Poem by Edward A. Dougherty and Art by Michelle J. Chun

<p>Edward A. Dougherty reads his poem, &quot;<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/autumn-2023/between-slaughter-and-exile" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Between Slaughter and Exile</a>,&quot; and Michelle J. Chun shares her artwork, <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/autumn-2023/annunciation-relics-of-annunciation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;Annunciation&quot; and &quot;Relics of Annunciation.&quot;</a> </p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://edwarddougherty.wordpress.com/">Edward A. Dougherty</a> has lived and worked in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York for nearly 30 years. He is the author of 11 collections of poetry, including <em>Grace Street</em> and <em>10048</em>. Vita Poetica&#39;s Interviews Editor, Emily Chambers Sharpe, discussed the spiritual wanderings he writes about in his book of essays, <em>Journey Work: Crafting a Life of Poetry &amp; Spirit</em>. Find the <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/interviews/conversation-with-edward-a-dougherty">interview</a> in the Summer 2021 issue.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Michelle Chun is a visual maker born and raised in Southern California. She approaches her practice both as an embodied meditation on theological concepts and also as a form of investigating the idea of &quot;histories.&quot; She received a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and a MAR in Visual and Material Culture from Yale Divinity School. She is currently a HATCH resident at the Chicago Arts Coalition and a Teaching Artist in Residence at Lillstreet Art Center. She has shown at Helen J Gallery in Los Angeles, Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, and Gelman Gallery in Rhode Island, among other exhibitions.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vita-poetica/support</a>