Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour

The 4/8/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour: Lily Van Middlesworth is a poet who is published in various literary magazines across the country. She holds a BA in writing from Savannah College of Art and Design. Lily has recently sold her first screenplay. Brad Buchanan taught literature and creative writing at Sacramento State University until his retirement in 2016. His poe...

The 4/1/2026 edition of  Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour : Jenny Kaminer is an interdisciplinary scholar of Russian culture whose publications have encompassed a broad range of historical epochs—from the nineteenth century to the present day—as well as genres and media, including, drama, prose, film, and television. Kaminer established their reputation within the field of Slavic Studies...

The 3/25/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour : Paul Corman-Roberts is the author Bone Moon Palace from Black Lawrence Press (2021) a CLMP Firecracker nominated full length poetry collection. He is also author of the graphic chapbook The Sincere (with illustrator Ray Swaney) from Libran Apocalypse Books (2022.) He is a founder and current organizer of the Beast Crawl Lit Fest...

The 3/18/2026 edition of  Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour: Dave Boles has worked as an Alternative Publisher, Writer and Designer since 1982. Founder of the magazine Primal Urge , he also created The Sacramento Free Press and Cruisin' Magazine . He has published, designed, edited and written numerous books, magazines and articles both nationally and internationally. His publishing...

The 3/11/2026 edition of  Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour Mary Mackey is a bestselling author and award-winning poet who has written fourteen novels some of which have appeared on the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller Lists. She is also the author of nine volumes of poetry including The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams , winner of a the 2019 Eric Hoffer Award for Best B...

The 3/4/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour : John López’s research takes a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to examining the visual, material, and spatial practices between early modern Europe and the New World. López earned a Ph. D. from the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art program at MIT and was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of C...

The 2/25/2026 edition of  Dr Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour: Anthony Xavier Jackson is the recent winner of The 2024 Sacramento Poetry Week’s Annual Poetry contest. Anthony Xavier Jackson has been writing poems and songs since his teens, drawing inspiration from sci-fi, myths, all genres of music, and all manner of spiritual pursuits, including recovery. Anthony has recently published his...

The 2/10/2026 edition of  Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour: Ted Geier received his PhD. in Critical Theory and Comparative Literature from UC Davis in 2015, followed by a Mellon Postdoctoral post in the Rice University Humanities Research Center as an investigator on the Rice Seminars 2015-16 project, “After Biopolitics.” He recently co-founded and is Associate Editor of the UC Press jou...

The 2/17/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour : Patrick Burns (Music Director) is a Sacramento-based composer, music director, and arts administrator whose work spans musical theatre, opera, and interdisciplinary performance. At UC Davis, he previously served as accompanist for The Threepenny Opera . Regional credits include music direction and conducting for theatres and uni...

The 12/3/2025 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour The Video Game Orchestra at UC Davis was started by Ziad Asadi and Sogol Aliabadi in 2017, with the goal of allowing college musicians to explore the wonders of video game music. What started out as a small group of 9 musicians has now grown into a community of more than 100 members! All of their members are current students or al...

The 12/10/2025 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour : Catherine Dixon is a former Post-Doctorate in the Department of Animal Sciences at UC Davis, trivia buff, and cow-gut microbiome maven. Peter Shahrokh was born in Berkeley, California, in 1950.  He first picked up a watercolor brush in 2004, and currently produces many works in the medium. Shahrokh holds three graduate degrees...

The 12/17/2025 edition of  Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour Professor Gail Finney received her A. B. degree in German summa cum laude from Princeton University and her Ph. D. in comparative literature from UC Berkeley. She has also studied in Freiburg, Aix-en-Provençe, Tübingen, and Berlin. From 1980-1988 she taught at Harvard University as an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Ge...

The 1/7/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour\ Nina Amir, the Inspiration to Creation Coach, inspires writers and bloggers to create published products and careers as authors. Additionally, she helps her clients and readers achieve their potential, fulfill their purpose and make a positive and meaningful difference with their words. She is the author of How to Blog a Book, The...

The 1/14/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour Gabrielle Myers has earned a B.A. from Hampshire College in Massachusetts, an A.O.S. in Culinary Arts from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, an M.A. in English from the University of California at Davis, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Saint Mary’s College of California. She has taught English courses at Sai...

The 1/21/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour Susie Meserve is a poet, essayist, and novelist. She’s been teaching writing for over twenty years. She has a certificate in mind-body coaching from The Embody Lab, a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a BA from Tufts University. Susie lives in the Bay Area but is a New Eng...

The 1/28/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour Dr. Mahnaz Badihian is an Is a Poet, painter, and translator whose work has been published in several languages worldwide. Mahnaz runs the Literary magazine MahMag.org to bring the world’s poetry together.  She finished translating a book about the uprising in Iran in 2009 called Spalding Arise with Jack Hirschman, published in Sa...

The 2/4/2026 edition of Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour Vaani Tiwari is an IB Diploma student and emerging researcher focused on the psychology of identity, culture, and mental health. Her work explores why people think and cope the way they do, and how storytelling can make behavioral science more accessible. Tiwari's first book, an Amazon #1 bestseller in Asian American Poetry, e...

On the 10/29/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour : Gbenga Adesina joins the program to discuss his recent publication Death Does Not End at the Sea , which asks questions about grief, immigration, and the art of poetry. Adesina states that every immigrant story is a private epic, and details how his book emerged from his lived experience, moving to America after the passing of his...

On the 10/16/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour : Chris Erikson is the first guest of the hour. He joins the program to discuss his recently released novella Henrytown , which operates not only as a piece of literature, but one of performance art. Erickson states the book's vernacular is drawn from Central Illinois, where he grew up. He talks about his book tour before readin...

On the 10/24/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour : Arturo Mantećon is the first guest of the program. He discusses his move to Alabama to join his grandchildren, and his translations of Leopoldo María Panero. Mantećon highlights Panero’s logical approach to poetry and his psychiatry, while emphasizing that Panero’s institutionalized status does not reflect work that is chaotic. He...

On the 10/8/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour : Peter Coyote joins the show to discuss Buddhism, Northern California, environmental activism, and his upcoming appearance at the Davis Jazz Beat festival. Coyote is the keynote speaker at the festival, which will take place on October 11th in Davis. It will be a multidisciplinary event, the first of its kind since the post-pandemic-...

On the 10/1/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour : Sacramento poet Lawrence Dinkins (NSAA) joins the program to discuss his upcoming reading in Davis, aging, and the Sacramento poetry scene. Dinkins states that poetry readings are a democratic space where voices can be heard, and highlights how they foster special connections decoupled from traditional media. The Warrior Poet then r...

On the 9/24/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour : Laura Rosenthal is the first guest of the program. Rosenthal states that her practice as a public attorney taught her how to better negotiate the tension between viscerality and beng understood as a poet. She then shares some exciting upcoming events that she is participating in and leading, including one by Calyx, the oldest femini...

On the 9/17/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour : Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas joins the episode to discuss her upcoming readings at the Poetry in Davis reading series, California Writer’s Club’s 100th anniversary reading, and her two most recent poetry publications, Handful of Stallions at Twilight and A Shared and Sacred Space . She states that writing as an isolated activity can...

On the 9/10/25 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour : Dr. Andy is joined by two Ph. Ds who are speaking at the upcoming 2025 Summer Institute on Teaching and Technology. SITT 2025 features UC Davis faculty during two-half days of online presentations on the mornings of September 11th and 12th. The first guest on the program, Tricia Bertram Gallant, will be giving the lead-off talk at S...