Artemis Speaks

Katryn Broadoak is a poet, mother, and breast cancer survivor whose life has carried her across five countries and countless inner landscapes. She speaks English and French (and a little Spanish if you’re patient). A lifelong seeker, she writes from the space between faith and freedom. Once steeped in organised religion, her path has evolved into something more eclectic and earth-centered, rooted...

Artists and writers are the explorers of our souls. They navigate our inner landscapes and delve into the turbulence of our emotions, which are shaped by the world around us—its politics, events, and social changes. Through their work, we gain insight into ourselves and our place within these contexts. Turning fragility into form, silence into art or poetry, darkness into light, by supporting an a...

Renee Good, 37 was fatally shot by an Ice Agent on January 7th in Minneapolis after dropping off her 6 year old son to school. She described herself as a "poet and writer and wife and mom." Good’s death occurred at a time when U.S. Pres. Trump ordered some 2,000 ICE officers to be sent to Minneapolis as part of what an administration official called the “largest immigration operation eve...

After finishing Beth Macy's latest bestseller, Paper Girl , I was eager to interview her.  Macy, an acclaimed writer known for exploring the forces unraveling America’s social fabric, was our guest writer for the Artemis Journal 2015 with her essay " Mining Life Along the River Bank ." As a longtime reporter for the Roanoke Times, she witnessed our region endure factory closures, dw...

Dr. Michael Godin is a facial plastic surgeon with a passion for storytelling. He also has a passion for storytelling. While he loves the world of plastic surgery, he has a passion for storytelling. His creative side had been nurtured as a child, he became an avid reader while growing up in Los Angeles San Fernando Valley. What Godin didn't know at the time was how much learning to write pers...

Sheila is the 2016 recipient of the American Library Association Sullivan Award “presented annually to a single Library Director nationally who has shown exceptional understanding and support of community service to children.” In addition, in 2018, Sheila was named Citizen of the Year, Humanitarian by the Roanoke Chapter of the NAACP and in 2024 she was the recipient of the Martin Luther King Comm...

AI can complete virtually any cognitive task, at least as well as a human. So, how does Artificial Intelligence, typically associated with human intelligence, affect our lives? Artemis Speaks is my platform for investigating and interviewing artists and writers, and I must be mindful of this process in the work I publish.  AI as a tool can perform tasks associated with human intelligence, and almo...

Today’s guest is Ann Goethe, a prolific writer known for her poetry, novels, musicals and plays, including operas. She is a recipient of The Virginia Arts & Humanities Prize and has served as a Fellow at the Sewanee Writer's Conference. Ann co-founded several initiatives, including ReNew The New, Giles Political Action, and the Giles Early Education Project. Her musical *COMING OF AGE*, e...

Elani Spencer is a 19-year-old poet based in Roanoke, Virginia. She was born and raised in Rochester, NY, and currently attends Hollins University where she is pursuing a bachelors of art in Creative Writing and a minor in Business. She is Roanoke’s first ever Youth Poet Laureate, and she has appeared at many local art events, in newspaper articles, and on television programs like WDBJ7. Elani is...

Exploring the world of AI   Host Jeri Rogers Editor Artemis Journal   As a publisher of poetry and art journals, I find the AI revolution compelling. This groundbreaking technology is ushering in rapid changes that will reshape nearly every aspect of our lives. We are witnessing a remarkable surge of innovation that has the power to disrupt entire industries while simultaneously creating new and u...

Smith serves as a Consultant in Poetry and Prose at St. Christopher's School and Poetry Editor at Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature. His poems have appeared in Artemis for nine years since 2016, when he was our guest poet. His poem Corporeal appears in our current Artemis Journal 2025.  His books are available on Amazon.

Join co-producers of our Podcast, Jeri Rogers and Skip Brown, as they reflect on four years of podcasting interviews with artists and writers published in the Artemis Journal. Getting ready to launch the next edition of Artemis Journal 24, they look at the event promoting their guest speaker, U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey.

Ana Morales is based in Roanoke, Virginia, and works primarily with mixed media. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from James Madison University, where she studied studio art and art education. She works at LeisureMedia360 in Roanoke as the art director for publications, including the Roanoker Magazine and the Virginia Travel Guide. Morales has exhibited he...

Join the conversation with son Gary Isreal,  President of the Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation, and daughter Dorien Gillespie Bietz, children of Dorothy Gillespie, as they reflect on the many gifts their mother had in a groundbreaking documentary Courage, Independence and Color. Artemis Journal was borne out of writing workshops for abused women. Ms. Gillespie donated her print celebrating Women in...

Jim Minick is the author or editor of eight books, including Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas (nonfiction), Fire Is Your Water (novel), and The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family. His work has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, Poets & Writers, Oxford American, Artemis Journal, Orion, Shenandoah, Appalachian Journal, Wind, and The Sun. He serves...

Sarah EK Muse, a native Virginian, is an award-winning artist, jewelry designer, and goldsmith known for her exquisite bespoke jewels that celebrate personal narratives and strengthen connections to the past, present, and future.  Serving as the backdrop for her inspirations, her private atelier, Studio 12, formerly a two-stall stable, is nestled in the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, where she...

Michele Evans, a fifth-generation Washingtonian (D.C.), is a poet, writer, high school English teacher, and adviser for her school's literary magazine, Unbound . Before becoming an educator, Michele Evans studied at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts; King’s College in London, England; and the Graduate School at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. This 2023 Pushcart...

Linda Atkinson is a sculptor living and working in Botetourt County.  She taught art history for 21 years at Virginia Western Community College, as well as studio courses for University /Santa Cruz, Hollins College,  Roanoke College, and Radford University among others.  Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta.  She spent 1...

A. J. Gnuse is the bestselling author of Girl in the Walls , published in 2021.  He received an MFA in fiction from UNC Wilmington, and his writing has appeared in the Guardian, Gulf Coast, Literary Hub, Los Angeles Review, and other venues.  A native of New Orleans, he lives in Texas, where he is a literary co-editor of Artemis Journal alongside his wife, Donnie Secreast. “The novel begins as an...

The Moss Center in Blacksburg, Virginia presented a live performance and historic collaboration between renowned poet and Virginia Tech legend Nikki Giovanni and saxophonist-composer and former Jazz Messenger Javon Jackson. Their collaboration for over a year has yielded the CD The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni. For an intimate jazz performance, Jackson brought his bold-toned, Trane-inspired...

River Sequence (a Meditation) 1. Riffle This moment: like a fat round plum smooth as stone tumbled downstream, at the edge of stillness poised to roll. How long does it take a rock to travel the length of a river? How long does it take a mind to wind its way through a memory? Hold the present, juicy and heavy, in the palm of your hand. Loosen the fist of time and lean back, eyes closed, into turbu...

New York-based country-soul singer/songwriter Lara Taubman delivers sobering subjects like mortality, mental health, spirituality, survival, and finding hope in an exceedingly turbulent & traumatized world on her sophomore album, Ol’ Kentucky Light , out September 16th on Atomic Sound Record Company. Taubman clearly didn’t just stumble upon her muse. She channels her earliest influences—the cl...

https://www.bobrotche.com/ Bob Rotche is a Virginia-based wood artist. He has worked with wood in one manner or another for most of his life but it was exposure to the lathe and its ability to create smooth-flowing curves that really captured his imagination. He continues to use the lathe extensively but is now recognized more for his work with carving, color, and texture.  He states,  ”I try to k...

Page Turner, an acclaimed artist, recently showed her art at the "Affiliation Show" at the National Arts Club in New York City. Page has worked with Artemis Journal for three years, and her ability to pair art and poetry is phenomenal! In this interview, Jeri Rogers explores how the layout comes into being with her creative skills.  "This year's theme is "transformative na...

The arc of Susan's career is amazing. Besides her commitment to Photography, It includes a six-year term as President of the American Kidney Fund. She has been represented in three galleries and continues her desire to be of creative service to artists, dancers, and musicians.  Her video skills helped numerous artists worldwide to have virtual shows during Covid isolation. Artemis Journal is...