Podcasts by The Hive Poetry Collective
Airing on KSQD 90.7 FM most Sundays at 8:00, the Hive Poetry Collective is a buzz of poets in Santa Cruz, California— a swarm of radio conversations, public readings, and writing workshops.
Find us at hivepoetry.org
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S5: E39 Poets of Palestinian Heritage, hosted by Julia Chiapella & Farnaz Fatemi from 2023-12-12T22:22:15
Farnaz Fatemi and Julia Chiapella read poems by Palestinian poets and those of Palestinian heritage to amplify and bear witness to the range of their perspectives and the richness of the...
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S5: E38 Robin Gow talks with Farnaz Fatemi from 2023-12-06T20:58:51
Listen in as Robin Gow and Farnaz Fatemi discuss Robin’s book Lanternfly, their experience writing a hyper-focused collection, the value of persona poems, defiance, cross-species empathy...
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S5:E36 Ruba Ahmed Chats with Julie Murphy from 2023-11-13T16:00
Ruba Ahmed joins Julie Murphy to read "Try to...
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S5:E35 Madeline Aliah with Geneffa Jahan from 2023-11-07T01:44
To kick off Trans Week of Awareness (Nov. 13 - 19), Geneffa Jahan sits down with local youth poet, Madeline Aliah (age 17) to hear how poetry has given her hope and a voice. Madeline reads from ...
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S5:E34 Brenda Hillman & Roxi Power talk about Hillman's newest book from 2023-10-30T19:58:15
Roxi Power talks with Brenda Hillman, winner this month of the Northern California Book Reviewers’ Listen
S5:E33.Gary Gach chats with Julia Chiapella from 2023-10-23T23:01:24
What do the Sufis, Zen Buddhists, and Catholics have in common? Listen in and find out as Gary Gach brings the poetry of Persian poet Hafiz to The Hive! We talk about the new book, Hafiz'...
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S5:E31 Rick Lupert Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2023-10-15T17:17
Rick Lupert zooms into The Hive. We read Robert Creeley’s poem “I Know ...
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S5:E30 Watsonville Youth Poet Laureates with Geneffa Jahan from 2023-10-02T15:35:12
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S5:E29 Rooja Mohassessy Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2023-09-13T16:43:28
Rooja Mohassessy buzzes into the Hive to talk about her new book, Listen
S5:E28 The New Orleans Poetry Festival. Bill Lavender, Sean F. Munro, and Rodrigo Toscano talk with Roxi Power from 2023-09-07T05:39
Poets Bill Lavender, Sean F. Munro, and Rodrigo Toscano talk with Roxi Power about the wildly successful annual April event they organize: The New Orleans Poetry Festival. In the second half of ...
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S5:E27 Courtney Le Blanc Talks to Dion O'Reilly from 2023-08-30T16:56:51
Content Warning: Discussion of eating disorders
Courtney Le Blanc reads from her latest book, Her Whole Bright Life and a...
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S5:E25 Joan Kwon Glass Talks to Dion O'Reilly from 2023-08-16T19:54:22
Joan Kwon Glass zooms into the Hive to talk about her new book. We also read and discuss Listen
S5:E26 Lana Hechtman Ayers Chats with Julie Murphy from 2023-08-14T13:00
Lana Hechtman Ayers joins host Julie Murphy to read from her two recently published books, Listen
S5:E24 Roxi Power chats with Dion O'Reilly about Emily Dickinson from 2023-08-03T01:43:59
Public interest in Emily Dickinson continues strong, evidenced by recent pop culture hits like Apple TV’s Dickinson, and the movie, Wild Nights With Emily, starring Molly Shann...
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S5.E23 Gail Rudd Entrekin Speaks with Julia Chiapella from 2023-07-25T21:27:52
Join us as Gail Rudd Entrekin reads poems from her book Walking Each Other Home, an homage to the bit...
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S5:E21 Beau Beausoleil Chats with Geneffa Jahan from 2023-07-05T00:27:15
Geneffa Jahan hosts San Francisco poet and bookseller Beau Beausoleil as he shares how he became an organizer aft...
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S5:E20 Jamaica Baldwin Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2023-06-26T19:09:32
Jamaica Baldwin zooms into The Hive to talk about her new book, Bone Language. We read some Listen
S5: E19 Tolsun Books' The Book of Life After Death with Farnaz Fatemi from 2023-06-12T17:45:21
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S5:E18 AE Hines Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2023-06-06T00:40:18
Earl Hines and Dion O'Reilly talk about earning an MFA at Pacific University, read and discuss the fabu...
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S5:E17 Jimmy Santiago Baca Chats with Julia Chiapella from 2023-05-29T18:31:28
Listen to this free-wheeling conversation with acclaimed poet, memoirist, screenwriter and educator Jimmy Santiago Baca. We talk about the gift of saying 'no,' the unexpected byproducts ...
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S5:E15 Vincent Rendoni Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2023-05-09T16:14:33
Vincent Rendoni and Dion O'Reilly engage in a wi...
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S5 E14 Lisa Ortiz talks about her latest book, Stem, with Farnaz Fatemi from 2023-05-05T04:46:44
One of the original Hive members, Lisa Allen Ortiz, joins us to talk about her Idaho Prize-winning poetry collection, STEM, a book which asks, among other questions, "where in the body does...
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S5:E13 Barbara Bloom talks with Geneffa Jahan from 2023-04-26T23:39:31
Barbara Bloom, who recently relocated to Bellingham, Washington, shares poems about the deep connection she finds in nature, especially in Santa Cruz, where she lived for over 30 years. Barbara ...
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S5: E12 Jennifer Franklin with Farnaz Fatemi from 2023-04-10T17:01:58
Farnaz talked with Jennifer Franklin, whose third book, If Some God Shakes Your House, has just been published by Four Way Books in M...
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S5: E11 Denise Duhamel Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2023-04-03T20:08:34
Denise Duhamel’s most recent books of poetry are Second Story (Pittsburgh, 2021) a...
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S5:E10 Tsering Wangmo Dhompa chats with Julie Murphy from 2023-03-27T12:00:17
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is the first Tibetan woman to publish poetry in English. She joins Julie Murphy to read new and favorite poems, as well as the poem Listen
S5:E9 Caridad Moro-Gronlier Talks with Julia Chiapella from 2023-03-14T20:25:16
Listen as Caridad reads poems from her book Tortillera, a work in three parts addressing the journey of a woman claiming her own voice. We talk about desire, the Cuban-American experience, comin...
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S5: E8 Gregory Orr Chats with Dion O'Reilly (2) from 2023-03-06T18:42:56
Gregory Orr buzzes back into the Hive to talk with Dion O'Reilly about his newest b...
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S5:E7 Rodrigo Toscano hosted by Roxi Power from 2023-02-27T18:18:56
In this week’s episode of The Hive Poetry Collective, Rodrigo Toscano joins Roxi Power to read work from The Charm and the Dread Listen
S5:E6 Janice Lobo Sapigao talks with Julie Murphy from 2023-02-13T13:30:49
Join host Julie Murphy as she chats with Janice Lobo Sapigao about how the intimate details of our lives are the best way to address big themes in poetry such as immigration, community, connecte...
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S5: E4 Jim Moore Talks with Dion O'Reilly about his new book Prognosis from 2023-01-31T19:30:34
Jim Moore has been writing poetry for more than four decades. Before Prognosis from Graywolf in 2021, Listen
S5:E2 Daniel Summerhill chats with Julie Murphy from 2023-01-09T20:43:55
Join Julie Murphy as she speaks with Daniel Summerhill, Assistant Professor of Poetry/Social Action & Composition at CSU Monterey Bay and is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Monterey Cou...
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S5:E1 Dustin Brookshire and Julie E. Bloemeke chat with Dion O'Reilly from 2023-01-02T20:04:48
Editors Dustin Brookshire and Julie E. Bloemeke discuss their upcoming compilation of Dolly po...
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S4:E39 Charles Atkinson interviewed by Julia Chiapella from 2022-12-13T22:34:41
Join Julia Chiapella in conversation with award-winning Santa Cruz poet Charles Atkinson. We talk about his recent release, New and Collected Poems, life reflected in poetry, and his clear-eyed ...
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S4: E38 Ellen Bass, Francesca Bell, and Dion O'Reilly Talk about Anne Sexton. from 2022-12-05T08:00
Ellen Bass talks about her experience having Ann Sexton ...
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S4:E37 Paola Bruni Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2022-12-01T20:38:16
Paola Bruni chats with Dion O'Reilly about the collaborative book, Listen
S4:E36 Lucian Mattison talks with Farnaz Fatemi from 2022-11-16T21:46:04
Join Farnaz Fatemi as she talks with Lucian about the planet's creature, clouds, climate change and curing ham--and the poems Lucian writes invoking all of these things.
S4:E35: John Sibley Williams Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2022-11-08T01:10:03
John Sibley Williams is the author of Scale Model of a Country at Dawn (Cider Press Review Book Award, 2021), The D...
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S4:34: Javier Zamora Chats with Julia Chiapella from 2022-11-01T01:45:08
Listen in to New York Times best-selling author Javier Zamora read poems from his book Unaccompanied and talk about the process that led him to write the wildly popular memoir Solit...
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S4:E33 David Baker Hosted by Julie Murphy from 2022-10-24T18:34:01
Join Julie Murphy as she talks with renown poet Dav...
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S4.E32 Matt Sedillo with Victoria Bañales from 2022-10-12T09:11:15
Matt Sedillo takes on the Western canon, discussing how many of the literary giants, such as Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg, disparaged Mexico/Mexicans. In his poems, Matt reclaims Chicanx/Lati...
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S4:E30 The Hive Collective COLLECTED from 2022-10-07T19:14:38
Join all the members of the 2022 Hive Poetry Collective.
Listen to new poems from Victoria Bañales, Julia Chiapella, Listen
S4:31 Gregg Shapiro Hosted by Dion O'Reilly from 2022-10-07T16:26:04
Join Dion O'Reilly as she chats with Gregg Shapiro about his new book Listen
S4:E29 Farnaz Fatemi Hosted by Julie Murphy from 2022-09-15T05:24:40
Farnaz Fatemi, an Iranian American poet and member of the Hive, reads from her debut book, Sister Tongue, t...
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S4:E28 Gregory Orr Hosted by Dion O'Reilly from 2022-09-05T14:45:15
Gregory Orr reads from his book Last Love Poem I will Ever Write. Listen
S4:E27 Naomi Helena Quiñonez with Victoria Bañales from 2022-08-29T06:55:07
Celebrated Chicana poet Naomi Helena Quinoñez reads and discusses poems that thematize divine feminine power, women’s spirituality, racial oppression, social justice, and more.
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S4: E26 Rebecca Foust and Susan Cohen hosted by Dion O'Reilly from 2022-08-15T20:22:23
Rebecca Foust and Susan Cohen. are longtime friends and have attend...
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S4:E25 Cate Kennedy Speaks with Dion O'Reilly from 2022-08-09T17:42:56
Cate Kennedy chats with Dion O'Reilly...
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S4:E24: Kemi Alabi talks with Julia Chiapella from 2022-08-02T02:20:40
Kemi Alabi reads and discusses poems from her book Against Heaven which was selected by Claudia Rankine for the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. Find more about Kemi on ...
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S4:E23 Tim Fitzmaurice talks with Farnaz Fatemi from 2022-07-28T00:44:31
Hear Tim Fitzmaurice talk about and read from his book of poems, The Things We Take With Us: New and Selected. We talk about writing, poodle personas, Santa Cruz, and community in poetry....
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S4:E22 Robert Sward Tribute Hosted by Julie Murphy from 2022-07-11T04:41:46
Please join poets and writers Charles Atkinson, Ellen B...
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S4:E21 Francesca Bell Chats with Dion O’Reilly from 2022-07-06T20:28:22
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S4:E20 Journal X Poets with Victoria Bañales from 2022-06-27T23:59:02
Journal X poets Carla Schick, Claudia Ramírez Flores, and GusTavo A. Guerra Vásquez read and discuss their poems, touching upon themes of racial oppression, jazz, homophobia, border vio...
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S4: E19: Julia Chiapella chats with Patrice Vecchione from 2022-06-13T22:02:26
Join host Julia Chiapella and guest teacher, writer, and poet Patrice Vecchione as they chat about grief, feminism, and reckoning with a parent’s death. Julia will also share poems by students p...
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S4: E18 Joe Millar chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2022-06-08T17:25:06
Joe Millar chats with Dion O'Reilly about the value of emotion and feeling in poetry. He reads from hi...
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S4:E17 Kelli Russell Agodon Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2022-06-03T17:39:37
Kelli Russell Agodon Chats with Dion O'Reilly about her newest book, Listen
S4:E16 Rick Barot chats with Julie Murphy from 2022-05-28T20:56:42
Please listen to this episode of the Hive with Rick Barot interviewed by Listen
S4:E15 Shara McCallum Hosted by Erin Redfern and Farnaz Fatemi from 2022-05-10T18:53:25
Shara McCallum reads from and discusses her book No...
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S4:E14 Magdalena Montagne with Victoria Bañales from 2022-05-02T08:34:08
Reading from her debut poetry collection, Earth, My Witness, Magdalena Montagne discusses the power of poetry and nature in her healing journey as a survivor of child sexual abuse. “Whe...
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S4: E13 Shelley Wong with Farnaz Fatemi from 2022-04-25T15:20:45
Listen in to as Shelley Wong reads from and talks about her debut collection...
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S4:E 11 Ken Weisner Chats with Julie Murphy from 2022-04-04T16:00
Ken Weisner chats with Julie Murphy about odes, owls and homages. Ken has published three volumes of poetry with Santa ...
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S4:E10 Erica Gillingham hosted by Farnaz Fatemi from 2022-03-28T17:15:49
Perhaps our most appropriate guest ever on The Hive: former Santa Cruzan Erica Gillingham discusses her debut poetry chapbook, Listen
S4:E9 Gary Young interviewed by Julia Chiapella from 2022-03-15T03:04:19
Listen to poet, printmaker, teacher, and translator Gary Young read his poems and discuss his fascination with Japanese poetry, Confucianism, and the body as erotic epicenter.
S4:E8 Sally Ashton Chats with Dion O'Reilly from 2022-03-13T03:34:52
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S4:E8 Sally Ashton Chats Hosted by Dion O'Reilly from 2022-03-13T03:34:52
Sally Ashton chats with Di...
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S4:E 7 Kathryn Petruccelli Hosted by Julie Murphy from 2022-03-01T06:17:35
Join host Julie Murphy as she chats with Kathryn Pertuccelli about ...
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Kathryn Petruccelli Hosted by Julie Murphy from 2022-03-01T06:17:35
Join host Julie Murphy as she chats with Kathryn Pertuccelli about loving language and life's unexpected journeys. Kitty reads from her manuscript God of Sea. God of Salt. Her poems are f...
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S4: E6 Writers of Color-Santa Cruz County Collective Hosted by Victoria Bañales from 2022-02-14T11:42:18
Listen to poets from the Writers of Color-Santa Cruz County Collective read & dis...
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S4:E5 Dion O'Reilly chats with Dustin Brookshire and Denise Duhamel from 2022-02-09T03:33:47
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S4:E4 Julia Levine hosted by Julie Murphy from 2022-02-03T21:00
Award-winning poet Julia Levine joins host Julie M...
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S4:E3: Kelly Cressio-Moeller interviewed by Erin Redfern from 2022-01-24T20:44:10
Join host Erin Redfern as she talks with Kelly Cressio-Moeller about Kelly's first book, Listen
S4:E2: Victoria Bañales interviews Olga Rosales Salinas from 2022-01-11T08:20:08
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S4:E1: Dion O'Reilly Chats with Poet Susan Browne from 2022-01-05T23:37:11
Dion O'Reilly interviews Susan Browne, who reads new poems and ...
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S3: E39 Poems for a New World, hosted by Julia Chiapella from 2021-12-28T21:19:11
Hosted by Julia Chiapella, Hive members share poems to focus our collective consciousness on imagining a new world. From Yeats to Jessica Jacobs to Roger Reeves. Julia is joined by guests Julie ...
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S:3 E:38 Julie Murphy Talks with Jessica Jacobs from 2021-12-16T22:16:57
Join host Julie Murphy as talks with Jessica Jacobs about solitude, revelation and inspiration. Jessica read's and discusses Ellen Bass' poem God and the G-Spot s well as poems from each of her ...
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S:3 E:37: Dion O'Reilly talks with Michael Kleber-Diggs from 2021-12-09T09:30:35
Dion O'Reilly talks with Michael Kleber-Diggs about his new collection of poems,
S3: E36 Leonora Simonovis hosted by Erin Redfern and Farnaz Fatemi from 2021-11-29T19:37:35
Come spend time with Leonora Simonovis and our new favorite poetry book, Listen
S.3 E35: Victoria Bañales with Violeta Orozco from 2021-11-15T23:02:12
Victoria Bañales interviews poet Violeta Orozco, who discusses and reads from her forthcoming book, The Brok...
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S:3 E:34: Dion O'Reilly chats with Stephen Kessler from 2021-11-09T19:31:04
Poet, translator, essayist, editor, and journalist Stephen Kessler returns to the Hive to chat with Listen
S3: E33 Jessica Cohn and Nancy Miller Gomez, with host Farnaz Fatemi from 2021-11-03T01:22:42
In this week's episode, Jessica Cohn and Nancy Miller Gomez join host Far...
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S3:E32 Julie Murphy and Farnaz Fatemi Chat with David Allen Sullivan from 2021-10-26T18:27:20
Julie Murphy hosts this episode of The Hive Poetry Collective along with Farnaz Fatemi, chatting with Santa Cruz poet laureate David Allen Sullivan. David reads from his new book Black Butte...
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S:3 E:31: Dion O'Reilly chats with Donika Kelly from 2021-10-05T20:08:47
Dion O'Reilly interviews Donika Kelly about her recently published collection, Listen
S3: E29 Julia Chiapella interviews Camille T. Dungy from 2021-09-28T17:07:46
Tune in for a conversation that covers a lot of ground: a Keetje Kuipers poem, ice cream insights, and plenty of Camille's poems that work to illuminate the intersections of motherhood, history,...
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S3: E30 Poet Blanca Varela, translators Sara Daniele Rivera and Lisa Allen Ortiz from 2021-09-28T17:02:26
Join Farnaz Fatemi for this week’s very special show with the two poet-translators of just-published The Blinding Star (Tolsun Books), poems by the Peruvian poet Blanca Varela. Talk wit...
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Julia Chiapella interviews Camille T. Dungy from 2021-09-14T19:24:04
Tune in for a conversation that covers a lot of ground: a Keetje Kuipers poem, ice cream insights, and plenty of Camille's poems that work to illuminate the intersections of motherhood, history,...
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S3:E28 Dion O'Reilly chats with Diane Seuss from 2021-09-06T18:53:16
Dion O'Reilly interviews Diane Seuss about her fabulous new book Listen
S3 E27: Julie Murphy Interviews Poet July Westhale from 2021-09-01T15:07:46
The Hive Poetry Collective S3 E27: Julie Murphy Interviews award winning poet July Westhale. July reads "The Presence In Absence" by Linda Gregg as well as her...
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S3: E26 Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora, Hosted by Nikia Chaney from 2021-08-23T22:30:50
Listen to Nikia Chaney interview the editor and poets of ESSENTIAL VOICES: POETRY OF IRAN & ITS DIASPORA. Christopher Nelson, editor, is joined by Persis Karim, Armen Davoudian, the Hive's F...
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S3:E25 Nikia Chaney Interviews Katerina Canyon from 2021-08-12T18:57:45
In this conversation I talk to the poet, Katerina Canyon about her work and inspiration for her upcoming book: Surviving Home. Hear her read and few poems and be just as moved as I was. For more...
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S3:E24 Dion O'Reilly interviews Lynne Thompson. from 2021-08-05T23:08:17
S3:E24 Dion O'Reilly interviews Los Angeles poet laureate, Lynne Thompson.
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S3:E23 Julie Murphy Interviews Laure-Anne Bosselar from 2021-07-29T23:16:30
Julie Murphy interviews Laure-Anne Bosselar. They talk about love, loss, and longing for authenticity. Laure-Anne reads poems from her recent book Listen
S3: E22 Adela Najarro with Victoria Bañales from 2021-07-13T13:17:14
Victoria Bañales interviews Santa Cruz-based Latinx poet Adela Najarro.
Adela Najarro is the author of three poetry collections: Split Geography, Twice Told Over and...
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S3:E21: Dion O'Reilly interviews Carl Phillips. from 2021-07-05T04:26:09
S3:E21: Dion O'Reilly interviews Carl Phillips. They talk about regret, college...
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S3: E20 Jen Siraganian, new Los Gatos Poet Laureate from 2021-07-03T05:02:19
S3:E19 Julie Murphy Interviews Dane Cervine from 2021-06-15T14:59:08
Dane reads from his new book The World Is God’s Langua...
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S3:E18: Dion O'Reilly interviews Mark Wunderlich. from 2021-06-07T16:53:55
Dion O'Reilly interviews Guggenheim Fellow Listen
S3: E17 The Bees are in the Hive from 2021-06-01T23:00:48
A critical mass of six Hive members buzz in to this episode to share new poems.
Victoria Bañales teaches English at Cabrillo College, is founder and editor of J...
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S3: E16 Journal X Debut from 2021-05-24T23:31:40
Farnaz Fatemi and Victoria Bañales interview poets and discuss Journal X, a new literary/arts journal focused on social justice. With poems from Victoria Bañales, Josslyn Glenn, hector ...
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S3:E15 Julie Murphy Interviews Nickole Brown from 2021-05-11T02:18:50
Julie Murphy interviews award winning poet Nickole Brown. Nickole reads from her stellar chapbook The Donkey Elegies and speaks passionately about donkeys, language and what is holy...
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S3:E14 Dion O'Reilly interviews the poet Erin Belieu from 2021-05-04T04:19:06
Dion O'Reilly interviews the poet Erin Belieu. Erin reads from her new book Listen
S3:E13 Julia Chiapella Interviews Poetry Out Loud Contestants from 2021-05-03T09:50:44
Julia Chiapella interviews this year's county contestants in the Poetry Out Loud competition. Hear our local high school students' experiences and lis...
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S3:E12 Julie Murphy Interviews Ellen Bass from 2021-04-12T13:00
Don't miss Ellen Bass on The Hive Poetry Collective. Please join Ellen and host Julie Murphy in a lively discussion of Ellen's work and hear Ellen read poems from Indigo and more! Listen
S3:E11 Dion O'Reilly interviews Leah Naomi Green from 2021-04-09T03:19:13
Dion O'Reilly chats with Leah Naomi Green about her recent award--Listen
S3: E10 Vanessa Angélica Villareal joins Farnaz Fatemi and Erin Redfern from 2021-03-30T13:48:50
Listen in to hear Vanessa Angélica Villareal read from her poems and talk deeply and passionately about the development of her book, Listen
S3: E8: Dion O'Reilly Interviews Zack Rogow from 2021-03-10T17:48:02
Dion O'Reilly interviews author, editor, and translator Zack Rogow. He reads from his new book Listen
S3:E7: Dion O'Reilly chats with Nikia Chaney from 2021-03-04T20:45:02
Dion O'Reilly chats with a new member of The Hive Poetry Collective, Nikia Chaney. We talk about her po...
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S3:E5 Dion O'Reilly interviews Robert Stewart from 2021-02-16T02:17:35
Dion O'Reilly interviews Robert Stewart, long-time editor of Listen
S3:E6 Julie Murphy & Julia Chiapella host the Hive Poetry Collective Valentines Special from 2021-02-15T19:01:13
Join hosts Julie Murphy and Julia Chiapella for the Hive Poetry Collective's Valentine's Day Special. We’ll read and discuss poems by Natalie Diaz, Jack Gilbert, Dorothy Parker, Tim Seibles and ...
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S3: E4 Dion O'Reilly interviews Allison Luterman from 2021-02-02T18:31:14
S3: E4 Dion O'Reilly interviews Alison Luterman about her new book Listen
S3: E3 What We've Unleashed Has Found Us: California Poets and Fire from 2021-01-24T20:37:32
Poets read their poems about fire and talk to host Farnaz Fatemi about writing them. With Lisa Ortiz, Carmen Fought, Terri Drake, Nicelle Davis, Maggie Paul, Roxi Power Hamilton, and Charles Atk...
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S3:E2 Julie Murphy Interviews Kim Scheiblauer with Dion O'Reilly from 2021-01-11T20:46:30
Julie Murphy interviews Kim Scheiblauer about her forthcoming book of poems "The Visitant" with a guest appearance of fellow Bee Dion O'Reilly! Don't miss these great poems and lively conv...
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S3:E1 Dion O'Reilly interviews Stephen Kessler. from 2021-01-05T17:59:22
Dion O'Reilly interviews Santa Cruz poet, translator, and journalist Ste...
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S2: E36 The End Is Near: a Year in Review in Poems from 2020-12-27T18:06:34
Billy Butler introduces a range of poets who contribute poems about 'The End' — the end of the year, the end of good and bad things, times of transitions, and more.
Contributing poe...
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S2: E35 Dion O'Reilly interviews Alexis Rhone Fancher from 2020-12-16T19:50:29
Dion O'Reilly interviews prolific poet Alexis Rhone Fancher about her many books and curre...
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S2:E34 Dion O'Reilly Interviews Francesca Bell from 2020-12-10T02:57:32
Dion O'Reilly talks with poet Francesca Bell about her life in poetry and her new book, the prize winning Listen
S2: E33 Politiczzz and Poetry from 2020-11-30T15:49:22
Farnaz Fatemi and Lisa Allen Ortiz celebrate the political work that poetry can do. In the shadow of our recent election, they read poems by Rick Barot, Lorna Dee Cervantes and Gary Copeland Lil...
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S2:E32 Julie Murphy Interviews Ellen Bass and Cynthia White about the new gender-inclusive anthology "Grabbed: Poets and Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment, and Healing” from 2020-11-24T04:08:15
Julie Murphy interviews award winning poets Ellen Bass and Cynthia White about their poems and the work of Jericho Brown and Paul Tran included in the new gender-inclusive anthology Grabbed:...
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S2:E31 Danusha Lameris and Dion O'Reilly talk about the poetry of Morgan Parker, featured guest of the 11th annual Morton Marcus memorial event from 2020-11-10T22:47:39
Listen to the buzz of the Morton Marcus annual event!
Award-winning poet, essayist, and novelist Morgan Parker will be the featured guest at the 11th annual M...
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S2:E30 Dion O'Reilly lnterviews Karen Holmes and Ann Fisher-Wirth from 2020-11-03T22:18:17
Dion O'Reilly interviews fellow Terrapin Poets Karen Holme...
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Season 2, Episode 29 The Healing Powers of Poetry: Julie Murphy interviews Rob Fisher and Hu Ting Ting from 2020-10-27T02:54:37
Listen here for the first episode dedicated to The Healing Powers of Poetry. Julie Murphy, LMFT interviews therapists and teachers Rob Fisher <...
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S2 E28: Diane Louie, National Poetry Series winner for Fractal Shores from 2020-10-13T17:50:10
Diane Louie joins Farnaz Fatemi from her home in Paris, France, to talk about and read from her new book (October 2020) from
S2: E27 Dion O'Reilly interviews poet Elaine Nussbaum from 2020-10-05T22:16:03
Dion O'Reilly interviews poet Elaine Nussbaum who reads from her latest book Listen
S2:E26 Julie Murphy Interviews Traci Brimhall from 2020-09-29T19:47:48
Please join me for a lively conversation with award winning poet Traci Brimhall. Traci will read poems from her new book "Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod" and share her thoughts about lo...
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S2: E25 Poetry for the Seeming End Times from 2020-09-17T14:30:08
Farnaz Fatemi talks to Hive members Billy Butler and Dion O’Reilly about poetry in the seeming end times. Listen in to conversation about wildfires, the 2020 election, hair product, facing...
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E2: S24- Ross Gay from 2020-09-07T14:40:02
In these sad and broken days, let's not forget delight and what it's made of— rage and rapture. Lisa Allen Ortiz hosts an episode of PROSETRY on the Hive that celebrates Ross Gay's poetry ...
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S2: E23 Dion O'Reilly talks with Julie Murphy and Cynthia White about Poems For our Times from 2020-09-01T19:46:15
Dion O'Reilly talks with poet Cynthia White and fellow Bee Listen
S2E22: Julie Murphy Interviews Santa Cruz Poets Cynthia White and Maggie Paul from 2020-08-24T23:00
Listen here for a great conversation and great poems. Julie Murphy interviews Cynthia White and Maggie Paul, Santa Cruz poets, who read new work and talk about nature, met...
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S2:E21 A conversation between the poet Naomi Shihab Nye and Danusha Laméris from 2020-08-14T17:25:15
A conversation between the beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye and Danusha Lamé...
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S2:E20 Dion O'Reilly interviews Bay Area poet Meryl Natchez. from 2020-08-04T00:23:50
Dion O'Reilly interviews Bay Area poet Meryl Natchez. You can find her newest book Catwalk right Listen
S2:E19 Julie Murphy Interviews Barbara Rockman from 2020-07-28T00:42:54
Join host Julie Murphy and Santa Fe poet, Barbara Rockman, as they share poems and talk about about her award winning book to cleave. The conversation weaves through themes of &...
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S2:E18 Flashback Honey- Meg Freitag from 2020-07-15T21:21:30
Honey from the Flashback Hive —Poet and Fiction Writer Meg Freitag talks with Lisa Allen Ortiz about fiction, boxes, God, mirrors and of course poetry written to dead parakeets named Edith.
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S2: E17 Dion O'Reilly interviews Jeanne Morel from 2020-07-07T03:45:35
Dion O'Reilly interviews Seattle poet, editor, and teacher Jeanne Morel. You can find her newest chapbook HERE. ...
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S2 E16 Armen Davoudian interviewed by Farnaz Fatemi from 2020-06-29T15:16:54
The Hive was thrilled to host Armen Davoudian and hear poems from his forthcoming book, Frost Place Chapbook contest winner Listen
Summer Heat - the Beez are Buzzing! from 2020-06-15T12:01
Summer is almost here! Join host Julie Murphy and fellow Hive Poetry Collective members Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O’Reilly as they read and discuss poems inspired by the season.
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S2:E14 Dion O'Reilly talks with San Jose poet Erin Redfern. from 2020-06-08T18:50:09
Dion O'Reilly talks with San Jose poet Erin Redfern.
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S2 E13: Dion O'Reilly talks with fellow Terrapin poets Kory Wells and David Graham. from 2020-06-02T19:40:46
Dion O'Reilly talks with fellow Terrapin Books poets Kory Wells and David Graham.
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S2:E12 Poems from the Inside from 2020-05-27T00:24:14
Julie Murphy interviews fellow teachers of the Salinas Valley State Prison Poetry Workshop—Rose Black, Lisa Charnock and Ken Weisner. Please join our lively conversations about the poetry ...
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S2 E11: 1) Why Do Iranians Love Poetry? 2) Interview with Mara Poliak about Poetry in Their World from 2020-05-12T23:45:04
This episode, hosted by The Hive’s Farnaz Fatemi, is in two segments. The first, "Why Do Iranians Love Poetry," was produced by Shabnam Piryaei. Part two is an interview with artist Mara Poliak ...
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S2: E8 Danusha Lameris and Healing the Divide from 2020-05-10T21:35:34
Danusha Lameris and Armando Alcarez read from Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness edited by...
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S2:E10 Dion O'Reilly interviews poet Paul Hostovsky from 2020-05-04T22:28:49
Dion O'Reilly interviews the prolific poet, Paul Hostovsky. We talk about deafness, blindness, harmonica playing, cocoanuts, and, of course, poetry. Learn more about Paul at: Listen
Julie Murphy hosts The Hive: Loneliness in the Time of Coronavirus from 2020-04-28T19:38:27
Julie Murphy hosts Hive Poets Dion O'Reilly, Farnaz Fatemi, and Lisa Allen Ortiz in a discussion of loneliness and the power of poetry. The Hive poets share favorite poems of inspiration a...
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S2:E7 Dion O'Reilly interviews Ken Weisner from 2020-04-06T21:18:28
Dion O'Reilly interviews Ken Weisner, De Anza College Community College English teacher and editor of
S2 E6 Filmmaker Iva Radivojevic in Conversation with Farnaz Fatemi from 2020-03-30T18:56:32
Filmmaker Iva Radivojevic joins Hive host Farnaz Fatemi in this episode of Poetry in the World to talk about how poems—their visions, the process of making them, the poets who write them—are int...
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Season 2 Episode 5 Julie Murphy Interviews Kerrin McCadden from 2020-03-23T22:28:23
In this episode, Julie Murphy interviews Kerrin McCadden about her chapbook Keep This to Yourself, winner of the 2020 Button Poetry Prize. Don’t miss Kerrin's beautiful, hone...
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S2E4: Billy Butler interviews Chestina Craig from 2020-03-14T16:19:53
On this episode of the Hive, Billy Butler talks with local Santa Cruz-area poet Chestina Craig about her book Daughter of Salt, forthcoming from Picture Show Press later this March. Topics inclu...
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S2E3: Rebecca Foust joins host Dion O’Reilly for a conversation. from 2020-03-04T16:20:58
Northern California poet Rebecca Foust Skypes into the Hive to join host Dion O’Reilly for a conversation. Find her chapbook Unexploded Ordnance Bin Listen
Season 2 Episode 2 Julie Murphy Interviews Gail Newman from 2020-02-26T19:03:18
Julie Murphy interviews San Francisco poet Gail Newman about her award winning book Blood Memory. Gail, a daughter of Polish Holocaust survivors, talks about her poetry, memor...
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David LeCount from 2020-02-11T18:41:29
Lisa Allen Ortiz travels to La Honda to talk to David LeCount about his 45 year haiku habit, living with nature and how he met his teacher, James Hackett. Ortiz also presses the mute button for ...
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S1 E37 Dion O'Reilly talks with poet David Sullivan about his long poem, "Nightjars" from 2020-01-27T23:39:38
Dion O'Reilly talks with poet David Sullivan about his long poem, "Nightjars, Listen
Episode 36) Dion O'Reilly interviews Finn Gratton from 2020-01-06T22:53:47
Dion O'Reilly interviews Finn V. Gratton, LMFT about their poetry, their work as a somatic psychotherapist, and their book, Listen
Episode 35) Danusha Laméris interviews Dion O'Reilly about her new book from 2019-12-30T19:14:04
Danusha Laméris talks to Dion O'Reilly about her new book, Ghost Dogs which is available for pre-order from Listen
Ploi Pirapokin lands in The Hive--Interview by Farnaz Fatemi from 2019-12-23T14:45:19
Our feature is a lively and thoughtful interview with writer Ploi Pirapokin about poetry in her world--how it influences her prose, her teaching, and her days. She talks to Farnaz about emotiona...
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Episode 33) Dion O'Reilly interviews poet Cynthia Neely and reviews John McCarthy's Scared Violent Like Horses. from 2019-12-10T03:32:54
Dion O'Reilly interviews poet Cynthia Neely and reviews Listen
Patricia Smith dazzles Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O'Reilly at The Hive from 2019-12-02T17:06:07
Co-hosts Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O'Reilly discuss the virtuosic poet Patricia Smith. Let Smith’s poetry alter your mind (as poetry should!) with her intense subject matter and comforting bea...
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Episode 30) Danusha Laméris and Dion O’Reilly read and discuss poems about Santa Cruz. from 2019-11-13T21:22:15
The first in a series, Santa Cruz Poet Laureate Danusha Laméris and poet Dion O’Reilly host a show featuring poems about Santa Cruz. Included is work from Ellen Bass, Joseph Stroud, Gary Young a...
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Lisa Allen Ortiz interviews Kierstin Bridger from 2019-11-05T16:57:42
When history and poetry collide-- Colorado poet Kierstin Bridger buzzes into the Hive. Find out more about Bridger or order her books at https://kierstinbridger.com/books/
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Episode 28) The Halloween Show: Dion O'Reilly hosts The Willing Suspension Armchair Theater reading Edgar Allen Poe from 2019-10-30T17:44:59
Did you miss our Halloween show on KSQD due to the power outage. Listen here as a podcast. Dion O'Reilly hosts Wilma Marcus and The Willing Armchair Theater reading poetry by Edgar Allen Poe.&nb...
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Buzzing about Poetry with Lisa Allen Ortiz, Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O'Reilly from 2019-10-15T00:38:21
Three hive members buzz about poems and poets they’ve been reading, and what to make of it all. Tune in to hear a poem by our new U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, from the most recent Pulitzer win...
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IMPROVED SOUND Autumn Episode! Hosted by Farnaz Fatemi from 2019-10-10T14:48:47
The autumn episode. Jump into the crispy leaf pile tonight with host Farnaz Fatemi. Highlights include Farnaz reading seasonally-appropriate poems to help soften the blow of the leap in... Listen
Danusha Laméris Interviews Zubair Ahmed from 2019-10-04T05:10:47
Danusha Laméris and Armando Alcaraz in conversation with the poet Zubair Ahmed. We learn about his journey here from Bangladesh and about poetry as saving grace. Find his work at Listen
Bonus: Thirteen-Minute Episode Segment-- Dion O'Reilly and Danusha Laméris Read From A Constellation of Kisses from 2019-09-25T21:20:41
Danusha Lameris and Dion O'Reilly read their poems from the anthology A Constellation of Kisses. They also talk craft and the backstories behind the poems. The book is available here:
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Dion O'Reilly interviews poet and publisher Diane Lockward from 2019-09-23T19:41:33
Dion O'Reilly interviews poet and publisher Diane Lockward about her poetry, Terrapin Books, and the anthology Constellation of Kisses. Find out more about Diane Lockward and read her poems here...
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Sam Roxas-Chua talks with Lisa Allen Ortiz from 2019-09-16T03:06:19
Sam Roxas-Chua touches down at the Hive to talk with Lisa Allen Ortiz about his book Saying Your Name Three Times Underwater, asemic writing, alligator crabs, poems that write poets and...
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Dion O'Reilly talks to Bay Area Poet Amanda Moore from 2019-09-02T18:34:24
Dion O'Reilly interviews San Francisco poet, teacher, and bee keeper Amanda Moore. Find out more about Amanda and read more of her wonderful work at Listen
Poetry in the World: Raja Feather Kelly and Prosetry: Charles Simic from 2019-08-27T21:33:35
This episode features a conversation between Farnaz Fatemi and choreographer, dancer and writer, Raja Feather Kelly, about the intersection of poetry and his art and life. And another fabulous i...
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Danusha Lameris Interviews Veronica Kornberg from 2019-08-20T16:49:44
This week’s Hive: Danusha Lameris talks with poet and winner of last year’s Morton Marcus Prize, Veronica Kornberg. Hear more of Veronica’s poems, a few of Mort’s, and learn more about this...
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Dion O’Reilly interviews Julia Chiapella of The Young Writers Program from 2019-08-06T17:05:22
Dion O’Reilly interviews Julia Chiapella of The Young Writers Program, a program sponsored by the Santa Cruz County Office of Education which brings poetry to 4th-12th graders in Santa Cruz City...
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Danusha Lameris and Dion O’Reilly interview Santa Cruz poet William Ward Butler, aka Billy Butler from 2019-08-01T22:45:38
Danusha Lameris and Dion O’Reilly interview Santa Cruz poet William Ward Butler, aka Billy Butler. We hear some of his poems and talk high school poetry slams, falling trees, Frank O’Hara and mo...
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Dion O'Reilly interviews Julia Levine. Farnaz Fatemi's segment of "What We Are Reading" from 2019-07-17T01:24:05
Dion O’Reilly interviews Julia Levine. Julia B. Levine has won numerous awards for her work, including the Northern California Book Award in Poetry for Listen
Dion O'Reilly interviews Susan Browne and Catherine Serguson from 2019-07-07T19:04:26
Susan Browne, winner of the Catamaran Poetry Prize, reads from her new book, Just Living, which was chosen as the Catamaran Poetry Prize winner. Catherine Segurson, editor and chief of ...
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The Hive Gets Buzzing from 2019-07-07T16:25:20
In three segments, this Hive episode is dripping with fresh nectar, and chock full of an exploration of what poetry can mean. Lisa Allen Ortiz introduces a new segment called “Prosetry.” Her sub...
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Hummingbird Press interviewed by Danusha Laméris from 2019-07-03T14:44:50
Santa Cruz Poet Laureate Danusha Lameris in conversation with some of the members of the local Hummingbird Poetry Press. Guests include: Wilma Marcus Chandler, George Lober, Maggie Paul, Chuck A...
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Farnaz Fatemi interviews artist Christian Berman from 2019-06-10T17:24:39
The Hive premieres a new segment, hosted by Farnaz Fatemi, called Poetry in the World. Farnaz talks with the multi-disclipinary artist, Christian Berman, about why writing poetry matters and how...
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Lisa Ortiz interviews poet Esther Kamkar from 2019-06-06T17:37:54
Beloved Palo Alto poet Esther Kamkar joins Lisa Allen Ortiz and the Hive Poetry Collective this Sunday at 8pm on KSQD 90.7, Santa Cruz. Esther will re...
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Interview with Jory Post by Danusha Laméris from 2019-05-27T15:36:08
A conversation between Danusha Laméris and Jory Post. Talking about Phren-z, Santa Cruz Writes, health, illness and the prose poem. Includes Jory’s recent work.
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Interview with David Sullivan and Poets of The Porter Gulch Review by Lisa Allen Ortiz on The Hive from 2019-05-22T23:44:34
Celebrate the 2019 issue of Porter Gulch Review with editor David Allen Sullivan and a pa...
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Interview with Laurence White -- The Hive Poetry Collective from 2019-05-06T15:59:54
Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O'Reilly interview local Santa Cruz poet and songwriter, Laurence White. We hear Laurence read and sing and talk further about both. Episode also includes a segment ...
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Interview with Danusha Laméris by Dion O'Reilly on The Hive: Poetry Collective from 2019-04-30T17:03:59
Poet Laureate Danusha Laméris talks about her life, her writing, and her role as poet laureate. She reads a few poems from her first book The Moons of August and also some new ones from her seco...
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In Her Shoes--guests of The Hive Poetry Collective from 2019-04-28T18:32:15
Singer/ songwriter Sarah Cruse leads a discussion with other members of In Her Shoes, a local event that features African-American women sharing their experiences through poetry/ spoken word. Listen
Interview with Meg Freitag by The Hive Poetry Collective from 2019-04-28T05:14:24
In this episode of the Hive Poetry Hour, Meg Frietag, author of the award winning collection Edith, reads poems and discusses parakeets, love, childhood, teeth, consciousness and the pitfalls of...
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Ada Limón Discussion -- The Hive Poetry Collective from 2019-04-28T02:41:47
Danusha Laméris and Dion O’Reilly discuss poet Ada Limón.
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Tony Hoagland discussion -- The Hive Poetry Collective from 2019-04-28T02:13:17
Santa Cruz Poet Laureate Danusha Laméris and Dion O’Reilly discuss Tony Hoagland– his contribution to American letters, his life, and controversial work.
Poets from In Celebration of the Muse -- guests of The Hive Poetry Collective from 2019-04-28T01:50:06
Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O’Reilly interview Wilma Marcus Chandler and In Celebration of the Muse poets. We hear about the history of The Muse celebration in Santa Cruz, and also the poets read the...
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Interview with Christopher Soriano by The Hive Poetry Collective from 2019-04-28T00:55:01
As part of our Community Outreach Series, we meet Watsonville-based poet, writer, and teacher Christopher Soriano who speaks to us about his life and work. Find him on Instagram and Twitter...
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