Listen "My Beloved Penpal, with Eileen Sheehan"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textOne of my most precious friendships began with a single letter and turned into eighteen years of letters. Five years after Garvin's death, I still think about him every day. Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. "My Father, Long Dead," by poet Eileen Sheehan, is used with permission of the author. It can be found in her beautiful collection "The Narrow Way of Souls," published by Salmon Poetry. Read by writer and voice artist Luke O'Brien, who can be reached at [email protected]. Original music composed and performed by Dylan Perese, who can be found on Instagram at @dylan.field.perese. Artwork by Mark Garry. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected]. For more information, go to alisonmcghee.com.
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