Planet Poet - Words in Space's latest podcast show features Maria Mazziotti Gillan, poet, teacher, artist, and visionary founder of the renowned Poetry Center at the Passaic Community College in Patterson, N.J. Maria talks about her newest poetry collection When the Stars Were Still Visible (2021).
"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
Maria Mazziotti Gillan's 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.
Planet Poet – Words in Space is a WIOX Community Radio Production
Planet Poet theme music by Robert Cucinotta
Sharon Israel hosts Planet Poet - Words In Space, which airs bi-weekly on WIOX radio Tuesdays at 1pm EST. 91.3 FM.
To stream the episode, go to www.WIOXradio.org
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