January 17, 2022

Conversation with Maria Gillan January 18

LISTEN LIVE TUESDAY, January 18th, at 1PM EST to Planet Poet-Words in Space for Sharon Israel's conversation with Maria Mazziotti Gillan, poet, teacher, artist, and visionary founder of the renowned Poetry Center at the Passaic Community College, on her new book, When the Stars Were Still Visible. 

For live streaming, click on www.WIOXradio.org or http://tinyurl.com/wioxcatskills. Best on Chrome and Firefox.  
On When the Stars Were Still Visible “… It is as if this book rose out of an alchemist’s compound comprised of Calabrian limestone and the cement of the back stoop on 17th Street in Paterson, New Jersey, where Mazziotti Gillan grew up.  By the end of this poignant and resonant book, the poet accepts her double heritage with all is pain and obstacles and with all its beauty and grace.” – Stephen F Austin State University Press

Sharon Israel hosts Planet Poet - Words In Space, which airs bi-weekly on WIOX radio Tuesdays at 1pm EST. on 91.3 FM.  The show is also available as a podcast ​on Google podcasts, Spotify podcasts & Apple Podcasts.




Maria Mazziotti Gillan's new poetry collection is When the Stars Were Still Visible (2021). Other recent publications are the poetry and photography collection, Paterson Light and Shadow and the poetry collections What Blooms in Winter and The Girls in the Chartreuse Jackets which pairs her poems with her paintings. Maria's artist's website is MariaMazziottiGillan.com and her poetry website is MariaGillan.com.

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