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
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Interview with poet Kevin Gallagher
Poet Kevin Gallagher chats with me today about his new collection, And Yet It Moves. Bio:Kevin Gallagher is a poet, publisher, and political economist living in Greater Boston. His most recent book is And Yet it Moves (MadHat, 2023) and recent books are The Wild Goose, and Loom. His poems and reviews have appeared in 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 Richard Hoffman
Poet Richard Hoffman is chatting with me about his new book of poetry, People Once Real. Bio:Richard Hoffman is the author of nine books, including five books of poetry: Without Paradise; Gold Star Road, winner of The Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize and the Sheila Motton Book Award from The New England Poetry Club; Emblem; 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
Interview with poet Ruth Danon
Poet Ruth Danon is chatting with me about her new chapbook, Turn Up the Heat. Bio:Ruth Danon’s Turn Up the Heat, her fourth collection of poetry, was published by Nirala in 2023. Her previous books are Word Has It (Nirala Series 2018), Limitless Tiny Boat (BlazeVOX, 2015), Triangulation from a Known Point (North Star Line, Read More
Interview with poet Mary Lou Buschi
Poet Mary Lou Buschi is chatting with me about her new collection, Blue Physics. Bio:Mary Lou Buschi (She/Her) is the author of 3 chapbooks and 3 full length poetry collections. Her 3rd book, BLUE PHYSICS was just published in February 2024 (Lily Poetry Review books). Her poems have appeared in literary journals such as Ploughshares, Read More
Interview with poet Jules Jacob
Poet Jules Jacob is chatting with me today about her new collection, Kingdom of Glass & Seed. Bio:Jules Jacob is the author of Kingdom of Glass & Seed (Lily Poetry Review Books 2023), Rappaccini’s Garden, with Sonja Johanson (forthcoming White Stag Publishing Summer 2024), and The Glass Sponge, a semi-finalist in The New Women’s Voices Read More