The Hive Poetry Collective

Julie Murphy interviews fellow teachers of the Salinas Valley State Prison Poetry Workshop—Rose Black, Lisa Charnock and Ken Weisner.  Please join our lively conversations about the poetry workshop, our experiences teaching, and be ready to hear some amazing poems written by the workshop participants!  Broadcast Sunday, May 24th on KSQD 90.7 Santa Cruz.  Links: For those intere...

This episode, hosted by The Hive’s Farnaz Fatemi, is in two segments. The first, "Why Do Iranians Love Poetry," was produced by Shabnam Piryaei. Part two is an interview with artist Mara Poliak about dance, movement, poetry and poems. Links to material mentioned: Shabnam Piryaei Forrugh Farrokhzad  translated by Sholeh Wolpe The Captive Bird by Jazmin Darznik Revolutionary Letter  #1 by...

Danusha Lameris and Armando Alcarez read from Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness edited by James Crews.

Dion O'Reilly interviews the prolific poet, Paul Hostovsky. We talk about deafness, blindness, harmonica playing, cocoanuts, and, of course, poetry. Learn more about Paul at: http://www.paulhostovsky.com/

Julie Murphy hosts Hive Poets Dion O'Reilly, Farnaz Fatemi, and Lisa Allen Ortiz in a discussion of loneliness and the power of poetry.  The Hive poets share favorite poems of inspiration and consolation for sheltering in place and talk about what it means to be a poet at this time.

Dion O'Reilly interviews Ken Weisner, De Anza College Community College English teacher and editor of  Red Wheelbarrow , the DeAnza literary journal. He coordinates, with Poetry Center San José to hold the  Red Wheelbarrow  Poetry Prize. For fifteen years, Ken edited  Quarry West  out of Porter College, UCSC. Ken has published three  volumes of his own poetry wit...

Filmmaker Iva Radivojevic joins Hive host Farnaz Fatemi in this episode of Poetry in the World to talk about how poems—their visions, the process of making them, the poets who write them—are integral to her art. This episode is a meal full of poems, prompts, artistic vision. Sink your teeth in! Mentioned in our conversation: Woman, Native, Other by Trinh T. Minh-Ha Cecilia Vicuña (Language is Migr...

In this episode, Julie Murphy interviews Kerrin McCadden about her chapbook Keep This to Yourself,  winner of the 2020 Button Poetry Prize.  Don’t miss Kerrin's beautiful, honest poems and this soulful conversation about family, addiction, and loss. Aired March 22, 2020 on KSQD 90.7 FM. Keep This to Yourself will be released March 24, 2020! LINKS Kerrin McCadden: Facebook Twitter  ...

On this episode of the Hive, Billy Butler talks with local Santa Cruz-area poet Chestina Craig about her book Daughter of Salt, forthcoming from Picture Show Press later this March. Topics include: marine biology, the best worst reality TV shows, the joy and unbearable weirdness of being in Santa Cruz, finsta accounts, and more. Chestina will be reading poems from her new book on an  Instagra...

Northern California poet Rebecca Foust Skypes into the Hive to join host Dion O’Reilly for a conversation. Find her chapbook Unexploded Ordnance Bin HERE .

Julie Murphy interviews San Francisco poet Gail Newman about her award winning book Blood Memory.  Gail, a daughter of Polish Holocaust survivors, talks about her poetry, memory, and faith. Links: On Being Ellen Bass: Truth and Beauty with Marie Howe Two Sylvias Press Li Young Lee

Lisa Allen Ortiz travels to La Honda to talk to David LeCount about his 45 year haiku habit, living with nature and how he met his teacher, James Hackett. Ortiz also presses the mute button for the second half of the field interview— ah, but the episode is saved by Farnaz Fatemi who comes by the hive to read haiku by Hackett and LeCount.  And-- for your further delight-- here is LeCount's poe...

Dion O'Reilly talks with poet David Sullivan about his long poem, " Nightjars , "  about the friendship between an Iraqi interpreter and a US soldier. With Arabic speaker, Aisha Charves, David reads a section from the opening of the poem.

Dion O'Reilly interviews Finn V. Gratton, LMFT about their poetry, their work as a somatic psychotherapist, and their book,  Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults.

Danusha Laméris talks to Dion O'Reilly about her new book, Ghost Dogs which is  available for pre-order from Bookshop Santa Cruz also available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon . The rainy night conversation includes tasty tidbits about compost piles, waking up with a new face, and the parables of Jesus Christ! Learn more about Dion O'Reilly, including upcoming appearances and  ongoing wor...

Our feature is a lively and thoughtful interview with writer Ploi Pirapokin about poetry in her world--how it influences her prose, her teaching, and her days. She talks to Farnaz about emotional turns, point of view, images and more, and reads from some of her favorite poems. Mentioned in this conversation:  For the Taking, Linda Gregerson Crush, Richard Siken BBHMM, Tiana Clark Aubade with...

Dion O'Reilly interviews poet Cynthia Neely and reviews John McCarthy's  amazing collection of poems, Scared Violent Like Horses.   Find Cynthia Neely 's book HERE .  Find information on John McCarthy HERE .  Find McCarthy's Scared Violent like Horses HERE . 

Co-hosts Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O'Reilly discuss the virtuosic poet Patricia Smith. Let Smith’s poetry alter your mind (as poetry should!) with her intense subject matter and comforting beats. Hear poems and discussion from her books Incendiary Art and Blood Dazzler, and explore poetry forms like the Golden Shovel, invented by Terrance Hayes after a Gwendolyn Brooks poem, and used by Smi...

Poet Lee Rossi stops by the Hive to chat with Lisa Allen Ortiz about his new book  Darwin’s Garden  and about fleeing seminary commitments,  the Eden of back yards, climate change, true love and knee caps. Lee Rossi is the author of three books of poetry and a regular contributor to  Sun Magazine , reviewer for  Pedestal  and a contributing editor to  Poetry Flas...

The first in a series, Santa Cruz Poet Laureate Danusha Laméris and poet Dion O’Reilly host a show featuring poems about Santa Cruz. Included is work from Ellen Bass, Joseph Stroud, Gary Young and also a few written by the hosts. Events : Joseph Stroud’s book launch for his latest collection  Everything That Rises  will be December 8th, 2019 at 3:00 pm at the beautiful  Cabrillo Col...

When history and poetry collide-- Colorado poet Kierstin Bridger buzzes into the Hive.  Find out more about Bridger or order her books at https://kierstinbridger.com/books/

Did you miss our Halloween show on KSQD due to the power outage. Listen here as a podcast. Dion O'Reilly hosts Wilma Marcus and The Willing Armchair Theater reading poetry by Edgar Allen Poe.  Learn more about the Willing Suspension Armchair Theater HERE . Learn more about Edgar Allen Poe HERE .

Three hive members buzz about poems and poets they’ve been reading, and what to make of it all. Tune in to hear a poem by our new U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo, from the most recent Pulitzer winner, Forrest Gander, and more.

The autumn episode. Jump into the crispy leaf pile tonight with host Farnaz Fatemi. Highlights include Farnaz reading seasonally-appropriate poems to help soften the blow of the leap into fall; an interview with Andrew Sivak of newcomer Bad Animal Books in Santa Cruz about their visions for poetry and poetry-related events at the store; Dion O’Reilly on the poet Edgar Kunz, and a full cornucopia o...

Danusha Laméris and Armando Alcaraz in conversation with the poet Zubair Ahmed. We learn about his journey here from Bangladesh and about poetry as saving grace. Find his work at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/zubair-ahmed .