The Hive Poetry Collective

The Hive Poetry Collective S3 E27:  Julie Murphy Interviews award winning poet July Westhale. July reads "The Presence In Absence" by  Linda Gregg  as well as her own poems from Via Negativa and Moon Moon, and discusses the importance of negative capability in life as well as poetry. July Westhale Linda Gregg

Listen to Nikia Chaney interview the editor and poets of ESSENTIAL VOICES: POETRY OF IRAN & ITS DIASPORA. Christopher Nelson, editor, is joined by Persis Karim, Armen Davoudian, the Hive's Farnaz Fatemi, and Arash Saedinia to read their poems and translations from the anthology (Sept 2021, Green Linden Press).  Show links: www.greenlindenpress.com Christopher Nelson  Armen Davoudian...

In this conversation I talk to the poet, Katerina Canyon about her work and inspiration for her upcoming book: Surviving Home. Hear her read and few poems and be just as moved as I was. For more information about Katerina or to buy her book:  https://www.poetickat.com

S3:E24 Dion O'Reilly interviews Los Angeles poet laureate, Lynne Thompson .

Julie Murphy interviews Laure-Anne Bosselar . They talk about love, loss, and longing for authenticity. Laure-Anne reads poems from her recent book These Many Rooms and talks about upcoming classes . Laure-Anne Bosselaar Website Laure-Ann Bosselaar - Academy of American Poets Laure-Anne's Books at Four Way Books SUNJUNE Collaborative

Victoria Bañales interviews Santa Cruz-based Latinx poet Adela Najarro. Adela Najarro is the author of three poetry collections: Split Geography , Twice Told Over and My Childrens , a chapbook that includes teaching resources. With My Childrens she hopes to bring poetry into the classroom so that students can explore creative writing, identity, and what it means to be Latinx in US society. Every s...

S3:E21: Dion O'Reilly interviews Carl Phillips . They talk about regret, college reunions, Henry James, and Carl's latest book  Pale Colors in a Tall Field . He also reads one of his favorite poems by Li Po and references the song " Wild is the Wind, " the title of which he borrowed for the name of one of his books ( Wild is the Wind ). 

F arnaz Fatemi and Erin Redfern hear and talk to Jen Siraganian about her poems and her work with various poetry organizations.  Jen is the newly appointed Poet Laureate of Los Gatos, California. She is a writer, educator, and literary organizer. She has served as Managing Director for Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival, been nominated for a Ruth Lilly Fellowship and a Pushcart Prize...

Dane reads from his new book The World Is God’s Language and the poem “Origin" by Sarah Lindsey.  

  Dion O'Reilly interviews Guggenheim Fellow Mark Wunderlich. He reads a poem by his friend and mentor Lucie Brock-Broido . He reads a poem by his friend and mentor Lucie-Brock Broido and from his latest book God of Nothingness

A critical mass of six Hive members buzz in to this episode to share new poems.  Victoria Bañales teaches English at Cabrillo College, is founder and editor of Journal X , and a member of the Writers of Color Collective-Santa Cruz County. Her writing has appeared in various anthologies and journals, including The Acentos Review, Cloud Women’s Quarterly, North Dakota Quarterly , and more. She...

Farnaz Fatemi and Victoria Bañales interview poets and discuss Journal X , a new literary/arts journal focused on social justice. With poems from Victoria Bañales, Josslyn Glenn, hector son of hector, Geneffa Jahan, and Thomas Anthony Connor. Journal X: https://www.cabrillo.edu/journal-x/ email: xinachtlijournal@gmail.com Victoria Bañales http://writersofcolorsantacruz.org/ Josslyn Glenn: Facebook...

Julie Murphy interviews award winning poet Nickole Brown.  Nickole reads from her stellar chapbook The Donkey Elegies and speaks passionately about donkeys, language and what is holy. If you haven't heard Nickole read, you're in for a real treat! Nickole Brown teaches at the Sewanee School of Letters MFA Program and the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNCA. She lives with her wife, poet Jess...

Dion O'Reilly interviews the poet Erin Belieu . Erin reads from her new book Come Hither Honeycomb . She also reads and discusses the poem "Kindly," by Ashley Capps .

Julia Chiapella interviews this year's county contestants in the Poetry Out Loud competition. Hear our local high school students' experiences and listen to the poems they selected to be recited at the event. 

Don't miss Ellen Bass on The Hive Poetry Collective.  Please join  Ellen and host Julie Murphy in a lively discussion of Ellen's work and hear Ellen read poems from Indigo and more! Ellen Bass' Website Buy Ellen's books here .

Dion O'Reilly chats with Leah Naomi Green about her recent award-- The Lucille Clifton Award. They also read from her new book, The More Extravagant Feast , winner of the Walt Whitman Award. Hear the recorded Lucille Clifton Award event here (with Li-Young Lee). 

Listen in to hear Vanessa Angélica Villareal read from her poems and talk deeply and passionately about the development of her book, Beast Meridian . We were moved by her rigorous, precise, and poetic mind and we know you will be too. If you’ve already read Beast Meridian, you will love hearing Villareal dive into portions of it. If you haven’t yet, you’re going to want to. Vanessa Angélica Villar...

Dion O'Reilly interviews author, editor, and translator   Zack Rogow. He reads from his new book Irreverent Litanies .

Dion O'Reilly chats with a new member of The Hive Poetry Collective, Nikia Chaney . We talk about her poetry and the new African-American literature class she is teaching at Cabrillo. We read some Ross Gay and Lucille Clifton . 

Dion O'Reilly interviews Robert Stewart , long-time editor of New Letters , about his career as a writer and editor. He reads from his new book Working Class.

Join hosts Julie Murphy and Julia Chiapella for the Hive Poetry Collective's Valentine's Day Special. We’ll read and discuss poems by Natalie Diaz, Jack Gilbert, Dorothy Parker, Tim Seibles and more... Natalie Diaz Jack Gilbert Tim Seibles Beth Ann Fennelly Dorothy Parker Robert Wrigley Dorianne Laux

S3: E4 Dion O'Reilly interviews Alison Luterman about her new book In the Time of Great Fires.

Poets read their poems about fire and talk to host Farnaz Fatemi about writing them. With Lisa Ortiz, Carmen Fought, Terri Drake, Nicelle Davis, Maggie Paul, Roxi Power Hamilton, and Charles Atkinson. Let us know what you think at https://hivepoetry.org Lisa Allen Ortiz https://lisaallenortiz.com Mychorrhiza: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/02/magazine/tree-communication-mycorrhiza.htm...

Julie Murphy interviews Kim Scheiblauer about her forthcoming book of poems "The Visitant" with a guest appearance of fellow Bee Dion O'Reilly!  Don't miss these great poems and lively conversation about myth, place and the ineffable. The Visitant by Kim Scheiblauer.  Published soon by Hummingbird Press