On Monday May 3, I was interviewed by Brian Reynolds for KCBX, the public radio station of San Luis Obispo and California’s Central Coast. We discussed writing as a tool of healing, and of course, Voices of the Grieving Heart. Listen here! I’m in the first of three segments on the station’s Issues and Ideas program.
Have you ever had someone who died appear in one of your dreams? Joshua Black, PhD did his dissertation on the topic of grief dreams. In this podcast, we spoke about grief, about my book “Voices of the Grieving Heart,” and especially about several dreams I had in which my late wife appeared and checked in on me. One of those dreams became a poem, called “Resurrection,” which appears in the book. In the chapter called “The Garden of Dreams,” other contributors also wrote about their grief dreams.
You can listen here, or wherever you like to get your podcasts.
Mike was interviewed about grief, poetry, and Voices of the Grieving Heart for a fantastic article in papers belonging to the Bay Area News Group (San Jose Mercury News, East Bay Times Times, Marin Independent Journal, and a number of weekly papers). John Fox and several contributors with poems in the book were also interviewed.
If you are unable to view the article online, you can view and download a PDF here.
The Kindle version of Voices of the Grieving Heart is now available for purchase, or on loan if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited.
On May 5 at 2PM PDT, Mike will be interviewed live on the internet radio show “Good Grief with Cheryl Jones.” Tune in here at 2PM! We’ll post a link to the recording when it’s available after the broadcast.
Mike spent an hour with Charlotte Jones, British host of the podcast “Be Boujee Be True Be You.” Charlotte is focusing on grief and loss this season, and she asked excellent questions about how creativity can help when we are grieving.
The podcast will be released on April 7, the same day as the book launch! We’ll post a link here when it’s available.