The Two Boots Word Vault

The first Australian Minnesota Men's Conference took place September 9 through 12 in Woodford, Australia. Ben Dennis, Miguel Rivera, Walton Stanley and me were invited to facilitate. After four successful and profound day with over 50 men, our guide and host, Phili Krynski, took us into the beautiful Bunya mountains where we met indigenous elders, hiked the beautiful, lush woodlands, played with colorful parrots and recited poetry in the wilds. Here are the recordings of some on t...

In 2001 Sourcebooks, Inc. of Naperville, Ill. released a collection of poems recorded in the celebrated poets' own voices. In this episode I include some of the earliest recordings of poetry from the 1880s by Tennyson, Browning, Whitman. and Yeats.

Over the years many have asked me, "What was it like to teach at Red Wing?" This episode is a recording of a short essay report about what it was like to be a teacher at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Red Wing.

Each year at the Minnesota Men's Conference, each day begins with poetry. Men read and hear poems aimed at the masculine soul. This recording is from the first morning of the 2012 Conference, Bears at the Tree of Slumbering Honey. Danny Deardorff, Martin Shaw, Thomas R. Smith, myself, Doug Von Koss, and Tom Gambell read.

In 1983 I went looking for a newspaper position. Instead, when I met a man who had the very kind of job I sought, I found an affirmation that my path was not in the journalism/mass communication direction.