The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose, and Music

Volume 3, Episode #5 Contents:

This week The Lumberyard presents student poets and writers from the Bristol Public School system in Bristol, CT. Student writers from two middle schools, Northeast and Chippens Hill, and two high schools, Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern, were recorded at the studios of WHUS in the spring of 2007. Special thanks to John Ryan, Gale Dickau, the Bristol Board of Education, and the Bristol Gifted Program for making this week's episode possible.

-PETER MUNN: "Portrait"
-BRITTANY WHITE: "The Story of Emma R."
-MATT SCZURAK: "Morning Dawn"
-KELLY MCDONALD: "In a Moment"
-AMANDA JACOBSEN: "Vertigo"
-SARAH ZIOMEK: "Birds"
-KATIE O'NEIL: "Rain"

Musical features:
OH NO! OH MY!: "The Party Punch"
IRON & WINE: "Boy with a Coin"

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The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose, and Music

Volume 3, Episode #4 Contents:

This week The Lumberyard presents poets and writers recorded at The Soul Mountain Retreat in East Haddam, CT. Founded and directed by poet Marilyn Nelson, Soul Mountain encourages and supports emerging and established poets, especially those belonging to traditionally underrepresented racial or cultural groups, by offering brief guest residences. This episode of The Lumberyard is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

MARILYN NELSON: "The Sacrament of Poverty"
PATRICIA SMITH: "Siblings"
CAROLYN BEARD WHITLOW: "Pickpocket"
ORLANDO WHITE: "Lowercase i and j"
AMY UYEMATSU: "Looking"
DANTE MICHEAUX: "Apples"
TRAVIS HEDGE COKE: "December: Echo"
HARRYETTE MULLEN: "We Are Not Responsible"
BAKAR WILSON: "In Christ, Drowning"
JENNIFER FOERSTER: "California"

Musical features:
THE SHAKY HANDS: "Soul"  
THE OWLS: "All Those in Favor"

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