The Unruly Muse

Breaking Up

Episode Summary

The Unrulies tease out the slow buildup leading to break ups as well as the more explosive moments where there is no way out save breaking up. And then there’s the occasional relief brought by freedom and new possibilities. Countries break up, people do, geography shifts, and ideas fragment. We couldn’t build up or change without breaking up first. So fasten your seat belts…

Episode Notes

Song 1: “I Can’t Sing That Song” (John V. Modaff)

Poem 1: “Ecdysis Sonnet” by Sandra Yannone. Sandy’s new collection is the glass studio (Salmon Poetry, 2024).

Fiction: excerpt from the novel in progress, “The Angel of Devastation.” Her latest book is The Lost Archive: stories, https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm

Feed the Cat Break:  “Different Same,” by Jonathan A. Modaff

Poem 2: “Sympathetic Magic” by Susan Aizenberg. Susan’s new collection is A Walk With Frank O’Hara (UNMP, 2024).

Song 2:  “I Call Crazy” (T Bone Kelly, from the album Toast)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI

The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY

Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead 40351

NEXT UP:   Episode 44 coming January 2025: “Harmony”