Strength To Be Human --Global Arts & Affairs Podcast, Hosted by Mark Antony Rossi

S2 E168: Writing During Political Imprisonment

On this episode we will discuss the various writers and writings of people either imprisoned for their beliefs and writing from jail or imprisoned for their writings. 
Paul the Apostle
Martin Luther King
O. Henry
Henry David Thoreau
Marco Polo
Vaclav Havel
Marquis de Sade
Oscar Wilde
Nelson Mandela

S2 E167: Mailbag VI: The World Speaks

In the final mailbag episode of 2020, we showcase more voices from the international community commenting on various episodes.

S2 E166: The Mirror and the Window -- A Discussion on Self

An instructive episode of where Self, healthy or otherwise, fits into the creative equation of our lives.
1. Solitiude -- Selfishness
2. Attitude -- Narcissism
3. Platitude -- Achieving Balance 

S2 E165: Interview with Bombfire Lit -- Editors Leann Denman & Rich Boucher

In a first this show will interview editors of a literary magazine (Bombfire Lit)
about their publication, editorship, flash fiction and poetry.
 
https://bombfirelit.com
 
 

S2 E164: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on John Ashbery

This episode briefs discusses the American avarde garde poetry master John Ashbery.

S2 E163: The Female Gender in Writing

This episode focuses on the accomplishments of women in writing:
Engeduanna
George Sand
George Eliot
Mary Shelley
Anna Akhmatova
Simone de Beauvoir
Isabel Allende

S2 E162: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Octavio Paz

Classic Spotlight brings us some thoughts and poems from Nobel Prize winning Mexican poet and writer Octavio Paz
 
The Man
The Artist
The Meaning

S2 E161: Writing During War Time

In this episode we review examples of writing during war time and how depending on station in life, period of time or particular war -- the thoughts and details change to reflect interesting commentary
war writing intro
US Civil War -- letter
WWI -- war godmothers
WWII -- letter
Vietnam -- letter
Writers famous for wartime writing Rod Serling, Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Ernest Hemingway, Irene Nemirovsky

S2 E160: Interview With Steve Lang

in this episode we have a fascinating discussion with Scottish poet Steve Lang about sonnets, writing, creativity in the corona age and more.

S2 E159: Classic Spotlight Series -- Thoughts on Edgar Allan Poe II (Terror & Temperament)

In this second 'bookend' episode we explore Edgar Allan Poe's demons and ideas about creativity. His self-sabotaging events were a major factor in his suffering.