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Mr. Bear's Violet Hour

Welcome to Mr. Bear’s Violet Hour, where time is a place, where the sky is evening-gorgeous, where the moon waxes and wanes, and poetry is the stuffing in our veins. Join Mr. Bear on the new moon and ... Read more

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Ranked #1

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S3E9 - Beweep my outcast state

S3E9 - Beweep my outcast state

Mr. Bear reads from THE FACT OF MEMORY, Aaron Angello’s lyrical book with Rose Metal Press. A daily meditation on each i... Read more

30 Jun 2022

52mins

Ranked #2

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S3E8 - Grasshoppers into coins

S3E8 - Grasshoppers into coins

Mr. Bear reads stories from Ursula Villarreal-Moura’s dazzling MATH FOR THE SELF-CRIPPLING, a dreamy equation of a self ... Read more

15 Jun 2022

1hr 9mins

Ranked #3

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S3E7 - Postapocalyptically yours

S3E7 - Postapocalyptically yours

Mr. Bear reads the brilliant work of Gabrielle Griffis and Corey Farrenkopf, who both explore the intertwined lives of p... Read more

2 Jun 2022

1hr 7mins

Ranked #4

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S3E6 - When speaks the heart

S3E6 - When speaks the heart

Mr. Bear reads from Mona Arshi’s iridescent novel SOMEBODY LOVES YOU, a poetic and piercing look at the beauty and viole... Read more

18 May 2022

1hr 13mins

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Ranked #5

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S3E5 - Black Moon

S3E5 - Black Moon

Mr. Bear celebrates the double new moon and May Day by reading from THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK. Also featuring a live mini-in... Read more

1 May 2022

33mins

Ranked #6

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S3E4 - Like blossoms after a hard winter

S3E4 - Like blossoms after a hard winter

Mr. Bear reads the dazzling poetry of courtney marie: ghosts and dancing and gardens and revolution and despair and hope... Read more

17 Apr 2022

53mins

Ranked #7

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S3E3 - Talking story

S3E3 - Talking story

Mr. Bear reads luminous work by Melissa Llanes Brownlee, stories rich in Hawaiian language and life with characters who ... Read more

2 Apr 2022

1hr 1min

Ranked #8

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S3E2 - Depending on the light

S3E2 - Depending on the light

Mr. Bear celebrates the spring equinox by reading from Poetry Forge founder Holly Wren Spaulding’s gorgeous FAMILIARS an... Read more

19 Mar 2022

1hr

Ranked #9

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S3E1 - Shadows, teeth, and cages

S3E1 - Shadows, teeth, and cages

Mr. Bear reads from AND IF THAT MOCKINGBIRD DON'T SING: PARENTING STORIES GONE SPECULATIVE, a riveting collection of fla... Read more

4 Mar 2022

1hr 32mins

Ranked #10

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S2E12 - The value of hunger

S2E12 - The value of hunger

Mr. Bear reads the deeply moving, visceral work of Star Su, stories of family and blood, of loss and memory and longing,... Read more

17 Feb 2022

1hr 15mins

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