ring around the poesy

Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost: "A Concentration of Daylight," Sunday 10:30am/Monday 1:30pm

rustin larson — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:27:54 -0600

Do you have the voice?

Tune within and see.

The mysterious Chinese convenience store's

second door

opens upon the darkened China

of the mind.

Its tea is some sort
of excursion

and temporarily deals
with the permanent.

Radio Debut of "Autobiography of Clerk Typist GS-5" on Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost, Sunday 10:30am/Monday 1:30pm

rustin larson — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:08:56 -0600

So, who says Rock L'Orange
can't write? Certainly not I, Irving Toast, your beloved disembodied
poet laureate! Rock L'Orange's short fictions are tres poetique and
come at you from all sorts of weird angles. I love 'em. He should be
more widely read. Let me repeat that. He should be more widely read.
Ah, but his writings shall hit the airwaves soon, and you shall give a
listen to his fictional Autobiography of Clerk Typist, GS-5. read more »

Rustin Larson presents Rustin Larson on Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost, Sunday 10:30 am/Monday 1:30 pm

rustin larson — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:23:50 -0600

In a reading recorded at the MUM Library on October 15th, 2008, Professor Larson intoned selections from his forthcoming book The Wine-Dark House (Blue Light Press).

Rustin Larson’s poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Iowa Review, North American Review, Poetry East, The Atlanta Review and other magazines. Crazy Star, his latest collection, was selected for the Loess Hills Book’s Poetry Series in 2005. Larson won 1^st Editor’s Prize from Rhino magazine in 2000 and has won prizes for his poetry from The National Poet Hunt and The Chester H. Jones Foundation among others. A five-time Pushcart nominee, and graduate of the Vermont College MFA in Writing, Larson was an Iowa Poet at The Des Moines National Poetry Festival in 2002 and 2004, a featured writer in the DMACC Celebration of the Literary Arts in 2007, 2008, and has been highlighted on the public radio programs Live from Prairie Lights and Voices from the Prairie. He is the host of the radio talk show Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost http://www.kruufm.com and lives in Fairfield, Iowa. read more »

Robert McDowell joins Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost Host Rustin Larson, Sunday 10:30 am, Monday 1:30 pm

rustin larson — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:30:05 -0500

Robert McDowell's poems, stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in hundreds of magazines and anthologies here and abroad, including Best American Poetry, Poetry, The New Criterion, Sewanee Review, and The Hudson Review. He also offers one-on-one mentoring and coaching for businesses and groups interested in improving their spiritual awareness, listening, communication, writing, and presentation skills. read more »

Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost: MUM Library Reading Series Features Joy Lyle

rustin larson — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:52:52 -0500

Joy Lyle, Joy Lyle, Joy Lyle! This was a live reading taped on Wednesday night, October 15th at the MUM Library. Most of you chose to watch the presidential debate that evening. Hey, I'm cool. But the Ghost was there to record Joy's rockin' reading and it is offered thusly on the next episode of Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost, 10:30 am, Sunday, October 26th and 1:30 pm, Monday, October 27.

How to describe Joy's reading? Oh, I listened to it on a CD with my eyes closed as I was driving down Highway 34 to Oskaloosa and babycakes I could SEE! I'm here to tell the tale aren't I? And now it's your turn! read more »

Bordighera Poetry Prize Winner, Carolyn Guinzio on Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost, Sunday 10:30 am/Monday 1:30 pm

rustin larson — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:06:07 -0500

Carolyn Guinzio is the author of Quarry (Fall 2008, Free Verse Editions, Parlor Press), and West Pullman (Bordighera, 2005), winner of the Bordighera Poetry Prize. She holds an MFA from Bard College and has received awards from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Fund for Poetry, and the arts councils of Illinois and Kentucky. Her work has appeared in the journals Colorado Review, 42opus, New American Writing, Phoebe, and Willow Springs, among others. She lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. read more »

Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost with host Rustin Larson, Sundays 10:30 am/Mondays 1:30 pm

rustin larson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:08:20 -0500

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get

to
see the

rain
do you

get
to hover a- read more »

Laux and Bagels on the Menu: Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost: Mon 1:30 pm

rustin larson — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:29:57 -0500

Poet Dorianne Laux wraps it up with host Rustin Larson in a delicious 6 minute conclusion to her interview.

Then after a brief musical interlude, poet Rustin Larson reads his lyrical narrative essay "Elegy" which first appeared in the journal The MacGuffin in 1997. Ah, literary history. Can y'all smell it in the toaster? Whiff the sesame seed, the poppy seed, the garlic and onion bagels of beauty and truth.

HOW BEAUTIFUL

Laurence Olivier & Merle Oberon, Young Will

or Mrs. Smith or the smart blonde who throws, read more »

Glenn Freeman Keeps the Tigers Behind Us on Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost Sun at 10:30am & Mon at 1:30pm cst

rustin larson — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:42:56 -0500

KEEPING THE TIGERS BEHIND US by Glenn J. Freeman is the winner of the judge's prize in the Sixth Annual Elixir Press Poetry Awards. Judge Jim McGarrah says in the introduction: "Freeman fuses pop culture with Chinese philosophy, sophisticated poetic technique and a thorough knowledge of craft with street savvy rhythms and idiomatic expression in a masterful way." Glenn Freeman grew up in Maryland and has lived in Vermont, Minnesota, and Florida. His work has appeared in such publications as Poetry, The Cimarron Review, The Lullwater Review, Talking River Review and the anthology Leaves by Night, Flowers by Day. read more »

Craig Deininger and his cat Fergus strike out for the desert: Irving Toast, Poetry Ghost, Sunday, Sept. 21 at 10:30 am ct

rustin larson — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:21:05 -0500

From the beginning of the week, temperatures had reached 112 every day. But that was down in the valley, and in the shade. Up here, exposed on the hardpan, he could easily add five more degrees to that figure. In combinations of leisure and speed he worked his way in a more or less straight line toward a steep swell of sandstone that rose up into the sky and blocked from view whatever lay beyond. At its foot, the boulders became smaller and fewer. Further up, they lessened and eventually ended altogether. Elias paused a moment and contemplated whether or not his feet could withstand the ascent without first resting and then climbed down into the shade of three large boulders that had propped themselves together. He gasped and pressed his hands and face against the shaded stone as if trying to absorb and store the meager coolness it had to offer.

--from "Mythic" by Craig Deininger read more »