Author. Journalist. Poet.
I had a great time catching up with Ellie Black, whose debut collection REVELATOR is easily one of my favorite reads this year.
REVELATOR was selected by Dorothea Lasky as the winner of the 2026 APR/Honickman First Book Prize and will be published by the American Poetry Review through Copper Canyon Press in September 2026. Preorder from Bookshop here.
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I had so much fun talking to Carey Salerno, executive director and publisher at Alice James Books, ahead of the release of her stunning third collection, THE HUNGRIEST STARS!
THE HUNGRIEST STARS comes out tomorrow, October 28, from Persea Books and can be purchased here.
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In our final Season 10 episode, I had a great conversation with Appalachian & Palestinian-American poet and journalist Mandy Shunnarah!
Topics included: the role of poetry and journalism in 2025 America, the challenges of Arabic translation, the integration of ancestral research in poetry, the bustling poetry community in Columbus, and the ubiquitous influence of Waffle House!
WE HAD MANSIONS will be released on July 1 and can be preordered here.
I’ll be back with our first episode of Season 11 on July 3! Featuring Tram Colwin & Bea Apple at the Bentonville-based textile shop Hillfolk!
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I had such a lovely conversation with poet, teacher, and Columbia MFA grad Eduardo Martínez-Leyva!
Topics included: the impact of crossing borders throughout childhood, the harrowing process of workshopping grief, Lucie Brock-Broido’s significant influence, and what God & border patrol agents have in common!
COWBOY PARK is already out and available for purchase here.
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I had such a great time catching up with CD Eskilson, dear old friend and fellow Arkansas MFA, ahead of the release of their debut collection SCREAM/QUEEN!
Join us as CD shares some truly fascinating things about horror films and poetry, and I probably go on for too long about Edgar Allan Poe.
SCREAM/QUEEN is available for preorder/purchase here!
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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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