Fairfield poet Tony Ellis, author of "There is Wisdom in Walnuts," will discuss his

work in process resulting from a weeks-long retreat at Soul Mountain writers' retreat.  Soul Mountain was founded by poet Marilyn Nelson in rural Connecticut and is sponsored by the University of Connecticut.  It offers residencies for up to four writers at a time.  “When my book of poems about the scientist-saint George Washington Carver started to bear surprising fruit, I suddenly had enough money for a down-payment on a childhood dream. ...[Now,] poems not my own are being written under my roof. My guest book is filled with gratitude. So am I."

(from Marilyn Nelson: "It's Not Too Late to Bring Art to the World,"
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A cross-country motorcycle tour brought Sherri Brooks Vinton face-to-face with the negative impacts of industrial agriculture and compelled her to trade in her career as a dot.com executive to begin a quest for food raised with integrity. Her first book, The Real Food Revival: Aisle by Aisle, Morsel by Morsel,(Tarcher/Penguin) is a result of that search and offers practical tips for eaters who, like herself, want a more delicious, sustainable future. The Real Food Revival was a Publisher’s Weekly Starred Selection and was nominated for the 2005 “Books for a Better Life” award.

Sherri Brooks Vinton will be a featured speaker at Fairfield's EcoFair on May 3. Join Monica and Caroline on Writers' Voices, broadcasting live Friday April 25 at 1 pm, to meet this author at the forefront of the Real Food movement. Rebroadcast Monday April 28, 8 am.

You can learn more about Sherri and her "Sustainable Solutions" at http://www.sherribrooksvinton.com/index.htm.  read more »

Shanta Small, formerly of Fairfield, is currently the Associate Director of Publicity and Marketing at Tarcher/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, Inc. She has worked with both adult and children's book authors, including Judy Collins (The Seven T's), Julia Cameron (The Artist's Way), Martha Frankel (Hats & Eyeglasses), Carl Hiaasen (Flush), Markus Zusak (The Book Thief), and John Feinstein (Last Shot).

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Monday April 14, 8am

This week's guest, Deborah Madison, is the founding chef of the renowned restaurant Greens and is the author of "Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmer's Markets" and half a dozen other vegetarian cookbooks. She is active in the Slow Food movement, and is on the board of the Seed Savers Exchange and The Southwest Grassfed Livestock Association. Deborah writes for culinate.com and gourmet.com, and has contributed to Cooking Light, Williams Sonoma's Taste, Vegetarian Times, Gourmet, Food and Wine, Bon Appetit, Garden Design, Fine Cooking, Organic Style, The LA Times, Orion, and others.

"Local Flavors" is a scrumptious book - join us as Monica and Caroline quiz Deborah on just how she comes up with those delicious recipes! You can see Deborah's other books at: http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767929493  read more »

They tell me that April is National Poetry Month, so help celebrate this momentous occasion by tuning into Writers' Voices Monday at 8 am as Caroline and Monica interview Fairfield poets Rustin Larson and Matthew McLeod.

We'll be talking about the role of poetry in America in the 21st century, what motivates these poets, and more. Plus, we'll get to hear some great poems!

Fridays at 1pm CST Rebroadcast Mondays at 8am

A Harvard-educated neurosurgeon reveals his experiences-in and out of the operating room-with apparitions, angels, exorcism, and after-death survival, and shares the lessons he learned.

A young burn victim remains in a coma until a ghost appears.
A doctor discovers he can predict when a patient will die.
A clinically dead patient later recounts extraordinary details about the private lives of her caregivers.
A physician needs the help of a Navajo shaman to exorcise the spirit of his dead patient.

These things really happened-and neurosurgeon Allan J. Hamilton was involved in every one of them, and many more. Based on thirty years of medical experience, The Scalpel and the Soul tells the unspoken stories behind remarkable patients and strange events, and shares the moral and spiritual lessons found in them.  read more »

"Dark Birthright" is a story reflecting the political, religious, and cultural dynamics of 17th century Scotland. It paints a picture of life in the Highlands, as well as the fisher folk and a village of witches worshipping the Goddess.

Author Jeanne Treat was born and raised in Western New York, near the shores of the mighty Niagara, the great-granddaughter of a Native American medicine woman. Dark Birthright was inspired by a vision Treat had in 2003. To research the book, she traveled to Scotland to visit castles, seaports, and stone circles, and talk to local historians.

Join Monica and Caroline Friday March 14 at 1 pm or Monday March 17 at 8 am as Jeanne Treat shares the journey that brought her vision to life on the printed page.

Join Monica and special guest host Paul Gandy as they welcome former Fairfield resident Jessica Hawthorne-Castro to Writers' Voices.

Hawthorne-Castro was formerly a successful television literary agent for Hollywood's Endeavor Agency, representing writers, directors and producers for television and feature films. In this capacity, she assisted the creators of several top-rated TV programs, such as Entourage, The Office, Heroes, 24, and Law and Order. Jessica has since joined forces with her father, Tim Hawthorne, as the next generation of Hawthorne Direct, a Fairfield-based full-service television advertising agency.  read more »

This Friday at 1 pm and Monday at 8 am, Writers' Voices with Monica and Caroline welcomes Mt. Pleasant author and speaker Susan Klopfer. Ms. Klopfer, an award-winning journalist and formerly an acquisitions and development editor for Prentice Hall, is the author of "Where Rebels Roost: Mississippi Civil Rights Revisted," which follows the history of African Americans and their struggle for civil rights in the Mississippi Delta region.

Ms. Klopfer's prior publications include "The Emmett Till Book," and a number of computer how-to books. Her speaking topics include "There is a Book Inside You - How to Get It Out" and "How to Market Your Book and Services on the Internet."

Join us this week on Writers Voices for another stimulating conversation about books and writing.

Monica and Caroline welcome psychologist and teacher Dr. Laurel Parnell, author of "Tapping In:  A Step-by-Step Guide to Activating Your Healing Resources Through Bilateral Stimulation" to Writers' Voices.  Learn about resource tapping and its development by practitioners of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitation and Reprocessing) healing therapies.

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