{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 159: Abbie Kiefer","description":"The poems in Abbie Kiefer\u2019s debut collection, Certain Shelter, are, in my reading, about aftermath. They are about grief and loss, whether that is the loss of the speaker\u2019s mother to cancer or her hometown\u2019s changing landscape. But they are also about change and rebirth, and both the anxiety and the possibility of an unknown future. In our conversation, Abbie and I talked about television as a touch point in her poems, how memory is layered, and how ephemerality is central to the human experience. Then for the second segment, we talked about doing things you\u2019re not good at. (Recorded February 7, 2025) Bonus Reading: Subscribers to the Likewise Media Patreon campaign can hear Abbie read her poem \u201cI\u2019ve Learned to Accept.\u201d Subscribe: Apple Podcasts&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;Pocket Casts |&amp;nbsp;Goodpods | TuneIn |&amp;nbsp;RSS Support: Support our Patreon&amp;nbsp;| Review on Apple Podcasts | Review on Podchaser Connect: Email&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;Facebook&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;Twitter&amp;nbsp;| Instagram | YouTube Show Notes:  Abbie Kiefer Purchase Certain Shelter: Print (Portland, ME) | June Road Press (publisher) Abbie Kiefer - Upcoming Events Gee\u2019s Bend Quiltmakers While I Yet Live   Transcript Episode Credits:  Editing\/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa Music: Podington Bear Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo  ","author_name":"Keep the Channel Open","author_url":"http:\/\/www.keepthechannelopen.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35356890\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/35356890"}