The Beat

a poetry podcast by Knox County Public Library

Episode 5

Andrea Carter Brown and John Keats

Published on: 24th August, 2022

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Episode 4

Linda Parsons and William Butler Yeats

Published on: 27th July, 2022

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Episode 3

Matthew Wimberley and Herman Melville

Published on: 24th June, 2022

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Episode 2

Amelia Martens and Marianne Moore

Published on: 25th May, 2022

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Episode 1

Ashley M. Jones and Phillis Wheatley Peters

Published on: 28th April, 2022

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Alan May

Alan May works as a librarian at Lawson McGhee Library. In his spare time, he reads and writes poetry. May's fourth book, Derelict Days in That Derelict Town: New and Uncollected Poems, was published through BlazeVOX Books in 2025. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Alabama, where he served as Poetry Editor for The Black Warrior Review. His poetry has appeared in The New Orleans Review, The New York Quarterly, The Idaho Review, Plume, The Hong Kong Review, and others.