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Podcast: Vita Poetica Journal
Episode: Poem by Joseph Byrd & Art by Lucy Bell
Description: Joseph Byrd reads his poem, "Prayer for a Prisoner," and Lucy Bell introduces her art, "The Mythology of Memory," featured in our Summer 2023 issue.
Joseph Byrd’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Punt Volat, Pedestal, South Florida Poetry Journal, DIAGRAM, Clackamas Literary Review, Many Nice Donkeys, and Novus Literary Arts. He’s a Pushcart Prize nominee, was long-listed for the Erbacce Prize, and was in the StoryBoard Chicago cohort with Kaveh Akbar. An Associate Artist in Poetry under Joy Harjo at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, he is on the Reading Board for The Plen...