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New Podcast Episodes!

We are pleased to announce the relaunch of The Missouri Review Podcast!  Check back every week for the latest episode, featuring web-exclusive interviews, readings, and audio content.

Timothy Bascom: “A Vocabulary for My Senses”

Timothy Bascom reads a selection from his lyrical memoir of his childhood in Ethiopia.

Timothy Bascom has published essays in Image: A Journal of the Arts and Religion, The Other Side and the in-flight magazine of China Airlines (Dynasty).  He is the author of the novel Squatters’ Rites (New Day Press, Philippines) and a collection of essays titled The Comfort Trap (InterVarsity Press).  His is currently writing a memoir about his childhood in Ethiopia and he earned an MFA in the nonfiction writing program at the University of Iowa. [2004]

TMR Podcast: Timothy Bascom: "A Vocabulary for My Senses" [ 16:51 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Kerry Hardie: “Sheep’s Fair Day”

Kerry Hardie reads her poem “Sheep’s Fair Day.”

Kerry Hardie has published five collections of poetry with the Gallery Press, Ireland, the most recent of which is Only This Room, 2009. She has also written two novels and won many prizes, including the Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry, the Michael Hartnett Award and the Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Award for Poetry. Her work has appeared in journals and magazines in the United States but has been available to students only in The Wake Forest Book of Irish Women’s Poetry, 1999 (Wake Forest U.P.), edited by Peggy O’Brien, a new edition of which is forthcoming. [2010]

TMR Podcast: Kerry Hardie: "Sheep's Fair Day" [ 3:06 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“A Night Different from All Other Nights” (Part 2)

Sheryl reads Susan Vreeland’s short story, “A Night Different from All Other Nights.” (Part 2 of 2)

Susan Vreeland’s first novel, What Love Sees, aired as a CBS movie in 1996.

TMR Podcast: "A Night Different from All Other Nights" (Part 2) [ 12:29 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

“A Night Different from All Other Nights” (Part I)

Sheryl Bernstein reads Susan Vreeland’s short story, “A Night Different from All Other Nights.” (Part 1 of 2)

Susan Vreeland’s first novel, What Love Sees, aired as a CBS movie in 1996.

Reading: "A Night Different from All Other Nights" (Part I) [ 16:33 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download