This is Clara Hsu's segment of John Rhodes San Francisco Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV. She will interview Jeanne Lupton. An article in the San Francsisco Examiner said about Jeane Lupton: Lupton enjoys writing Japanese tanka. Her chapbook, but then you danced with poems in this form, was published in 2007 by Raw Art Press . Lupton's distant cousin, Cather, once wrote that only great artists know how difficult it is to tell the truth. The East Bay poet takes Cather’s admonition to write as truthfully as possible to heart. "I like to invoke the spirits of my writing ancestors," Lupton says, "and I often feel them smiling down on me." For more about Jeanne Lupton go to: http://jeannelupton.com For more about the Host Clara Hsu go to: http://clarahsu.com For more about the producer 2nd host of these shows, John Rhodes, go to: http://rhodespoetry.com . H264 Less