Today’s special guest is poet Joanna Solfrian and we’re chatting about her new book, Temporary Beast. Bio:Joanna Solfrian’s first book, Visible Heavens, was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye for the 2009 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, a national first book award. Her second collection, The Mud Room, was published by MadHat Press, followed by Read More
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Interview with urban noire author Martin Ott
Today’s special guest is author Martin Ott and we’re chatting about his upcoming urban noire thriller, Shadow Dance. Bio:A former US Army interrogator, Martin Ott is the author of eleven books of fiction and poetry. He won the De Novo and Sandeen prizes (University of Notre Dame Press) for his first two poetry collections. His work has Read More
Interview with poet Mary Pacifico Curtis
Poet Mary Pacifico Curtis is chatting with me today about her new collection, Hawk’s Cry (a poetry collection from Finishing Line Press). Bio:Mary Pacifico Curtis is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, seasoned branding and PR professional, and author of poetry and non-fiction. Published work includes her recent memoir, Understanding Moonseed, two poetry chapbooks, Between Rooms and Read More
Interview with poet Tiffany Troy
Today’s special guest is poet Tiffany Troy. We’re chatting about her new chapbook, When Ilium Burns. Bio: Tiffany Troy is a critic, translator, and poet. Her reviews and interviews of emerging and established voices are published in The Adroit Journal, The Cortland Review, The Los Angeles Review, EcoTheo Review, Heavy Feather Review, and Tupelo Quarterly, where she serves as Managing Editor. What do Read More
Interview with poet Paul Nemser
My special guest today is poet Paul Nemser. We’re chatting about his new collection, A Thousand Curves. Bio: Paul Nemser’s book A Thousand Curves was published in 2022 by Lily Poetry Review Books. The book won the Editor’s Choice Award from Red Mountain Press in 2021. He grew up in Portland, Oregon where he fell in love with Read More
Interview with writer Xu Xi
Today’s special guest is writer Xu Xi to chat with me about her new collection of short fiction and essays, Monkey in Residence & Other Speculations. Bio: XU XI 許素細 is an Indonesian-Chinese novelist, fiction writer, and essayist from Hong Kong who became a U.S. citizen at the age of 33. Author of fifteen books, Read More
Interview with writer Jack Skelley
Writer Jack Skelley is in the hot seat with me today to chat about his new volume of selected work, Interstellar Theme Park: New and Selected Writing. Interstellar Theme Park has already garnered strong praise from established voices. Dennis Cooper says, “In Skelley’s world everything and everyone is volcanic. Cities become backlots; celebrities become saviors. Sharp, Read More