Sunday SubDays

In this Sunday SubDays conversation, Quibble Lit welcomes Adam Shove , poet and founder of Dark Thirty Poetry Publishing . This episode looks at Adam’s path as an artist, creator, and builder: where Dark Thirty began, what the work has taught him, and what he wants to help bring forward next. Adam has a big heart and sharp wit, and it was a real pleasure chatting together. Thank you for listening,...

In this Featured Voice conversation, we welcome to the show Rochelle Potkar , winner of our Quippy Category Award for Best Use of Silence with her poem “Bedrock.” Rochelle is a poet, fiction writer, screenwriter, playwright, critic, editor, and mentor whose work moves across genres and literary communities. Her writing brings attention to image, silence, memory, philosophy, and the lived textures...

Content note: This episode includes discussion of school violence. In this episode of Sunday SubDays , we’re joined by poet, mediator, facilitator, and Chicago ACT Collective member Hilesh Patel , whose poem “Apples and a cold slice of pizza, eaten arc first” won Quibble’s Most Heartbreaking Quippy Award. The poem is devastating in its restraint: ordinary school details — apples, pizza, math, a ch...

This week’s guest is a new friend and artist of many talents - we’re delighted to welcome on Canadian poet & photographer Carella Keil . Carella’s photograph “Frog Prince” is featured as the cover art for JUNGLE , Quibble Lit’s upcoming 8th print volume ( which goes live in July!) Additionally, Carella’s poetry collection - “ Undercover Butterfly ” debuted this May (published by Dark Thirty Poetry...

This week on Sunday SubDays , Quibble Lit sits down with Dré Pontbriand , poet and Quippy winner for “ Porcelain Playground Barbie . ” Dré and I have a ton of fun as we talk about the making of her award-winning poem and what it means to write toward transformation. Dré’s work is vivid, intimate, and brave, with lines that lift through beauty, rupture, and reclamation and a distinct voice that fee...

This week’s Sunday SubDays is a special episode and honor, as I get to sit down with Sabrina Maurer to talk about her debut book, Cherished Memories . Published through ReadyAimWrite Kids — an independent publisher built around books written by kids, for kids — Sabrina’s story follows 11-year-old Bella, a student navigating school, friendship, and grief over the loss of a loved one. Bella finds he...

Happy Sunday SubDays - and happy Memorial weekend for our U.S. audience! This week, I shared a meaningful conversation with Angelina Aldrich, whose poem “Thighs for Days” took home the Copper Quippy Award (3rd place) in this year’s Ps & Qs Audio Poem Contest . Watch the full discussion for bits of wisdom and laughter about starting new crafts, putting yourself out there, and being honest about wha...

This week on Sunday SubDays we’re joined by Rachel Kramer Bussel , founder and editor-in-chief of Open Secrets Magazine , a publication devoted to the personal stories we’re often taught to keep tucked away. Watch or listen to us discuss: * the power of the personal essay * how quiet truth can form windows of recognition * how clutter holds memory and meaning * how writing can help bring out our a...

This week on Sunday SubDays, we have a bonus episode! — to pair alongside our Featured Voice spotlight on Jae Nichelle — Quibble Lit sits down with poet and voice coach James Spencer for a thoughtful conversation on performance, presence, vulnerability, and the living relationship between poetry and the human voice. Together, we talk about confidence in professional communication as an artist, cre...

This week’s Sunday SubDays’ Featured Guest is Derrick Brown , poet, performer, comedian, and founder/president of Write Bloody Publishing . Derrick has spent decades helping poetry escape the box some people try to keep it in. As the founder of Write Bloody, he has also helped shape a major lane for contemporary poets, giving touring writers and spoken-word artists a serious publishing home. He’s...

And we’re back! This Sunday with an inspiring conversation with Bri Gearhart Staton , poet and the first-ever winner of our 1st Place Golden Quippy Award from The 2026 Ps & Qs Audio Poetry Contest. Bri was truly a treat to connect with. I was amazed to hear how she discovered poetry, in a battle of resilience and season of transformation. The warmth, bravery, and sincerity of her spirit and outloo...

This Sunday on Sunday SubDays , we’re thrilled to feature La Piccioletta Barca co-editors-in-chief Eponine Howarth and Micaela Brinsley .  We talk literary community, editorial evolution, collaboration, independent publishing, and what it means to build a magazine that feels less like a platform and more like a living room full of artists, questions, and unfinished conversations.  Watch the interv...

We're glad to share this conversation with Thomas Sims — poet and poetry editor at Quibble Lit . (once we grow a little, this series will be for subscribers only!) Thomas brings a rare mix of precision, curiosity, and calm to both writing and reading. In this interview, we talk about poetry, editing, philosophy, mandolin, internet hate, and more — moving between craft and the stranger, more person...

For this first Sunday SubDays: Q & A , I’m really glad to share a conversation with Trudy Hale — founder of Porches Writing Retreat and Editor-in-Chief of Streetlight Magazine . Trudy brings a thoughtful perspective to literary life, and this conversation moves through some of the lasting questions around writing: what retreat can offer, how a creative life evolves, and what it means to keep makin...