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Episode 41: Krista Tippett

Join Melissa Studdard and Tiferet Journal for a conversation with author, journalist, producer, and talk show host Krista Tippett about her non-fiction works Speaking of Faith and Einsteins God, and her radio program, On Being. Speaking...

Episode 43: Caroline Leavitt

Join Melissa Studdard and Tiferet Journal for a conversation with essayist, author, critic, and screenwriter, Caroline Leavitt. Studdard and Leavitt will discuss Leavitt’s most recent novel, Is This Tomorrow, among other things literary. Caroline Leavitt is...

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 35: Doug Anderson

Melissa Studdard interviews award-winning poet, memoirist, playwright, and professor, Doug Anderson. Anderson is the author of the poetry collections, The Moon Reflected Fire and Blues for Unemployed Secret Police, as well as the play, Short Timers,...

Episode 19: Interview with Richard Jeffrey Newman

Newman is the author of the poetry collection; the translator of two masterpieces of 13th century Iranian poetry, Selections from Saadi’s Gulistan and Selections from Saadi’s Bustan, and translator of The Teller of Tales, a portion of the Shahnameh,the Persian national epic. He is also co-translator, with Professor John Moyne, of A Bird in the Garden of Angels, a selection of work by Rumi. Click the continue button below to read the rest of the post and to access the replay and download links.

Episode 11: Interview with Robert Pinsky

Melissa Stud­dard talks with Robert Pin­sky about poetry, trans­la­tion, edit­ing, and more. Pin­sky, who served three terms as United States Poet Lau­re­ate, is also an acclaimed lit­er­ary critic and the best-selling trans­la­tor of The Inferno of Dante. Click the continue button below to read the rest of the post and to access the replay and download links.
Josip Novakovich

Episode 16: Interview with Josip Novakovich

Novakovich is the author of three short story collections, the novel April Fool's Day, two collections of narrative essays, and two textbooks. Click the continue button below to read the rest of the post and to access the replay and download links.

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 12: Interview with Lois. P. Jones

Melissa Stud­dard talks with Lois P. Jones about poetry, pho­tog­ra­phy, pub­lish­ing, and more. Jones’s poetry and pho­tographs have been pub­lished widely in print and on-line jour­nals in the U.S. and abroad. Click the continue button below to read the rest of the post and to access the replay and download links.
Hilma Wolitzer

Episode 61: Hilma Wolitzer

Hilma Wolitzer is an award-winning American novelist.