Song 1: “Is That Love” (John V. Modaff)

Poem 1: “Little Histories” by Scott Wiggerman whose new book of poems comes out in Spring of 2026 with Casa Urraca Press. Scott lives in Albuquerque and is a painter and a poet among other things. https://scottwiggerman.myportfolio.com/

Fiction: from the novel The Surrogate by Lynn C. Miller. Coming out March 31, 2026 from the University of Wisconsin Press. To pre-order go to: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-Surrogate Lynn’s website: www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: a clip from “A Fine Romance,” Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire version.

Poem 2: “Persephone” by Sarah Kotchian. From her collection Light of Wings. University of New Mexico Press, 2024. https://www.unmpress.com/9780826365972/light-of-wings/

Song 2: “Victory” (Sasha Colette and The Magnolias)

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 53: Homeless

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Lynn & John

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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Lynn & John

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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Lynn & John