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Podcast: Vita Poetica Journal
Episode: Poems by James Owens & Maria Giura
Description: James Owens reads his translation of R. M. Rilke's poem, "Soloist," and Maria Giura reads her poem, "Last Supper."
James Owens's newest book is Family Portrait with Scythe (Bottom Dog Press, 2020). His poems and translations appear widely in literary journals, including recent or upcoming publications in The Christian Century, Dappled Things, and Grain. He earned an MFA at the University of Alabama and lives in a small town in northern Ontario.
Maria Giura is the author of What My Father Taught Me (Bordighera Press) and Celibate: A Memoir (Apprentice House), which won the 2020 First Place...