A Serene Experience: Cécile Returns (from Japan!)

It's my enormous pleasure to have spoken to Maine poet Jeri Theriault about her most recent collection of poems, Self-Portrait as Homestead. We talk about the poems and their process, hard truths in w...

22 Okt 202432min

I simply loved talking to Maine poet Sasha Goodwin on this episode of the pod! Her book "Centipede" won the 2023 Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance chapbook contest and it's wonderful. I've read it...

1 Aug 202421min

Pardon My Poem hits its stride (maybe?) with this delightful episode featuring Ohio poet Molly Fuller. Molly is my friend, and her work continually surprises me, inspires me, and unsettles me in the b...

11 Juli 202427min

Pardon My Poem debuts with the incomparable Maine poet Dennis Camire. Dennis talks about his latest collection Anthology of Awe and Wonder currently available from Deerbrook Editions. He reveals the o...

8 Juni 202437min

In this short update, Michelle talks to audio producer David Brewbaker about a pivot for the pod, and Michelle considers an emotional support pillow with Cécile's face on it to fill the void during he...

22 Maj 20246min

Bienvenue! On this episode of the pod, Cécile and Michelle go deep, engaging in semiotic and narrative analyses as they dissect the intricacies of mise-en-scène in Agnès Varda's essential 1962 film. J...

6 Dec 20231h 7min

Jeanne Dielman was voted the greatest film of all time by the British Film Institute last year and Cécile and Michelle set out to discover whether this 3:40 long movie is revelatory or simply tedium. ...

17 Aug 20231h 2min