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Today, Sound Focus helps you find your bliss whether it's hunting for sustainable chocolate, reflecting on the Zen of racing and dogs, or looking back on 30 years of commercial crab fishing. We also hear from Washington poet laureate Sam Green and librarian Nancy Pearl.

Poet Lucia Perillo Perillo received a McArthur Foundation genius grant in 2000, but says she didn't set out to be a writer. Perillo began writing poems when she was on unemployment after getting a degree in wildlife management. We'll also hear from a fifth generation shellfish farmer.

In her collection Becoming the Villainess, Jeannine Hall Gailey writes poems in the voices of female comic book heroes and villainesses. Gailey questions what would happen if these women wrote their own stories. We also explore the meaning of the Hebrew word 'drash.'

A high school essay challenged Martin Santos to face a secret: Two cousins had sexually abused him for years. Martin shares how breaking the silence led him to discover inner strength and help other victims. Then, we meet the creator of the one woman show Yoga Bitch.

Local comedian Jeremy Greenberg has been diffusing tense situations with comedy his entire life. Today, he shares his advice for using humor as both a weapon and a shield. We also explore how poetry reinvents language, and we get book reviews from librarian Nancy Pearl.

The sound of a screaming parrot once helped wildlife scientist Stan Rullman escape from a tarantula filled pit in the middle of the Peruvian rainforest. Today, Stan tells us how he first started listening to the world around him. We also get book reviews from Nancy Pearl.

Jason Puccinelli is not a priest. Still, he's found a surprising emotional release by bringing confession booths to places like Bumbershoot. He tells us how the reaction to his public honesty experiment was more than he expected. We also get book reviews from Nancy Pearl.

Last year, Erden Eruc set out to row across the Pacific Ocean from California to Australia. Erden fell short, recently returning to Seattle after 312 days at sea. Today, he tells us why he's still determined to circle the globe. Plus, book reviews from Nancy Pearl.

There's a house on Seattle's Capitol Hill where hundreds of people go to pick up a new poem each month. We'll meet the woman who posts those poems. We also talk with a local researcher who's finding out why more people overdose on prescription drugs. And we'll get Nancy Pearl's book reviews.

Ron Wiener was the subject of a reality TV show called 'Start Up Junkies,' which centered around his company, Earth Class Mail. Ron tells us how a mix of past failures and successes prepared him to launch his most ambitious endeavor yet. Plus, book reviews from Nancy Pearl.

$4.35 a gallon doesn't seem as bad when you find yourself in the middle of a gas riot. Today, Travis Arket tells us about the riots, crashes, and close calls of a thousand mile rickshaw race through Nepal and India. We also get life lessons from Seattle's pre grunge era.

Six years ago, Seattleites Maha Gebara and Susan Davis created Middle East Peace Camp, a local summer camp for Arabs and Jews to hang out together. They tell us how it all started. We also learn how poetry can battle depression, and we get book reviews from Nancy Pearl.

In 1981, Hugh Nguyen was sinking in a marooned refugee boat in the South China Sea. Pirates had raided his boat, stolen his sister, and stripped away his hope of survival. Today, he recounts the journey from Saigon to Seattle. We also get book reviews with Nancy Pearl.

It takes about two months to build a violin from start to finish. But for Howard Scott, the process took 60 years and two generations of family. Today, how the story of the instrument became a family legend. We also go inside the mind of a bestselling romance novelist.

Twenty three people in Redmond shared the world record for firewalking in 1997. We speak to the co author of Weird Washington about testing his own toes on eighteen hundred degree coals. We also get book reviews from Nancy Pearl and tap into the wisdom of Orca whales.

Need some reading suggestions? Literary commentator Nancy Pearl joins us with her recommendations for great summer reads. What are you reading? Share your favorite books with us. Call toll free: 1 800 289 5869 (KUOW) or email weekday@kuow.org.

Today, Rebecca Andrews tells us about her journey on the Camino de Santiago, a 450 plus mile pilgrimage trail that ends in Spain and takes more than a month to complete. We also visit the Northwest African American Museum get book reviews from librarian Nancy Pearl.

Jon Greenway has been a commercial crab fisherman for 30 years. Today, he tells us how he's seen the industry change, and how mariners like his ancestors helped build Seattle as we know it today. We also learn where order and imagination blur in the poetry of Kevin Craft.

There are mushrooms in our forests that can cure tuberculosis and exterminate carpenter ants. Today, Paul Stamets tells us why he think fungus can save the world. We also revisit the 70s, and we learn how Washington's poet laureate uses poetry for emotional emergencies.

Seattle filmmaker Sandy Cioffi's attempts to tell the story of Nigerian crude oil production resulted in her recent arrest. Today, she tells us why she's even more determined to report the ecological costs of the fight over oil. We also get book reviews from Nancy Pearl.

As a young, gay black man who struggled with bulimia, Chad Goller Sojourner tells us why he looked at treatment as Sitting in Circles with Rich White Girls . We also get stories of triumph and defeat in the boxing ring from Carla Wilcox and book reviews from Nancy Pearl.

In his newest collection, The Extremities (Oberlin College Press, 2008), Timothy Kelly combines his dual skills as physical therapist and poet to reveal the body as the source and site of human connection. Today, he reads two poems that explore the ways touch remains an essential conduit for intimacy, despite the barriers we erect in self defense.

Tuberculosis has been on the rise in King County for several years. Today, molecular biologist David Sherman talks about traveling the globe to research this complex disease. We also explore the role of crows in our urban landscape and get book reviews from Nancy Pearl.

In a Shoreline lab, there's a robotic suit capable of lifting one thousand pounds. Today, we hear the remarkable story of the robot's inventor, Monty Reed. We also learn about the wine trails of Washington, hear poetry on buses, and we get book reviews from Nancy Pearl.

When lions hunt, the weakest one often lets out a terrible roar. This scares the prey into running in the other direction where the young hunters lie in wait. We meet a storyteller who uses this metaphor when he works with at risk kids. Also, book picks with Nancy Pearl.

Need some reading suggestions? Literary commentator Nancy Pearl joins us with her suggestions for great spring reads. What are you reading? Share your favorite books with us. Call toll free: 1 800 289 5869 (KUOW) or email weekday@kuow.org. Update: Nancy Pearl Book ListTomorrow on Weekday: Sherman Alexie

Seattle based poet J.W. Marshall reflects on the omnipresent militarism of our age. Today, he reads four poems from his first full length poetry collection, Meaning a Cloud. We also hear highlights of Northwest Adventure, from climbing mountains to raising your kids vegan.

Pig kidneys and lamb's brains are more than just food waste. Today, we learn how the prepared animal organs known as offal are part of a rich cultural tradition. We also hear the surprising and controversial music of intermissions, and we get book reviews from Nancy Pearl.