The Two Boots Word Vault
Words from Minnesota's Timothy Young, poet, essayist, and social thinker.
The Two Boots Word Vault
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Teaching Serious, Chronic Offenders
Over the years many have asked me, "What was it like to teach at Red Wing?" This episode is a recording of a short essay report about what it was like to be a teacher at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Red Wing.
Bears at the Tree of Slumbering Honey-- Poetry at MMC 2012
Each year at the Minnesota Men's Conference, each day begins with poetry. Men read and hear poems aimed at the masculine soul. This recording is from the first morning of the 2012 Conference, Bears at the Tree of Slumbering Honey. Danny ...
The Power of Poetry is a Thread
In 1983 I went looking for a newspaper position. Instead, when I met a man who had the very kind of job I sought, I found an affirmation that my path was not in the journalism/mass communication direction.
The Sturgeon Lake Bottomfeeders 9-11-11
On September 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, a group of men who met through the Minnesota Men's Conferences gathered in my mother-in-law's garden for a concert of acapella songs at various conference...
Robert Bly, Timothy Young, Thomas R. Smith, Jay Leeming at Martin Shaw's home 9-4-08
In late August and early September 2008 a number of poets, musicians, and storytellers associated with the Minnesota Men's Conferences and Robert Bly had been invited to the UK to perform over a period of two weeks. This troupe of artistic brig...
