Be True, Episode 37: "Niches" from All the Lonely American Roads

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Be True, Episode 37: "Niches" from All the Lonely American Roads

John reads his poem "Niches," from his chapbook All the Lonely American Roads. He also discusses immigration, generational change and evolution, and finding your place in a country as big as America.

John Tessitore

Apr 22, 2024

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John reads his poem "Niches," from his chapbook All the Lonely American Roads. He also discusses immigration, generational change and evolution, and finding your place in a country as big as America.

John Tessitore has been a journalist and biographer. He has taught history and literature at colleges around Boston and directed national policy studies on education and civil justice. He serves as Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. His poems have appeared in a variety of books and journals. In each episode of Be True, he reads and discusses one of his published poems.

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In each episode, John Tessitore reads a poem he has published, and tells the story behind the poem. John has been a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, a college lecturer, and a biographer. He has directed national policy studies on education and cultural policy, and serves as Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. His poems have appeared in a variety of journals and he has published seven chapbooks and a novella available at www.johntessitore.com.

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