Be True, Episode 63: Ecology and Generosity

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Be True, Episode 63: Ecology and Generosity

John reads an excerpt from his novella, Jigsaw Men. He also discusses climate change, post-apocalyptic cooperation, and the challenges of writing fiction.

John Tessitore

Oct 21, 2024

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John reads an excerpt from his novella, Jigsaw Men. He also discusses climate change, post-apocalyptic cooperation, and the challenges of writing fiction.

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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