00:52 How a white guy from Indiana tricked his way past northwest poet Sheman Alexie, to get published in Best American Poetry 2015.

04:05 XOXO Fest welcomes C. Spike Trotman to town this weekend.

13:05 Dreamy, resonant sounds from Natasha Kmeto. She gives us a taste of her new release, "Inevitable"

16:30 Novelist Patrick DeWitt sharpened his knives on fairy tale archtypes for his new novel, "Undermajordomo Minor".

23:28 An opbmusic session with Bed, a slo-fi trio that's coming off well-received gigs at Treefort and PDX Pop Now.

28:02 Sounds from Holcombe Waller's newest composition, a requiem commissioned by PICA for this year's Time Based Art Festival.

35:23 Oregon Art Beat sits down with poet Primus St. John.

39:44 Hats off: Lou Watson is a finalist for th Seattel Art Museum's Betty Bowen prize!

42:56 Hector Tobar talks about weaving the narrative of the 33 Chilean miners who spent 69 days trapped underground