S2 Ep1768: ARTS ALIVE! St. Pete Catalyst Bill DeYoung with Poet Maureen McDole
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Show Notes
We’re thrilled to welcome Maureen McDole back to the Arts Alive! podcast. The St. Petersburg native, founder of Keep St. Pete Lit and the originator and instigator of numerous local literary pursuits, relocated to Minneapolis in the spring of 2025. She’s in town for a quick visit, and gave a talk at the University of South Florida. McDole is getting ready to publish her fourth book of poetry. Mending the Nets is the title – a reference to her extended family, whose patriarch was ex-carny, fisherman and entrepreneur Wilson Hubbard. And that’s a story in itself. We also talk about the ongoing mission of the very much still-active Keep St. Pete Lit, her work with the environmental group GIS Jane, the arts and literary scene in St. Petersburg and the realities of residing in a city (which she loves) whose downtown was recently all but occupied by ICE.
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