Join Hannah Rodabaugh and Rebecca Evans with host, Daphne Stanford on The Poetry Show: Hannah will be reading from her new poetry collection, Lost Cathedral; Rebecca will be sharing from her new flash essay collection, AfterBurn. This special conversation launches Hannah and Rebecca's collaborative and immersive 2026 Book Tour, Reverberations.
ABOUT THE GUESTS:
Hannah Rodabaugh - BIO: (more at https://hannahrodabaugh.com/)
Hannah Rodabaugh is a Puschcart Prize and Best of the Net-nominated poet. She earned an MA in Literature from Miami University and an MFA in Writing & Poetics from Naropa University. She’s the author of the poetry collection, Lost Cathedral (Cornerstone Press/University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point) and four chapbooks of poetry, including We Don’t Bury Our Dead When Our Dead Are Animals and The Leonids. Her writing weaves a scientific approach with expansive language, offering voice to nature and loss. You can find her poetry in The Indianapolis Review, Camas Magazine, Glassworks Magazine, Plant-Human Quarterly, The Westchester Review, EcoTheo Review, and Berkeley Poetry Review. Hannah has been awarded the Literature Fellowship from the Idaho Commission on the Arts and has twice served as the Artist-in-Residence for the National Park Service. She teaches at Boise State University, the College of Western Idaho, and The Cabin. She resides in Boise with her husband, often geeking out about botany in her garden. When not writing, she volunteers for the Golden Eagle Audubon Society and collects rare desert plants from around the world.
IG: @hannahrodabaugh
Rebecca Evans - BIO: (more at https://rebeccaevanswriter.com/)
Rebecca Evans is a Pushcart Prize-nominated essayist and poet who writes difficult, heart-full guidebooks for survivors. She earned MFAs in both creative nonfiction and poetry from University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. Her debut memoir in verse, Tangled by Blood, bridges motherhood and betrayal, untangling wounds and restory-ing what it means to be a mother. Along with Tangled by Blood, she’s authored a collection-length poem, Safe Handling, and a flash essay collection, AfterBurn (Moon Tide Press, forthcoming, 2026). Rebecca is also the co-editor of the poetry anthology, When There Are Nine, a literary tribute to the life and achievements of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a co-host of the Writer-to-Writer show on Radio Boise. Rebecca is also a disabled veteran, weaving disability and military experience throughout her work. She teaches workshops through Narratively and the Boise Library System and curates monthly gatherings for writers and creators and also offers empowerment courses to high school teens in the Juvenile system. When not creating, you can find her dancing with hummingbirds in her backyard.
IG: @rebeccawrites33
