The Host Dispatch: A Literary Podcast

In this episode, Host Editors Annar Veröld and Claire Bowman chat with Claudia Delfina Cardona, winner of the Fall 2020 Host Publications Chapbook Prize. Claudia is a talented poet born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Claudia is the co-founder of Chifladazine, a zine that highlights creative work by Latinas and Latinxs, and co-founder of Infrarrealista Review, a literary journal for Texan writer...

In this episode, Host editors Annar and Claire are joined by friend of the podcast, Kate Kelly. Kate is an incredible poet, editor and educator, and currently serves as the Programs Manager for The Library Foundation in Austin, Texas. In this episode, she introduces the lineup for this year’s Mayor’s Book Club Read Local campaign, featuring a list of over fifty books written by Austin authors this...

In this very special episode, we were honored to interview the charming and inimitable poet, Taisia Kitaiskaia. Taisia Kitaiskaia is a Russian-American poet and writer, and a dear friend of the podcast. In this interview, we discuss her forthcoming book of poems THE NIGHTGOWN AND OTHER POEMS (Deep Vellum, 2020), among other things, including: toads, luxury quarantine snacks, munchkin icon Danny De...

In this episode, we're excited to share our Women in Translation roundtable discussion with the founder of Host Publications, Joe Bratcher! Women in Translation Month was launched in 2014, a creation of literary blogger Meytal Radzinski as a response to her observation that only around 30% of books published in translation were by women. At Host Publications, we celebrate women in translation all...

In this episode, Host editors Annar and Claire welcome their first guest to the podcast: mónica teresa ortiz. mónica is the author of Muted Blood and was the first recipient of the Host Publications Chapbook Prize for her book autobiography of a semiromantic anarchist. Her work is revolutionary and heartfelt, and mónica is a generous and wise soul. We recommend checking out some of the books she m...

Host editors Claire Bowman and Annar Veröld continue their discussion of poets whose work they've turned to during the pandemic while in quarantine. They discuss the work of poets Benjamin Fondane, and Haryette Mullen. 

In this minisode, Claire and Annar discuss the history of Host Publications, and its origins as a publisher of literature in translation from around the world. This summer, Host is reintroducing their rich back catalogue as the newly dubbed "Host 88 Collection" with works from respected international authors such as Nicanor Parra, Pablo Neruda, Hai Zi, Astrid Cabral, Conceição Evaristo, and many m...

Host Editors Claire and Annar discuss current events, including the Black Lives Matter marches that have taken place across the nation against the backdrop of a global pandemic. They take a look at our current moment through the lens of science fiction, focusing on two sci-fi writers who are women of color. The books discussed in this episode are The Memory Police by Yoko Ozawa, Bloodchild by Octa...

Host editors Claire Bowman and Annar Veröld discuss their experience of quarantine, and share some poetry they've turned to during the pandemic, including poems by Mary Ruefle and Dulce María Loynaz.