Becky Moon talks with Amanda Cordero, Image's communications and marketing associate, about her sources of inspiration, current reading, work-life balance, and Christian faith in this rollicking, joyful conversation.

This event celebrates the newest release from poet and longtime Image friend Luci Shaw, Reversing Entropy. Luci reads some of her favorites from the collection, and poet Scott Cairns interviews Luci.

Originally recorded on April 16, 2024,

Annelies Zijderveld talks with Image graduate assistant Brittney Mihalich about despair, hope, and music in poetry, as well as the timelessness and universality of these themes.

Miho Nonaka talks with Ally Bergman about the English language, what it means to be “global,” and writing about beauty in painful times.

Zach Ellis talks with Image program coordinator, Beth Kilpatrick, about his use of black-and-white photography, how it functions as a thin space between the present and the eternal, and how his art has been a lifeline in addiction recovery.

Poet Cate Lycurgus joins Brittney Mihalich, Image graduate assistant, in conversation about finding inspiration in nature, the intersection of spirituality and craft, and how poetic structure reflects content.

Fiction writer Patrick Jankowski talks with Image program coordinator, Beth Kilpatrick, about his experience in the former Soviet Union, influences, love for his wife, and the challenge and privilege of writing across cultures.

In this video, Brian shares the inspiration behind his poem, "A Goy’s Guide to Tanakh Hebrew: Chesed, from Image 126, why his poem trades virtue for forgiveness, and his contagious love of words and poetry.

Claire Hanlon discusses the process of writing "This Pillar of Cloud," published in Image issue 126. In this poignant conversation, Claire reflects on writing the truth with love about her abusive marriage to a drug-addicted, now-ex-husband, the images she utilized to depict her experience, and the advice she would offer someone choosing to write about trauma.

Trigger warnings: Addiction, Family Abuse

Chris Hoke works as a prison chaplain, founder and leader of Underground Coffee, and author of Wanted: A Spiritual Pursuit Through Jail, Among Outlaws, and Across Borders. In this InStudio interview, he talks with Elizabeth Solleder about learning from people living on society's margins, grief and his writing process.