Episode 34: Jane Hirshfield
Melissa Studdard has an insightful conversation with prize-winning poet, translator, and essayist, Jane Hirshfield. We focus on Hirshfield’s most recent collection, Come, Thief: Poems and discuss her other works as well.
Hirshfield is the author of seven collections of...
Episode 33: William Kenower
William Kenower is the author of Write Within Yourself: An Author's Companion and Editor-in-Chief of Author magazine, an online magazine for writers and dedicated readers. He writes a popular daily blog for the magazine about the intersection of writing...
Episode 32: Molly Peacock
Tiferet Talk Host Melissa Studdard speaks with fabulous poet and creative nonfiction writer Molly Peacock about a variety of topics, including her newly released book, The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work...
Episode 31: Hélène Cardona and John FitzGerald
Tiferet Host Melissa Studdard, and Guest Co-Host, Tiferet Associate Editor, R Jeffreys, speak with the fabulous literary duo, poets Hélène Cardona and John FitzGerald.
In addition to writing poetry, Cardona is an actor, translator, teacher, children’s story writer,...
Episode 30: Interview with Julie Maloney
Melissa Studdard interviews Julie Maloney. Maloney’s first poetry collection, Private Landscape, was published in 2007, and in 2003 she founded Women Reading Aloud, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting women writers through special events and workshops....
Episode 29: Interview with Natalie Goldberg
Tiferet Talk host Melissa Studdard speaks with author, poet, teacher, and painter, Natalie Goldberg about her forthcoming book, The True Secret of Writing. Goldberg is the author of the seminal writing books Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the...
Episode 28: Interview with Judith Hanson Lasater
Melissa Studdard speaks with writer, yoga instructor, psychologist, and physical therapist Judith Hanson Lasater about how to live your yoga and other vital topics.
Lasater, who has been teaching yoga since 1971 and is the...
Episode 27: Interview with Jacqueline Sheehan
Melissa Studdard, host of Tiferet Talk, speaks with writer and psychologist Jacqueline Sheehan. They'll be discussing Sheehan’s emotionally-riveting work, with a focus on the novel Picture This released just this past May as a sequel...
Episode 26: Interview with Marge Piercy
In this episode of Tiferet Talk we chat with the prolific poet, writer, and activist, Marge Piercy. We discuss the many facets of Piercy's work, with an emphasis on The Hunger Moon: New and Selected...
Episode 25: Interview with Dani Shapiro
Dani Shapiro is a bestselling memoirist and novelist. In this episode of Tiferet Talk we discuss Shapiro's exploration self and faith through the memoir Devotion, as well as other works.
In addition to Devotion, Shapiro is the...