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THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S6EP2: SIERRA DeMULDERJoin Chris in conversation with Sierra DeMulder, author of Ephemera (Button Poetry), about passions, process, pitfalls, & Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-06-0627 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S6EP1: CARL PHILLIPSJoin Chris in conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet, Carl Phillips, about passions, process, pitfalls, & Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-06-0431 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP20: RACHEL WILEYJoin Chris in conversation with Rachel Wiley, author of Revenge Body (Button Poetry), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-05-2328 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP19: JASMINE FLOWERSJoin Chris in conversation with Jasmine Flowers, author of Horizon (Flower Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-05-2220 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP18: SHAYLA LAWZJoin Chris in conversation with Shayla Lawz, author of Speculation, n. (Autumn House Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-05-1723 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP17: DR. STEVIE EDWARDSJoin Chris in conversation with Dr. Stevie Edwards, author of Quiet Armor (Northwestern University Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-05-1524 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP16: PREETI VANGANIJoin Chris in conversation with Preeti Vangani, author of Mother Tongue Apologize (RLFPA Editions), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-05-0925 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP15: WILLIE LEE KINARD IIIJoin Chris in conversation with Willie Lee Kinard III, author of Orders of Service (Alice James Books), about passions, process, pitfalls. and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-05-0824 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP14: ALINA STEFANESCUJoin Chris in conversation with Alina Stefanescu, author of Dor (Wandering Aengus Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-05-0325 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP13: CHRIS L. BUTLER pt2 - HUGE ANNOUNCEMENTThis is a special episode as Chris Margolin, TPQ20 Host and The Poetry Question Founder and EiC, hands over the Editor in Chief role to Chris L. Butler! Margolin will continue to help the TPQ20 podcast, but Chris L. Butler will take over all other Poetry Question operations. Wow! This is a big deal. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-05-0127 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP13: CHRIS L. BUTLER pt. 1Join Chris in conversation with Chris L. Butler, author of Melodies of the Oppressed (Nightingale & Sparrow), about passions, process, pitfalls, & Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-05-0127 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP12: CHELSEA DINGMANJoin Chris in conversation with Chelsea Dingman, author of I, Divided (LSU Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-04-2525 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP11: LUNA REY HALLJoin Chris in conversation with Luna Rey Hall, author of The Patient Routine (Brigids Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-04-2325 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP10: ROBIN MYERSJoin Chris in conversation with Robin Myers, NEA Translation Fellow, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-04-1828 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP9: ARIANA BENSONJoin Chris in conversation with Ariana Benson, author of Black Pastoral (UGA Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-04-1626 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP8: ANNELYSE GELMANJoin Chris in conversation with Annelyse Gelman, author of Vexations (University of Chicago Press) and founder of Midst, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-04-1228 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP7: HAOLUN XUJoin Chris in conversation with Haolun Xu, author of Ultimate Sun Cell (New Delta Review), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-04-1031 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP6: SARAH GHAZAL ALIJoin Chris in conversation with Sarah Ghazal Ali, author of Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024), a lot passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-04-0525 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP5: QUINTIN COLLINSJoin Chris in conversation with Quintin Collins, author of Claim Tickets for Stolen People (University of Ohio Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-04-0332 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP4: KMA SULLIVANJoin Chris in conversation with KMA Sullivan, EiC of YESYES Books, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-03-2834 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP3: FATIMAH ASGHARJoin Chris in conversation with Fatimah Asghar, author of When We Were Sisters (Penguin Random House), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Fatimah Asghar is an artist who spans across different genres and themes. A poet, a fiction writer, and a filmmaker, Fatimah cares less about genre and instead prioritizes the story that needs to be told and finds the best vehicle to tell it. Play is critical in the development of their work, as is intentionally building relationship and authentic collaboration. Their first book of poems If They Come For Us explored themes of orphaning, family, Partition, borders, shifting i...
2023-03-2617 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP2: DR. JOSHUA BENNETTJoin Chris in conversation with Dr. Joshua Bennett, author of The Study of Human Life (Penguin), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-03-2128 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S5EP1: MIRA ROSENTHALJoin Chris in conversation with Mira Rosenthal, author of Territorial (Pitt Poetry), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-03-1929 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP20: STEPHANIE PARENTJoin Chris in conversation with Stephanie Parent, Author of The Briars (Cemetery Gates Media), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-03-0528 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP19: A.R. ARTHUR (fka A.R. SALANDY)Join Chris in conversation with A.R. Arthur (formerly A.R. Salandy), author of Half Bred (The Poetry Question) and EiC of Fahmidan Publishing, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-02-2731 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP18: BRITTANY ROGERSJoin Chris in conversation with Brittany Rogers, co-host of VS Podcast, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-02-2022 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP17: DANIEL B. SUMMERHILLJoin Chris in conversation with author of Mausoleum of Flowers (CavanKerry Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Daniel B. Summerhill is a Poet, Professor and Performer. He is an assistant professor of poetry/social action and composition studies at California State University Monterey Bay. Daniel has performed in over thirty states, the UK, and was invited by the US Embassy to guest lecture and perform in South Africa. He earned a Sharon Olds fellowship as well as a fellowship from the Watering Hole. His work has appeared in Columbia Journal, Rust & Moth, Button Poetry, Anti-Heroin Chic, The Hellebore, and...
2023-02-1323 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP16: PHIL GOLDSTEINJoin Chris in conversation with Phil Goldstein, author of How to Bury a Boy at Sea (Stillhouse Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Phil Goldstein is a poet, editor, copywriter, journalist and content marketer. His debut poetry collection, How to Bury a Boy at Sea, was published by Stillhouse Press in April 2022. His poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Net award and has appeared in or is forthcoming in West Trade Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, Jet Fuel Review, The Laurel Review, Rust + Moth, Two Peach, Awakened Voices, The Indianapolis Review and...
2023-02-0624 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP15: JESSICA Q. STARKJoin Chris in conversation with author of Buffalo Girl (BOA Editions) and Editor of AGNI Magazine, Jessica Q. Stark, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Jessica Q. Stark is a California-native, Vietnamese American poet, editor, and educator that lives in Jacksonville, Florida. She holds a BA from UC Berkeley and dual MA Degrees in English Literature and Cultural Studies from Saint Louis University’s Madrid Campus. She received her PhD in English from Duke University. She has published scholarly articles on poetry and visual media, including comics studies. She is an Assistant Professor in Creative Writing (Poetry) in the English De...
2023-01-3018 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP14: SOFIA FEYJoin Chris in conversation with founder of The Luminaries Poetry Workshop and Poetry Editor at Hooligan Magazine, Sofia Fey, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Sofia Fey is a Lesbian and Non-Binary writer living in LA. Currently, they are the founder of the Luminaries Poetry workshop, and poetry editor at Hooligan Magazine. They love to be with their friends, but mostly, to beat them at Mario Party. They tweet @sofiafeycreates. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-01-2331 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP13: NATALIE EILBERTJoin Chris in conversation with Natalie Eilbert, author of Overland (Copper Canyon Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Natalie Eilbert is the author of Indictus, winner of Noemi Press's 2016 Poetry Prize, as well as the poetry collection, Swan Feast (Bloof Books, 2015). Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from POETRY, Granta, The Jewish Current, The New Yorker, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, The Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere. She was the recipient of the 2016 Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellowship at University of Wisconsin–Madison and is the founding editor of The Atlas Review. She lives and teaches in...
2023-01-1634 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP12: JONAH MIXON-WEBSTERJoin Chris in conversation with author of Stereo(types), Jonah Mixon-Webster, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-01-0836 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP11: DR. TARA BETTSJoin Chris in conversation with author of Refuse to Disappear (Word Works Books), Dr. Tara Betts, about passions, process. pitfalls, and Poetry! Tara Betts is the author of two full-length poetry collections: Break the Habit, which was published in October 2016 with Trio House Press, and her debut collection Arc & Hue on the Willow Books imprint of Aquarius Press. In 2010, Essence Magazine named her as one of their "40 Favorite Poets.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2023-01-0231 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP10: NAT RAUMJoin Chris in conversation with Nat Raum, Editor of Fifth Wheel Press, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Nat Raum is a Queer "artist" and "writer" based in Baltimore. Fan of ambient music, open-world RPGs, noise-cancelling headphones, reality tv, and bisexual lighting (preferably all at once). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2022-12-1925 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP9: DIAMOND FORDEJoin Chris in conversation with Diamond Forde, author of Mother Body (Saturnalia Books), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Diamond Forde's debut collection, Mother Body, is the winner of the 2019 Saturnalia Poetry Prize. She has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Pink Poetry Prize, the Furious Flower Poetry Prize, and CLA's Margaret Walker Memorial Prize, and placed in the Frontier Poetry's New Poets Award. She is a Callaloo and Tin House fellow, whose work has appeared in Massachusetts Review, Ninth Letter, NELLE, Tupelo Quarterly and more. Diamond serves as the assistant editor of Southeast Review, and the fiction editor...
2022-12-1224 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP8: DOROTHEA LASKYJoin Chris in conversation with author and educator, Dorothea Lasky, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! DOROTHEA LASKY: I am the author of five full-length collections of poetry and one book of prose. My newest book is Animal (Wave Books). I am also the author of ROME (Liveright/W.W. Norton) and Milk, Thunderbird, Black Life, and AWE, all out from Wave Books. I co-wrote Astro Poets: Your Guides to the Zodiac (Flatiron Books, 2019) with the poet, Alex Dimitrov. I have also written several chapbooks, including Snakes (Tungsten Press, 2017) and Poetry is Not a Project (Ugly Ducking Presse, 2010). My writing...
2022-12-0524 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP7: SHELLEY WONGJoin Chris in conversation with Shelley Wong, author of As She Appears (YesYesBooks), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!  Shelley Wong is the author of As She Appears (YesYes Books, May 2022), winner of the Pamet River Prize and longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award. She is an affiliate artist at Headlands Center for the Arts and lives in San Francisco. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, New England Review, and The New Republic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2022-11-2820 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP6: SAGE FRANCISJoin Chris in conversation with hip hop legend, Sage Francis, about passions, process… well, really about life and music! Sage Francis is widely considered one of our generation’s greatest lyricists. His career derives mainly from gifted wordplay which creates vivid narratives to instigate as well as inspire, but since it often derives from an accumulation of public disdain and personal turmoil, it’s more about storming the castle than about watching the throne. Dubbed as the “forefather of indie-hop,” Francis originally earned acclaim in the early 2000’s by winning the most highly coveted titles of the emcee battle circuit. With little...
2022-11-2127 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP5: KEMI ALABIJoin Chris in conversation with Kemi Alabi, author of Against Heaven (Graywolf Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Kemi Alabi is the author of Against Heaven (Graywolf Press, 2022), selected by Claudia Rankine as winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. Their poems and essays appear in the Atlantic, Poetry, the Nation, Boston Review, the BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2, Best New Poets 2019, and elsewhere. Selected by Chen Chen as winner of the 2020 Beacon Street Poetry Prize, Kemi has received Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Brittle Paper Award nominations along with fellowships from MacDowell, Civitella Ranieri, Tin...
2022-11-1425 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP4: BILLY COLLINS (fmr. UNITED STATES POET LAUREATE)Join Chris in conversation with former United States Poet Laureate and author of Musical Tables (Random House), Billy Collins, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Billy Collins is the author of twelve collections of poetry including Whale Day, The Rain in Portugal, Aimless Love, Horoscopes for the Dead, Ballistics, The Trouble with Poetry, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning. He is also the editor of Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, and Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds. A former...
2022-11-0726 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP3: DONNEY ROSEJoin Chris in conversation with performance poet, advocacy journalist, and teaching artist, Donney Rose, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! DONNEY ROSE - Baton Rouge native Donney Rose is a Maryland-based performance poet, advocacy journalist, and teaching artist. He is the creator of THE AMERICAN AUDIT, a suite of multi-media spoken word projects that examines the Black American experience by infusing history, creative verse, and qualitative research into the performance text. His work, which spans two decades on stages and in classrooms, guides others in their creative journeys and brings nuanced and colorful perspectives through the medium of spoken word...
2022-10-3130 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP2: COURTNEY FAYE TAYLORJoin Chris of The Poetry Question in conversation with Courtney Faye Taylor, author of Concentrate (Graywolf Press) and winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! COURTNEY FAYE TAYLOR is a writer and visual artist. She is the author of Concentrate, forthcoming from Graywolf Press in November 2022. It is the winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize selected by Rachel Eliza Griffiths and was a finalist for the National Poetry Series. Courtney earned her BA from Agnes Scott College and her MFA from the University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers’ Program where she received the Ho...
2022-10-2425 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S4EP1: LUTHER HUGHESJoin Chris of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Luther Hughes, author of Shiver in the Leaves, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry. LUTHER HUGHES is the author of the debut poetry collection, A Shiver in the Leaves, (BOA Editions), and the chapbook Touched (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018). He is the founder of Shade Literary Arts, a literary organization for queer writers of color, and co-hosts The Poet Salon podcast with Gabrielle Bates and Dujie Tahat. Recipient of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship and 92Y Discovery Poetry Prize, his work has been published in various journal...
2022-10-1737 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP17: JASMINNE MENDEZJoin Chris of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Jasminne Mendez, Author of City Without Altar (Noemi Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, & Poetry! Jasminne Mendez is a Dominican-American poet, playwright, translator and award winning author of several books for children and adults. She is the author of two hybrid memoirs, Island of Dreams (Floricanto Press) and Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e: Personal Essays and Poetry (Arte Público Press). Her second YA memoir, Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American (Arte Público Press) is forthcoming in May 2022 and her debut poetry collection, City Without Altar, was a finalist for the No...
2022-10-0329 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP16: SAIDA AGOSTINI BOSTICJoin Chris in a sit down with Saida Agostini Bostic, author of Let the Dead In (Alan Squire Publishing), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Saida’s first collection of poems, let the dead in, was a finalist for the Center of African American Poetry & Poetics’ 2020 Book Prize as well as the New Issues Poetry Prize. She is the author of STUNT (Neon Hemlock, October 2020), a chapbook exploring the history of Nellie Jackson, a Black woman entrepreneur who operated a brothel for sixty years in Natchez, Mississippi. Her poetry can also be found in the Black Ladies Brunch Collective's anthology Not...
2022-09-2622 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP15: DR. DESTINY O. BIRDSONGJoin Chris in a sit down with Dr. Destiny O. Birdsong, author of Nobody’s Magic (Grand Central Publishing) and Negotiations (Tin House), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Destiny O. Birdsong is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work has appeared in the Paris Review Daily, African American Review, and Catapult, among other publications. Her debut poetry collection, Negotiations, was published in 2020 by Tin House and was longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Voelcker Award. Her debut novel, Nobody’s Magic, was published in February 2022 from Grand Central Publishing. During July 2022, she was the Hurston-Wright Foundation’s inaugural Writer-in-Residence at Rutgers Univer...
2022-09-1928 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP14: SANDRA CISNEROSJoin Chris in a sit-down with the legendary Sandra Cisneros, author of the upcoming Woman Without Shame (Alfred A. Knopf), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! From the Sandra Cisneros Website:  I was born in Chicago in 1954, the third child and only daughter in a family of seven children. I studied at Loyola University of Chicago (B.A. English, 1976) and the University of Iowa (M.F.A. Creative Writing, 1978). I've worked as a teacher and counselor to high-school dropouts, as an artist-in-the-schools where I taught creative writing at every level except first grade and pre-school, a college recruiter, an arts a...
2022-09-1223 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP13: AURIELLE MARIEJoin Chris in a sit-down with Aurielle Marie, author of Gumbo Ya Ya (University of Pittsburgh Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural strategist Aurielle Marie (they/she) is a Black queer storyteller, a political organizer, and child of the Deep South by way of Atlanta. They received their Bachelor’s in Social Justice Strategy and Hip-Hop Theory from the Evergreen State College. Aurielle’s poetry has been featured or is forthcoming in the TriQuarterly, Southeast Review, Black Warrior, BOAAT Journal, Sycamore Review, Adroit Journal, Vinyl Poetry, Palette Poetry, and Ploughshares. She's received invitations to fell...
2022-09-0523 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP12: INKJoin Chris in a sit-down with Ink, EiC of Stanza Cannon and author of 61 Central (Finishing Line Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Andrew “Ink” Feindt Most people tend to feel more comfortable with real names, but Ink likes to be called Ink. In an editorial role, he loves working with independent presses and authors to maintain original voices while bringing out the best in their words. As a writer, Ink has been published in journals foreign and domestic and has one book published by Piscataway House Publications (Death Loves a Drinking Game) as well as a chapbook published by Fi...
2022-08-2922 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP11: H. MELTJoin Chris in a sit down with H. MELT, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! H. Melt is a poet, artist and educator who celebrates trans liberation. They are the author of The Plural, The Blurring and editor of Subject to Change: Trans Poetry & Conversation. Lambda Literary awarded them the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2022-08-2223 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP10: BUDDY WAKEFIELDJoin Chris in a sitdown with actor, writer, producer, and all around bad-ass, Buddy Wakefield, about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  BUDDY WAKEFIELD is an actor, writer, producer, and three-time world champion spoken word artist featured on the BBC, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, ABC Radio National and has been signed to both Sage Francis’ Strange Famous Records as well as Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records. In 2004 he won the first Individual World Poetry Slam Finals thanks to the support of anthropologist and producer Norman Lear, then went on to share the stage with nearly every notable performance poet in the...
2022-08-1529 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP9: MAYA MARSHALLJoin Chris in a sitdown with Maya Marshall, author of All the Blood Involved in Love and an Editor at Haymarket Books, about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Maya Marshall is the author of the debut full-length poetry collection All the Blood Involved in Love (Haymarket Books, 2022) and the chapbook Secondhand (Dancing Girl Press, 2016). Marshall teaches at Emory University where she serves as the 2021-2023 Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry. She has also served as artist in residence at Northwestern University and as faculty for Loyola University Chicago. She holds fellowships from MacDowell, Vermont Studio Center, Callaloo, Watering Hole, Community of Wri...
2022-08-0921 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP8: BRIAN TIERNEYJoin Chris in a sitdown with Brian Tierney, the author of Rise and Float (Milkweed), about passions, process, pitfalls, poetry, and a whole lot of music! Brian Tierney is the author of Rise and Float, winner of the 20-2021 Jake Adam York Prize (Milkweed, forthcoming Feb. 2022). His poetry and prose have appeared in such journals as Paris Review, Kenyon Review, AGNI, NER, The Adroit Journal, and others. A former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, and a graduate of the Bennington College MFA Writing Seminars, he was named among Narrative Magazine’s 2013 “30 Below 30” emerging writers, and is winner of the 2018 George...
2022-08-0122 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP7: I.S. JONESJoin Chris in a sitdown with I.S. Jones, author of Spells of My Name, and Editor at Frontier Poetry, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! I.S. Jones is an American / Nigerian poet, essayist, and music journalist. She is a Graduate Fellow with The Watering Hole and holds fellowships from Callaloo, BOAAT Writer’s Retreat, and Brooklyn Poets. She is the co-editor of The Young African Poets Anthology: The Fire That Is Dreamed Of (Agbowó, 2020) and served as the inaugural nonfiction guest editor for Lolwe. She is an Editor at 20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, freelanced for Complex, Rev...
2022-07-2527 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP6: ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZJoin Chris in a sitdown with Esteban Rodriguez, author of Ordinary Bodies (word west press 2022), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Esteban Rodríguez is the author of six poetry collections, most recently Ordinary Bodies (word west press 2022), and the essay collection Before the Earth Devours Us (Split/Lip Press 2021). He is the Interviews Editor for the EcoTheo Review, Senior Book Reviews Editor for Tupelo Quarterly, and Associate Poetry Editor for AGNI. He currently lives in south Texas. Please leave a review and rating. Thank You!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2022-07-1823 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP5: RONNIE K. STEPHENSJoin Chris of The Poetry Question in a sit-down with Poet-Historian, Ronnie K. Stephens to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Ronnie K. Stephens is the author of two full-length poetry collections, Universe in the Key of Matryoshka and They Rewrote Themselves Legendary, as well as The Kaleidoscope Sisters, a young adult novel. He is focused on developing a broader body of academic essays related to American poetry and unsettling the K-16 classroom through diverse texts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2022-07-1133 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP4: KHALISA RAEJoin Chris in conversation with Khalisa Rae, author of Ghost in a Black Girl's Throat (Red Hen Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! -- Khalisa Rae is an award-winning multi-hyphenate poet, educator, and journalist based in Durham, NC. She is best known for her community activism and nonprofit management as the co-founder of Poet.she (Greensboro), the Invisibility Project, and Athenian Press- QPOC writer’s collective, resource center, and bookstore in Wilmington, NC. As a former English professor and public school teaching artist, Khalisa’s passion lies in uplifting women and youth through community engagement.  She has served as an outr...
2022-06-2727 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP3: MAHONGANY L. BROWNEJoin Chris Margolin of The Poetry Question in conversation with Mahogany L. Brown, author of Woke Baby, Chlorine Sky, and Vinyl Moon (Penguin Random House), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Mahogany L. Browne is the executive director of JustMedia, a media-literacy initiative designed to support the ground-work of criminal justice leaders and community members. This position is informed by her career as a writer, organizer, and educator. Mahogany has received fellowships from Agnes Gund, AIR Serenbe, Cave Canem, Poets House, Mellon Research, and Rauschenberg, and she founded the diverse literary campaign the Woke Baby Book Fair. She is also...
2022-06-2026 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP2: JENNIFER HUANGJoin Chris Margolin of The Poetry Questions in a sit-down with Jennifer Huang, author of Return Flight (Milkweed Editions), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Author bio: Jennifer Huang is the author of Return Flight, which was awarded the 2021 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry from Milkweed Editions. Their poems have appeared in POETRY, The Rumpus, and Narrative Magazine, among other places; and they have received recognition from the Academy of American Poets, Brooklyn Poets, North American Taiwan Studies Association, and more. In 2020, Jennifer earned their M.F.A. in Poetry at the University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Progr...
2022-06-1315 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S3EP1: : UNITED STATES POET LAUREATE: ADA LIMÓNSit down with Chris and Courtney Margolin, Co-EiCs of The Poetry Question, as they talk with Ada Limón, author of The Hurting Kind (Milkweed Editions), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her book Bright Dead Things was nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Her work has been supported most recently by a Guggenheim Fellowship. She grew up in Sonoma, California and now lives in...
2022-06-0616 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP15: COURTNEY LeBLANCJoin Chris in a one-on-one with EiC of Riot in Your Throat Press and author of and Winner of the Jack McCarthy book prize (Write Bloody, 2023), Courtney LeBlanc, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Courtney LeBlanc is a Word Perv. She is a poet, feminist, runner, dog mom who lives in Arlington, Virginia. LeBlanc is the author of the full length collections Exquisite Bloody, Beating Heart (Riot in Your Throat) and Beautiful & Full of Monsters (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press). They are the winner of the Jack McCarthy book prize and their next collection of poetry will be published by Write Bloody...
2022-04-1827 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP14: KRISTIN GARTHJoin Chris and Courtney in a sit down with Kristin Garth, the Editor in Cheif of Pink Plastic House, for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Kristin Garth is a Pushcart, Best of the Net & Rhysling nominated sonnet stalker.  She is a 2020 Best of the Net Finalist. Her sonnets have stalked journals like Glass, Yes, Five:2:One, Luna Luna and more. She is the author of two micro chapbooks of poetry The Legend of the Were Mer (Thirty West) and Glitter & Guillotines (Hedgehog Poetry Press). In addition, she has authored numerous chapbooks of poetry including Shut Your Eyes, Su...
2022-04-1117 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP13: SHAINDEL BEERSJoin Chris in a one-on-one sit down with Shaindel Beers, Poetry Editor of Contrary, about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Shaindel Beers’ poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She is currently an instructor of English at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon, in Eastern Oregon’s high desert and serves as Poetry Editor of Contrary. A Brief History of Time, her first full-length poetry collection, was released by Salt Publishing in 2009. Her second collection, The Children’s War and Other Poems was released in February of 2013. Her most recent collection, Secure Your Own Mask, w...
2022-04-0418 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP12: JULIAN RANDALLJoin Chris & Courtney of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Julian Randall, author of Refuse (Pitt, 2018), Pilar Ramirez & the Escape from Zafa (Holt), and the upcoming The Dead Don't Need Reminding: Essays (Bold Type Books), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry.  Julian Randall is a Living Queer Black poet from Chicago. He has received fellowships from Cave Canem, CantoMundo, Callaloo, BOAAT and the Watering Hole. Julian is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize. Julian is the winner of the 2019 Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award from the Publishing Triangle. His writing has been published in New York Times Magazine, Pl...
2022-03-2823 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP11: JASON B. CRAWFORDJoin Chris and Courtney in a sitdown with Jason B. Crawford, author of Year of the Unicorn Kidz (Sundress Publications), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! jason b. crawford (They/Them) is a writer born in Washington DC, raised in Lansing, MI. Their debut chapbook collection Summertime Fine is out through Variant Lit. Their second chapbook Twerkable Moments is out from Paper Nautilus Press. Their third chapbook, Good Boi, is forthcoming from Neon Hemlock press in fall 2021. Their debut Full Length Year of the Unicorn Kidz will be out in 2022 from Sundress Publications. crawford holds a Bachelor of Science in...
2022-03-2124 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP10: SAEED JONESJoin Chris and Courtney Margolin of The Poetry Question in a sitdown with Saeed Jones, author of Alive at the End of the World (Coffee House Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Saeed Jones is the author of the memoir HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES, winner of the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction, as well as the poetry collection PRELUDE TO BRUISE, winner of the 2015 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry and the 2015 Stonewall Book Award/Barbara Gittings Literature Award. Their debut poetry collection was also a finalist for the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and awards from Lambda L...
2022-03-1426 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP9: KYLE TRAN MYHRE (GUANTE)Join Chris and Courtney in a sit down with Kyle Tran Myhre (Guante), author of Not a Lot of Reasons to Sing, But Enough (Button Poetry), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Kyle Tran Myhre (also known as Guante) is a poet, educator, and activist based in Minneapolis, MN. His work explores the relationships between identity, power, and resistance, and he’s performed everywhere from the United Nations, to music festivals like Eaux Claires and Soundset, to countless colleges, universities, and conferences. He’s also been part of two National Poetry Slam championship teams, given a TEDx Talk, and published two b...
2022-03-0725 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP8: MX. FAYLITA HICKSJoin Chris and Courtney of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Mx. Faylita Hicks, author of Hoodwitch (Acre Books) and EiC of Black Femme Collective, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! FAYLITA HICKS (she/they) is the author of HoodWitch (Acre Books, 2019), a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry, the 2019 Balcones Poetry Prize, and the 2019 Julie Suk Award. The Editor-in-Chief of Black Femme Collective, they currently serve as the 2022 Writer-in-Residence for the Texas After Violence Project. In June 2021, they became a voting member of the Recording Academy/Grammys as a spoken word artist. Hicks is t...
2022-02-2824 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP7: NATE MARSHALLJoin Chris of The Poetry Question in a one-on-one about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry with the author of Finna (Penguin Random House), Nate Marshall. Nate Marshall is an award-winning writer, editor, educator, and MC. His most recent book, Finna, was recognized as one of the best books of 2020 by NPR and The New York Public Library. His first book, Wild Hundreds, was honored with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s award for Poetry Book of the Year and The Great Lakes College Association’s New Writer Award. He was also an editor of The BreakBeat Poets: New...
2022-02-2323 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP6: JOAN KWON GLASSJoin Chris & Courtney of The Poetry Question in a sit down conversation with Joan Kwon Glass, author of Night Swim (Diode Editions), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Joan Kwon Glass (B.A./M.A.T. Smith College) is the author of “Night Swim,” winner of the 2021 Diode Editions Book Contest and the micro chapbook “Bloodline,” winner of the 2021 Harbor Review Washburn Prize, and author of poetry chapbooks “How to Make Pancakes For a Dead Boy” (Harbor Editions, 2022) & “If Rust Can Grow on the Moon” (Milk & Cake Press, 2022). She was a Runner-Up for the 2021 Sundress Publications Chapbook Contest, & a 2021 finalist for the Harbor R...
2022-02-2124 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP5: JAE NICHELLEJoin Chris and Courtney of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Jae Nichelle, poet of page and stage, in a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  With over 50 million views on Facebook and 1 million on YouTube, Jae Nichelle is a viral spoken word artist based in Atlanta by way of Louisiana. Her work has been featured in Best New Poets 2020 and on several poetry platforms, and she's been winning poetry slams since she was 16. Her guilty pleasures include crop tops, taco bell, and starting projects that she'll never finish. Looking for professional ghostwriting services? Check out Jae’s o...
2022-02-1625 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP4: PRAISE OSAWARUJoin Chris and Courtney in a sit down with Praise Osawaru, Contributing Editor at Barren Magazine, Reader for Chestnut review, and 1st place winner of the 2021 Valiant Scribe Poetry Prize.  Praise Osawaru (he/him) is a writer of Bini descent. A Best of the Net, Pushcart Prize, and Nina Riggs Poetry Award nominee; his work appears or is forthcoming in Agbowó, FIYAH, Frontier Poetry, Down River Road, The Maine Review, and Savant-Garde, among others. He's the first-place winner of the 2021 Valiant Scribe Poetry Prize, the second-place winner of the Nigerian NewsDirect Poetry Prize 2020, and a finalist for the 2021 Stephen A. Di...
2022-02-1425 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP3: KBJoin Chris, of The Poetry Question, in a one-on-one with KB, author of How To Identify Yourself with a Wound (Kallisto Gaia Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  KB Brookins (also known as KB) is a Black/queer/transmasculine poet, essayist, artivist, and cultural worker from Stop Six, Fort Worth, Texas. Their poems are published or forthcoming in American Poetry Review, Electric Literature, Cincinnati Review, and other places; their essays are published in Teen Vogue, Autostraddle, and Blavity. KB is the author of How To Identify Yourself with a Wound (Kallisto Gaia Press, 2022), selected by ire’ne laura silva as...
2022-02-0919 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP2: SEEMA REZAJoin Chris and Courtney of The Poetry Question as they sit down for a talk with Seema Reza about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Seema Reza is the author of A Constellation of Half-Lives & When the World Breaks Open. Based in Maryland, she has led writing workshops within correctional facilities, military and civilian hospitals, elementary and secondary schools, and universities. She is the CEO of Community Building Art Works, a unique arts organization that encourages the use of the arts as a tool for narration, self-care and socialization among a military population struggling with emotional and physical injuries. Reza’s work...
2022-02-0724 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S2EP1: GABRIELLE BATESJoin Chris and Courtney of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Gabrielle Bates about passion, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Gabrielle Bates is a writer and visual artist originally from Birmingham, Alabama. Her debut collection of poems, JUDAS GOAT, is forthcoming from Tin House in 2023. Bates's work has appeared in the New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, Ploughshares, APR, Virginia Quarterly Review, New England Review, Gulf Coast, Mississippi Review, Black Warrior Review, the Best of the Net anthology, and BAX: Best American Experimental Writing, among other journals and anthologies, and her poetry comics have been featured internationally in a variety of exhibit...
2022-02-0221 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP26: JOEL LEONChris and Courtney sit down with Joel Leon, storyteller, father, poet, and recovering rapper, to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Joel L. Daniels, also known as Joel Leon, is a performer, author and story-teller who writes and tells stories for Black people. Born and raised in the Bronx, Joel specializes in moderating and leading conversations surrounding race, masculinity, mental health, creativity and the performing arts, with love at the center of his work and purpose. He is a F.H. LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts alum, winner of the Bronx Council of the Arts BRIO Award...
2021-12-2928 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP25: DARIUS SIMPSONChris sits down with Darius Simpson, winner of the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship, to talk about all things passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Darius Simpson is a writer, educator, performer, and skilled living room dancer from Akron, Ohio. He received his BA in Political Science from Eastern Michigan University and his MFA in Creative Writing-Poetry from Mills College. Darius was a recipient of the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship.​ He hopes to inspire that feeling you get that makes you scrunch up your face after a good bite of homemade Mac N Cheese. Dariu...
2021-12-2725 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP24: MELISSA LOZADA-OLIVAChris and Courtney sit down with poet, screenwriter, and essayist, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Melissa Lozada-Oliva is a Guatelombian (Guatemalan-Colombian) American poet and screenwriter living in Brooklyn by way of Massachusetts.  Their book peluda (Button Poetry 2017) explores the intersections of Latina identity, feminism, hair removal & what it means to belong. Their novel-in-verse Dreaming of You is about bringing Selena back to life through a seance & the disastrous consequences that follow & it’s coming out October 2021 on Astra House.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2021-12-2216 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP23: KAZIM ALIChris and Courtney sit down with Kazim Ali, Editor/Founder of Nightboat Books, and Department Chair for Literature at UC San Diego, about all things passions, process, pitfalls, poetry... and Choose Your Own Adventure! KAZIM ALI was born in the United Kingdom and has lived transnationally in the United States, Canada, India, France, and the Middle East. His books encompass multiple genres, including the volumes of poetry Inquisition, Sky Ward, winner of the Ohioana Book Award in Poetry; The Far Mosque, winner of Alice James Books’ New England/New York Award; The Fortieth Day; All One’s Blue; and the cross-genr...
2021-12-2023 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP22: REAGAN MYERSChris sits down for a one-on-one with Reagan Myers, author of Afterwards (Button Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, poetry... and YA lit! Reagan Myers Instagram @reagancmyers | Facebook @reagancmyers | Twitter @reagancmyers Reagan is the youngest Grand Slam champion to ever come out of Nebraska, and was the first woman to hold the title in seven years. She’s been to two National Poetry Slams as a member of the Omaha team, founded and represented the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational for two years, and was the Woman of the World Poetry Slam Nebraska rep fo...
2021-12-1518 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP21: CHARLES K. CARTERChris and Courtney sit down with Charles K. Carter, author of Salem Revisited (WordTech Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Charles K. Carter is a queer poet and educator from Iowa. He shares his home with his artist husband and their spoiled pets. He enjoys film, yoga, and live music. Melissa Etheridge is his ultimate obsession. Carter has an MA in creative writing with a poetry concentration from Southern New Hampshire University and an MFA in writing from Lindenwood University. He is a volunteer video curator for Button Poetry. His poems have been featured in several literary j...
2021-12-1314 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP20: ALAN CHAZAROChris sits down with Alan Chazaro, author of Piñata Theory and This Isn't a Frank Ocean Cover Album (Black Lawrence Press), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Alan Chazaro's Website Bio: I write about things. After 10 years working as a public high school teacher in Louisiana, Massachusetts, and California, I decided to pursue my creative interests more seriously and have been living as a freelancer who travels when I can to enjoy cultures around the world. I'm a San Francisco Bay Area local with Mexican dual-citizenship, existing between both countries as I continue to write, edit, teach, a...
2021-12-0819 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP19: HANNAH COHENCourtney and Chris sit down with Hannah Cohen, author of Year of the Scapegoat (coming Spring of '22 from Glass Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Hannah Cohen resides in Virginia with her two cats. She's a graduate of the Queens University of Charlotte MFA program. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks: YEAR OF THE SCAPEGOAT (Glass Poetry Press, 2022) and BAD ANATOMY (2018). Hannah is one of the co-editors of the online literary journal Cotton Xenomorph. Publications include Qu Lit Mag, The Offing, The Rumpus, Cherry Tree, Entropy, Drunk Monkeys, Glass: A Journal of Poetry and...
2021-12-0622 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP18: PATRICK ROCHEChris sits down with Patrick Roche, author of A Socially Acceptable Breakdown (Button Poetry), for a one-on-one conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Patrick Roche (he/him) is an award-winning poet, performer, mental health advocate, and Carly Rae Jepsen enthusiast from New Jersey. Videos of Patrick’s work have amassed over 9.5 million views on YouTube, making him one of the most popular spoken word poets. Patrick has competed or been featured at multiple national and international competitions and festivals, including placing 3rd in the world at the 2016 Individual World Poetry Slam, 2nd  at the 2017 Capturing Fire national queer slam, 9th a...
2021-12-0125 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP17: ASHLEY ELIZABETHChris and Courtney sit down with Ashley Elizabeth, author of You Were Supposed to be a Friend (Nightengale & Sparrow), for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Ashley Elizabeth (she/her) is a writing consultant, teacher, and poet. Her works have appeared in SWWIM, Rigorous, and Kahini Quarterly, among others. Her chapbook, you were supposed to be a friend, is available from Nightingale & Sparrow. When Ashley isn’t serving as assistant editor at Sundress Publications or working as a member of the Estuary Collective, she habitually posts on Twitter and Instagram (@ae_thepoet). She lives in Baltimore, MD with her partn...
2021-11-2917 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP16: TAYLOR BYASChris sits down for a one-on-one conversation with Taylor Byas, author of Bloodwarm (Variant Lit), for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Taylor Byas is a Black poet and essayist. Originally from Chicago, she moved to Alabama for six years, where she received both her Bachelor’s degree in English and her Master’s degree in English (Creative Writing concentration) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Taylor currently lives in Cincinnati, Ohio where she is a third year PhD student and Albert C. Yates Scholar at the University of Cincinnati studying poetry. She is also an Assistant Feat...
2021-11-2421 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP15: DeMISTY D. BELLINGERJoin Courtney and Chris Margolin for a sit down with DeMisty D. Bellinger, author of Peculiar Heritage (Mason Jar Press), for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! DeMisty D. Bellinger is the author of the poetry collections Rubbing Elbows (Finishing Line Press, 2017) and Peculiar Heritage (Mason Jar Press, 2021), and the forthcoming novel New to Liberty (Unnamed Press, 2022). A graduate of the MFA program at Southampton College and the PhD program at the University of Nebraska, DeMisty is now poetry editor with Porcupine Literary and with Malarkey Books, and she teaches creative writing at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts...
2021-11-2222 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP14: JOSE HERNANDEZ DIAZChris sits down for a one-on-one conversation with Jose Hernandez Diaz on passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Jose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow. He is the author of a collection of prose poems: The Fire Eater (Texas Review Press, 2020). He holds degrees in English and Creative Writing from UC Berkeley and Antioch University Los Angeles. His work appears in The American Poetry Review, Cincinnati Review, Georgia Review, Huizache, Iowa Review, The Nation, Poetry, and in The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Currently, he is an Editor for Frontier and Palette Poetry. The Poetry Question Website The Poetry Question Merchandise ...
2021-11-1719 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP13: RITA MOOKERJEECourtney & Chris Margolin sit down with Rita Mookerjee of Honey Literary to discuss all things passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Rita Mookerjee is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Program at Iowa State University. Her research interests include postcolonial women's literature, food studies, and queer theory. She holds a PhD in Literature from Florida State University. In 2019-2020, she was a Fulbright Fellow to Jamaica. Her critical work has been featured in the Routledge Companion of Literature and Food, the Bloomsbury Handbook to Literary and Cultural Theory, and the Bloomsbury Handbook of Twenty-First Century Feminist Theory. Her p...
2021-11-1522 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP12: ARIANA BROWNChris Margolin sits down one-on-one with Ariana Brown for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  ARIANA BROWN is a Black Mexican American poet with ten years of experience writing, performing, and teaching poetry. She offers a list of services for college events, poetry slams, and local organizations. Her work focuses on Black relationality, queer kinship, and imagining a world where Black girls are free. She is currently on tour with Alan Pelaez Lopez as part of the We Are Owed. Tour in fall 2021. Click here to book Ariana for an artist talk, writing workshop, or poetry performance. **Please excu...
2021-11-1015 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP11: CHEN CHENCourtney and Chris Margolin sit down with Chen Chen for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry. They might also talk about Russian literature, Buffy, and the horrors of getting sucked down a mall escalator. This is quite the conversation! 陳琛 / Chen Chen’s second book of poetry, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency, is forthcoming from BOA Editions in Sept. 2022. His debut, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. In 2019 Bloodaxe Books published the UK edi...
2021-11-0824 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP10: DARE WILLIAMSCourtney and Chris sit down with Dare Williams for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Dare Williams: A 2019 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow, Dare Williams is a Queer HIV-positive poet, artist, rooted in Southern California. He has received fellowships from John Ashbury Home School and The Frost Place. He is a co-producer of the reading series Word of Mouth which raises money for communities facing food and nutrition inequities and was the co-curator of the WeHo Reads Literature Festival 2021. Dare’s poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and Best American Poets 2021. His wor...
2021-11-0315 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP9: DEESHA PHILYAWChris and Courtney sit down with Deesha Philyaw to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the 2020/2021 Story Prize, and the 2020 LA Times Book Prize: The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies focuses on Black women, sex, and the Black church, and is being adapted for television by HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing. Deesha is also a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and wil...
2021-11-0118 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP8: SARAH KERSEYChris sits down for a one-on-one conversation with Sarah Kersey about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Sarah Kersey is a poet and x-ray tech from New Jersey. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Hellebore, Mortar Magazine, Ghost City Review, The Harpoon Review, and elsewhere. She is an Associate Editor of South Florida Poetry Journal. She tweets @sk__poet. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2021-10-2720 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP7: DENZEL SCOTTChris and Courtney sit down with Denzel Scott to discuss passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Denzel Xavier Scott earned his BA in English from the University of Chicago and received his Writing MFA at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in his hometown of Savannah, GA. His works appear in Spillway, Decomp, Euphony Journal, and Blacklight Magazine of the University of Chicago, Bombay Gin literary magazine of Naropa University, the Missing Slate literary magazine, Apeiron Review, based out of Philadelphia, the Gambler Mag, based out of New Orleans, Kaaterskill Basin Literary Journal, SLAB magazine of Slippery Rock University and...
2021-10-2522 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP6: TODD DILLARDChris sits solo with Todd Dillard to discuss passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  Todd Dillard grew up in Houston, Texas, completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Houston with a concentration in creative writing and poetry. From there, he moved to New York to study in the creative writing program at Sarah Lawrence College, where he received his MFA in poetry in 2008. After living for a few years in Brooklyn and the Bronx, Todd moved to Philadelphia with his wife to start a family. He’s now the father of a wonderful daughter, and works as a writer and editor f...
2021-10-2020 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP5: GEORGE ABRAHAMCourtney and Chris sit down with George Abraham, author of Birthright (Button Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!  George Abraham is a Palestinian American poet and writer from Jacksonville, FL. Their debut poetry collection Birthright (Button Poetry, 2020) won the Arab American Book Award and the Big Other Book Award in Poetry, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry, and was named  on Best of 2020 lists with The Asian American Writers' Workshop and The New Arab. He is also the author of the chapbooks al youm (The Atlas Review, 2017), and the specimen's apology (Sibling Rivalry...
2021-10-1826 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP4: ELIZABETH HORANChris sits down for a one-on-one with Elizabeth Horan. Elisabeth Horan is a poet, mother, and small press publisher living in the wilds of Vermont. She is the author of numerous poetry chapbooks and collections, and the Editor-In-Chief of Animal Heart Press. Elisabeth is passionate about discovering new voices and mentoring emerging poets. She is also a fierce advocate for those impacted by mental illness. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tpq20/support
2021-10-1320 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP3: DANEZ SMITHChris and Courtney sit down with Danez Smith to talk about Passion, Process, Pitfalls, and Poetry!  Danez Smith is a Black, Queer, Poz writer & performer from St. Paul, MN. Danez is the author of “Homie” (Graywolf Press, 2020), "Don’t Call Us Dead" (Graywolf Press, 2017), winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award, and a finalist for the National Book Award, and "[insert] boy" (YesYes Books, 2014), winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. They are the recipient of fellowships from the Poetry Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Montalvo Arts Ce...
2021-10-1122 minTHE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20S1EP1: SAM HERSCHEL WEINCourtney and Chris Margolin sit down with Sam Herschel Wein to talk about Passions, Process, Pitfalls, and Poetry.  Sam Herschel Wein (pronouns: he/they) is a lollygagging plum of a poet who specializes in perpetual frolicking. They are an MFA candidate in poetry at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Their first chapbook, Fruit Mansion (Split Lip Press, 2017) was selected as the winner of the 2016 Turnbuckle Chapbook prize. Their second chapbook, GESUNDHEIT!, a collaboration with Chen Chen, is part of the 2019-2020 Glass Poetry Press series. He co-founded and edits the poetry journal Underblong. Recent poems can be found in Shenandoah, Sundog L...
2021-10-0421 min