Grab a pen and paper. Rachel M. Hanson (PBL's founder and executive director) sits down to chat about the fantastic writers headed to Asheville for the first annual Punch Bucket Literary Festival. Your summer reading list is about to get awesome. 

https://www.punchbucketlit.org/literary-festival-2024-presenters

Beth Gylys sits down this week with PBL’s Dustin Brookshire to discuss grief and humor and honor and villanelles and fathers and all the poetry in between.

After My Father: A Book of Odes | Beth Gylys

https://www.punchbucketlit.org/

PBL’s Dustin Brookshire sits down with poet Jessica Q Stark to talk about little Red Riding Hood, love, loss, research, and the beautiful, moving original of Jessica’s latest book, Buffalo Girl.

https://jessicaqstark.com/
 
https://www.boaeditions.org/products/buffalo-girl
 
https://www.punchbucketlit.org/

On the pod this week, Rachel sits down with poet RK Fauth to talk about bees, language (including its failings), evil apples,  and evil editing. 

RK Fauth - Poetry Foundation 

A Dream in Which I Am Playing with Bees
 
https://www.punchbucketlit.org/

Poet Michael Dechane sits down with PBL's Alex McWalters to talk poems, finding community, stillness, and why Alex has to promise to find time to watch Before Sunrise. Michael reads two poems from his forthcoming collection, "The Long Invisible". Keep an eye out for it this September from Wildhouse Publishing!

Michael Hettich sits down with PBL’s Rachel Hanson to talk poetry, teaching, and finding form in the rhythm of everyday life.
 
https://michaelhettich.com/
 
https://www.press53.com/poetry-collections/the-halo-of-bees-new-selected-poems-1990-2022
 
https://www.punchbucketlit.org/

Evelyn Berry sits down with guest host, PBL's own Dustin Brookshire. They talk about poetry, grief, life in the South, and what it means to be a poet and person in the LGBTQ community.

https://evelynberrywriter.com/

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Clint Bowman is in the studio this week with PBL's Rachel M. Hanson to talk about poems, nature, and what it means to connect (and disconnect) with place.

Check out Clint's chapbook, "Pretty Shit" here: https://bottlecap.press/products/pretty
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Rachel welcomes writer Catherine Campbell to the studio today to talk about capturing moments in time, exploring form, prioritizing your art, and the influence of Lauren Groff.

Rachel is in the studio this week talking to poet and newest PBL crew member (!!!) Dustin Brookshire. They talk about form, Barbie, family, the mentors, teachers, and professors who inspire, and grab your notebook because there will be a quiz on Dolly Parton's birthday. Also, hang onto that notebook because Dustin is leading a generative workshop next month! Details on the pod and at www.punchbucketlit.org

https://dustinbrookshire.com/