The Poetry Saloncast Podcast
1) S5 Ep59: What You Refuse to Remember: An Interview with M.T. Vallarta
W. H. Auden says that poetry makes nothing happen. But how do you actually do that? How does a writer embody nothingness? In this interview MT Vallarta discusses her collection What You Refuse to Reme...Show More
2) S5 Ep58: The Sailor Moon Transformation Sequence
Why This Poem Matters: Listen to Tresha Faye Haefner discuss Rita Mookerjee's poem, "The Silor Moon Transformation Sequence." Hear her explain why it matters to her personally, and what it teaches her...Show More
3) S5 Ep58: False Offering with Rita Mookerjee
Inspiration, mental health struggles and what to make with a giant bag of tapioca starch, this conversation has it all. Rita tells me about her new book, False Offering, and a bit about her upcoming b...Show More
4) S5 Ep57: Sarah Browning: Poetry, Politics and Really Hot Priests
“If we can’t face it, we can’t change it.” In our interview, Sarah Browning discusses her latest book, Killing Summer (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017). It tackles subjects such as racism and gun violence...Show More
5) S5 Ep56: Kelli Russell Agodon and Susan Rich: Demystifying the Manuscript
Please enjoy our interview with Kelli and Susan on their new book! Here are the key take aways I got from our discussion. You don’t necessarily need to go in chronological order. Start with the ju...Show More
S5 Ep56: Kelli Russell Agodon and Susan Rich: Demystifying the Manuscript
1:27:27 | May 15th, 2024
6) S5 Ep55: Jose Hernandez Diaz: Realism and Surrealism
Jose calls his book, Bad Mexican, Bad American (Acre Books, 2024) “two books in one.” The first section is deeply autobiographical, but the second half is truly surreal. Jose and I talked about honori...Show More
7) S5 Ep54: How Love Leads to Revolutions
Can you write love poems during a time of war? What about sex poems or erotic poems about your current “situationship?” In this interview, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo discusses her latest book, Incantation...Show More
8) S5 Ep54: How Love Leads to Revolution
Can you write love poems during a time of war? What about sex poems or erotic poems about your current “situationship?” In this interview, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo discusses her latest book, Incantation...Show More
9) S5 Ep53: Nadia Colburn: A Dawn Practice to Call Yourself Back
In this interview Nadia discusses her second book of poems, I Say the Sky from published by University Press of Kentucky. You can take Nadia’s 7-Day New Year Writing and Meditation Program, starting J...Show More
10) S5 Ep52: Lindsey Royce: Writing With and Without God
How do you process the passing of someone you love? In this interview, Lindsey Royce discusses her latest collection, The Book of John. Already an established poet, when her late husband, was diagnose...Show More