The Purpose Tree

A talk with fiction author Richard Fellinger. We discussed his Thomas Kennedy Award winning novel An American Girl, his forthcoming 3rd edition rerelease for Summer of '85, other works, and his previous work as a journalist. Check out the novel An American Girl: https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9781947175921  

An enjoyable talk with California author Barry Bergman about his work and latest novel PROLES. Secure a copy of Proles at Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9781947175754

Logan Garner is a Hoosier/PNW poet residing on Oregon's north coast. Winner of the Neahkahnie Mountain Poetry Prize, his work has been featured in Orca Literary Journal, The Elevation Review, The Salal Review, Flying Island and others, as well as Tupelo Press's 30/30 project in 2024. He is the author of collections "Here, in the Floodplain" (Plan B Press, 2023) and "The Sin...

A deep talk with poet Chad Weeden. We explored music, photography, dark themes, who he waited in the rain to meet (listen & find out), poetic influences, and his creative process. Chad read "B Sides", "Tea Leaves", and "Hotel 11". Get a copy of the paperback at Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/109024/9781965412060 Learn more about Chad on his website: https://www....

A talk with poet Rick Mulkey about his inspiration. Get his book Ravenous: New and Selected Poems here: https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9780991328147

A talk with author Eleanor Keisman about her novella NEW ANIMAL, winner of the 2025 Broken Trine Novella Award. Grab the book here at Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/109024/9781965412312

I had the privilege to talk with author Amy Pence. We discussed her past and present works with a special focus on her latest poetry collection We Travel Towards It (Serving House Books, 2025). Listen to the podcast to hear her read several poems from the collection and to learn about the ecological influence. Purchase a copy of the book here: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9781947175723

I had the privilege to talk with author Richard Reiss. We discussed his memoir, his plays, and his forthcoming novel (Serving House Books, 2026). Grab a copy of the memoir here: Desperate Love, A Father's Memoir https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9780983828914 Richard Reiss began his professional writing career at the  Piscataway-Dunellen Review , a Forbes newspaper, for which he wrote and was recogniz...

JR Solonche is a New York poet with 40+ volumes of poetry in publication including his newest titled Barren Road (Serving House Books, 2025).  

A talk with poet Narya Deckyard, author of Wolfcraft and winner of the Broken Tribe MFA Book Award. #wolves #feathers #horses #transformation

A talk with author Michael Chin about wrestling and writing. Get his new book Territories at BookShop.org https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9781947175655 Michael Chin was born and raised in Utica, New York and currently lives in Las Vegas with his wife and son, where he teaches for the UNLV Honors College. He’s the author of seven full-length books, including his novel,  My Grandfather’s an Immigrant,...

A talk with Canadian author Angel Dionne about her writing process, surrealism, all her books, and her most recent book Bird Ornaments. Find the new book here: https://bookshop.org/a/109024/9781965412022 Learn more about her work: https://angeldionne4.weebly.com/publications.html

A talk with Ann Calandro, the fascinating artist and writer of the new fiction collection Lost in Words, available here: https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9781947175709 Ann Calandro is a writer, mixed media collage artist, and classical piano student. For many years she worked as a copyeditor in medical publishing, medical communications, and pharmaceutical advertising. Her fiction, creative nonfictio...

A talk with California poet Mariam Ahmed about her new collection Hidden Parts (Broken Tribe Press, 2025). The collection can be found here: https://bookshop.org/a/109024/9781965412275 Learn more about Mariam here: https://www.brokentribepress.com/mariam-ahmed

A discussion with American scholar Howard Tinberg on his 40+ years of teaching composition, writing and research about college writing, his favorite assignment, composition trends, ai and the future of college writing, the importance of community colleges, and his continuing research on community colleges.

A talk with author and artist Eugene Datta about his life, his writing, and his latest literary short fiction collection The Color of Noon .

Diana Senechal returns for a new talk about her book, SOLO CONCERT . This is Diana's debut poetry collection, which consists of many poems previously published in a variety of journals, along with some new gems. We talked about her creative process and what went into this project. Buy the book on bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/109691/9781947175631 Learn about her other works: https://dia...

Dr. Bill's retelling of Plato's Allegory of the Cave.

BONUS EPISODE: A tribute to the late poet William Zander. Dr. Bill reads two of his poems Winter Trees and Coming of Green.

Part II with Susan Tekulve. This time we discuss her new poetry book Bodies of Light. The podcast season 1 comes full circle back to one of our early guests, as Serving House Books also circles back to the author of its first full-length book publication. Buy the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/bodies-of-light-susan-tekulve/22032050?ean=9781947175617 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bodies...

A talk with best-selling author Donna Baier Stein about her catalogue of books. We run through her two fiction collections, her award-winning novel, and a surprise poetry collection. Originally from Kansas City, Donna now lives in New Jersey and writes full-time. Donna also founded and publishes Tiferet Journal . Learn more about her work here: https://donnabaierstein.com/

A return visit from Ed Mooney Jr. to talk about his new memoir Toy Jeeps, which details his childhood years in the 60s and 70s. Buy the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/109024/9781965412046 Learn more about Ed and his remarkable story here: https://www.brokentribepress.com/edmooney

A second talk with prolific writer Sean DeLauder. Sci-fi, monsters, comedy, this guy does it all!

An important talk with FUNCTIONAL & LIFESTYLE MEDICINE NUTRITIONIST Alicja Wypasek! We talked about food quality, lifestyle, ultra-processed foods, plant-based diets and the ways you can get your health back on track now. Alicja holds an MSc Life Science & Nutrition, MSc Biochemistry, DipBSLM, RNutr, PT 🥗Connect to improve your health via plant-based... more here: www.nutritionist-resourc...

A special talk with songwriter, producer, and musician JR Richards . We talked about his musical influences, the writing process, and what it's like to transition from working in a band to being a solo artist. JR also took questions from the online chat (this special episode was recorded live with an audience). Richards made waves in the '90s with an award-winning hit song "Counting Blue Cars" wit...