Landward
with Catherine Young
Thursdays around 8:25AM
Catherine Young is a performing artist and writer whose life is devoted to protecting water. Trained in fluvial geomorphology, Catherine worked as a national park ranger, naturalist, educator, farmer, and mother before completing her MFA in creative writing in British Columbia. Her prose and poetry has been nominated for Pushcart Prize and Best American Essays and is published internationally and nationally, including in the anthologies The Driftless Reader and Contours. She is the author of the memoir of place, Black Diamonds: A Childhood Colored by Coal (Torrey House Press)and the ecopoetry collection Geosmin (Water’s Edge Press, Midwest Book Awards Silver Medal).
Rooted in farm life, Catherine lives with her family in Wisconsin’s Driftless bioregion. Her podcasts and writings can be found at: www.catherineyoungwriter.com/
For Those Who Thought They Could Buy a Farm-August 10, 2023
How would a life long dairy farmer tell the story of a place? Catherine Young reads For Those Who Thought They Could Buy a Farm from her collection Geosmin
Boy at the Fair August 3, 2023
Summer is fair time. Catherine Young reads a poem of a child’s experience at the State Fair
Waters, Silvered and Rime – July 27, 2023
Waters Silvered & Rime by Catherine Young are 2 poems of endless summer in the waters of a Great Lake, from her collection Geosmin.
The Queen of Summer- Thursday July 20, 2023
Catherine reads a summer celebration poem by Joyce Sutphen from her collection Carrying Water to the Field.
Shoreline Instructions for Lake Superior and Superior- July 13, 2023
Catherine reads two poems to celebrate the south shore of a Great Lake in summer. Shoreline Instructions for Lake Superior and Superior from the collection Geosmin.
Clouds Rise Up Like Fish and Carrying Water to the Field- July 6, 2023
Catherine reads 2 July poems from the rural landscape: Clouds Rise Up Like Fish, a poem by Tom Hennen from Darkness Sticks to Everything:New and Collected Poems and Carrying Water to the Field, a farm poem by Joyce Sutphen from her collection of the same name.
July 4 and Sweet Land of Liberty- June 29, 2023
Catherine Young reads 2 poems from her collection Geosmin giving different views of the July 4 holiday.
July 4, an ekphrastic poem based on a painting depicting viewers of a small town parade
Sweet Land of Liberty is a vibrant tableau of many cultures of America gathered at our state park holiday picnic.
Harrow and What Every Girl Wants- May 25, 2023
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Midsummer and Firefly Nights- June 22, 2023
Catherine Young reads 2 poems celebrating the sweetness and long light of June from her poetry collection Geosmin: Midsummer and Firefly Nighrs.
The Oat Binder-Thursday June 15, 2023
Catherine reads a farm poem by Minnesota poet Joyce Sutphen from her collection Carrying Waterto the Field.
Poems Appear-Thursday June 8, 2023
Catherine reads Poems Appear from her poetry collection Geosmin where a dreamer has to choose to follow Muse or reality.
Passerine- Thursday June 1, 2023
Catherine reads Passerine from her poetry collection, Geosmin where the poet becomes a swallow in the afterlife.
When Freshly Painted-May 18, 2023
Catherine reads her farm poem, When Freshly Painted, from her poetry collection Geosmin
Some Glad Morning-Thursday May 11, 2023
Catherine reads a spring poem by Joyce Sutphen from Carrying Water to the Field.
By the Creek Bank-Thursday May 4, 2023
Catherine reads a poem by Tom Hennen from Darkness Sticks to Eveything:New and Collected Poems
Tightrope- Thursday April 27, 2023
Rexalling our role in averting tragedy is like walking a tightrope. The poem Tightrope by Catherine Young is from her poetry Collection, Geosmin.
Verdancy & Hymenoptera: Wasps l, Thursday April 20, 2023
Catherine reads 2 poems from her collection Geosmin. Many colors refill the April landscape in Verdancy. Hornets build homes in Hymenoptera: Wasps l
Eloquence Engraved in Stone-Thursday April 13, 2023
Catherine reads from her poetry collection Geosmin. Eloquence in Stone uses and epigraph from Tony Hoagland’s poetry to describe Driftless region geology
Shepard of Trees-Thursday April 6, 2023
Catherine reads Shepard of Trees from her poetry collection Geosmin where a caretaker asks trees what they need.
Panoramic-March 30, 2023
Catherine reads Panoramic from her poetry collection Geosmin and descirbes a lifetime as a landscape.
Compost and Revolution- March 23, 2022
Catherine reads 2 poems from her collection Geosmin, Compost and Revolution are two views of the cycle of life on a farm.
Volute-March 16, 2023
Catherine reads Volute from her poetry collection Geosmin. In Volute a fossil tells people how everything in the world curls-whether we can see it or not.
Women Tending-Thursday March 9, 2023
Women Tending by Catherine Young from her poetry collection Geosmin.
Women Tending moves through time and is told in 3 voices
From women tending house and home; the women making bricks & pottery for home; the women who make art-those women who tend towards what calls us to create. The poem celebrates the gifts of women have given to the world throughout history in March- Women’s History Month.
Aubade for the Never Ending Flow of Milk-Thursday March 2, 2023
Aubade for the Never Ending Flow of Milk by Catherine Young from her poetry collection Geosmin.
An aubade is a poem that is written for dawn, a poem that greets the morning, lamenting the end if night wehn lovers ms part. On a farm, audbade can take quite a different meaning after a long night of tending the birth of livestock and readying for the day.
In February it Begins and Maple Syruping- Thursday February 22, 2023
Catherine reads two poems from her poetry collection, Geosmin. In February it Begins and Maple Syruping for the spring season of change and the sweetness we crave.