Sr. Producer @Audible; Creator and Host of Dear Poetry -- an audio advice column that turns to poems for guidance; Formerly @WashingtonPost. Opinions mine.
'Dear Poetry' is out! Hear the first two episodes of callers receiving advice in the form of poems on Audible now! New episodes drop weekly at https://t.co/tKXuFNxSjb. Listen, review, and post if you like what you hear! https://t.co/tKXuFNxSjb
Pick up a copy of our first issue of the new year and read @LuiBeck’s contemplation on the practical power of poetry and the process of choosing poems to heal, comfort, and brighten daily life. https://t.co/1QmeWW3AIP
The Atlantic named 'Dear Poetry' one of the 35 best podcasts of 2022! "The show is as dreamy and transcendent as it sounds," they wrote. Check out their full write-up, take a listen and leave us a review on https://t.co/fDxLxYxmX5, so we can make season 2! https://t.co/vKad3j4tY6
“What if poetry were a kind of medicine, or a salve for the problems of daily life? The thought occurred to me in 2020, a few months after the outbreak of COVID-19…” begins @LuiBeck’s Literary Life essay in our latest print issue. Read on: https://t.co/1QmeWW3AIP
Get yourself a copy of the Jan/Feb "Inspiration Issue" of Poets & Writers! Really proud to have an essay published among the great @NifMuhammad , @RhetoricAndThis, and Xan Phillips, and many other writers I deeply admire. Read on: https://t.co/tE9ByMyNex
#ICYMI: Sarah Ruhl gives us 12 reasons to keep writing; @LuiBeck explores the healing power of poetry; @LauraMaylene shares how literary magazines can serve as the gateway to a literary career; and @aimeenez offers 12 food-related writing prompts. Read on: https://t.co/1QmeWW3AIP
Some personal news: This month, I started working as Sr. Producer for Audible EU! Stoked to be part of a stellar team making fiction and non-fiction series. Send me your pitches to [email protected] and I hope to make some cool audio with you!
To have a show I worked on on @snapjudgment 🥲. TY, Snap, for sharing @LuiBeck's chat with @lutherxhughes and @speakdeadly's incredible poem! If you, like us, turn to poetry when life leaves you at a loss, check this out, and then listen to Dear Poetry on @Audible_com!! ->
Thanks to @snapjudgment, I found the Dear Poetry Poetry podcast. @PoetryDear. What a joyful gift! Check it out, lovers of poetry and storytelling. Plus the host has an awesome first name. 😉@LuiBeck.
'Dear Poetry' is on @snapjudgment this week! Listen to their remix of @lutherxhughes reading @speakdeadly. Tune into your local radio station, the CBC, or check out the full episode here: https://t.co/yQSCneygUy
A person with a "situation" turns to poetry for some advice. This week on Snap, we dive into an epic poem to solve a problem with @LuiBeck from @audible_com's “Dear Poetry” podcast. https://t.co/o61rxfs8Ij
The question I ask every time I read the news (and one for the ages): How do you hold both despair and hope at the same time? In one of my favorite episodes of Dear Poetry, @CherylStrayed answers with the poem “Good Bones” by @maggiesmithpoet. Take a listen on @Audible.
This was so much fun, and I get to employ my knowledge of Alfonsina Storni that I got from my Spanish tutor who assigns me a variety of depressing poets from Latin America
We want to make Dear Poetry season TWO, and you can *help us* by leaving a review! It just takes a couple of minutes and would make a huge difference for us. Go to https://t.co/1IwKCa8AB8, sign up for a free trial, and tell us what you think of the show. https://t.co/XIvJjlBwBt
Was interviewed for “Dear Poetry” hosted by @LuiBeck where I got to chop it up about Araceli’s Girmay’s poem, “The Black Maria” in response to a anonymous persons’ dealings with gun violence. Here it is:
The FULL season of Dear Poetry Season One is finally out! Check out episode 10 featuring Pádraig Ó Tuama, who answers the question “How can I be useful in the midst of a crisis?”. #poetry#advice#storytelling#audibleseries#dearpoetry
https://t.co/Nn3EDKWORM
About to enter a season of publishing. The first drop is Sept 29th and it will take you on a cosmic journey. In the meantime, Dear Poetry Season One is finally out in full. Stream it for soothing times doing dishes while you ponder life: https://t.co/hLFGiZRO1u
"Where should I begin?", a caller asks after seeing two men get shot on his street in Oakland. "How do I become the change that I want to see in my community?" On this week’s episode of Dear Poetry, @bennysummerhill responds. Take a listen!
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