Each Bring a Poem

In a lively conversation, Yael talks with Jennifer Maritza McCauley about her extraordinary poetry collection, Kinds of Grace.

In this episode of Each Bring a Poem, host Yael Valencia Aldana and her guest Nona Lea discuss their poem picks. Nona is the Marketing Manager at the Independent Press Purple Ink Press. Yael is the Managing Editor at Purple Ink Press. https://Purpleinkpress.com     The episode’s featured poems:   Nona’s pick Blood is Thicker Than Water By Maureen P. Medina From her collection My Fears Out Loud   h...

In this episode of Each Bring a Poem, the poetic conversation is with Richard Blanco, 5th US inaugural poet. Richard misunderstood the brief and brought his own poem to the party with some ensuing hilarity. But watch his reading make me cry.  Well the electronic gremlins got me again, and the sound dropped out in the 2nd half of the podcast. But I am sharing Part One now so can enjoy Richard Blanc...

Another joyful, deep dive into two poems. This time my guest is Elisa Albo, a local poet and professor. In this episode, Elisa picks the poem, Photograph of the Girl by Sharon Olds. Yael’s pick is The Last Thing by Ada Limón. This episode’s guest, Elisa Albo is an award-winning professor of composition, literature, ESL, and creative writing at Broward College. A contributing editor of Grabbed: Poe...

Another wide-ranging discussion with two poets having a bit too much fun discussing two of their favorite poems, life, and everything in between. Host Yael Valencia Aldana welcomes Jubi Arriola-Headley.   JUBI ARRIOLA-HEADLEY  (he/him) is a Black homoflexible poet, storyteller, first-generation United Statesian and author of the poetry collection  original kink (Sibling Rivalry Press), recipient o...

Julie and Yael have a joyful, complete unwieldy conversation between two poetry lovers about some of our favorite poems. We nerd out, delve deep and Virgo about these poems and poetry in general.   Julie’s pick is the poem “Tenue at Forty” is from the debut collection Bardo by Suzanne Paola. Yael’s pick is “Two Miles Away” by Margaret Atwood from her collection Two Headed Poems.   Some of the burn...