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and make you brave. I'm your host, Joy Clarkson, and an evangelist for all things good, true,

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The dark emerging trees from the new winter wood are lovelier than leaves, as cold is also good. The heart's necessities include the interlude, a frost-constricted piece on which the sun can brood.

The strong and caustic air that strikes us to the bone

blows till we see again the weathered shape of home. No season of the soul strips clear

the face of God, save cold and frozen wind upon the frozen sod.

Well, hello, everyone, and welcome back to speaking with joy.

Today, I am so excited to welcome Veri-Huliet with me on the show to discuss a poet who you may have never heard of,

but I hope you will go and investigate and enjoy as much as I have. So welcome to the show,

Vieri. It's lovely to have you. Thank you, Joy. It's so good to be on with you today.

So today we're going to be discussing the poetry of Jane Tyson Clement. Correct? And this is a book

that you put together. But before, that you were the editor of, but before I get into that, why don't you tell us a bit about yourself and perhaps how we came into connection? I think we came into connection because I'd written something on whimsy. Sometimes I'm very thankful for the internet. Sometimes I'm not, but sometimes I am. And I had done a podcast last year on The Wisdom of Wimsy, and through that, got in contact

with Plow, which is a wonderful publication that you should all discover and enjoy, and wrote

an article for that.

And then I think you emailed me about this project specifically, right?

Yes, I think so. I'd been following

Joy's work for a while, her podcast, of course, and her Twitter and her blog. And as we were

completing this project, I thought, you know, Joy is someone who would really appreciate it,

I think. So I told you about it and out. And went from there.

Yes.

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