In memory of the passing of our beloved friend Jane Yolen on June 11, 2026, we're revisiting our lovely conversation with her and her partner Peter Tacy. Jane was a frequent contributor to Meat For Tea, as is Peter Tacy, and Meat For Tea Press also published their book The Black Dog Poems in 2020. We miss you, Jane.

"The season two finale - and what a finale it is! We had a terrific chat with poets, writers - and musicians! - Jane Yolen and Peter Tacy. They read several new poems, some to be in the upcoming issue of Meat For Tea, a couple in previous issues, and more! Tuck in and enjoy our conversation with these two brilliant folks. Find out more at: www.janeyolen.com"

On tuesday May 19, 2026, poet Jacob Chapman (a frequent contributor to Meat For Tea and a prior guest on the Meat For Teacast) had a reading celebrating his latest book My Wife Made This Possible (Human Error Publishing). We were in attendence, and grateful to Jacob and Nat Herold (Amherst Books) for allowing us to record this excellent reading. And quite a fun Q&A as well! Nat provided the lovely introduction.

Enjoy!

https://a.co/d/008snmaw

https://www.amherstbooks.com/

For this episode, we invited Scott Ferry, Lauren Scharhag and Lillian Necakov back for another conversation. Elizabeth basically had these three amazing writers in the virtual room together, and it is amazing. They read their works from their new books and talk like the three great friends and collaborators they are. (A few years ago, their collaborative book Midnight Glossolalia (Meat For Tea Press) was released, go listen to S4 E17 for more about that!

https://ferrypoetry.com/books/

https://www.anvilpress.com/authors/lillian-necakov

http://mansfieldpress.net/lillian-necakov/

https://laurenscharhag.blogspot.com

https://www.facebook.com/laurenscharhag/

This is one heck of an episode! This conversation between Dorion Sagan and Elizabeth is deeply fascinating. He talks about his father and mother and family, going deeply autobiographical. Dorion also reads from his recent book The Road to Hedotopia (Meat For Tea Press). This is one not to be missed!

Photo: Katherine Kendall

We welcome Stephen St. Francis Decky to the Meat For Teacast!

Stephen and Elizabeth discuss writing, films, music and art - and a lot more. Stephen reads from his novel Werewolf Movie too!

Find out more at https://werewolfmovie.net

And his anwers to the final four questions, summarized here:

1. SCENT: Amour de Cacao by Sud Pacifique presently, but my go-to is the Tonkade by Laboratorio Olfattivo.
2. WRITING: César Aira, (Dinner in particular, but also An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter and pretty much everything else he's written); Molly Pohlig (The Unsuitable); Anna Sewell (Black Beauty); The play I'm currently doing projection design for (and reading over and over) is called Beyond That Nothing Is Certain, written by Monica Isakstuen, performed at The Cherry Theater in Ithaca, New York.
3. MUSIC: Melody's Echo Chamber (Unclouded is her newest album); Spell Blanket by Broadcast
4. FILM: Director Lucile Hadžihalilović (The Ice Tower (2025) is her latest, but Earwig (2022) and Evolution (2015) are also fantastic); Director Steve McQueen (Education from the Small Axe series).

It's Women's History Month - so let's go back to Season 1, Episode 14 for Elizabeth's conversation with Gayle Brandeis!

*The fourteenth episode of the Meat For Teacast. Elizabeth MacDuffie has a conversation with author and poet Gayle Brandeis, discussing her most recent collection Many Restless Concerns, among other topics related to her work and writing. Go to gaylebrandeis.com for more information.*

(For the music of Out Out mentioned in the beginning of the episode, go to https://outout.bandcamp.com )

Part three of our Pushcart Awards nominees episodes has us joined by Rachel Teferet and Spencer T. Murray. They provide us with a super engaging conversation including readings of their works and much more!

Grab a snack and a beverage and enjoy!

More about Spencer can be found here: https://www.spencertmurray.com/home

https://spencermurray.substack.com/

More about Rachel can be found here: https://lettersandfeathers.wordpress.com
Tarot and witchcraft Substack:
http://teferettarot.substack.com

One of Rachel’s fave Gaza mutual aid projects:
@foodnotbombs_gaza on Instagram
Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/jamalfromgaza
Poets and the Peace Birds project in solidarity for Palestine events with Rachel Teferet, Carolyn Cushing, Mona Shiber & JuPong Lin: April 4, 5-6:30 at E Media in Easthampton as part of art walk, and May 15 at Lava Center in Greenfield, more info TBAYou can learn more about the Peace Birds project at https://www.juponglin.net/peacebirds-blog

It's part two of our annual Pushcart Award Nominees episodes! For this one, join Elizabeth, Matt Jasper (Moth Moon) and Jacob Chapman (Are We There Yet and Here Over Here Over Here) for a great conversation and a reading of their nominated poems from the pages of Meat For Tea.