The Reformed Journal Podcast

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Taylor Mallay about her poem “Every Sunday Morning.” Mallay is a poet and nonfiction writer from Michigan. Her work has previously appeared in Chestnut Review, One Art, and The Dewdrop, among others.

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Mark Hiskes about his poem “It’s About Us.” Hiskes is a retired high school English teacher from Holland, Michigan, who devotes his time to a number of things: three delightful grandchildren, Sylvie, Paige, and Lucy; his beloved wife, Cindy, with whom he rebuilds and refurbishes old furniture for sale in he...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Margaret DeRitter about her poem “Lost Sheep.” DeRitter is the author of the poetry collection "Singing Back to the Sirens" (Unsolicited Press, 2020), which has been described by Pulitzer-winning poet Diane Seuss as a collection of "achingly beautiful and gutsy poems" that "represen...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Patrick T. Reardon about his poem “Table.” Reardon, who was a  Chicago Tribune  reporter for 32 years, has published six poetry collections, including  Darkness on the Face of the Deep  and  Puddin’: The Autobiography of a Baby, A Memoir in Prose Poems.  His next collection  Every Marred Thing: A Time in Am...

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Michael Zysk about his poem “You Said, Let There be Light.” Twice nominated for the 2023 Pushcart Prize, Zysk is a mystical revivalist, whose third poetry collection Sophia's Wisdom will appear in 2024 (Wipf & Stock). His poems, essays, and sculptures have appeared in dozens of journals. He’s an alumn...

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Matthew Pullar about his poem “Life Beneath.” Pullar is a poet based in Melbourne, Australia. He was awarded Young Australian Christian Writer of the Year in 2013 for his unpublished manuscript "Imperceptible Arms: A Memoir in Poems". He has published three books of poetry, including "The Swelling Year: P...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Sarah M. Wells about her poem "Jesus Son of GOP."

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Sarah M. Wells about her poem “Jesus Son of GOP.” is the author of  The Family Bible Devotional  Volumes 1 and 2, a memoir,  American Honey: A Field Guide to Resisting Temptation  (forthcoming), and two collections of poems ,  Between the Heron and the Moss  and  Pruning Burning Bushes . Poems and essays...

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Zoie Jones about her poem “Near Death.” Jones lives in the greater Los Angeles area where is pursuing a degree in English Literature. Her fiction has been published in  Does it Have Pockets?  and is forthcoming in  Vestal Review .

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Abigail Carroll about her poem “Make A Joyful Noise.” Carroll is author of three poetry collections:  Cup My Days like Water,   Habitation of Wonder , and  A Gathering of Larks: Letters to Saint Francis from a Modern-Day Pilgrim.  Her poems have been anthologized in  How to Love the World: Poems of Gratit...

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal, Rose Postma interviews Dave Warners about his poem “November Cold.” Beginning in 1997, Warners has been teaching Botany and Ecology at Calvin University. Since 2009 he has directed Plaster Creek Stewards (PCS), a faith-based watershed initiative based at Calvin . Dave also teaches at Au Sable Institute in Northern Michigan and with the...

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews James Ryan Lee about his poem “5th commandment.” Lee received an M.F.A. from the University of California, Irvine, where he studied under poets James McMichael, and Michael Ryan. His poems have appeared in Aethlon, The Minnesota Review, Juked, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Ordai...

In this episode of the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Olga Dugan about her poem “The Writer.” Olga Dugan is a Cave Canem poet. Nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes, her award-winning poems appear in many literary journals and anthologies including Ekstasis, Spirit Fire Review, Relief: A Journal of Art and Faith, The Windhover, Agape Review, ONE ART, Litmosphere (forthcoming),...

In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Jack Ridl about his poem “After the Thirteenth Shock Treatment.” Ridl is an American poet and former professor of English at Hope College. He is the author of several collections of poetry, has published more than 300 poems in journals, and has work included in numerous anthologies.

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Katherine Indermaur about her poem “What Depths I Pass Through Unknowing.” Katherine is the author of  I|I  (Seneca Review Books), winner of the 2022 Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize and 2023 Colorado Prize for Poetry, and two chapbooks. She is an editor for  Sugar House Review.  Her writing has appear...

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Paul J. Willis about his poem “Setting Flagstones.” Paul is Professor Emeritus of English at Westmont College and a former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California. Paul has published eight collections of poetry and the most recent is entitled Losing Streak, which was published this year.

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews D.A. Cooper about his poem “God.” Cooper is a husband and father of three children. He lives in Houston, Texas where he teaches political science and the Italian language at a local community college. He is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of St. Thomas, Houston.

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Matthew Miller about hos poem “The Woman at the Well Would Pay Any Price.” Matthew teaches social studies, swings tennis rackets, and writes poetry - all hoping to create home. He and his wife live beside a dilapidating orchard in Indiana, where he tries to cut paths through the thorns for their four sons...

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Nathaniel A. Schmidt about his poem “Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.” Schmidt is an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church and serves as a hospice chaplain. He holds degrees from Calvin Theological Seminary, Calvin University, and the University of Illinois Springfield. His newest c...

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Matt Thomas about his poem “Moriah.” Matt is a smallholder farmer, engineer, and poet. His work has appeared recently in Halfway Down the Stairs, Copihue Poetry, and Brief Wilderness and is upcoming in Dreich Magazine and Pinhole Poetry. Disappearing by the Math, a full-length collection, was published by...

In this episode of the poetry edition at the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Tom Schmidt about his poem, “Particle (Meta)physics.” Schmidt is a retired humanities professor who began submitting his poetry in 2018. Since then, he has published two chapbooks,  Enough to Drink or Drown  (Kelsay Books, 2020) and  Like, A Metaphor  (Encircle Publications, 2021), and more than fifty of...

In this episode of the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews D.S. Martin about his poem “Any Such Tree”(Metaphysicals XIX). D.S. is the author of five poetry collections including Angelicus (2021), Ampersand (2018), and Conspiracy of Light: Poems Inspired by the Legacy of C.S. Lewis (2013) — all from Cascade Books. He is Poet-in-Residence at McMaster Divinity College, the Series Editor for the Po...

In this episode of the poetry edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Patricia L. Hamilton about her poem, “Rachel, Cunning.” Patricia is a Professor of English in Jackson, Tennessee, and is the author of The Distance to Nightfall. She won the Rash Award in Poetry in 2015 and 2017 and has received three Pushcart nominations. Her most recent work has appeared in Slant, The E...

In this episode of the poetry of edition of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Laurie Klein about her poem “Loaf.” Laurie Klein is the author of a poetry collection, Where the Sky Opens , and a prize-winning chapbook, Bodies of Water, Bodies of Flesh . A past recipient of the Thomas Merton Prize for Poetry of the Sacred, her work has appeared in various journals, anthologies, rec...

In this episode of the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Olivia Oster about her poem “Obnubilated.” Oliva is a writer living on Lookout Mountain, GA, whose fiction and poetry explore the spiritual aspect of common everyday life as well as the elements of life with which she is most familiar: chronic pain, parenting, gardening, cooking, and homemaking. She has published  A New Grammary, a gram...