Red River Writers Live - Notebook Writer with Mike Marcellino

Guest writers performing their work - Clare Ultimo, Brooklyn, NY a poet, educator and multi-disciplinary artist with an award-winning communications design studio in NYC; author of "Verbs on Asphalt: The History of Nuyorican Poetry Slam"; Cherryl Floyd-Miller, Raleigh, NC poet, "Exquisite Heats" (Salt Publishing 2008), playwright, fiber artist whose work explores women, Southern culture & folklore; Louis Bourgeois, Oxford, MS author, "The Gar Diaries" (Community Press), editor/founder of VOX Press; Shaindel Beers, Pendelton, OR author, poet "A Brief History of Time" (Salt Publishing 2009), fiction, creative nonfiction. Host Mike Marcellino, a national award-winning journalist & author of The Point of the Whole Thing Networked Blog, talks with an eclectic mix of writers about writing and life, takes calls from listeners and performs his own stuff. An Army war correspondent, he first wrote poetry and prose during mortar & rocket attacks in Vietnam. He likes to surf and the film "Viva Zapata" with Marlon Brando. His new folk band is Mike Marcellino with Ensor. Mike's performed in New York City, Cleveland, Tulsa, Baltimore and St. Augustine,Fl. Co-host is Natalie Bliss, a poet, writer and artist from Auckland, New Zealand, likes Leonard Cohen, animals, rugby and teaches grade school kids art. Assistant producer is Adela Sinclair, a New York City poet, educator, spoken-word curator, performer and blogger. Member of the Madison Poets, Gallery RIVAA, PSA and PEN America. Adela is organizer of poetry readings at Gallery RIVAA, FALL FOR ARTS Festval, Salmagundi Art Club. She enjoys setting poetry readings against the backdrop of paintings, sculptures, and photographs. Show airs 7-9pm CST (8-10pm EST). To listen (or comment) call 646-595-4478 (NYC) or online (register to be on the air) on the show website. Shows are live, archived and Podcast.