Mela Blust - Pennsylvania Poet and Author of Skeleton Parade
Release Date: 12/19/2019
Ashanti Anderson - Author of Black Under
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Ashanti Anderson is a Black Queer Disabled poet, screenwriter, and playwright. She holds an MFA from the University of California at Riverside, and teaches at Xavier University of Louisiana. Her debut chapbook, , is the winner of the Spring 2020 Black River Chapbook Competition and published through Black Lawrence Press.
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Andrea Carter Brown - Author of September 12
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Andrea Carter Brown is author of no less than 4 collections of poetry: Domestic Karma, The Disheveled Bed, Brook and Rainbow, and most recently , a collection of poems based on Brown’s experience as a survivor of the September 11th attack. September 12 is published by The Word Works. Brown's work can also be found in anthologies such as Like Light and Entering the Real World.
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Matthew Brown - author of Among God and Other Drugs
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Matthew Brown is a queer, Afro-Latino poet from Albuquerque, New Mexico and author of Verbrennen as well as Among God and Other Drugs, both by Swimming with Elephants Publications. He is also a community health worker, actor, and spoken word artist. He was a 2013 Brave New Voices finalist, three time Southwest Shootout Poetry Champion, and 2015 Albuquerque Grand Slam Poetry Champion. Matthew Brown’s books Among Gods and Other Drugs: Verbrennen: If you'd like to be a guest on the show or have questions, you can email at . To help support the show, you can visit the show's Patreon...
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Fresh Linen - author of Before the Streetlights Come On
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Sergeant George Linen Jr aka Fresh Linen is author of the poetry collection Before the Streetlights Come On. He has appeared on the TEDxUniversityofEssex stage, teaches at Airmen Leadership School, and is currently serving in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Germany. Find Fresh Linen: Before the Streetlights Come On book: A Breath of Fresh Air Poetry Scholarship: Fresh Linen on Facebook: If you'd like to be a guest on the show or have questions, you can email at . To help support the show, you can visit the show's Patreon page: Follow the show on Facebook:
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Matthew Marroquin - Author of Guanaco Binge
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Matthew Marroquín is a Salvadorian-American slam poet, Education for Service Scholar, and student at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. Marroquín is a theatre and media performance student and author of Guanaco Binge, a collection of poetry published by Read or Green Books. You can find Matthew Marroquín and all his information here: You can find his book and all the books from his publisher, Read or Green Books LLC here: If you'd like to be a guest on the show or have questions, you can email at . To help support the show, you can visit the show's Patreon page:...
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Melissa May - Author of Up Is So Near
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Melissa May is author of Up Is So Near and Sparklefat which was originally published by WordsDance Press. She has been featured on Button Poetry with at least one of her videos having over 900,000 views.
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Bracha Goetz - Author of 40 Children's Books of Poetry
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Bracha Goetz is a poet and author of 40 children’s books written in rhyme poetry. Goetz graduated from Harvard with a BA in Psychology and Social Relations. She is also author of a memoir for grown ups called Searching for God in the Garage. You can find her work on .
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Nolan P Holloway - Author of Life Between the Words
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. is a poet from Atlanta Georgia and author of 3 collections of poetry including Life Between the Words. He is also cohost of a radio show called The Real Level Up and is a voice over artist with a background in business management.
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Tamara Kaye Sellman - Author of Intention Tremor
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Tamara Kaye Sellman is a journalist by trade and a writer of prose and poetry. She's been nominated two times for the Pushcart Prize, the John S Burroughs Prize and is first place winner of the Dr O Marvin Lewis Essay Award. She's author of , of which the proceeds will be donated to the .
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Season 3 Update and Teaser
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Season 3 of Pen and Poet is being recorded as we speak and includes interviews with many contemporary poets including Tamara Kaye Sellman and Harvard Graduate and children's book author Bracha Goetz. The first episode drops August 19th!
info_outlineMela Blust is the social media coordinator for Animal Heart Press, poetry reader for The Rise Up Review, and contributing editor for Barren Magazine. Her work can be found all over the place, not the least of which is The Bitter Oleander, Rust+Moth, Califragile, Setu Magazine, and Rhythm & Bones Lit. She has one book out so far called Skeleton Parade through APEP Publications.