Podcasts by The Blood-Jet Writing Hour, a Writing Podcast
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour is a writing podcast hosted by poets Rachelle Cruz, Muriel Leung and MT Vallarta. On the show, poets and writers share their work and discuss their craft, process, and the pulse that keeps them writing. Founded in 2009 and featured on The Poetry Foundation website, The Blood-Jet Writing Hour strives to spotlight vibrant and (aesthetically, culturally and linguistically) diverse voices from the literary world. Poets and writers such as, Jayne Cortez, Jessica Hagedorn, Karen Tei Yamashita, Barbara Jane Reyes, Craig Santos Perez, Tamiko Beyer, Duriel Harris, Angela Garbes, John Jennings, John Murillo, Ray Gonzalez, Lee Herrick, and many more have been featured on the show.
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Episode #133: Meredith Talusan, author of FAIREST from 2020-05-26T21:45:32
Meredith Talusan is an award-winning journalist and author. She has written features, essays, and opinion pieces for many publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, VIC...
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Episode #133: Marianne Chan, author of ALL HEATHENS from 2020-03-25T21:11:16
Marianne Chan is the author of ALL HEATHENS. She grew up in Stuttgart, Germany, and Lansing, Michigan. Her poems have appeared in West Branch, The Journal, Poetry Northwest, Denver Quarterly, Indi...
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Episode 132: Michelle Lin and Kazumi Chin from 2020-03-04T19:17:59
Kazumi Chin's first poetry collection, Having a Coke with Godzilla, was published in 2017 by Sibling Rivalry Press. Their most recent work can be found in Underblong, AAWW's the Margins, and in AAL...
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Episode #131: Erin Entrada Kelly, author of LALANI AND THE DISTANT SEA from 2019-08-30T00:43:16
New York Times–bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly was awarded the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe. Her debut novel, Blackbird Fly, was a Kirkus Best Book, a School Library Journal Best Book, ...
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Episode #130: Sara Borjas, Poet and Author of Heart Like A Window, Mouth Like A Cliff from 2019-07-25T02:10:20
Episode #130: Sara Borjas, Poet and Author of Heart Like A Window, Mouth Like A Cliff by The Blood-Jet Writing Hour, a Writing Podcast
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Episode #129: MT Vallarta, our newest TBJ co-host! from 2019-05-21T18:59:54
MT Vallarta is a poet and Ph.D. candidate in Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside, where they study feminist theory, queer theory, and Filipinx poetics. Their work is published...
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Episode #128: Victor LaValle, writer and co-editor of A PEOPLE'S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES from 2019-04-12T01:07:11
Episode #128: Victor LaValle, writer and co-editor of A PEOPLE'S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES!
Victor LaValle is the author of the short story collection Slapboxing with Jesus, four novel...
Episode #127: Erika Ayón, poet and author of ORANGE LADY from 2019-03-29T00:44:46
We're kicking off National Poetry Month a few days early with an episode with Erika Ayón! Rachelle and Erika talk about Los Angeles, the color and fruit orange, and migration. Tune in!
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Episode #126: Las Peregrinas from 2018-11-21T01:05:18
Las Peregrinas was an idea first birthed by Yaccaira Salvatierra and co-organized with Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo. They wanted California women's voices to be in conversation with other border states a...
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Episode #125 - We're rebooting the podcast w/ new podcast producer and host, Muriel Leung! from 2018-08-14T00:40:37
Episode #125 - We're rebooting the podcast w/ new podcast producer and host, Muriel Leung!
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Episode #124 - Angela Garbes, author of LIKE A MOTHER from 2018-06-13T19:27:23
Episode #124 - Angela Garbes, author of LIKE A MOTHER
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Episode #123: John Jennings, illustrator and co-adaptor of Octavia Butler's KINDRED from 2017-03-03T00:24:11
Episode #123: John Jennings, illustrator and co-adaptor of Octavia Butler's KINDRED
John Jennings is Professor, Media and Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside. His ...
Episode #122 -Lilliam Rivera, author of THE EDUCATION OF MARGOT SANCHEZ from 2017-02-16T23:50:21
Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning writer and author of The Education of Margot Sanchez, a contemporary young adult novel forthcoming from Simon & Schuster on February 21, 2017.
She is a 2...
Episode #121 -Jade Chang, author of THE WANGS VS. THE WORLD from 2016-12-07T19:56:22
Episode #121 -Jade Chang, author of THE WANGS VS. THE WORLD
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Episode #120: Of Resistance and Refusal from 2016-12-01T20:38:58
Episode #120: Writers and poets, Lauren Lola, Jane Wong and Tamiko Beyer share quotations and poems of resistance and refusal.
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Episode #119 - Ramzi Fawaz, author of NEW MUTANTS from 2016-10-06T21:53:31
Episode #119 - Ramzi Fawaz, author of NEW MUTANTS
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Episode #118 - Angela Peñaredondo from 2016-09-03T05:58:31
Episode #118 with poet Angela Peñaredondo
Born in Iloilo City, Philippines, Angela Peñaredondo is a Filipinx
poet and artist (on other days, she identifies as a usual ghost, comet or ...
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #117 - Muriel Leung and Grace Shuyi Liew from 2016-06-28T05:56:39
Episode #117: Salt and Bone - An Interview with Muriel Leung and Grace Shuyi Liew
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The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #116 - Stephanie Barbé Hammer, author of HOW FORMAL? from 2015-07-01T00:47:58
Episode #116! An interview with Stephanie Barbé Hammer, author of HOW FORMAL? and THE PUPPET TURNERS OF NARROW INTERIOR. Intro music by T. Fowler.
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #114 - Yumi Sakugawa, author of YOUR ILLUSTRATED GUIDE... from 2015-03-10T21:40:40
Yumi Sakugawa is a comic book artist and illustrator based in Southern California. A graduate of the fine art program of University of California, Los Angeles, Yumi is a regular comic contributor f...
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The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #113 - W. Todd Kaneko, author of DEAD WRESTLER ELEGIES from 2015-02-19T07:32:53
Episode #113! Featuring an interview with W. Todd Kaneko, author of DEAD WRESTLER ELEGIES.
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The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #112 - Nathaniel Osollo, author and illustrator of SHADOW PEOPLE from 2015-01-06T07:22:32
Many years ago, on a distant star, a small boy was born. His home was one of intellectuals, artists, poets, and storytellers. The boy became schooled in the arts. Such faith he held in them that th...
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The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #111 - MariNaomi, author of DRAGON'S BREATH from 2014-12-09T22:02:59
Episode #111! Featuring an interview with MariNaomi, author and illustrator of DRAGON'S BREATH and KISS AND TELL.
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #110 - Sheryl Luna's SEVEN & interview w/poet Oliver de la Paz from 2014-11-19T01:07:38
Episode #110! Featuring an interview with Oliver de la Paz, author of POST SUBJECT, and a review by David Campos of Sheryl Luna's SEVEN!
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The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #108 - Sally Wen Mao, author of MAD HONEY SYMPOSIUM from 2014-09-02T04:12:05
Episode #108! TBJ contributor, Muriel Leung interviews Sally Wen Mao, author of MAD HONEY SYMPOSIUM!
Sally Wen Mao is the author of Mad Honey Symposium (Alice James Books, 2014), whi...
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #107 - Andy Fitch, editor of 60 MORNING TALKS from 2014-08-21T21:52:53
Episode #107! Featuring an interview with Andy Fitch, editor of 60 MORNING TALKS, and a review by David Campos of Matthew Zapruder's SUN BEAR!
Music by El Amparito and Vic Chesnutt ("Flir...
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #106 - Mari L'Esperance, editor of COMING CLOSE from 2014-07-22T02:18:37
Born in Kobe, Japan to a Japanese mother and a French Canadian-American father, Mari L’Esperance is the author of The Darkened Temple (awarded a Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and published ...
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The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #105 - Megan Volpert, editor of THIS ASSIGNMENT IS SO GAY from 2014-06-15T20:07:57
Featuring Megan Volpert and anthology contributors Bonnie Kaplan and Douglas Ray. Music by El Amparito.
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Megan Volpert is the author of five books on communication and popular cult...
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #104 - Feliz Lucia Molina, author of UNDERCASTLE from 2014-05-18T22:44:33
Feliz Lucia Molina was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. A Kundiman and MacDowell Colony Fellow, she holds a BA from Naropa University, an MFA from Brown University, a...
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #103 - Michelle Chan Brown, author of DOUBLE AGENT from 2014-03-08T23:22:03
Michelle Chan Brown’s Double Agent was the winner of the 2011 Kore First Book Award, judged by Bhanu Kapil. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Blackbird, Cimarron Review, Linebreak, The Mis...
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The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #102 - Bushra Rehman, author of CORONA from 2013-11-24T20:27:52
Bushra Rehman, originally from Corona, Queens, is the author of Corona (Sibling Rivalry Press) and co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism (Seal Press, 2002). Rebecca W...
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The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #101 - Kamilah Aisha Moon, author of SHE HAS A NAME from 2013-11-13T16:41:34
Episode #101! Featuring Kamilah Aisha Moon and music by El Amparito.
Kamilah Aisha Moon is the author of She Has A Name (Four Way Books, 2013). A recipient of fellowships to the Cave Can...
The Blood-Jet Writing Hour: Episode #100 - Serena Chopra, author of THIS HUMAN from 2013-11-12T00:09:15
Episode #100! Featuring poet Serena Chopra, author of THIS HUMAN and music by El Amparito.
Serena Chopra is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Denver, a 2009 graduat...