The Drum: A Literary Magazine For Your Ears Podcast
1) Issue 77. Spring 2020 : Mini-cast Episode 5
Episode 5 of Safe & Sound features a magical bird, a hypnotist and two writers with work perfectly suited to our current crisis. Tune in to meet debut novelist Jennifer Rosner and memoirist Sue Willia...Show More
2) Issue 77. Spring 2020 : Mini-cast Episode 4
Mysterious dreams, red tulips and a suspicious car on a snowy Moscow night—all this can be found in Episode 4 of Safe & Sound. Listen in to meet writers Ann Lewinson and Carrie Callaghan as they...Show More
3) Issue 77. Spring 2020 : Mini-cast Episode 3
Liven up your couch-to-kitchen commute with tales of mug shots, animal companions, unexpected heirlooms and facing the worst-case scenario with Emily Dickinson. Tune in to meet memoirist Alia Volz and...Show More
4) Issue 77. Spring 2020 : Mini-cast Episode 2
No trips to the bookstore this weekend, but you can tune in to Episode 2 of Safe & Sound to discover brand new books by writers Vanessa Hua and Gila Green. Listen in as they share stories about breaki...Show More
5) Issue 77. Spring 2020 : Mini-cast Episode 1
Though you may be hunkered down indoors, you can still reach out and connect to fresh voices and new stories. Check out the first episode of our “mini-cast,” Safe & Sound, where you’...Show More
6) Issue 77. Spring 2020 : Three Poems
Elizabeth Knapp reads her poems "Capital I," "Is That a Gun in Your Pocket" and "Self-Portrait as Kurt Cobain Wrestling with the Angel" and speaks with Poetry Editor Kirun Kapur about topics ranging f...Show More
7) Issue 76. Fall 2019 : One City One Story: Yvonne
"Yvonne" by Ciera Burch is the 2019 One City One Story all-city read selection for the city of Boston. One City One Story is an annual project of the Boston Book Festival, which prints and distributes...Show More
8) Issue 75. Spring 2019 : Cheyenne
Cattle auctions, pastures, and an old horse. These make up the world of Janisse Ray's essay "Cheyenne", about an old horse taken in by Ray's family. Ray's piece explores the nature of love, the connec...Show More
9) Issue 75. Spring 2019 : Burning Silence
The repetitive work of a tree-planting camp, the complexity of the forest, and above all, the sounds of that world--these are the subjects of Geoff Martin's essay "Burning Silence". Tasked with tendin...Show More
10) Issue 75. Spring 2019 : Toads
Maya Detwiller's short story "Toads" explores the pains and rewards of adolescence through a child's habit of collecting toads. A giant supervising and creating miniature worlds, the story's narrator ...Show More