Keith Leonard is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Indiana University. He grew up in Martha's Vineyard, where the town's isolation, in stark contrast with the booming tourist season, later inspired his words. His debut collection is called "Ramshackle Ode." Leonard's odes are a means to work through difficulty to reach a measure of joy.
For our Poem of the Week, Keith Leonard reads "In the Headwinds of a Fable" from Ramshackle Ode.
*this is an online-only extended version of the interview that aired on KTEP*
Aired June 19, 2016