Andrea Elise
HPPR Radio Readers Book Club ContributorAndrea Elise was born in Sopron, Hungary and immigrated to the United States with her parents in 1956. She grew up in Amarillo, and attended Amarillo College before transferring to Duke University, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature. She spent two years in the Peace Corps in South Korea, then obtained a Master’s degree in Counseling from West Texas A&M University.
Her interests include writing essays and poetry (she published a book of poems and haikus in 2023), partner dancing (if anyone is interested in East Coast swing or jitterbug dancing, please get in touch), playing mandolin, hiking, working out and reading. She is unnecessarily proud of her airline barf bag collection dating back to the early 1960’s. She lives in Amarillo with her very understanding husband, their two high-maintenance cats and several foster cats who somehow made her husband’s tool shed a resting place complete with room service.
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Hello, HPPR listeners, my name is Andrea Elise and I live in Amarillo, TX. Today, we will discuss a non-fiction volume called The Tree Collectors by Amy Stewart. Before we begin, let’s look at some of Joyce Kilmer’s famous poem, “Trees.” -
This is Andrea Elise, coming to you from Amarillo, TX. I’ve never liked jigsaw puzzles. The irregular curves and edges of each piece all look the same, and trying to discover which piece connects to another is a challenge I am not disciplined enough to do. -
Hello, High Plains. My name is Andrea Elise, coming to you from Amarillo, Texas, to say a few words about the 2023 memoir by Diane Foley (along with collaborator Colum McCann) called American Mother. -
Hello, my name is Andrea Elise and I live in Amarillo, Texas.When we think of science and poetry, we often attribute one discipline to our left brains and the other to our right brains. -
Hello, High Plains Public Radio listeners. This is Andrea Elise coming to you from Amarillo, Texas. Have you ever read a book that considers the dilemmas and questions we encounter almost every day while, at the same time, delivers the promises of a generation? -
Hi everyone. This is Andrea Elise coming to you from Amarillo, Texas, to talk about the memoir, Call Me Debbie.If you have never heard the name “Deborah Voight,” you are probably in the majority. -
Hello, HPPR listeners. My name is Andrea Elise and I’m writing from Amarillo, TX.It is never too early or too late to revisit Christina Rossetti’s magnificent nativity poem, “In the Bleak Midwinter.” -
Hello, HPPR listeners, my name is Andrea Elise and I live in Amarillo, TX. I recently read Rainn Wilson’s Soul Boom for the Summer Radio Readers Book Club. -
Hello HPPR listeners. I’m Andrea Elise in Amarillo, and I am excited to tell you about a poem called “A Song of Winter Weather.”Isn’t it fun to stumble upon an author who, though widely published, is new to you? -
Hello, my name is Andrea Elise and I live in Amarillo, Texas.Let’s start this book byte with a quote from Robert Browning. Browning once wrote: “A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” In other words, we can try all we want to achieve our goals, but if they are too easy, there is no challenge.
