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Emma Smith-Stevens lives & writes in Brooklyn, NY

John Yamrus is an outstanding human & writer & dog-lover. His home plate is

Matt Borczon is a Poet-Painter-Musician-MartialArtist-

Eyyup Esen, PhD - aka Shaq Tom, PhD - is  a writer, a speaker, a native of Turkey,

and a builder of bridges connecting people of different cultures and faiths. 

Follow his writing and speaking at

 https://www.facebook.com/I-am-not-Color-Blind-646878992609493

Communicate with him at [email protected] 

Chicago-based Painter & Musician David Criner joins for conversation about his creative process. 

From the northeast USA, John Yamrus tells tales about dogs, the prestigious Wakefield Poetry Prize which launched his 50+ year writing career, & more.  Learn more & #BuyTheBooks, including the October 2020 release Five Dogs, at www.JohnYamrus.com

Derek Menchan is an absolute delight!  A writer, a visual artist, a bassist, a “classically” trained cellist, a singer, and multi-instrumentalist. And a professor of the humanities. He is still riding the crest of a high wave of success from the 2018 release of his self-produced debut album, The Griot Swings the Classics.  His highly anticipated follow-up The Incredible will be released October 2020. Catch him if you can at www.DerekMenchan.com and @DerekMenchan on Instagram.

Mark Statman is internationally known, respected, and loved for his poetry and his poetic translations of notable works, including with Pablo Medina, translation of Federico García Lorca’s Poet in New York.  Mark’s March 2019 poetry collection Exile Home is at the heart of this conversation about “exile” and “home” and poetry.  Listen, and then to learn more about Mark, and to buy the books, head to Lavender Ink / Diálogos https://www.lavenderink.org/site/books/mark-statman

Garret C. Tufte was born in 1984 in Winona, Minnesota. He currently resides in Lawrence, which is near Kansas City. Land surveyor by day and one of many characters by night; he spends much of his time writing, carving stone, building contraptions, and playing piano.  The Fire Enlightening, his newest book, with poetry and a short play, is from Spartan Press.  Buy The Book through your local Indie Bookseller!