Dr. Matthew Bennett is chatting with me about his book, Mastering Chronic Pain: How Peak Resilience Unlocks Your Potential. Bio:Dr. Matthew Bennett is an orthopedic spine surgeon and functional medicine expert who has dedicated his career to helping individuals overcome chronic pain and unlock their full potential. With a foundation in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell Read More
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Interview with poet Craig Kite
Poet Craig Kite chats with me about his new collection, Sad City. Bio: Craig Kite is a poet, musician and actor from New York City with a background in journalism and human rights activism. He led field teams in Iraq 2008-2009 working to expose war crimes against the Iraqi people, and earlier in Canada to Read More
Interview with psychologist Dr. Regina Colonia-Willner
Dr. Regina Colonia-Willner, PhD chats with me today about her new book, The Intersection of Poetry and Jungian Analysis Through Metaphor. Bio:Regina Colonia-Willner was born in Rio de Janeiro, grew up in Paris, and lives in the United States. She has worked as a journalist and diplomat in several countries, serving in Brazil, Senegal, Portugal, Read More
Interview with novelist Gisela Heffes
Novelist Gisela Heffes chats with me today about her new novel, Ischia. Bio:Gisela Heffes is an award-winning author and a professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at Johns Hopkins University. In addition to her pioneering work in the field of ecocriticism and environmental humanities, she has published numerous books, essays, and articles on a Read More
Interview with novelist Jordan Dotson
Novelist Jordan Dotson chats with me about his new magical realism novel, The Ballad of Falling Rock. Bio:Jordan Dotson was born and raised in Appalachian Virginia. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Jordan moved to China in 2005 to study classical poetry and folk music, and over fourteen years in Asia he worked as Read More
Interview with poet Allyson Paty
Poet Allyson Paty joins me today to chat about her new chapbook, Jalousie (Tupelo Press, 2025). Bio:Allyson Paty is the author of Jalousie (Tupelo Press, 2025), winner of the 2023 Berkshire Prize, and several chapbooks, most recently Five O’clock on the Shore (above/ground press, 2019). Recent publications include poems in Denver Quarterly and Denver Quarterly’s Read More
Interview with poet Leslie Ullman
Poet Leslie Ullman is chatting with me about her new collection of poems, Unruly Tree. Welcome, Leslie. Please tell us a little bit abour yourself.I have published seven poetry collections, most recently Unruly Tree (University of New Mexico Press, 2024) and a hybrid book of craft essays, poems, and writing exercises titled Library of Small Read More
Interview with literary novelist Clifford Garstang
Writer Clifford Garstang joins me today to chat about his new literary fiction, The Last Bird of Paradise. Bio:Clifford Garstang is the author of three novels, The Last Bird of Paradise, Oliver’s Travels, and The Shaman of Turtle Valley, as well as three short fiction collections, House of the Ancients and Other Stories, What the Read More
Interview with poet Toby Goostree
Poet Toby Goostree joins me today to chat about his new book, But There’s So Much DIY in IVF That We Can’t Be Sure. Bio:Toby Goostree has his MFA in Poetry from The University of Arizona. His first book, But There’s So Much DIY in IVF That We Can’t Be Sure, was published by Fernwood Read More
Interview with poets Simone Muench & Jackie K. White
Today I have two special guests, poets Simone Muench & Jackie K. White to chat with me about their new book, The Under Hum. Bios:Jackie K. White earned her PhD in Creative Writing (poetry) from UIC with concentrations in Latinx/Latin American and Women’s Studies and was a Professor of English, now Professor Emerita, at Lewis Read More