Poem by Joseph Byrd & Art by Lucy Bell

<p>Joseph Byrd reads his poem, &quot;<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/summer-2023/prayer-for-a-prisoner" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Prayer for a Prisoner</a>,&quot; and Lucy Bell introduces her art, &quot;<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/summer-2023/the-mythology-of-memory" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Mythology of Memory</a>,&quot; featured in our <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/summer-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Summer 2023</a> issue.</p> <p>Joseph Byrd’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in <em>Punt Volat, Pedestal, South Florida Poetry Journal, DIAGRAM, Clackamas Literary Review, Many Nice Donkeys,</em> and <em>Novus Literary Arts</em>. 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 <em>The Plentitudes</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.llbell.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Lucy Bell</a> is an artist based in Northern California. She is primarily a painter but also utilizes textiles and clay to convey her ideas. After receiving her BFA from UC San Diego, Bell’s work has been published internationally and throughout the US. She has had work shown along the West Coast, notably in San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and San Diego.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support</a>