In this Under the Covers episode, we meet Charles Israel, author of the poetry chapbook, “Stacking Weather,” whose poetry and stories have been published in numerous journals.

Morri Creech, author of “Paper Cathedrals” and “Field Knowledge,” says of “Stacking Weather,” that Charles Israel performs an impressive balancing act, supporting the precarious gifts of birth and fatherhood against the insistent gravities of age and death.”

Charles is an English professor at Queens University in Charlotte, specializing in creative writing, professional writing, and American Studies. In this episode, we explore his love of writing poetry and prose and hear him read his work.