Muse - Podcast - Apple Podcasts (or wherever you get your favorite podcasts!)

As Season 6 starts to wind down (but not over!) we decided to revisit our first (two) episodes. Cold Cuts and Cool Cats , at Corsello Butcheria, Easthampton MA , from July 13, 2019! Sit back and enjoy music and readings from Elizabeth MacDuffie, Alison Murchie, Brandee Simone, Michael Sean Qamar Alves, Lawrence Darren Green, and Brittany Brideau!

Artist Keemo joins Elizabeth in this great conversation about process and creativity and so much more. You just gotta tuck in. Keemo's art graces the cover of Jerky issue of Meat For Tea, The Valley Review, as well. The story behind that painting is fascinating! Find out more about Keemo:www.keemogallery.comAnd the stuff mentioned in this episode: Reading: WS Merwin. The Moon Before Morning: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18406120-the-moon-before-morning?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=gnfXODwIzN&rank=10 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Vq1s0eAv2Z&rank=1WatchingTwin Peaks: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098936/ListeningGreen-House: https://leavingrecords.com/artist/green-house 

From the September 7 2024 Le Cirque des plumes tueuses, Color Killer graced us with their formidable and catchy brand of punk with a pop edge! Enjoy this preview, and head on over to https://www.patreon.com/c/meatfortea for this an a bunch of other cool stuff. And the knowledge you're also just simply helping us keep Meat For Tea and the Meat For Teacast going!

Long-time friend of the Meat For Teacast, Music Therapist, Writer, Musician and podcast host of the Creative Peacemeal podcast Tammy Takaishi joins Elizabeth for a brisk, entertaining chat. They discuss her music therapy work, she reads a poem published in Meat For Tea , Volume 16 Issue 4: Electric, and more! Elizabeth and Mark have both been guests on the Creative Peacemeal podcast (April 4, 2022 and Feb. 14, 2022, respectively.) Mark and Elizabeth, with Jack Canfora, and Steve March-Tormé were on the Beatles Episode from Nov. 20, 2023. And Elizabeth and Mark turned the tables and asked Tammy the questions on her 100th episode, Sept. 10, 2023! For more info, check out Creative Peacemeal: https://www.creativepeacemeal.com/ And her professional info!: https://tstakaishi.wixsite.com/music

Join Elizabeth as she and writer, artist and musician Daniel Hales discuss his latest book, How to Tie and Untie Mist (out now on Frayed Edge Press!) and a ton more! Daniel has been on the Meat For Teacast in S3 E25 and S4 E24 - do check out those episodes for more! (Yes, the internet wasn't in full cooperation during this conversation, so please forgive the occasional audio anomolies!) Find out more at:https://www.frayededgepress.com/how_to_tie.htmlhttps://danielhales.com/https://dhatfh.bandcamp.com/music