Lenore Myers and Dave Tallitsch

On the 9/27/23 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:

Lenore Myers kicks off the episode by discussing the inspiration she found in the works of contemporary artist Balthus while creating her recently published chapbook. Myer also explores the value of conflict in the arts and creativity by connecting the art she examines to social movements and her present environment; she finds content in all of her interactions, no matter how beautiful or unsavory. She then reads an ekphrastic poem on the Balthus painting The Blanchard Children. Dave Tallitsch joins the podcast and shares the cyclical nature of his interest in writing, art, and music throughout the different seasons of his life. While having a designated space to practice each of these art forms would be ideal, Tallitsch’s process focuses on accessibility;  he can create using any of his desired methods using only the tools in his backpack, ready anytime inspiration strikes. He then shares a poem that he believes seesaws the line between “Poetryland” and reality, and Dr. Andy reads a Wordsworth poem that he feels accomplishes the same. Closing out the episode, Tallitsch briefly discusses the founding of Poetry Club, a spin off of Poetry Night that explores the process of performance through sharing.

Lenore Myers teaches ESL at Napa Valley College and Napa Adult School. She has an MFA in Poetry from The Warren Wilson Program for Writers and an MA in TESOL from University of San Francisco. She also studied philosophy for a few years. Her chapbook of poems, Regards to Balthus, was published this summer by Seven Kitchens Press. When not reading, writing, or teaching ESL, she loves hiking, growing tomatoes, and throwing frisbees and footballs with her partner in life and their young son in Napa, California. 

Dave Tallitsch received a B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. He has taught at the University of Iowa; Grinnell College in Iowa; Dominican University in San Rafael, California; and Brevard College in North Carolina. His work has been published in the Adobe Anthology. Currently he lives in Davis, California.

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