Podcasts
From Written to Spoken Word
by Catherine Young
by Catherine Young
The human voice gives life to the written word.
In 2014, I began the journey of recording my published writing
for WDRT Community Radio in Viroqua, Wisconsin.
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In 2014, I began the journey of recording my published writing
for WDRT Community Radio in Viroqua, Wisconsin.
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"Smoke," About Place Geographies of Justice, (online) Spring 2021
Part 1
Part 2
"The Crystalline Bed of St.Peter"
Smitten with the layers of limestone and sandstone that line these Wisconsin hills, these loveliest of golden layer cakes, how does one person dwelling in the Driftless Area protect the land and waters?
Smitten with the layers of limestone and sandstone that line these Wisconsin hills, these loveliest of golden layer cakes, how does one person dwelling in the Driftless Area protect the land and waters?
Part 1
Part 2
Island,"
"One solitary letter, an umlaut of longing, floats in my consciousness – ö – the Swedish word for island. Elegant and simple. Round and separate. Grounded. Singular. An island is a landing place, welcoming me home." Explore island as place in the Driftless Area, in Lake Superior, on a mountaintop, or on the dance floor. Published in Midwest Review, Issue 5: 2017.
"One solitary letter, an umlaut of longing, floats in my consciousness – ö – the Swedish word for island. Elegant and simple. Round and separate. Grounded. Singular. An island is a landing place, welcoming me home." Explore island as place in the Driftless Area, in Lake Superior, on a mountaintop, or on the dance floor. Published in Midwest Review, Issue 5: 2017.
"Water Song"
"In the hills and hollows of the Driftless Area, water has always determined the shape of the land; it makes it possible for us to live. We learn to make peace with rain and ask as we make our homes here: What does the water bring to us, and what does it carry away?" Published in About Place Journal: The Future of Water, November 2013
"In the hills and hollows of the Driftless Area, water has always determined the shape of the land; it makes it possible for us to live. We learn to make peace with rain and ask as we make our homes here: What does the water bring to us, and what does it carry away?" Published in About Place Journal: The Future of Water, November 2013
"Island Voices,"
Island Voices 1
Island Voices 2
"Coal Year"
"Coal Year" is an excerpt from Young's memoir, Black Diamonds, Blue Flames - A Childhood Colored by Coal, published in 2017 in Kestrel, the literary journal from West Virginia's Fairmont State University, "Coal Year" paints the landscape of the largest coal mining valley in the world, Lackawanna Valley, Pennsylvania, in the 1960's.
"Coal Year" is an excerpt from Young's memoir, Black Diamonds, Blue Flames - A Childhood Colored by Coal, published in 2017 in Kestrel, the literary journal from West Virginia's Fairmont State University, "Coal Year" paints the landscape of the largest coal mining valley in the world, Lackawanna Valley, Pennsylvania, in the 1960's.
"Emerging: January 24,1959,"
Three excerpts from the flash nonfiction series. A distillation of events recorded on January 24, 1959, in newspapers on that date in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The stories are all related to the theme emerging. Published in the print literary journal Anamesa. Fall 2014, Issue 12, Number 2.
Three excerpts from the flash nonfiction series. A distillation of events recorded on January 24, 1959, in newspapers on that date in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The stories are all related to the theme emerging. Published in the print literary journal Anamesa. Fall 2014, Issue 12, Number 2.
"Midsommar"
"Two years ago, when I played with a group of Swedish-American musicians, five fiddlers from the town of Leksand in Dalarna gave a workshop in America. They announced the planned workshop with them in Leksand at Midsommar, and I asked to go along. I was willing to do anything to put myself in the scene of my childhood postcard. But nothing has turned out as planned." Published in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, March 2017.
"Two years ago, when I played with a group of Swedish-American musicians, five fiddlers from the town of Leksand in Dalarna gave a workshop in America. They announced the planned workshop with them in Leksand at Midsommar, and I asked to go along. I was willing to do anything to put myself in the scene of my childhood postcard. But nothing has turned out as planned." Published in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, March 2017.
"A Cup of Tea"
"I take the thick-walled porcelain cup into my hands. Words from my childhood spin inside it—Grandma’s words:'But for the blink of an eye, you wouldn’t be here.'” Published in the online magazine Punctuate in February 2017.
"I take the thick-walled porcelain cup into my hands. Words from my childhood spin inside it—Grandma’s words:'But for the blink of an eye, you wouldn’t be here.'” Published in the online magazine Punctuate in February 2017.
"Recipe By Heart"
Read by Catherine Young and Celeste Thalhammer. "When I make my family’s pasta sauce, it tastes the way Mama made it and the way Grandma’s tasted in her kitchen when I was very young. There was no other kind of sauce..." ( "Recipe by Heart." Hippocampus Magazine. N.p., Sept. 2016. Web. 11 Sept. 2016.) Published in the online journal Hippocampus, September 2016.
Read by Catherine Young and Celeste Thalhammer. "When I make my family’s pasta sauce, it tastes the way Mama made it and the way Grandma’s tasted in her kitchen when I was very young. There was no other kind of sauce..." ( "Recipe by Heart." Hippocampus Magazine. N.p., Sept. 2016. Web. 11 Sept. 2016.) Published in the online journal Hippocampus, September 2016.
"Sweet Beginnings," "How to Tap a Maple Tree," "Maple Popcorn"
"Sweet Beginnings" - a fictional story of a grandfather and his granddaughter boiling down sap one night. Published in Cricket magazine, March 2015.
“Tapping a Maple Tree" & "Maple Popcorn” recipe. Published in Cricket magazine, March 2015.
"Q & A on Maple Syruping" with Catherine Young and Cyndy Hubbard
"Sweet Beginnings" - a fictional story of a grandfather and his granddaughter boiling down sap one night. Published in Cricket magazine, March 2015.
“Tapping a Maple Tree" & "Maple Popcorn” recipe. Published in Cricket magazine, March 2015.
"Q & A on Maple Syruping" with Catherine Young and Cyndy Hubbard
"Water, Tree, Heart: Mapping the Driftless Area,"
"Maps usually show the birds-eye view; my view of the Driftless Area is from below. My training was in the geography of river-shaped landscapes, and my work gave me an intimate picture of the waters of the Wisconsin's Driftless Area. In those years, the Driftless Area called to my heart, and I wanted to answer, calling it home. I invite you to listen as I explore a map of the heart." Published in Imagination & Place: Cartography, February 2013
"Maps usually show the birds-eye view; my view of the Driftless Area is from below. My training was in the geography of river-shaped landscapes, and my work gave me an intimate picture of the waters of the Wisconsin's Driftless Area. In those years, the Driftless Area called to my heart, and I wanted to answer, calling it home. I invite you to listen as I explore a map of the heart." Published in Imagination & Place: Cartography, February 2013
"Rediscovering Intricacy,"
"Finding Laura's Wisconsin,"
National Finalist Essay in Little House Big Story Contest
Celebrating 150th Birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder,
Wisconsin State Historical Society, 2017
Read it here: Finding Laura's Wisconsin
National Finalist Essay in Little House Big Story Contest
Celebrating 150th Birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder,
Wisconsin State Historical Society, 2017
Read it here: Finding Laura's Wisconsin
"Nettles, Swans, and May's Green Harvest,"
Edible Madison (online) May 2017
Read it here - Nettles, Wild Swans, and May's Green Harvest by Catherine Young for Edible Madison
Edible Madison (online) May 2017
Read it here - Nettles, Wild Swans, and May's Green Harvest by Catherine Young for Edible Madison
"And Then I Went Back to the Land"
Saltfront (studies in human habit(at) (print) Issue 8: Fall 2019
Saltfront (studies in human habit(at) (print) Issue 8: Fall 2019
"St. Anthony Comes Around,"
Extra Innings (online) Issue #76, February 2016
Go to - St. Anthony Comes Around
Extra Innings (online) Issue #76, February 2016
Go to - St. Anthony Comes Around
