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

Interview with poet William Huhn

Poet William Huhn is helping me wrap up the month with a conversation around his new collection, Bachelor Holiday (from BlazeVOX Books). Bio:William Huhn grew up in an old house in Pennsylvania overflowing with books. He studied classical violin from age five, then took up old time fiddle. Shortly after graduating from Vassar College with Read More

Interview with poet Katharine Whitcomb

Poet Katharine Whitcomb is chatting with me today about her new full-length poetry collection, Habitats. Bio:Katharine Whitcomb is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, including Habitats, published in January 2024 by Poetry NW Editions in the Possession Sound Series, Saints of South Dakota & Other Poems, which won the Bluestem Award, chosen by Read More

Interview with poet Henry Sussman

Poet Henry Sussman joins me today to chat about his new book, Polaroids of Turbulence. Bio:Henry Sussman is a critic and writer currently living in New York City. Trained in nineteenth and twentieth-century Euro-American Literatures and Critical Theory at Brandeis and Johns Hopkins, he has practiced poetry for decades as an alternative text-medium to fiction Read More

Interview with poet Suzanne Mercury

Poet Suzanne Mercury chats with me today about her newest book, Hive. Bio:Suzanne Mercury is the author of Hive (Lily Poetry Review and Press) as well as two chapbooks: Sassafracas (2018, Xexoxial Editions), and Hand to Earth (2019, Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs). Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including SpoKe, Truck, Read More

Interview with poet Valerie Duff

Poet Valerie Duff is chatting with me about her new poetry collection entitled Aquamarine. Bio:Valerie Duff’s first book, To the New World (Salmon Poetry, 2010), was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize from Queens University, Belfast. Aquamarine was published by Lily Poetry Review Press in 2023. Valerie has held fellowships from the VCCA and Writers’ Room of Boston. Her Read More