Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
WRITERS’ BLOCK 33: CALLIOPE EDITOR MELINDA SHERRILL
Writers’ Block (Sort Of Live)! Melinda Sherrill, Calliope Art and Literary Magazine‘s Editor-in-Chief Last spring, Mike sat down with Melinda Sherrill, who was the Editor-in-Chief of Chapman University’s Lit Journal, Calliope Art and Literary Magazine, at the time. The two discuss the process of putting together an issue of the Magazine, how Calliope changed over…
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Writers’ Block Live! DANIEL MCGINN, ALEXIS RHONE FANCHER, AND PEGGY DOBREER A very special ALL Moon Tide Press edition of Writers’ Block Live! Friend of YourPopFilter and two-time Writers’ Block guest Eric Morago is the publisher at Moon Tide Press, and in the spring of 2018 the press published three amazing books of poetry: Daniel…
Read MoreWRITERS’ BLOCK 31: MATHIEU CAILLIER, MICHELLE BRITTAN ROSADO, AND STEVEN SANCHEZ LIVE!
Writers’ Block Live! MATHIEU CAILLIER, MICHELLE BRITTAN ROSADO, STEVEN SANCHEZ To celebrate the launch of Steven Sanchez’s first full-length poetry book, Phantom Tongue, Mike sits down with Steven, Michelle Brittan Rosado, and Mathieu Cailler to talk about the process of putting a book together, how one manages to keep making love poems interesting, the power of…
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Writers’ Block Live! Trevor K Allred, Liz Harmer, Shauna Barbosa Mike sits down with novelist Liz Harmer, poet and community organizer Trevor K Allred, and poet Shauna Barbosa to hear the work from their individual projects and discuss the power of audience, politics, the meaning of portals, the meaning of water, the magic of astrology…
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Writers’ Block Live! Eric Morago, Nan Cohen, Victoria Chang Back in February, Mike sat down with poets Eric Morago, Nan Cohen, and Victoria Chang to discuss how becoming a publisher can affect one’s writing, the influence of history and religion, and intense poetry projects, plus a whole lot more! Eric Morago is a two-time Pushcart…
Read MoreWRITERS’ BLOCK 27: DOUG DECHOW AND JASON MORPHEW LIVE!
Another edition of Writers’ Block Live! Back in May, Mike sat down with nonfiction writer Doug Dechow and poet Jason Morphew to talk about research into one’s own family, separating fact from fantasy, the allure of isolation, lyric poetry and much more! Doug Dechow is researching and writing a book about his grand-uncle Harry Dale Park, who…
Read MoreWriters’ Block Live! with Andrew Wessels and Fisayo Adeyeye
This episode of Writers’ Block Live! was recorded October 21, 2017 in celebration of the book release of Cradles by Fisayo Adeyeye. He and Andrew Wessels read to a packed house at the 1888 Center, and were interview by Julianne Berokoff. Fisayo Adeyeye is an MFA candidate at San Francisco State University. He is the former Poetry Editor…
Read MoreWRITERS’ BLOCK LIVE! with GRANT HIER, JULIA WALTON, AND JONATHAN ALEXANDER
Writers’ Block Live! is here for your ears! We’ve been recording a live version Writers’ Block about once a month at the 1888 Center in Orange, California. This means get ready for a whole slew of live interviews, dropping in-between the in-depth conversations you’re used to! And some of your favorite guest show up again! We…
Read MoreWRITERS’ BLOCK EPISODE 19: VICTORIA CHANG
Today’s guest is Victoria Chang! Awhile back, Victoria stopped by Mike’s house and the two sat on the living room floor for some reason and chatted about why Victoria doesn’t like doing readings, the benefits of a writer keeping a day job, and why she’s drawn to poetry “projects.” If you’re in the Southern California…
Read MoreWRITERS’ BLOCK EPISODE 18: ANNA LEAHY
Anna Leahy is a poet, nonfiction writer, and professor. She is the author of the nonfiction book Tumor, and co-author of Conversing with Cancer, Generation Space, and What We Talk about When We Talk about Creative Writing. Her poetry collections are Aperture and Constituents of Matter. Her essays won the top prizes from Ninth Letter…
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