Meet The Elemental Grannies with Elizabeth Cunningham | S6 Ep35

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OUR STORY

In this episode, we welcome back Elizabeth Cunningham, a beloved guest who joins us for the third time. Elizabeth shares the wild Elemental Grannies who appear in her latest novel Over the Edge of the World. 

OUR GUEST

Widely known for The Maeve Chronicles, Elizabeth Cunningham is the author of six other novels, four collections of poems, and a memoir. She lives in the Valley of the Mahicantuck on land that was home to the Esopus Tribe of the Lenape.

Elizabeth’s latest novel is Over the Edge of the World and her new poetry collection is called  Holding Our Brokenness. Find all of her books at https://elizabethcunninghamwrites.com/

IN THIS EPISODE

• Meet the Grannies–Sweep, Spark, Dirt, and Brine
•  The power of fairytales to help us grapple with the biggest issues of modern life, particularly issues of power and environmental destruction
• Archetypal old women characters that have appeared across Elizabeth’s work especially in The Wild Mother and The Maeve Chronicles
• Elizabeth’s process of naming and conceiving of her characters 
• A reading of “November Trees”  a poem from her new collection, Holding Our Brokenness

Music at the start of the show is by Beth Sweeney and Billy Hardy: billyandbeth.com

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