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We’ve got knitting! We’ve got eponyms!! We’ve got knitting eponyms!!! Which come with a whole load of battles, f-boys, duels, baseball, espionage, scandals - and socks, lots of socks.

Fibre artist and Yarn Stories podcaster Miriam Felton discusses why grafting should ditch the name 'kitchener stitch'; we learn about the eponymous cardigan; and three towns in Ontario take pretty different approaches to having problematic namesakes.

Content note: this episode contains mentions of war, death and injuries.

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Strap in! We're going boldly into interplanetary space -- and returning to see our own planet through alien eyes.  J.O. Morgan tells us about his lates poetry collection The Martian’s Regress from Cape Poetry -- an epic, gripping sequence about a martian and his pale companion investigating a dead and sterile earth.

Next... Time travel. We'll whisk you back to those passionate Victorians, with Robin sampling the obsessive melancholy of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s long poem In Memoriam A.H.H.  And Peter continues his quest into American poetry, and finds huge amounts to admire in the poem 'Prayer' from Jorie Graham’s vibrant collection Never published by Carcanet in 2002.

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Abby and Alan are joined by Avi Dobkin, of the From Alpha to Zedd podcast, to read mermaid poems and stories. Avi reads The Mermaid and The Merman by Alfred Lord Tennyson. 

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Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep.

1. Jamestown Homeword Bound - Jeff Warner (Portsmouth, NH). Jeff notes, “Jeff Davis, my music partner for twenty years, found this song in Joanna Colcord’s 1938 book, Songs of American Sailormen.” It can be found on his most recent album, Roam the Country Through. www.jeffwarner.com  

2. Pray, by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT).  

3. Buonaparte - Keith Murphy (Brattleboro, VT). Keith wrote some additional lyrics for this traditional song he recorded on Bound For Caanan, his 2005 solo album. https://keithmurphy.bandcamp.com/  

4. After sunset, by Grace Hazard Conkling. Read by Ben Williams (Northampton, MA).  

5. Joy After Sorrow - Bare Necessities (MA and VT). Bare Necessities is Jacqueline Schwab, Mary Lea, Earl Gaddis, and Kate Barnes. This tune is on their album Nightcap. https://barenecessities.bandcamp.com

6. Making peace, by Denise Levertov. Read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT). 

7. Ring Out, Wild Bells - Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem (Middletown, CT). Rani’s original setting of text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is on their 2016 album Wintersong. https://raniarboanddaisymayhem.bandcamp.com

The opening music is “The Pearl in Sorrow’s Hand” by Julie Vallimont, from her album Dark Sky, Bright Stars. Produced by Julie Vallimont. Mixed and mastered by Dana Billings. All content courtesy of the artists, all rights reserved. This series is supported in part by the Country Dance and Song Society, NEFFA, CDS-Boston, and Pinewoods Camp. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting it via Patreon: www.patreon.com/starsintherafters

1. Jean-Paul Jigs: Le Tourment / Korolenko - Arise & Go (Newfield, NY). These tunes are both by Québécois musician and composer Jean-Paul Loyer and are from Arise & Go’s recent album Meeting Place. https://ariseandgo.bandcamp.com  

2. Like barley bending, by Sara Teasdale. Read by Ben Williams (Northampton, MA). Ben writes, “Like much of Sara Teasdale's poetry, I feel I can see the images she is describing, and I hope we all, like barley bending, are able to rise again from our pain and turn our sorrow into song.”  

3. Aoife’s / Coleman’s March - Lissa Schneckenburger (Brattleboro, VT). This track is from Lissa’s 2005 self-titled album. www.lissafiddle.com  

4. Excerpts from If the trees can keep dancing, so can I, a community poem compiled by Kwame Alexander. Read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT). Kwame Alexander, NPR’s poet-in-residence, created this poem from crowdsourced submissions.  

5. Longmeadow - Haley Hewitt (East Hartford, CT). Haley notes, “I wrote this piece at a time when I was living in Glasgow, UK and missing the trees of my hometown Longmeadow, MA in the United States. In writing this I wanted to capture the feeling of being surrounded by the tall trees which dominate the landscape, casting shadows and only letting shafts of sunlight through their leaves.” Recorded at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, with Haley Hewitt (harp), Joe Armstrong (flute), and Marissa Helen Waite (bodhran).  

6. Nothing will die, by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT), with musical accompaniment by Eleanor Lincoln (Northampton, MA).  

7. All Will Be Well - Ethan Tischler (Lincolnville, ME). This studio single by Ethan Stokes and the Gawler Sisters was recorded this spring. Ethan notes, “Its lyrics trace their way back to the 14th century anchoress, mystic, and theologian Julian of Norwich, whose Revelations of Divine Love is the first known published (and still celebrated) work by a female author. The book, and the song, speak to the love and peace that persist and guide in even our most challenging times, as a people, a nation, an interwoven global community.” http://ethanstokestischler.bandcamp.com  

The opening music is “The Pearl in Sorrow’s Hand” by Julie Vallimont, from her album Dark Sky, Bright Stars. Produced by Julie Vallimont. Mixed and mastered by Dana Billings. All content courtesy of the artists, all rights reserved. This series is supported in part by the Country Dance and Song Society, NEFFA, CDS-Boston, and Pinewoods Camp. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting it via Patreon: www.patreon.com/starsintherafters