Anna Tivel on Animal Poem, Short Stories, and Checking Your Shoes

"Through her graceful poetry and pristine instrumentation, the folk singer delivers indictments of modern indignities alongside moments of hope." — Pitchfork Anna Tivel is an award-winning songwriter and musician from Portland, Oregon. In our conversation we traverse many topics; short stories, poetry, checking for shit on your shoes, and Anna's latest spellbinding album, Animal Poem . For me, this felt like old friends talking about matters close to the heart despite this being our first real conversation. Anna Tivel is thoughtful, funny, inquisitive, and one of the best working songwriters out there. Pick a copy of Animal Poem at Fluff & Gravy Records. Visit Anna Tivel at annativel.com | IG: @annativel Visit Contemplify.com for show notes.

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Anna Tivel on Animal Poem, Short Stories, and Checking Your Shoes is an episode from Contemplify by Paul Swanson.

This episode is 01:31:19 long.

This episode was published on Mar 4, 2026.

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