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Planet Poet - Words in Space

Poet Sharon Israel hosts the monthly radio show: Planet Poet - Words in Space on WIOX Community Radio, 91.3 broadcasting live from Roxbury in the Catskill Mountains of New York and streaming live on WIOXradio.com. These archived interviews feature poets and writers from the Catskills, the Hudson Valley and around the U.S reading their work and discussing their obsessions with poetry.

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Planet Poet - Words in Space

Poet Lisa St. John and her book Swallowing Stones

June 25, 2025 • Sharon Israel • Season 7 • Episode 9

Planet Poet-Words in Space – NEW PODCAST! LISTEN to my WIOX show (originally aired June 3rd, 2025) featuringHudson Valley poet Lisa St. John. Lisa reads from her book Swallowing Stones and discusses her life as a poet. Poet-At-Large Pamela Manché Pearce also appears on the show.

Lisa St. John is a writer living in upstate New York. She is the author of two poetry books, Ponderings (Finishing Line Press) and Swallowing Stones (Kelsay Books). She is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee for her poem “War is a Human Child” from The Poetry Distillery. She won first place in Anthology’s 2024 Poetry Award for “Through the Membrane.” Lisa is published in journals such as 2Elizabeths, New Verse News, The Poet’s Billow, The Ekphrastic Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Light, and Entropy Magazine. Lisa believes that art is hope and that there is beauty in possibility. She is currently working on a memoir. Find out more atlisachristinastjohn.com. Also visit: Sharonisraelpoet.com and https://www.pamelampearce.com