The Purpose Tree

A talk with fiction author Richard Fellinger. We discussed his Thomas Kennedy Award winning novel An American Girl, his forthcoming 3rd edition rerelease for Summer of '85, other works, and his previous work as a journalist.

Check out the novel An American Girl:
https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9781947175921 

An enjoyable talk with California author Barry Bergman about his work and latest novel PROLES. Secure a copy of Proles at Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9781947175754

Logan Garner is a Hoosier/PNW poet residing on Oregon's north coast. Winner of the Neahkahnie Mountain Poetry Prize, his work has been featured in Orca Literary Journal, The Elevation Review, The Salal Review, Flying Island and others, as well as Tupelo Press's 30/30 project in 2024. He is the author of collections "Here, in the Floodplain" (Plan B Press, 2023) and "The Sin of Feeding Wild Birds" (Broken Tribe Press, 2025).

Purchase his latest collection The Sin of Feeding Wild Birds at Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/a/109024/9781965412114

A deep talk with poet Chad Weeden. We explored music, photography, dark themes, who he waited in the rain to meet (listen & find out), poetic influences, and his creative process. Chad read "B Sides", "Tea Leaves", and "Hotel 11".

Get a copy of the paperback at Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/109024/9781965412060

Learn more about Chad on his website: https://www.chadkweeden.com/

A talk with poet Rick Mulkey about his inspiration. Get his book Ravenous: New and Selected Poems here: https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9780991328147

A talk with author Eleanor Keisman about her novella NEW ANIMAL, winner of the 2025 Broken Trine Novella Award.

Grab the book here at Bookshop:

https://bookshop.org/a/109024/9781965412312

I had the privilege to talk with author Amy Pence. We discussed her past and present works with a special focus on her latest poetry collection We Travel Towards It (Serving House Books, 2025). Listen to the podcast to hear her read several poems from the collection and to learn about the ecological influence.

Purchase a copy of the book here:

⁠https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9781947175723

I had the privilege to talk with author Richard Reiss. We discussed his memoir, his plays, and his forthcoming novel (Serving House Books, 2026).

Grab a copy of the memoir here:

Desperate Love, A Father's Memoir

https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9780983828914

Richard Reiss began his professional writing career at the Piscataway-Dunellen Review, a Forbes newspaper, for which he wrote and was recognized by the New Jersey Press Association for his humor column, Reiss’s Pieces. Over the next twenty five years he developed his skills as a professional fundraiser working primarily for colleges and universities. During that period he also wrote extensively about creating a family through adoption, and the joys and challenges of being adoptive parents. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, ADDitude Magazine, Perigee Literary Journal, and in the anthology, Upstart Crows II: True Stories, published by Wide Array Press. In 2008 Reiss collaborated with director and lyricist, Martin Charnin, to create the musical revue Love is Love.

Here is the podcast featuring Richard and his son Gabriel: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/podcasts/modern-love-wilderness-therapy-troubled-teens.html

JR Solonche is a New York poet with 40+ volumes of poetry in publication including his newest titled Barren Road (Serving House Books, 2025).

A talk with poet Narya Deckyard, author of Wolfcraft and winner of the Broken Tribe MFA Book Award.

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