Song 1: “Disappear” (Daniel P. Modaff with Good Enough on the CD Dakota Plains)

Poem 1: “For the Dark Girl” by Susan Aizenberg. Published in her first full-length collection, Muse. Susan lives in Iowa City, IA. Her most recent book is A Walk With Frank O’Hara (U of New Mexico Press, 2024.)

Fiction: “Shock Without Awe,” a short story by Lynn C. Miller. Her most recent book is The Lost Archive: Stories. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: excerpt from “Moment of Time” (Dave Merrill)            

Poem 2: “The Messiah Horse” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin University. https://sandersme1.wixsite.com/mark-sanders/ 

Song 2: “Hold On” (John V. Modaff, cello by David R. Merrill)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Theme & Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI 
Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY
Produced at The Creek Studio 

NEXT UP on Episode 52: Love?

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Song 1: “Twenty Wishes” (John V. Modaff, w/ lead guitar and mandolin by Dan Modaff)

Poem 1: “You Weary Listening To Their First World Complaints” by Mikki Aronoff. Published in Gooseberry Pie. Mikki is featured this year in Best Microfiction 2025 and Best Small Fictions 2025.

Fiction excerpt: Scene from the novel The Unmasking by Lynn C. Miller, published by UNM Press, 2020. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: “Bittersweet” (JVM.)

Poem 2: “Fat Boy Poems” by Kelly Yenser, whose most recent collection is Walking Uphill at Noon. Kelly publishes fiction and poetry.

Song 2: “Jesus & Satan Take a Nap,” (John V. Modaff.)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Theme & Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY.

Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP on Episode 51:  Stop the World, I Want to Get Off.

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Song 1: “I’m Not Your Maybe” (Daniel P. Modaff, performed with GOOD ENOUGH from the album Saturday’s Child)

Poem 1: “Conditional Love Story” by Barbara Rockman, author of the poetry collections To Cleave and Sting and Nest. Barbara is a poet and teacher whose homebase is Santa Fe.

Fiction: Excerpt from “The Surrogate,” a novel in process by Lynn C. Miller, whose latest book is The Lost Archive: stories, https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm

Feed the Cat Break: “Counting Down the Raindrops” (Andrew Preston and A.P. Harbor)

Poem 2: “The Impossibility of Stasis," by Hilda Raz whose New and Collected Poems, Letter from a Place I’ve Never Been, came out from University of Nebraska Press.

Song 2: “I Doubt It” (John V. Modaff)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY

Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP on Episode 42: “Unruly Thoughts”

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Song 1: Glimpses by Daniel P. Modaff, Jennifer Butler Modaff & Mark E. Collins, performed by GOOD ENOUGH from their new album, Saturday’s Child (2024).

Poem 1: “Remember the Boneyard,” by Julie Williams from a collection in progress. Author of Escaping Tornado Season and Drama Queens in the House.

Fiction: “Near Death,” a short story by Lynn C. Miller. www.lynncmiller.com

FEED THE CAT BREAK: “Just Before the Curtain Opens,” by John V. Modaff.

Poem 2: “Living Room Scene,” by Scott Wiggerman, based on Eric Fischl’s ‘Krefeld Project, Living Room Scene 1.’ https://scottwiggerman.myportfolio.com/

Song 2: TV Jesus, written and performed by John V. Modaff with Jonathan Modaff on drums.

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. 
NEXT UP: Episode 41, “The Age of Doubt”  

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Song 1: “Long Road” (Mark E. Collins & Daniel P. Modaff, BMI)

Poem 1: “Breath” by Sarah Kotchian, from her new collection Light of Wings, UNM Press (2024): https://www.unmpress.com/9780826365972/light-of-wings/

Fiction: excerpt from “Curiosities” a short story by Lynn C. Miller, from The Lost Archive by (2023) https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm   www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: cut from“Walk a Mile In My Blues” (Dan, Ken, & John Modaff joined by Dave Merrill on the harmonica.) From the new album, Saturday's Child.

Poem 2: “Dreaming Orion” by David Meischen, from his collection Anyone’s Son, 3: A Taos Press. David’s new book is Nopalito, UNM Press, 2024.   

Song 2: “Sweet Songs” (John V. Modaff, with Good Enough)        

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI 

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. 

Produced at The Creek Studio 

NEXT UP:  Episode 40 “Behind the Curtain” 

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Song 1: You Told, composed and performed by John V. Modaff.

Poem 1: “The Wicked Stepmother Tells Her Story,” published in bosque journal and later in We Were Meant to Carry Water as “Frail Cradle.” https://tinacarlsonpoetry.com/

Fiction: “Cautionary Tale” by Lynn C. Miller, author of, most recently, The Lost Archive: Stories (2023), from a novel in progress.  www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: “The Rear View” by JVM.

Poem 2: “I Could Taste It” by Marjorie Saiser, whose book, The Track the Whales Make won the High Plains Award. Saiser's Losing the Ring in the River (University of New Mexico Press) won the Willa Award for Poetry in 2014. www.poetmarge.com

Song 2: No Fly Zone composed and sung by JVM

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 

NEXT UP: Episode 39, “What is Healing?” 

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Song 1: "Old Truck" composed by David R. Merrill, performed by D.R. Merrill & John Modaff

Poem 1: “Data Affirmative” by Scott Wiggerman, Albuquerque poet, artist, and editor https://scottwiggerman.myportfolio.com/

Fiction: excerpt from The Unmasking, a novel by Lynn C. Miller (www.lynncmiller.com)

Published by University of New Mexico Press: https://www.unmpress.com/9780826361714/the-unmasking/

Feed the Cat break: “Plow” composed and performed by David R. Merrill

Poem 2: “Outbreak” by Jack Cooper, author of Silly Lily’s Rhyming Adventures In Nature (2023) and Across My Silence (2007) World Audience, Inc. https://sillylilysadventures.com/

Song 2: “The Message Radiation Sends” composed and performed by John V. Modaff

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff

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

Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP: Episode 38, “Revenge and Regret”

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Song 1: “Family at the Door,” (by John V. Modaff with Good Enough)

Poem 1: “Midnight, with Dogs” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin University. https://sandersme1.wixsite.com/mark-sanders/

Fiction: Excerpt from “Words Shimmer,” from The Lost Archive by Lynn C. Miller (2023) https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm  www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the cat break: "On the Porch" (Chris Geyerman and John Modaff)

Poem 2: “Sundays in Wichita,” by Kelly Yenser. Author most recently of Walking Uphill at Noon,  poems, UNM Press, 2022. https://www.unmpress.com/9780826363732/walking-uphill-at-noon/

Song 2: “All Right Here,” Dan Modaff & Mark Collins, performed by Good Enough.

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY.

Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP: Episode 37, “Machines” 

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SONG 1: "Backwagon Man" (composed, sung, and played by John Modaff with mandolin and sundry string by Dan Modaff)

POEM 1: “Another Story” by Hilda Raz, a retelling of the myth of  Leda and the Swan. Collected in Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://hildaraz.com/

FICTION: excerpt from “Duluth” by Lynn C. Miller, from The Lost Archive by Lynn C. Miller (2023) https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: "Continental Drift" (by JVM)

POEM 2: “Taking Leave” by Scott Wiggerman, a golden shovel poem inspired by haiku. Scott is also a visual artist. https://scottwiggerman.myportfolio.com/

SONG 2: Centrum Amsterdam Purples (composed and sung by “T-Bone” Kelly) from his CD: No Expectations (2004)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff

Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY

Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #36 “The Family”

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SONG 1: Keep The Door Open (composed and performed by John V. Modaff, BMI)

POEM 1: “A Wild Hope” by Julie Williams (2014), author of Escaping Tornado Season and Drama Queens in the House. A poetry collection is in process.

FICTION: excerpt from “Afterthought” by Lynn C. Miller from The Lost Archive by Lynn C. Miller (2023) https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm  www.lynncmiller.com

FEED THE CAT BREAK:  Forgetness  by John V. Modaff

POEM 2: “In the Palm of My Hand, Rivers” by Tina Carlson. A guide to tongue tie surgery (2023) is available from UNM Press.

SONG 2: Forgive Me Blues (JVM w/ Kentucky Colonel Steven Middleton on harmonica)   

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff 
The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. 

NEXT UP: Episode 35, “Strange Bedfellows”

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SONG 1: “Happy Never After” Dr. James T. “T-Bone” Kelly, from his CD Toast, Registered France, 2013

POEM 1: “Calendar” by Jack Cooper, author of Silly Lily’s Rhyming Adventures In Nature (2023) and Across My Silence, 2007, World Audience, Inc.https://sillylilysadventures.com/

FICTION: excerpt from the novel in progress, “The Surrogate,” by Lynn C. Miller, author most recently of The Lost Archive. www.lynncmiller.com.

FEED THE CAT BREAK: “Start of Snow” composed and performed by jvm

POEM 2: “Quid Pro Crow” by Sarah Kotchian, from “Light of Wings,” her new collection in press from University of New Mexico Press in 2024. https://sarahkotchian.com/

SONG 2: “My Last Twenty”  by John V. Modaff, BMI

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff 
The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY 
NEXT UP: Episode 34, “Forgiveness” 

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SONG 1: Roses on the Floor    by JVM with Dan Modaff

POEM 1: “The Landing” by Mark Sanders, published in bosque journal #8. www.bosquepress.com. Mark is the author of Conditions of Grace. https://sandersme1.wixsite.com/

FICTION: excerpt from “The Surrogate,” a novel in progress by Lynn C. Miller, author most recently of The Lost Archive. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: “Funky Stroller” by JVM

POEM 2: “Pond Coat and Alteration” by Barbara Rockman, author of most recently To Cleave. Poem published in bosque journal #8. www.bosquepress.com

SONG 2: You Don’t Love Me   by Dave Merrill with The Delvers

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

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

Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY 

Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead

NEXT UP on Episode 33:  At What Price Money?

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Song 1: “Speak Up,” (composed and performed by John V. Modaff, with guitars by Dan Modaff and Dave Merrill)

Poem 1: “Sound Barrier” by Scott Wiggerman from the “Fire” chapter of Presence (San Antonio TX: Pecan Grove Press, 2011), a book arranged around the elements.

Fiction excerpt: from the novel Death of a Department Chair by Lynn C. Miller. University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/D/Death-of-a-Department-Chair 

Feed the cat break: “Cats, Cats, Cats” (Andrew Preston and AP Harbor)

Poem 2: from ee cummings, poem #22 from XAIPE, 1950. This innovative modern poet (1894-1962) revitalized language from the familiar. He was also a painter, essayist, author, and playwright.

Song 2: “Tell Me,” composed and performed by John V. Modaff.

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Theme & Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI 
Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio 

NEXT UP on Episode 50: “Levity and Gravity”     

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SONG 1: "Boom" (composed and sung by John V Modaff, joined by Dan Modaff)

POEM 1: “War” by Hilda Raz. From List & Story. Also collected in Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://hildaraz.com/ 

FICTION: “Trauma,” excerpt from the novel The Day After Death by Lynn C. Miller. Published by the University of New Mexico Press, 2016. www.lynncmiller.com

FEED THE CAT BREAK: Grendel's Nap" (John Modaff)

POEM 2: “Ask” by John V Modaff. Published in ABQ inPrint #6, 2022 by Bosque Press. www.bosquepress.com

SONG 2: "Watching the Barn Burn Down" (Dan Modaff with Good Enough)          

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI 
Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. 
Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead. 

NEXT UP: Episode 32 THE CHILL VIBE

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SONG 1: Almost Blew My Face Off  (composed and sung by jvm)

POEM 1: “If Only” by Jack Cooper. First published in Spectrum 2. Anthology edited by Don Kingfisher Campbell, 2016

Author of Across My Silence, 2007, World Audience, Inc. 

PROSE READING: “Near Misses,” a story by Lynn C. Miller. Her latest book is the collection The Lost Archive (April, 2023, U of Wisconsin Press). https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm  www.lynncmiller.com

BREAK MUSIC: "Waking up in a Baobab" by jvm

POEM 2: “Outside the Frame” by Susan Aizenberg from her new collection, A Walk With Frank O’Hara and Other Poems, in press from the University of New Mexico Press. susanaizenberg.wordpress.com

SONG 2: "Horseshoes, Hand Grenades & Love"  (composed and sung by jvm)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI 
Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. 
Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead.

NEXT UP:  Episode 31   MONSTERS  

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Teasers by John Burroughs and Jane Francis

Song 1: "The Edge” (composed and sung by JVM)

Poem 1: “Why We Bought a Horse” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin University. https://sandersme1.wixsite.com/mark-sanders/

Short Story: excerpt from “David’s Harvest” by Lynn C. Miller from her collection The Lost Archive (April, 2023, U of Wisconsin Press). https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm

Feed the Cat Break: : intro to "Try It Again" (by Dave Merrill w/ jvm on bass, 1984)

Poem 2: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft by Kelly Yenser, from his collection in process, “So Far Undone.” He has two poetry collections with UNM Press: Walking Uphill at Noon and The News as Usual.

Song 2: "This New Song"  (Dave Merrill, 2006)  

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff

Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #30: “Near Misses”

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Poem 1: “Ghosts in my Pockets” by Julie Williams, author of Escaping Tornado Season and Drama Queens in the House.

Song 1: Chalk Marks  (poem by Ivria Sackton of Austin TX, 1981, arranged and sung by jvm)

Poem 2: “Comfort Inn” by Scott Wiggerman, from his first book Vegetables and Other Relationships.

Story excerpt: from “The Last Usher” in The Lost Archive by Lynn C. Miller (2023) https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm

Feed the Cat Break: "Night Light" by jvm

Prose excerpt: from the novel The Blue Diamond by John Vincent Modaff (amazon)

Song 2: Ghost Melodies (jvm; harmonica by Dave Merrill)

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. 

NEXT UP: Episode 29, “Taking the Leap” 

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Song 1: Deaths Elsewhere (John V. Modaff)

Poem 1: “Her Brown Horse Must Rise from the Dead” by Marge Saiser. Originally published in bosque #6 literary journal. www.bosquepress.com

Short Story excerpt: “Solid Ground” by Lynn C. Miller. From a collection of stories in process about a North Dakota farm family. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat break:  from Hot Summer by Dave Merrill

Poem 2: “Enough” by JoAn Rittenhouse. Originally published in bosque #6 literary journal. www.bosquepress.com

Song 2: A Little Smoke (Phil Schmidt, circa 1978, arr. John V. Modaff)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff 
The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. 

NEXT UP: Episode 28, “Haunting”

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Song 1: “The Nasty Song” composed and sung by Dave Merrill with instrumental and vocal help from John V. Modaff and Vaughn Deel. (1984)

Poem 1: “Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home” by Mikki Aronoff. First published in Love’s Executive Order  (background music Hail to the Chief  by James Sanderson)

Short story excerpt: “Everyday Monsters” by Lynn C. Miller. Her new collection, The Lost Archive, came out in April, 2023: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm 

Feed the Cat Break: "News From The Cat Network" by JVM (1997)

Poem 2: “What is Offensive” by Hilda Raz. Her latest book is Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://hildaraz.com/ 

Song 2: "Didja Want Toast Wit Dat?" composed & performed by TBone Kelly, registered France, 2015.

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff
The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. 

NEXT UP: Episode 27, “Friendship”

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Teasers: Ernest Hemingway, C.S. Lewis, and Heraclitus

Song 1: Grand Prize written and sung by JVM with Dan Modaff on lead guitar

Poem 1: “Window Shopping in Guatemala” by Kelly Jon Yenser, whose new book of poems, Walking Uphill at Noon,  2022 from UNM Press.

Story excerpt from “The Last Usher” by Lynn C. Miller. Published in The Lost Archive, 2023, https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm

Feed the Cat Break: excerpt from Centrum Amsterdam Purples by Tbone Kelly. Druidbone Productions, registered 2013, France

Poem 2: “Autumn,” by Sue Hallgarth, published in bosque 5, www.bosquepress.com. Her series on Willa Cather and Edith Lewis, On the Rocks and Death Comes are published by Arbor Farm Press.

Song 2: Mathias Rust by JVM, Dan Modaff on mandolin and 2nd guitar

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI 
Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. 
Produced at The Creek Studio. 

NEXT UP: Episode 26, “What is Offensive?”

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Song 1:  Magic Word composed and performed by John V. Modaff. Viola by Dave Merrill.

Poem 1: “Abracadabra” by Sarah Kotchian. Published in ABQ inPrint issue #3, 2019. www.bosquepress.com Her new book, Light of Wings, will come out in 2024.

Short story, “Simply Magic,” by Lynn C. Miller. Her new collection, The Lost Archive, comes out in April, 2023: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm

Feed the Cat Break: Ride by Dave Merrill.

Poem 2:  “At Home” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin University. https://sandersme1.wixsite.com/mark-sanders/

Song 2: Blue River composed and performed by JVM.

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio.

NEXT UP: Episode 25, Strange Encounters

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Teasers by Albert Einstein, Sylvia Plath, and Mackenzie Finklea

Song 1:  Froney’s Museum (composed and performed by John Modaff with Dan Modaff on mandolin and solo guitar)

Poem 1: “The Invisible Woman” by Julie Williams (2013), from her collection in progress. Author of Escaping Tornado Season (a novel in poems) and Drama Queens in the House.

Short Story: excerpt from “Archival Footage” by Lynn C. Miller from her collection The Lost Archive (April, 2023, U of Wisconsin Press). https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm

Feed the Cat Break: Snow Day (composed and performed by Dave Merrill)

Poem 2: “Suddenly My Life” by Jack Cooper. Author of Across My Silence, 2007, World Audience, Inc. 

Song 2: Your Wall (composed and performed by John Modaff)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI 

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio. 

NEXT UP: Episode 24, What is Magic?

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Teaser: Quotes from Ernestine Ulmer, Julia Child, and Maya Angelou

Song 1: Shaving Cream Eyes  (Robert Hopper; played by JVM and Dan Modaff)  

Poem 1: “One Toe Crooked” by Hilda Raz. Published in Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems.University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://hildaraz.com/

Short Story: “Old Vines” by Lynn C. Miller. Forthcoming in the collection The Lost Archive, University of Wisconsin Press, April, 2023.

Feed the Cat break:  a cut of Baby Fat by T-bone Kelly from his CD Toast

Poem 2: “Carciofo”by Katherine DiBella Seluja. Published in bosque journal #8, 2008 and forthcoming in Point of Entry, UNM Press, 2023. 

Song 2: Platter of Love  (JVM)                      

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff 

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

NEXT UP: Episode 23, “Collecting” 

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Song 1: “The Eyes Have It,” composed and performed by John V. Modaff

Poem 1: “In Hurricane With Horses” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin University. https://sandersme1.wixsite.com/mark-sanders/

Fiction excerpt: from the novel Death of a Department Chair by Lynn C. Miller. University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/D/Death-of-a-Department-Chair

Feed the cat break: “Beastly Beauty” by John V. Modaff

Poem 2: “My Hipster” by Barbara Rockman, author of the poetry collections To Cleave and Sting and Nest. Barbara is a poet and teacher whose homebase is Santa Fe.

Song 2: “Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare. Set to music by Phil Schmidt and performed by John V. Modaff

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Theme & Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP on Episode 49: “Speaking Up”

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Teaser: Quotes from Oscar Wilde, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ernest Hemingway

Song 1: Generic Protest Song  (by jvm, performed by John Modaff & Dan Modaff)

Poem 1: “Eleanor Can’t Sleep” by Susan Aizenberg, published in ABQ inPrint #6, Fall, 2022. Susan lives in Iowa City, IA. She has a new collection, A Walk With Frank O’Hara and Other Poems, in press from the University of New Mexico Press. susanaizenberg.wordpress.com

Short Story: “Standing in the Light” by Lynn C. Miller. Her new collection of stories, The Lost Archive, will be published in March, 2023 by the University of Wisconsin Press. www.lynncmiller.com 

Feed the Cat Break: “Asteroid Belt” by Dave Merrill

Poem 2: “Swimming Lesson” by Mikki Aronoff, published in Value: Essays, Stories & Poems by Women of a Certain Age, March, 2017.

Song 2: “Gardener” by Dave Merrill

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

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

Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead.

NEXT UP:  “Food for Thought”

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Teaser: Quotes from Louise Glück and Milan Kundera

Song 1: “Two Trains” by written and performed by John V. Modaff and Good Enough from the CD More Than A Line(2018)

Poem 1: “All That Is Made” by Sarah Kotchian, published in ABQ inPrint #6, fall, 2022. www.bosquepress.com. Her new book, Light of Wings, will come out in 2024.

Short story, “Remember?” by Lynn C. Miller. Her new collection of stories, The Lost Archive, will come in 2023. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: “Park Bench,” recollections of a certain bench at water’s edge on a warm day of rain by JVM. 

Poem 2: “There’s Another Story I tell Myself So I Won’t Forget,” by Julie Williams from her novel-in-poems Escaping Tornado Season, Harper, 2004.

Song 2: “The Wounded,” written and sung by T. Bone Kelly, second verse drawn from “The Wound” by the warrior poet Dermot O’Neill.

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff. 

Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead. 

NEXT UP: Episode 21, “Youth and Age”

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Teaser: Quotes from J.M. Barrie, Edgar Allen Poe, and the Buddha on faith and doubt.

Song 1: “To JC and the Boys” John V. Modaff (w/ Dan Modaff on banjo and mandolin.)

Poem 1: “Doubting Thomas” by Scott Wiggerman, Albuquerque poet and co-founder of Los Gatos Press.

Fiction: excerpt from story, “How Did You Know It Was Time to Go?” published in Articulated Short Story Anthology, 2016 and forthcoming in THE LOST ARCHIVE in Spring, 2023. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat break: music by Dave Merrill, portion of Wolf Town

Poem 2: “My Grandmother Told the Story This Way” by Katherine Seluja, forthcoming in her new collection Point of Entry, UNM Press, 2023.

Song 2: “With You” JVM.

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
 

Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff 
Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. 
Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead. 
NEXT UP:  Episode 20, “Memory”

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Teaser: Quotes by George Bernard Shaw, Henry Van Dyke, Jeremiah Brent, and Roald Dahl on closets and secrets.

Song 1: “Ballad of Mollie Bean” written and performed by John V. Modaff, with Dan Modaff on mandolin

Poem 1: “The Last Detail” by Jack Cooper. Published by Bosque Press in ABQ inPrint #5, Fall, 2021. www.bosquepress.com

Fiction: excerpt from “The Surrogate,” a novel-in-progress by Lynn C. Miller. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat break: acoustic guitar by Chris Geyerman with jvm on piano

Poem 2: “Dear Husband from Afar” by Barbara Rockman. From the collection to cleave, published by UNM Press, 2019. The poet says: “I was literally afar at a three-week artists' residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida; my husband was home in New Mexico.” 

Song 2: “Closets Gonna Sing” by JVM, harmonicas courtesy of Dave Merrill

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff 

Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. 

Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead 

NEXT UP: Episode 19, “Faith”

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Teaser: Oscar Wilde and Agatha Christie on in/sanity

Song 1:  “Kind of Crazy” written and performed by JVM with Dan Modaff on mandolin

Poem 1: “Meditation“ by Hilda Raz. Published in Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://hildaraz.com/

Short Story: “Flight,” by Lynn C. Miller. Forthcoming in The Lost Archive: Stories, University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break:  “Dawgie’s Tale” by JVM

Poem 2: “Monster” by Tina Carlson. Published in ABQ inPrint issue 5. Her new collection, A Guide to Tongue Tie Surgery,is forthcoming from the University of New Mexico Press in 2023.

Song 2: “Tried to Be Cold” written and performed by JVM

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff 

Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY.   Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead 

NEXT UP: Episode 18, “Closets”

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Teaser: Opposite takes on the country by Emily Bronte in Wuthering Heights (1847) and from Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (stories written 1887-1927).

Song 1: “Saturday” (JVM with Dave Merrill and Dan Modaff)

Poem 1: “Memorial Day” by Julie Williams, Minneapolis-based poet, novelist and visual artist. Escaping Tornado Season, HarperCollins 2004, Drama Queens in the House, Roaring Brook/Macmillan, 2014

Story excerpt: “A Winter Heart” by Lynn C. Miller, from a book of linked stories in progress. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the cat break—music by JVM, "Park Bench"

Poem 2: “River-Mind” by Priscilla Long published in bosque 6

(www.bosquepress.com). Her book Holy Magic won the Sally Abiso award from MoonPath Press. www.priscillalong.com

Song 2: “Georgia Pacific 219” sung by Dan Modaff (Dan & John Modaff and Larry Modaff, cd: Dakota Plains)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff

Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #17: “In/Sanity”

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Teaser:  Guy de Maupassant (1850-1853), master of the short story, on conversation.

Song 1: “Talking to Headstones” (John Modaff)

Poem 1: “Quickening” by Elise McHugh, Albuquerque poet and editor, published in bosque journal, issue #5. http://bosquepress.com/book-series/bosque-journal/

Short Story excerpt “How Much Is Enough?” forthcoming in the collection THE LOST ARCHIVE from the University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. www.lynncmiller.com 

Feed the Cat Break: a piece of "Indigenous Tuna," by TBone Kelly

Poem 2: “You Went to the Prado,” by Jon Kelly Yenser, from the collection Walking Uphill at Noon: poems, University of New Mexico Presss, 2022. https://unmpress.com/search?keywords=Walking+Uphill+at+Noon

Song 2: “Hold My Hand” (Dan Modaff with Good Enough, from the CD Too).

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff 

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead 

NEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #16: “THE COUNTRY” 

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Teaser: Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), abolitionist and suffragist on Dreams.

Song 1: Just A Few of the Notes  (Paul J. Nickels & jvm)

Poem 1: “Earth’s Shadow” by Claudia Putnam from THE LAND OF STONE AND RIVER in press 2022 from Moon City Press. https://claudiaputnam.com/

Story: “Pueblo Luna” by Lynn C. Miller, forthcoming in the collection THE LOST ARCHIVE from the University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break music:  "Middle Ground” by David R. Merrill

Poem 2: “Radish Dreams” by Mikki Aronoff, published in bosque 9, 2019 Bosque Press. www.bosquepress.com

Song 2:  Winters End   (David R. Merrill)  

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 
Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff 
Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead

NEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #15: “Conversation”

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Thoughts on superstition from Hypatia, first documented female mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Born 350-370––died 415 AD.

Song 1: Step On a Crack, written and performed by John V. Modaff (harmonica Dave Merrill, piano/synth Jonathan Modaff)

Poem 1: “After Reading the News this Morning, I Turn to the Curses of My Ancestors: A Found Poem” by Susan Aizenberg from her chapbook First Light (Gilbraltar Editions, 2020). Susan hails from Iowa City, IA. susanaizenberg.wordpress.com

Novel excerpt: “The Séance” from Death of a Department Chair by Lynn C. Miller. University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. https://www.lynncmiller.com/book/death-of-a-department-chair/

Feed the Cat Break, music by John V. Modaff

Poem 2: “Old Matthew’s Last Words,” adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The House of the Seven Gables, 1851.

Song 2: Where You Going? Written and performed by John V. Modaff

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller 

Theme, background and incidental music by John V. Modaff 
The Unruly Muse is recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio. 

NEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #14: “Dreams”

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Teaser: Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945), American novelist, author of Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, on New York City.

Song 1: “Old Joe,” written and performed by John V. Modaff.

Poem 1: “Halifax, 1917, Then and Never Again,” by Sandra Yanonne from Boats for Women, 2019, Salmon Poetry.

Short Story: excerpt from “Words Shimmer” by Lynn C. Miller, Chautauqua Journal, 2016. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: song “New York,” arranged and performed by Tbone Kelly, from Druidbone; Cast an Irish Circle, 2001 based on AE (George Russell) poems about New York and The Cities, Macmillan 1935.

Poem 2: “Passerby” by Jack Cooper, from Across My Silence, 2007, World Audience, Inc. Jack Cooper

Song 2: “Why Not?” written and performed by John V. Modaff.

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY.  Produced at The Creek Studio.

NEXT UP:  The Unruly Muse #13: “Superstition”

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Song 1: “Day Never Comes,” composed and performed by David R. Merrill.

Poem 1: “Leda and the Swan” by Nobel prize-winning poet W. B. Yeats, composed in 1923 and first printed in 1924.

Fiction: “The Secret Pool,” by Lynn C. Miller, excerpted from her first novel The Fool’s Journey, 2002 (Winedale Press). In press is the novel The Surrogate for 2026.  www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: “The Legend of the Myth” by John V. Modaff

Poem 2: “Another Story” by poet Hilda Raz, from a story that inspired Yeats and many others about the beautiful Leda and the god-turned-swan Zeus. In New and Collected Poems, Letter from a Place I’ve Never Been, from University of Nebraska Press, 2022.

Song 2: “The Old Monsters Rest Home,” by John V. Modaff.

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 and produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP:   Episode 48, “Beauty and the Beast”  

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Teaser*: excerpts from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925.

Song 1: History, Mystery, Love by John V. Modaff

Poem 1: “Girl with Red Scarf” by Barbara Rockman, published in bosque journal, issue #7, 2017. www.bosquepress.com

Story: “The Dead Know” by Lynn C. Miller, part of “Inside the Archive” story collection, publication TBA. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat break music by John V. Modaff*

Poem 2: “West Mesa Murders: Seven Years Later,” by Tina Carlson, published in bosque journal, issue #6, 2016. www.bosquepress.com

Song 2: Time Is Telling by John V. Modaff

Theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

*Thanks to zapsplat.com for jovial human noises

Next up on episode 12: “The City”

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Teaser:  from a journal entry by Henry David Thoreau, American author, 1859.

Song 1: “Blue Train” by John V. Modaff, from the cd POD ONE

Poem 1: “Letter from a Place I’ve Never Been,” title poem of Hilda Raz’s New and Collected Poems, University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/search/?keyword=Letter+from+a+Place+I%27ve+Never+Geen

Fiction: Excerpt from the novel, The Day After Death, by Lynn C. Miller, 2016 https://www.unmpress.com/books/day-after-death/9780826356680 and www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat break: "Snow Day," composed and performed by David R. Merrill

Poem 2: “Night Braille,” by Sarah Kotchian. ABQ inPrint #5, 2021: www.bosquepress.com

Song 2: “White Pines” by David R. Merrill with The Delvers, from the cd Highway Song.

Theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

N e x t    u p    o n    e p i s o d e   11 :  “T h e  P a s t”

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Teaser: Sinclair Lewis, American writer, 1915, “The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life”

Song 1: Good Time written and performed by John V. Modaff

Poem 1: “Reasons the Suggestion Box Has Been Removed” by Carrie Shipers. Carrie teaches higher ed. In Providence, RI. This poem first appeared in bosque journal #6, 2016: www.bosquepress.com. https://www.carrieshipers.com/

Short story: adaptation of “Regret” by Lynn C. Miller from a collection in process “Inside the Archive.” www.lynncmiller.com

Poem 2: “Broadcast” by Kelly Yenser from The News as Usual, UNM Press. A new collection is forthcoming, WALKING UPHILL AT NOON.  https://www.unmpress.com/books/news-usual/9780826360205

Song 2: Technology Run written and performed by David R. Merrill

Theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Next up on episode 10: “Landscapes Real and Imagined”

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Show artwork, Lynda Miller 

Teaser, excerpt from Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman, 1855 

"Time to Go," song by John V Modaff, 2005, performed with Good Enough on More Than A Line

"Fade and Erase," poem by Timothy Schaffert, https://www.unl.edu/english/timothy-schaffert; https://theperfumethief.com 

Excerpt from The Fool's Journey by Lynn C. Miller, 2002, https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Journey-Lynn-C-Miller/dp/0970152582 or email lynn@lynncmiller.com for a signed copy. www.lynncmiller.com 

Break music "Blue Rein" by Mike Glass, on The Delvers CD Highway Song, 2015 

"Wanderlust," song by David R. Merrill, 2015, performed with The Delvers, Highway Song, 2015 

"Cool Hands," song by John V Modaff, 1983, performed with Good Enough, on Yes It Is 1998

Show #9 theme teaser:  What is Work?

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Episode art work by Lynda Miller

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886, excerpt.

“EmmaJo,” song by John Modaff.

“Pursuit,” poem by Scott Wiggerman, originally published in ABQ inPrint #3, 2019, https://bosquepress.com://bosquepress.com.

“The Shadow Mirror,” story by Lynn C. Miller, in press in ABQ inPrint #5, 2021 (and part of collection “Inside the Archive,” in process). http://bosquepress.com

“Lost in My Own Mind,”break music by willows (LouRae Stacy & Jonathan Modaff).

“First Light,” poem by Susan Aizenberg, first published in bosque #8, 2018, now published in Gibraltar Editions chapbook.  Susan's books available: https://www.prairielights.com

“Shadows and Clouds,” song by John Modaff with Dan and Larry Modaff as Good Enough.

Podcast theme ("Over the Creek") and incidental music by John Modaff.  Theme for "First Light" stolen without remorse from Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

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The Wizard of Oz, (brief teaser,  L. Frank Baum, 1900)

The Roof of the Jewel, song by  John Modaff

“Advice to a Stalker of Sekhmet, from Ra, Who Understands Her Best,” poem by Mikki Aronoff,  (published in ABQ inPrint #3, 2019 Bosque Press)

“Coincidence,” short story by Lynn C. Miller, part of collection in progress, “Inside the Archive.” 

Dance, song by David R. Merrill, from the CD Thirteen Years, (1997)

“Pearl Nebula,” poem by Jack Cooper from his collection Across my Silence, https://www.amazon.com/Across-My-Silence-Jack-Cooper/dp/1934209376  

Rainbow Song , by Larry Modaff with Good Enough on the CD Too, (2000.)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller.
Show theme and incidental music by jvm.
Thanks to Dave Merrill for guitar accents on Roof of the Jewel.

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Our sincere thanks to all contributors, even Henrik Ibsen, who might be beyond caring.

A Doll's House, excerpt, by Henrik Ibsen

Up & Left, song by Mark E. Collins and John Modaff (Good Enough)

Pale Blue, excerpt of a story by Lynn C. Miller

The Company That Keeps Me, a poem by Sarah Kotchian*

Dakota Plains, song by Dan Modaff & Mark E. Collins, performed with Good Enough

Luminescent, poem by Katherine DiBella Seluja

You Breathin' Low, song by John Modaff

*music bed Amelia's Waltz, by David R. Merrill, composer of TUM 5's break music

Thanks to Dan Modaff for plucking some nice mandolin on Up & Left

Show theme "Over the Creek" and incidental music by jvm

Episode artwork courtesy of Lynda Miller.

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Excerpt from The Age of Innocence, a novel by Edith Wharton, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920

“What I Married Into” poem by Barbara Rockman, from To Cleave, University of New Mexico Press, 2019  

"More Than A Line" song by John Modaff, title track for Good Enough's album.

“Other Married People,” short story by Lynn C. Miller, www.lynncmiller.com

"You Intoxicate Me" by Daniel Bugli & T Bone Kelly, recorded in France, performed by TBone Kelly

“That Subtle Knot” poem by David Meischen, from Anyone’s Son, 3: A Taos Press, 2020

"High Class"  song by John Modaff,  from the Good Enough album  More Than A Line

musical assistance from Daniel P. Modaff, banjo and lead guitar on "High Class."

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Featured Pieces:

The Importance of Being Earnest (excerpt, Oscar Wilde)
Wander (song,  jvm)
Is It Really You? (story excerpt,  Lynn C. Miller)
Meet & Greet (song, Red Fire)
The Salesman (poem, Jon Kelly Yenser)
Good Gossip (song, jvm)

Episode Artwork:  Doug Ring

Theme and Incidental music by jvm, Red Fire, 
and David R. Merrill

Harmonica on Good Gossip by Kentucky Colonel Steven Middleton

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The In-Between

Featuring:

Alice Chats up a Cat (excerpt from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll)

The 10th Hour (song, John Modaff)

The Unmasking (novel excerpt and commentary, Lynn C. Miller)

Anatomy of Silences (poem, Tina Carlson)

The Sisters (poem, Hilda Raz)

Saturday's Child (song, John Modaff)

Episode and podcast artwork, Lynda Miller

Theme and incidental music by jvm

Musical support on Saturday's Child, Dan Modaff on mandolin and lead guitar, David R. Merrill on viola and cello.

Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead, KY

contact: theunrulymuse@gmail.com

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Song 1: The God Machine (Dave Merrill and John V. Modaff)

Poem 1: “To the Mother of the Sixteen-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead by the Police After She’d Called Them” by Susan Aizenberg. From Quiet City, BkMk Press 2015. Her most recent book is A Walk With Frank O’Hara (U of New Mexico Press, 2024).

Fiction: Excerpt from The Surrogate by Lynn C. Miller, in press with U of Wisconsin Press, 2026. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: "Harpsong," by John V. Modaff

Poem 2: “Butterflies Just Out of Reach” by David Meischen from Anyone’s Son: 3 A Taos Press, 2020. His short story collection is the recent Nopalito, U of New Mexico Press.

Song 2: "Someplace Safe"  (John Modaff with Dave Merrill)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff

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

Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP:   Episode 47, “Myths and Legends”

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The show rundown includes:
"Soldiers Home" (song, John Modaff)
"Noir by Night" (short story, Lynn C. Miller), 
"Raymond Chandler Drafts My Obit" (poem, Scott Wiggerman)
"River Roses" (poem by DH Lawrence, musical arr. Phil Schmidt and John Modaff)
"Alone" (poem, Edgar Allen Poe)

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Song 1: “The Swing Set Song” by Andrew Preston and AP Harbor, from the album Mildepond

Poem 1: “Contemplating Eternity While Sticking Its Neck Out” by Julie Williams, author of Escaping Tornado Season and Drama Queens in the House. A poetry collection is under review.

Story excerpt: “Neighbors” by Lynn C. Miller, from David’s Harvest, stories, in process. Her latest book is The Lost Archive: stories, https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm

Feed the Cat Break: excerpt from “A Self-Setting Sun,” by Annie Wonder & Jonathan A. Modaff

Poem 2: “Good Neighbor” by Jack Cooper, author of Silly Lily’s Rhyming Adventures In Nature (2023) and Across My Silence (2007) World Audience, Inc. https://sillylilysadventures.com/

Song 2: “Bluebilly,” composed and sung by John V. Modaff, BMI

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller

Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff

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

Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead KY

NEXT UP: Episode 46 coming in March, 2025:  Judgment

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Song 1: “The Young & The Old” (composed by David R. Merrill, performed with John Modaff)

Poem 1: “Cousin Judy Paints” by Mikki Aronoff, a much-published Albuquerque poet, Pushcart nominee, and animal advocate.

Short Story: “Satisfaction” by Lynn C. Miller. Her novel THE SURROGATE is in process with the University of Wisconsin Press for 2026. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: “Bouree” (JS Bach/Ian Anderson, performed by David R. Merrill)

Poem 2: “Bloom” by Sarah Kotchian. From “Light of Wings,” her new collection from University of New Mexico Press in 2024. https://sarahkotchian.com/

Song 2: “Sweet Songs” (by John V. Modaff, performed with Good Enough on the album “TOO”)

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 45 coming February 2025: “Neighbors”

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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”

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