Author. Journalist. Poet.
I had such an inspiring conversation with Patrycja Humienik, polish-American author of WE CONTAIN LANDSCAPES! Join us as we interrogate poetry’s boundless potentials and heartbreaking limitations in 2025 America.
WE CONTAIN LANDSCAPES is available for preorder/purchase here.
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I had such a lovely, restorative conversation with Rawand Mustafa, the 2024 winner of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize from the University of Arkansas Press– and our first featured guest of 2025!
This episode was co-hosted by Kathleen Sullivan, Arkansas MFA candidate in literary translation, translation editor of The Arkansas International, director of Arkansas’ Writers in the Schools program, and dear friend!
UMBILICAL DISCORD is available for purchase here from the University of Arkansas Press!
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I had such a lovely time talking to our final (scheduled) guest of 2024, University of Puerto Rico professor Dorsía Smith Silva! I learned so much about Puerto Rico and hurricanes!
IN INHERITANCE OF DROWNING is available for preorder here from CavanKerry Press!
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BLACK BOX NAMED LIKE TO ME by Diana Garza Islas, and translated by Cal Paule, is easily one of the strangest books I’ve read this year. I can’t wait for everyone else to read it, too.
I’ve been a fan of Cal since I met them in a poetry workshop my last semester of grad school. I’m thrilled to see their meteoric success! They’re in the same MFA cohort as Joaquín (my husband), who is co-hosting this delightful conversation.
BLACK BOX NAMED LIKE TO ME is available for preorder here!
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Ecstatic to share my full conversation with longtime fave S.K. Ali, who I first interviewed in 2017 and whose recent break into the fantasy genre has been predictably triumphant with FLEDGLING, a stunning first book in a duology I can’t wait to continue!
Some other topics of discussion: Publishing in Canada, the importance of preserving records, privileged first person perspectives, & the weight of responsibility in an industry that helps shape narratives.
FLEDGLING will be released next Tuesday, Oct 8 and can be preordered here!
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Deeply enjoyed speaking to Cherokee author Andrea Rogers, a dear long-time local friend, ahead of the release of her latest book, THE ART THIEVES!
THE ART THIEVES will be released on October 8, 2024 and is available for preorder here!
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Deeply enjoyed reading Megan Pinto’s wondrous and immersive debut, SAINTS OF LITTLE FAITH, and deeply enjoyed a great conversation with Megan this month!
SAINTS OF LITTLE FAITH is available for preorder & purchase here.
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Hiba Tahir 