Pen And Poet podcast

Intimate conversations and readings with poets, both page and stage. The show that proves poetry can, and should, be accessible to everyone.

Ashanti Anderson - Author of Black Under 12/30/2021

Ashanti Anderson - Author of Black Under 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. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/21508250

Andrea Carter Brown - Author of September 12 12/16/2021

Andrea Carter Brown - Author of September 12 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. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/21507914

Matthew Brown - author of Among God and Other Drugs 11/11/2021

Matthew Brown - author of Among God and Other Drugs 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 page: Follow the show on Facebook: /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/20649989

Fresh Linen - author of Before the Streetlights Come On 10/28/2021

Fresh Linen - author of Before the Streetlights Come On 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: /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/20649866

Matthew Marroquin - Author of Guanaco Binge 10/14/2021

Matthew Marroquin - Author of Guanaco Binge 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: Follow the show on Facebook: /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/20490155

Melissa May - Author of Up Is So Near 09/30/2021

Melissa May - Author of Up Is So Near 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. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/20489468

Bracha Goetz - Author of 40 Children's Books of Poetry 09/16/2021

Bracha Goetz - Author of 40 Children's Books of Poetry 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 . /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/20189681

Nolan P Holloway - Author of Life Between the Words 09/02/2021

Nolan P Holloway - Author of Life Between the Words . 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. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/20148728

Tamara Kaye Sellman - Author of Intention Tremor 08/19/2021

Tamara Kaye Sellman - Author of Intention Tremor 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 . /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/20148287

Season 3 Update and Teaser 08/15/2021

Season 3 Update and Teaser 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! /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/20149004

Jennifer E Hudgens - Oklahoma poet and author of Bear 02/13/2020

Jennifer E Hudgens - Oklahoma poet and author of Bear Jennifer E. Hudgens is a poet out of Oklahoma and is working on her MFA at Oklahoma State University. She is the author of several books including “Girls Who Fell In Love With War” through Swimming with Elephants Publications and her latest “Bear” which is self published. She’s been published in numerous places including Literary Orphans and Rag Queen Periodical. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/13138904

Bill Nevins - New Mexico poet and author of Heartbreak Ridge 01/30/2020

Bill Nevins - New Mexico poet and author of Heartbreak Ridge Bill Nevins is a New Mexican poet who is also an educator, social worker, journalist, and farmer. He is author of the book Heartbreak Ridge and other poems out with Swimming with Elephants Publications and his poetry can also be found in countless places like Central Avenue, The Rag, Maple Leaf Rag. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/12949175

Chibbi Orduna - Texas Poet and author of Otro/Patria 01/16/2020

Chibbi Orduna - Texas Poet and author of Otro/Patria Chibbi is a poet, actor, singer, and make up artist currently residing in San Antonio TX. He is the author of two books at the moment, Where the Wild Things Grow and Otro/Patria. And he is the founder of Laredo Border Slam, which started in 2010. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/12765302

Bassam - Toronto Poet and Author of bliss in die / unbinging the underglow 01/02/2020

Bassam - Toronto Poet and Author of bliss in die / unbinging the underglow Bassam was a rapper, then page poet, then spoken word artist from Toronto, and is now the National Director for speakNORTH, formerly Spoken Word Canada. They are the National Poetry Slam Champion at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2016 with the Guelph (pronounce Gwealth) Poetry Slam team, Canadian Individual Poetry Slam finalist in 2017, and has two books out by Swimming with Elephants Publications “disaster in die * an overdose sunrise” and “bliss in die / unbinging the underglow”. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/12230864

Mela Blust - Pennsylvania Poet and Author of Skeleton Parade 12/19/2019

Mela Blust - Pennsylvania Poet and Author of Skeleton Parade Mela 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. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/12230447

John Roche - Albuquerque Poet and Author of Road Ghosts 12/05/2019

John Roche - Albuquerque Poet and Author of Road Ghosts John Roche is a New Mexico poet. His books include Road Ghosts, The Joe Poems, On Conesus, and Topicalities. He's also edited a number of anthologies, taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Michigan State, and holds an MA from the University College Dublin, Ireland. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/12230201

Joshua Merritt 10/11/2018

Joshua Merritt Joshua Merritt is a spoken word poet whose love of the human experience, food metaphors, and grey areas propelled him into the poetry slam scene. He has shared his work in a few slams across the country, and currently calls Portland, Oregon home. You can find his work recorded here for the first time on this podcast, and may see forthcoming work at poetry venues around Portland. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/7151308

Joshua Merritt 10/11/2018

Cathy Cook 08/30/2018

Cathy Cook For the last three years Cathy has performed slam poetry in New Mexico. She tied for second at the 2018 Southwest Shootout in the individual category and was the 2018 Lobo Slam Champion. Her work is published in Raven Chronicles and 3Elements Literary Review and is forthcoming in Roanoke Review, and Toe Good. Her poetry is inspired by the body of the land and by the landscape of her body. Find more work at rewritereread.wordpress.com. Find her zines at Bookworks or Astrozombies. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6980400

Jack Tapestry 07/01/2018

Jack Tapestry Jack Tapestry has been a slam poet for two decades. Tapestry came from Oklahoma City, resides in Albuquerque, and his poetry is amazingly gut wrenching and powerful. He’s also a comedian and over all performance master. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6761895

Gina Marselle 05/25/2018

Gina Marselle Gina Marselle is not only a poet but a high school teacher, mother, wife, and photographer. You can find her work in many places like the Alibi, the Rag, Adobe Walls, among others. She’s author of the book of poetry called A Fire of Prayer: a Collection of Poetry and Photography. And her photography can be found, among other places, in A Fire of Prayer and also the book of poetry, September, by Katrina Guarascio (or Katrina Crespin, who we’ve had on the show already). /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6633249

Jules Nyquist 05/10/2018

Jules Nyquist Jules Nyquist talks about her new book "Homesick, then", about life, loss, family, and of course shares poetry. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6576706

Zachary Kluckman 04/26/2018

Zachary Kluckman Zachary Kluckman is an award winning poet and author of multiple books: Animals in our Flesh, Some of it is Muscle, Per-City Poems. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6412159

Rowie Shebala 04/12/2018

Rowie Shebala Performance poet Rowie Shebala talks about her time on many final stages representing several different cities around the US, family, her life as a Native American in the Southwest, and as always, shares some of her poetry. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6246296

Katrina Crespin 03/29/2018

Katrina Crespin Poet and managing editor for Swimming With Elephants Publishings Katrina Crespin talks about her life as a poet, an editor for an Albuquerque small press company, her growth as both a traditional and performance poet, and reads some of her poems. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6246327

Paulie Lipman 03/15/2018

Paulie Lipman Paulie Lipman is a performer, writer, and poet who’s been on national poetry slam finals stages, has been on the slam scene for 16 years, and recently published a chapbook with Swimming with Elephants Publications called “from below/denied the light.” Paulie is published in journals and some of their performances can be found on Youtube. Paulie is currently touring the US and taking bookings as of March 15, 2018. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6354221

Mercedez Holtry 03/01/2018

Mercedez Holtry Performance poet Mercedez Holtry talks about her two poetry collections, what it's like to be a Chicana poet, how she got involved in poetry slam, and of course, shares some of her art. You can find her books My Blood is Beautiful and, just release in February of 2018, her newest collection I Bloomed a Resistance from my Mouth at SwimmingWithElephants.com. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6246285

Matthew Brown 02/15/2018

Matthew Brown Matthew Brown is an Albuquerque poet and author of Verbrennen, a book of poetry. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6167840

Gigi Bella 02/01/2018

Gigi Bella Gigi Bella is an award winning poet, a musical theater actress, and teacher. She's represented Albuquerque, NM in national poetry slam competitions, is all over Youtube, and is author of "22", a book of poetry. You can find her book on Amazon. We talk about her poetry, the good the bad the ugly of moving from Albuquerque to New York, and about life. And of course, we hear some of her amazing poetry. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6164308

Rich Boucher 01/18/2018

Rich Boucher Interview with Rich Boucher, a performance poet with roots in Albuquerque and New England. You can find his work on his Bandcamp page at richboucher.bandcamp.com as well as countless literary journals and magazines and anthologies. /episode/index/show/penandpoet/id/6135571

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