Poet and children’s author Linda Drattell chats with me today about her new chapbook, The Lighter Side of Horse Manure. Bio:Linda Drattell’s poetry chapbook, Remember This Day, won a bronze award from Reader Views. Her second poetry chapbook, The Lighter Side of Horse Manure, is now released (both chapbooks are published by Finishing Line Press). She won Read More
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Interview with poet Jennifer Martelli
Poet Jennifer Martelli is here today and we’re chatting about her new book, Psychic Party Under the Bottle Tree. Bio:Jennifer Martelli has received fellowships from The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Monson Arts, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her work has appeared in The Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day, Poetry, Best of the Net Read More
Interview with poet Martha McCollough
Poet Martha McCollough chats with me today about her upcoming book Trash Witch. Welcome, Martha. Please tell us a little bit about yourself.I was born in Detroit, moved to New York in the eighties, then on to Boston. I have an MFA in painting and had a career as a painter, illustrator, and graphic designer, Read More
Interview with poet Anant Dhavale
Poet Anant Dhavale chats with me today about his new collection, What the Tornado Left Behind. Bio:Anant Dhavale is a multilingual poet and the author of four books, including the poetry collections What the Tornado Left Behind and Mook Aranyatali Paanagal; a speculative fiction novel Nobody’s War, and Meer, a biographical sketch of Meer Taqi 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 poet Donovan Hufnagle
Today’s special guest is poet Donovan Hufnagle to chat about his new collection, These Are Not My Words (I Just Wrote Them). During his virtual book tour, Donovan will be giving away a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble (winner’s choice) gift card to a lucky randomly drawn participant. To be entered for a chance 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
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 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 Laureate Lynne Thompson
Poet Lynne Thompson is chatting with me about her new book, Blue on a Blue Palette. Bio:Lynne Thompson served as Los Angeles’ 4th Poet Laureate and received a Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. She is the author of four collections of poetry, Beg No Pardon (2007), winner of the Perugia Press Read More