Artemis Speaks

Artemis is pleased to have acclaimed poet, Nikki Giovanni to join our publication. She has been awarded an unprecedented 7 NAACP Image Awards, nominated for a Grammy; has been a finalist for the National Book Award, authored 3 New York Times and Los Angeles Times Best Sellers, which is highly unusual for a poet. She is a Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech.  Artemis has had a long journey wit...

A natural blend of Music and Poetry In this podcast, Host, Jeri Rogers will be speaking with a composer, musician, whose music , Slow Down is our Podcast theme song. Jordan Harman creates music with soul that retains a unique style pulling you in before you know it, you are dancing and singing along to his unique brand of music. His vocals are smooth with rhythmic guitar playing and infectious hoo...

This past fall, Justin published his first collection of poetry and short stories, every grain of sand , expanding his artistic reach from his  currently-paused career as a stage manager on Broadway. We talk to Justin about turning this corner and sharing his process on multiple platforms: an eight-part blog, Instagram readings, and a YouTube book launch event called "The Showing," ( htt...

Dr. Molly O'Dell, Doctor and poet After an incredible career practicing medicine and public health, Molly decided to retire from full time work in 2016. The change was wonderful and she quickly adjusted to what it means not to hurry. When SARS CoV-2 introduced itself to our planet, Dr. O'Dell re-joined the Virginia Department of Health work force to lead the COVID response in southwest V...

Robert Bersson and Jack Greer  are the editors of the new book Better with Age: Creativity, Discovery & Surprise , a compilation of essays and reflections about experiences with aging. Bersson is an emeritus professor at James Madison University and Greer worked for many years at the University of Maryland's Sea Grant College. A lively collection of twenty-seven essays, three poems, and a...

Ayn Cates Sullivan, MA, MFA, Ph. D. is an award-winning, best-selling mystical author. Weaving ancient wisdom traditions together with mystical experience, Dr Sullivan focuses on mythology, folklore and envisioning a new humanity. Her books include an award-winning children’s series including Sparkle & the Gift, Sparkle & the Light and the Sparkle Fairy Tales: Kachina’s Rose, Ella’s Magic...

Letter from Jeri Rogers, Editor, Artemis http://www.artemisjournal.org As 2020 comes to a close, I want to remember a poet and dear friend of Artemis who passed. Frances Curtis Barnhart was known and loved by many in the Artemis Community. In years past, we published both her art and poems. Now, we will miss her radiant smile, everlasting optimism, and joy. Her work often spoke of beauty and her l...

Professor Gallo's teaching interests include creative writing and modern and contemporary literature.  Four volumes of Louis Gallo’s poetry , Archaeology, Scherzo Furiant, Crash and Clearing the Attic, are now available.  Two forthcoming volumes , Why is there Something Rather than Nothing? and Leeway & Advent , will be published in the near future.  His work will appear in Best Short Fic...

Silvie is a working studio potter living in Floyd, Virginia. Her work is in the Collections of: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA. She provides an active mentorship for young potters, teaches and is an avid collector of art.  "Making pottery for me is about giving...

Governor Ralph Northam recently appointed Luisa A. Igloria as the 20th Poet Laureate of Virginia,  with a two year term. Originally from Baguio City in the Philippines, she is the author of 14 books of poetry and 4 chapbooks. Luisa has four daughters and now makes her home in Virginia with most of her family. She is a Professor of Creative Writing and English, and from 2009-2015 was Director of th...

Join the conversation with Zephren and Page Turner, Artemis Art and Layout Editors on the process of creating a literary and art journal. Get to know the Turners who share in the creative process of layout for Artemis Journal. Topics range from Sacred Geometry, art/ poetry to mushroom hunting. Hosted by Jeri Rogers, Artemis Editor Co-Producer - Skip Brown Recorded at Final Track Studio

BACK IN 1977 I WAS INTRODUCED TO DOROTHY GILLESPIE, an American artist and sculptor who became known for her large and colorful abstract metal sculptures. SHE supported our fledgling idea of starting a feminist literary and art journal by donating A beautiful pastel for our very first cover in 1977. Her work of art was later painted to become Roanoke’s first downtown mural. Dorothy created quite a...

As Poet Laureate of Virginia 2014-2016, Ron Smith has authored several books of poetry. Running Again in Hollywood Cementry appeared this year from MadHat Press. Ron’s other books are Moon Road, Its Ghostly Workshop, and The Humility of the Brutes. Artemis Journal has published Ron's work for 3 years and he was our featured writer for our Artemis Journal 2016. Smith has taught poetry and poet...

Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda ​served as Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2006-2008.​ She is the recipient of a Council for Basic Education Fellowship , three Artist-in-Education grants and an Arts-on-the-Road grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and has won the Ellen Anderson Award , a Virginia Cultural Laureate Award. Her poems, along with those of other Virginia poets laureate, are featured...

Jeanne Larsen is a poet, translator, novelist essayist, and sometimes short fiction writer. Jeanne has a long history/herstory with Artemis Journal, starting in the 1980's while teaching at Hollins University. She has been published in Artemis Journal 14 times up to the present Artemis Journal 2020 which features her poem Discernment at Roaring Run. Her latest book What Penelope Chooses is he...

Our first podcast will feature the acclaimed poet, Nikki Giovanni In this podcast, Jeri Rogers, Editor of Artemis interviews Ms. Giovanni. Nikki's poem "Vote" opens up the 2020 Artemis. She explains why she wrote this poem on this memorable date celebrating the 19th Amendment which was officially adopted on August 26, 1920: the culmination of a decades-long movement for women's...

By making this a more beautiful world, Artemis Speaks invites you to join our podcast twice a month where we interview writers and artists who have been published in the Artemis Journal. Our first kickoff podcast will feature acclaimed poet, Nikki Giovanni reading her poetry and musing about her life in these challenging times.