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

Interview with poet Shanta Lee

Poet Shanta Lee joins me today to chat about her new collection, Black Metamorphoses. Bio:Shanta Lee is an award-winning artist who works in different mediums as a photographer, writer across genres, and a public intellectual. She is the author of the poetry collection, GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak Woman in Woke Tongues Read More

Interview with poet Stelios Mormoris

Poet Stelios Mormoris joins me today to chat about his debut collection, The Oculus. Bio:Native of Boston, MA., Stelios Mormoris is CEO of SCENT BEAUTY, Inc., which markets beauty products worldwide. Citizen of Greece and the U.S., Stelios was born in New York, and lived most of his adult life in Paris. Stelios is also Read More

Interview with novelist Kim Chinquee

Today’s special guest is literary fiction novelist, Kim Chinquee to chat with me about Pipette. Bio: Kim Chinquee grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, served in the medical field in the Air Force, and is often referred to as the “queen” of flash fiction. She’s published hundreds of pieces of fiction and nonfiction Read More

Interview with prize-winning writer Rachel Rueckert about her memoir

Today I’m interviewing Rachel Rueckert about her memoir, East Winds: A Global Quest to Reckon with Marriage. Bio: Rachel Rueckert is a prize-winning writer and MFA graduate from Columbia University. She co-founded KLEIO, a family history writing company, and holds an M.Ed from Boston University. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Independent Read More

Interview with poet Pamela Wax

Poet Pamela Wax joins me today to chat about her newest collection, Walking the Labyrinth. Bio: Pamela Wax is the author of Walking the Labyrinth (Main Street Rag, 2022), a book of poetry written in the aftermath of her brother’s death by suicide, and the forthcoming chapbook, Starter Mothers (Finishing Line Press). Her poems have Read More

Interview with poet Beth McDermott

Poet Beth McDermott has stopped by today to chat with me about her new collection of poetry, Figure 1. Bio: Beth McDermott’s poetry appears in Pine Row, Tupelo Quarterly, Terrain.org, and Southern Humanities Review. Reviews and criticism about art and ecology appear in American Book Review, After the Art, Kenyon Review Online, and The Trumpeter. Read More

Interview with short story writer Maya Sonenberg

Short story writer Maya Sonenberg joins me today to chat about her new collection, Bad Mothers, Bad Daughters. Bio: Maya Sonenberg’s story collection Bad Mothers, Bad Daughters is the recipient of the 2021 Sullivan Prize in short fiction and will appear in August 2022. Previous books and chapbooks include Cartographies (winner of the Drue Heinz Read More