S5EP13: CHRIS L. BUTLER pt. 1
Join Chris in conversation with Chris L. Butler, author of Melodies of the Oppressed (Nightingale & Sparrow), about passions, process, pitfalls, & Poetry!
Apr 30, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 13
THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20
Welcome to The Poetry Question’s TPQ20, where Chris Margolin, Founder of The Poetry Question, spends 20-minutes with your favorite poets about their passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Let’s expand the conversation!
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Episodes
S5EP12: CHELSEA DINGMAN
Join Chris in conversation with Chelsea Dingman, author of I, Divided (LSU Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Apr 25, 2023•25 min•Season 5Ep. 12
S5EP11: LUNA REY HALL
Join Chris in conversation with Luna Rey Hall, author of The Patient Routine (Brigids Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Apr 23, 2023•26 min•Season 5Ep. 11
S5EP10: ROBIN MYERS
Join Chris in conversation with Robin Myers, NEA Translation Fellow, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Apr 18, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 10
S5EP9: ARIANA BENSON
Join Chris in conversation with Ariana Benson, author of Black Pastoral (UGA Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Apr 16, 2023•26 min•Season 5Ep. 9
S5EP8: ANNELYSE GELMAN
Join Chris in conversation with Annelyse Gelman, author of Vexations (University of Chicago Press) and founder of Midst, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Apr 11, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 8
S5EP7: HAOLUN XU
Join Chris in conversation with Haolun Xu, author of Ultimate Sun Cell (New Delta Review), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Apr 10, 2023•31 min•Season 5Ep. 7
S5EP6: SARAH GHAZAL ALI
Join Chris in conversation with Sarah Ghazal Ali, author of Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024), a lot passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Apr 05, 2023•25 min•Season 5Ep. 6
S5EP5: QUINTIN COLLINS
Join Chris in conversation with Quintin Collins, author of Claim Tickets for Stolen People (University of Ohio Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Apr 03, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 5
S5EP4: KMA SULLIVAN
Join Chris in conversation with KMA Sullivan, EiC of YESYES Books, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Mar 28, 2023•35 min•Season 5Ep. 4
S5EP3: FATIMAH ASGHAR
Join 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 ...
Mar 26, 2023•18 min•Season 5Ep. 3
S5EP2: DR. JOSHUA BENNETT
Join Chris in conversation with Dr. Joshua Bennett, author of The Study of Human Life (Penguin), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Mar 21, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 2
S5EP1: MIRA ROSENTHAL
Join Chris in conversation with Mira Rosenthal, author of Territorial (Pitt Poetry), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Mar 19, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 1
S4EP20: STEPHANIE PARENT
Join Chris in conversation with Stephanie Parent, Author of The Briars (Cemetery Gates Media), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Mar 05, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 20
S4EP19: 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!
Feb 26, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 19
S4EP18: BRITTANY ROGERS
Join Chris in conversation with Brittany Rogers, co-host of VS Podcast, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Feb 20, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 18
S4EP17: DANIEL B. SUMMERHILL
Join 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 ...
Feb 13, 2023•23 min•Season 4Ep. 17
S4EP16: PHIL GOLDSTEIN
Join 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...
Feb 06, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 16
S4EP15: JESSICA Q. STARK
Join 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...
Jan 30, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 15
S4EP14: SOFIA FEY
Join 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.
Jan 23, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 14
S4EP13: NATALIE EILBERT
Join 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 R...
Jan 16, 2023•34 min•Season 4Ep. 13
S4EP12: JONAH MIXON-WEBSTER
Join Chris in conversation with author of Stereo(types), Jonah Mixon-Webster, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
Jan 08, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 12
S4EP11: DR. TARA BETTS
Join 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.”
Jan 02, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 11
S4EP10: NAT RAUM
Join 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).
Dec 19, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 10
S4EP9: DIAMOND FORDE
Join 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 appea...
Dec 12, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 9
S4EP8: DOROTHEA LASKY
Join 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 sev...
Dec 05, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 8
S4EP7: SHELLEY WONG
Join 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 Republi...
Nov 28, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 7
S4EP6: SAGE FRANCIS
Join 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 indi...
Nov 21, 2022•27 min•Season 4Ep. 6
S4EP5: KEMI ALABI
Join 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 P...
Nov 14, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 5
S4EP4: 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...
Nov 07, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 4
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