Dion O'Reilly interviews Donika Kelly about her recently published collection, The Renunciations. Donika also reads "The Animal Spell" by Zachary Schomburg, one of her favorite poets. 

Tune in for a conversation that covers a lot of ground: a Keetje Kuipers poem, ice cream insights, and plenty of Camille's poems that work to illuminate the intersections of motherhood, history, race, and the body in space and time. 

https://camilledungy.com

Join Farnaz Fatemi for this week’s very special show with the two poet-translators of just-published The Blinding Star (Tolsun Books), poems by the Peruvian poet Blanca Varela. Talk with and hear Sara Daniele Rivera and Lisa Allen Ortiz read Varela’s poems in both the original Spanish and their English translations. It’s a ride through the inner life of this wildly contemporary poet.

https://tolsunbooks.com/shop/the-blinding-star

Dion O'Reilly interviews Diane Seuss about her fabulous new book Frank: Sonnets. Diane also reads a poem by the poet Frank O'Hara--an inspiration behind her book.

The Hive Poetry Collective S3 E27:  Julie Murphy Interviews award winning poet July Westhale. July reads "The Presence In Absence" by  Linda Gregg  as well as her own poems from Via Negativa and Moon Moon, and discusses the importance of negative capability in life as well as poetry.

July Westhale

Linda Gregg

Listen to Nikia Chaney interview the editor and poets of ESSENTIAL VOICES: POETRY OF IRAN & ITS DIASPORA. Christopher Nelson, editor, is joined by Persis Karim, Armen Davoudian, the Hive's Farnaz Fatemi, and Arash Saedinia to read their poems and translations from the anthology (Sept 2021, Green Linden Press). 

Show links:

www.greenlindenpress.com

Christopher Nelson 

Armen Davoudian

Farnaz Fatemi

Persis Karim

In this conversation I talk to the poet, Katerina Canyon about her work and inspiration for her upcoming book: Surviving Home. Hear her read and few poems and be just as moved as I was. For more information about Katerina or to buy her book: https://www.poetickat.com

S3:E24 Dion O'Reilly interviews Los Angeles poet laureate, Lynne Thompson.

Julie Murphy interviews Laure-Anne Bosselar. They talk about love, loss, and longing for authenticity. Laure-Anne reads poems from her recent book These Many Rooms and talks about upcoming classes.

Laure-Anne Bosselaar Website

Laure-Ann Bosselaar - Academy of American Poets

Laure-Anne's Books at Four Way Books

SUNJUNE Collaborative

Victoria Bañales interviews Santa Cruz-based Latinx poet Adela Najarro.

Adela Najarro is the author of three poetry collections: Split Geography, Twice Told Over and My Childrens, a chapbook that includes teaching resources. With My Childrens she hopes to bring poetry into the classroom so that students can explore creative writing, identity, and what it means to be Latinx in US society. Every spring semester, she teaches a “Poetry for the People,” workshop at Cabrillo College where students explore personal voice and social justice through poetry and spoken word. More information about Adela can be found at her website: www.adelanajarro.com.

Círculo de poetas & Writers: Sign up for Círculo's 2021 online (Zoom) conference: Sat, August 14th, 10:30 am - 3:00 pm. Writing workshops, friendship, and open mic. Go to https://circulowriters.com/ to register.

Links to videos of five poems from My Childrens:

My Childrens

Lorca's Rain

Las Mujeres

Chicanos in a Museum

An Ambiguity