Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube
366 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe mission of the Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube podcast (QLPORYT) is to provide a live platform for poets from all backgrounds and locations worldwide to showcase their poetry. This includes emerging, mid-level, and established poets. The podcast conducts conversational interviews with poets delving into the essence of poetry within the realms of the mind, heart, and soul. It also provides a platform for poets to showcase their craft, whether through traditional forms or spoken word poetry. If you would like to be a guest on QLPORYT, please contact the host, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram (see below), at [email protected]. You can also visit the website at www.qlporyt.com to learn more about the podcast.
Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram is a retired university professor, social change activist, and spoken word artist. He taught Counselor Education and Supervision in the College of Education at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR. He is the host and producer of the Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio podcast (qlporyt.com). He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the DC Poetry Project, Inc., in Washington DC. He uses poetry to spread awareness about power, identity, and oppression issues. His international reputation as a spoken word artist and performance poet has earned him the nickname The Counseling Poet. This is based on his background in mental health. Dr. Ingram has traveled extensively, lecturing and conducting workshops on developing cultural competency and empathy skills through the use of poetry. He has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his poetry. His second poetry collection, When Cherry Blossoms Fall on Black Skin is forthcoming. He resides in Washington, DC.
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Todd Cirillo: Encore Book Interview and Reading
April 19, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBOriginal Air Date: Thursday, March 14 8:00 PM Todd Cirillo was born of bastard lineage. He has many books and misdemeanors. His books include; Sucker’s Paradise, Burning the Evidence, ROXY, Three For the Road, Kisses From A Straight Razor and Disposable Darlings (Roadside Press March 2024). He is co-founder and editor of Six Ft. Swells Press, and his poems have appeared in numerous national and international literary journals, magazines and on cocktail napkins everywhere. Todd lives in New O...
Celaine Charles: Encore Book Interview and Reading
April 18, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBCelaine is a multi-genre author living in the Pacific Northwest. She balances her dual life writing poetry and fiction by night and teaching elementary students by day. On the poetry side, her chapbook Colors Collected (stemming from her Channillo-hosted, online poetry series, Colors) launched in 2019 (Palmetto Publishing Group). Her newest full collection, Three Hearts Stitched, is forthcoming in January 2024 (Egret Lake Books). Previous works include: Tupelo Press 30/30 Challenge Project, D...
QLPORYT Proudly Presents Stacy Ardis Dyson: An Encore Poetry Reading
April 17, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBStacy Dyson is a Black woman poet, playwright, and acapella vocalist who explores/illuminates the life/times of the Black woman. She has released six chapbooks, five CDs, and performed/workshopped all over the country. Following her last collections, LOVELY AND SUFFERING and FOLLOW ME ON THIS, she is working on a new collection called BECAUSE THE SUN WOULD NOT MOVE. Based in San Diego, Stacy continues to build her international women's poetry network TESORO, and will be launching two writing...
Margaret R. Sáraco - Encore Book Interview and Poetry Reading
April 16, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBOriginal Airdate: Tuesday, February 6 8:00 PM Margaret R. Sáraco is a storyteller writing at the intersection of poetry, fiction, and memoir. Her writing appears in anthologies and literary journals including Paterson Literary Review, Exit 13, The Path Literary Magazine, Book of Matches, Greening the Earth (Penguin Books), Lips, and Kerning: A Space for Words. She is a poetry editor for the Platform Review, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and twice recognized in the Allen Ginsberg P...
QLPORYT Presents Women's Power: Global Poetics
April 13, 2024 14:00 - 2 hours - 115 MBWomen, as the creators of global poetry, embody resilience, compassion, and profound insight. Despite facing adversity, they craft verses that reach beyond borders, resonating with shared human experiences. Through their stories, struggles, and successes, women offer diverse perspectives, encouraging us to value diversity, empathy, and poetry's ability to shape our collective awareness. Across the world, their words echo resilience, urging us to listen, learn, and unite in support of women's ...
Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube Presents Todd Cirillo
March 15, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 28.5 MBTodd Cirillo was born of bastard lineage. He has many books and misdemeanors. His books include; Sucker’s Paradise, Burning the Evidence, ROXY, Three For the Road, Kisses From A Straight Razor and Disposable Darlings (Roadside Press March 2024). He is co-founder and editor of Six Ft. Swells Press, and his poems have appeared in numerous national and international literary journals, magazines and on cocktail napkins everywhere. Todd lives in New Orleans, Louisiana where he seeks out shiny mome...
QLPoetryOR-YouTube Presents Garrett Brisbane
February 22, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBBio I was born in Folsom, CA. My childhood was filled with running with the cross-country team through the suburban neighborhoods, trampolining in the backyard, and lots of road trips to LA county. I started writing narrative stories when I was 10 years old. They always told of a tragic hero who died in the heat of action. My poetry started blossoming as a senior in college when I took Poetry 101. The group critique sessions were a place of freedom for me to share my imagination throug...
Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio-YouTube Presents Margaret R. Sáraco
February 07, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour - 33.2 MBMargaret R. Sáraco is a storyteller writing at the intersection of poetry, fiction, and memoir. Her writing appears in anthologies and literary journals including Paterson Literary Review, Exit 13, The Path Literary Magazine, Book of Matches, Greening the Earth (Penguin Books), Lips, and Kerning: A Space for Words. She is a poetry editor for the Platform Review, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and twice recognized in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest. Margaret has recorded video poem...
QLPOR-YouTube Poetry Presents Celaine Charles
January 30, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBCelaine Charles is a multi-genre author living in the Pacific Northwest. She balances her dual life writing poetry and fiction by night and teaching elementary students by day. On the poetry side, her chapbook Colors Collected (stemming from her Channillo-hosted, online poetry series, Colors) launched in 2019 (Palmetto Publishing Group). Her newest full collection, Three Hearts Stitched, is forthcoming in January 2024 (Egret Lake Books). Previous works include: Tupelo Press 30/30 Challenge Pr...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Keyana The Artist
January 17, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBLove / Character / Art/ Keyana- The Artist: “God gave glory over my life and I’m a walking testimony.” Keyana- The Artist is a self-taught poet from Atlanta GA. She has been writing inspiring, captivating, and educational poems for over a decade. Keyana- The Artist blazed onto writing arena back in 2010 when she was in high school and has performed in conferences, churches, and open mic. She has also performed poems in many cities including Louisville, Kentucky; Chicago, Illinois; Richmond, I...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Scott Hightower
December 15, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 35.1 MBBio: SCOTT HIGHTOWER is the author of four books of poetry in the US. He has published two bilingual collections in Spain. He is also the editor of the bi-lingual (English/Spanish) poetry anthology 2012 Women Rowing: Mujeres A Los Remos, Mantis Editores, Guadalajara, Mexico. Hightower's awards include a Hayden Carruth Book Award and a Barnstone Translation Prize. Originally from Texas, he has itinerantly sojourned in India, Italy, Spain, and now lives in Manhattan where he teaches at NYU’s G...
QLPOR Proudly Presents EYEPUBLISHEWE 2023 Authors Showcase
December 13, 2023 01:00 - 2 hours - 56.8 MBDane Ince is an internationally published poet, named Beat Poet Laureate for California, and hosts a weekly open mic – Time to Arrive, and founder of EYEPUBLISHEWE. Book: The Whole Existential Novel Lesley Constable is the author of “Entry Point” and a poet/painter “…the making of poetry is an act of deep and reverent play.” This deeply held belief arises from many influences, and not presented in order here consists of Beat poetry, Jungian views, existentialism, transcendentalism, and vis...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Featuring Jamey Boelhower
December 07, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBJamey Boelhower is a poet and independent author with numerous published works to his name. Not only is Jamey a prolific writer but also he has been an educator for over 20 years. Although his focus is on poetry, Jamey has also made a name for himself with his compelling blogs and popular fictional novel Under the Lights. Jamey’s most recent works include his latest collection While Death Waits (2023), April 2020: A Poetic Time Capsule of Writing and Living During a Pandemic, These Words Bel...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Marie Metaphor Specht
December 05, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 40 MBMarie Metaphor Specht is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and educator living with her partner and son on the unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən- and SENĆOTEN-speaking peoples. She has collaborated with filmmakers, lighting engineers, dancers, and musicians to create immersive and interactive works. A long-time member of the Canadian spoken word scene, Marie is currently serving a two-year term as the 6th Poet Laureate of Victoria, British Columbia. Her work has been featured at festivals...
QLPOR Presents Farastein Mokwenye (Prerecorded)
November 25, 2023 19:00 - 34 minutes - 30.9 MBAs a result of sound issues, your audio device may need to be turned up to a higher volume. Farastein Mokwenye is an entrepreneur, engineer, freelance writer, poet and the author of the historical romance fiction novel "Tales of Jideofor." The story follows the life of Jideofor during the transatlantic slave trade era, from Illah in Western Igbo lands down to Jamaica, through a rich tale of dreams, death, destiny and the afterlife. The full length novel was expanded from his short story of t...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Derek Annis
November 22, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBDerek Annis (they/he) is a neurodivergent poet from the Inland Northwest. He is the author of Neighborhood of Gray Houses (Lost Horse Press) and River City Fires (Driftwood Press). They are an editor for Lynx House Press, and their poems have appeared in The Account, Colorado Review, Epiphany, The Gettysburg Review, The Missouri Review Online, Poet Lore, Spillway, and Third Coast, among others. https://derekannis.wordpress.com/ https://instagram.com/derekannis?igshid=NzZlODBkYWE4Ng== http...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Mike Turner
November 09, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBMike Turner is a songwriter and poet living on the US Alabama Gulf Coast. A retired Federal law enforcement executive, Mike was named 2017 Male Gospel Entertainer of the Year by the North America Country Music Associations International, and was a featured performer at the 2021 Monroeville (AL) Literary Festival. His recordings have received radio and streaming play in the US, UK, Europe and Far East. Mike has had more than 280 poems published in over 50 literary journals and anthologies; his...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Alyssa Noelle Coelho
October 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBAfter sharing her first journey back to love in her 2016 #1 bestselling poetry compilation, CHOSEN, Death's breath sent twenty-one-year-old Alyssa on her first meaning-seeking mission around the world. Through her sociocultural anthropology training at UCSD and many seasons of disconnection with her soul and source, Alyssa unearthed some deeper truths behind the human experience and learned to alchemize her own tragedies into a greater sense of meaning and adventure. A poet and novelist, dan...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Chris Courtney Martin
October 18, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBBIO: Chris Courtney Martin is a Black Queer multidisciplinary artist and psychic medium originally from Philadelphia. Martin's produced screenwriting credits include short independent projects starring talents such as Sheryl Lee Ralph and Niecy Nash, as well as the animated YouTube series 'SOMETHING SCARY'. After a multi-awarded screenwriting trajectory, the artist pivoted to literature. Their debut poetry/prose chapbook THE BOOK OF I.P. (Idle Poems) is available in print on Amazon, via Alien...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Featuring Megan Wildhood
October 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 39.4 MBMegan Wildhood is a writer, editor, and writing coach who helps her readers feel seen in her monthly newsletter, poetry chapbook Long Division (Finishing Line Press, 2017), her forthcoming poetry collection Bowed As If Laden With Snow (Cornerstone Press, May 2023) as well as Mad in America, The Sun and elsewhere. You can learn more about her writing, working with her and her mental-health and research newsletter at www.meganwildhood.com.
QLPOR Features Samuel Rain Benjamin AKA Complicated Passions
October 10, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBAuthor/Poet Samuel Rain Benjamin aka Complicated Passions, creator of the Passions Private Collection and Dark Man Blues the series, has written over 40 books including “Love and the Conversation, The Clone in Me and The Foreplay Series.” He has also performed across the country from Los Angeles to New York. His latest work is from the Dark Man Blues collection, “An Interview with Love” which is also nominated for an NAACP Image Award for 2024. Next up “Love Is” a project coauthor by Ja...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Noushka
October 06, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 34.8 MBFrom an eternal realm, NOUSHKA, was destined to blaze forth, and her ability to was written for her before the beginning of time. As a child, she was often complimented for her beautiful handwriting amongst other things, and though aesthetically pleasing, there were days of old when she naively inscribed her aesthetic; not realizing, everything written and done in this tangible realm has the ability to be trapped in time. Now that she's met Oneness, whenever her life strikes fire, she does...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents James Mr. Speaker Sears
October 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBJames Mr. Speaker Sears is a highly decorated retired Army officer with four combat tours who is originally from Louisville, KY. He is an event host, motivational speaker, spoken word artist, track coach, and professional mentor with the Steve Harvey Summer Camp. He is a highly decorated Soldier, a former adjunct professor for Saint Leo University, the author of two books, (The Heart of a Military Leader and Love Verses Hate). He has produced five spoken word CDs, and he has co-hosted ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Roberto Carlos Garcia
September 29, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 81 MBAs a result of sound issues, your audio device may need to be turned up to a higher volume. Poet, storyteller, and essayist Roberto Carlos Garcia is a self-described "sancocho [...] of provisions from the Harlem Renaissance, the Spanish Poets of 1929, the Black Arts Movement, the Nuyorican School, and the Modernists." He is founder of the cooperative press Get Fresh Books Publishing and currently serves as a NJ State Council of the Arts Poetry Fellow. His collection Black / Maybe: An Afro L...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Phynne~Belle
September 28, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBPhynne~Belle is a San Francisco Bay Area poet, writer, and co-director of The Poetry Global Network. She had her poetry included in two poetry anthologies in 2021, Sinew: Ten Years of Poetry in the Brew and The Bronx Memoir Project Anthology Vol. V. This year, she has contributed to PGN’s first anthology, Kaleidoscopoetry, which includes works from poets across the globe. Phynne has one poetry collection titled, Some Days, Here. You can also find her holding her a bimonthly online open mic on...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Paul Rabinowitz
September 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBPaul Rabinowitz is a novelist, poet, photographer, founder of ARTS By The People and an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. His works appear in The Sun Magazine, New World Writing, Burningword, Evening Street Press, The Montreal Review, and elsewhere. Rabinowitz was a featured artist in Nailed Magazine in 2020, Mud Season Review in 2022 and Apricity and Woven Tale Press in 2023. He is the author of The Clay Urn, Confluence and Limited Light, a book of prose and portrait photo...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents John Patrick Robbins
September 24, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBJohn Patrick Robbins is a southern gothic writer and poet. He is also referred to as The Mad Editor; he is currently the editor in chief of thirteen magazines. He is also the author twelve books his latest being Midnight Masochism from Black Circle Publishing. He has been published in The Dopefiend Daily, Punk Noir Magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, San Pedro River Review, Schlock Magazine, Red Fez, Fearless Poetry Zine, Disturb The Universe, It Takes All Kinds A Literary Zine,Mojave River Review...
QLPOR Proudly Presents Tré'Jhaun Andrece Dueberry
September 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 38.9 MBTré’Jhaun Andrece Dueberry (They/Them & She/Her), also known for their poetry as Love Infinite, is a multi-disciplinary creator, performer and artist currently living in Augusta, Georgia. They bow in service to the ideas of evolution and constant metamorphosis through a reverence of nature, divinity, vulnerability and candor in all they create. They recently self-published an e-book titled The Fear Project, Volume One. For all things Tré’Jhaun, visit www.beacons.ai/tr3333gga. https://trejhau...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Poetry Global Network
September 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 39.8 MBPoetry Global Network A few years after we all met during COVID during the emerging open-mic scene on Zoom, Lakan (LKN) presented the idea of us forming a poet’s community. PGN - Poetry Global Network (PGN) was created in 2021 as a non-profit corporation in the UK. We are an international media platform created by poets to serve poetry and its new and expanding audiences using social media and technology platforms. PGN offers weekly installments of open mics, workshops, partnerships with fes...
QLPOR Presents The Day The World Caught Fire
September 12, 2023 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.2 MBWelcome, dear listeners, to a special episode of the QLPOR poetry podcast. Tonight, we gather together to honor and remember the lives impacted by the tragic events of September 11th. In commemoration of this day, we have invited poets, singers and musicians from far and wide to share their heartfelt reflections through the power of spoken word. Throughout this episode, we'll be featuring a collection of poignant poems, each carrying its own unique message of hope, resilience, and unity. As ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Features Stephen C. Pollock
September 07, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBStephen C. Pollock is the author of the poetry collection Exits, published by Windtree Press. The book nods to the literary traditions of years past while simultaneously speaking to the present moment. It responds to contemporary anxieties surrounding death and the universal search for meaning in life’s transience. Influenced by Dr. Seuss, Pollock began writing rhymed poems at age nine. In high school, he maintained a poetry journal as part of his sophomore English curriculum, and at Amherst ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Brian Zaffino
September 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 36.2 MBAbout the Author: Brian Zaffino holds a BA in Creative Writing from New York University. He grew up around New England, primarily in Connecticut and New Hampshire, and now resides in New York. Ghosts of Mr. Baker is his debut poetry collection. Synopsis: A book of nostalgia, tragedy, and universal truths. In his debut collection, Brian Zaffino takes readers on a journey through time and space, exploring the intricate connections between past, present, and future. Through a combination of...
QLPOR Presents James L. Rencher Jr. AKA Sir Lawrence
August 29, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBJames L. Rencher Jr. AKA Sir Lawrence Sir Lawrence started writing in the early 2000s. He has also appeared and featured throughout the city of Houston while being a part of “Snow Industries” created by Black Snow the Poet. Then life got in the way, which stalled Sir Lawrence’s pen. In 2017 relocated back to Atlanta where he started back writing inspired after participating in platforms like Blog talk radio. Shortly thereafter he published his first book “When We Meet - Poems of Love “ whi...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Jennifer M. Garnatz
August 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBJennifer M. Garnatz was born in Lucea on the Caribbean Island of Jamaica in 1953. From the age of 4, she was raised in Kingston by her extremely strict single father. Her mother migrated to the UK. Due to his busy work schedule, he immediately placed her in a boarding school, later at diverse private homes. She was also boarded with the nuns at the Convent of Mercy Alpha Academy High School. Seeking independence after graduating, she pursued a secretarial course then worked as a legal assist...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Dr. Mircea Dan Duta
August 19, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBPoet, film scientist, translator, author of Czech expression (*27.05.1967, Bucharest). Editor/Correspondent: Levure Littéraire (France – USA - Germany), Literomania, FITRALIT, Actualitatea Literară (Romania), Timpul (Moldavia), A Too Powerful Word (Serbia), Alephi (India), Quest (Montenegro), producer & moderator of cultural events in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Romania. Producer & host of the video literary programs International Correspondences and Literary Workshops for Literom...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Dr. Suneet Madan
August 12, 2023 13:30 - 57 minutes - 51.3 MBDr. Suneet Madan personifies creative diversity. Connecting life dots with insatiable curiosity is how she defines herself and the same is reflected in her creations. A seasoned user experience professional, Suneet has Doctorate degree from CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Masters in Design (Visual Communication) from IIT Bombay, and Masters in Mass Communication from Kurukshetra University. Having lived across the length and breadth of India, her views and visualizations on societal and cultural...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents William Washington
August 09, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.8 MBWilliam Washington is a Native of Spanish Harlem New York City. He's an Established Spoken Storyteller/Author/Motivational Speaker & Activist. He's Performed Throughout The United States. His Goal in Life is To Heal The Brokenhearted with His Words. Books https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Book-Love-Given-Love-Taken/dp/B09X5RT8KF/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1691097670&refinements=p_27%3Awilliam+james+washington+sr.&s=books&sr=1-2 https://www.amazon.com/Nigger-Chronicles-William-Washington-ebook/dp/B00C9EWPS...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents John Yamrus
August 02, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes - 44.1 MBSince 1970, John Yamrus has published 35 books (29 volumes of poetry, 2 rather awful novels, 3 "memoirs" and a children's book). He has also had more than 3,000 poems published in magazines and anthologies and has recently had a second book of poetry published in Europe, translated by Fadil Bajraj, who is best known for his books of translations of Ezra Pound, Ginsberg, Bukowski, John Fante and many more. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRCC2LTW/ref=sr_1_18?crid=1FGKZI6WL26W8&keywords=john+yamru...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Rick Spisak
July 28, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBRichard W. Spisak jr. He began his work as a professional artist in the studio of Mel Tanner of Lumonics, studying performance Light art. Then Richard worked with the Lumist Kenvin Lyman of Dazzleland Studios, who had earned the first Doctorate of Lumia granted by the Sorbonne. Then Richard earned a Second Class Radio Engineering License and studied Digital Electronics. He's performed as a LIGHT ARTIST in Planetariums and toured as a LASER ARTIST in the Americas. Richard has been a Writer/...
QLPOR Presents John Guzlowski and Michael Lee Johnson
July 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBThe QLPOR podcast welcomes John Guzlowski and Michael Lee Johnson as esteemed guests. John Guzlowski brings a profound depth to his work, drawing inspiration from his family's history during World War II. His poems resonate with powerful reflections on war, survival, and the resilience of the human spirit. Michael Lee Johnson, a prolific writer and talented poet, has mesmerized audiences with his evocative verses that delve deep into the human experience, touching upon themes of love, loss, a...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Hazel-Ann Lynch
July 25, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBHazel-Ann Lynch is an up and coming serial writer and networker. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Hazel transports herself to numerous other locations through her vivid imagination and vicariously through her over 75 pen-pals around the world. Hazel-Ann has an upper-cut sense of humor and desires to bring laughter to the hearts of her readers. This aim has been successfully and most potentially accomplished within the pages of her debut book Señor Fluffy:A Cat's Tale, and in the main...
QLPOR Presents: A Friday Night Special Featuring Nicole Gillespie
July 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBAuthor Nicole Gillespie of Kansas City, Mo., is the proud author of: Transparent Moments and Mirror’s Reflections. Gillespie’s books’ landed her The People Choice Awards for “Best Author” in her city and 5 star ratings via Amazon. Gillespie has been featured on Quintessential Listening: Poetry Radio online and she appeared twice as a guest panelist in P. English Literature Global Writers Conference, hosted by You-tuber, Peter Okonkwo of Akure, South Western part of Nigeria. She has al...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Siobhan Clover
July 19, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBSiobhan Clover is a writer born and raised in Sussex County, Delaware and recently featured in the 2023 Delaware Bards Poetry Review. She first began her artistic journey in school plays starting at age nine, studying performance and theatrical production the entirety of her secondary education. Her first year of college at The George Washington University was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In isolation, she found an unparalleled adoration for poetry and prose, which gave her a method ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Mark Fishbein
July 12, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 30.1 MBMark Fishbein (Poet With Guitar) was born in Brooklyn, NY. He got a BA in Literature from CCNY in 1970, and attended the Sorbonne in Paris for French Literature. Rejecting an academic life, he found a career in the flourishing screen printing and t-shirt dyeing industry, raising a family in NYC, always “with a book of poems in his pocket”. In 2018, Mark left the industry and immediately re-engaged with poetry. At this time, Mark has 5 books available on Amazon, including Stances, 2018 and a...
QLPOR Presents Jake St. John and Jenn Knickerbocker
July 06, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBJake St. John lives in the woods on the edge of the Salmon River. He is the author of several collections of poetry including Ring of Fog (Holy and Intoxicated Publications, 2022), Night Full of Diamonds (Whiskey City Press, 2021), and Lost City Highway (A Jabber Publication, 2019). He is the editor of Elephant and is considered an original member of the New London School of poetry. His poems have appeared in print and online journals around the world. https://www.facebook.com/jake.s.john.5?...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Samuel Rain Benjamin
June 29, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBAuthor/Poet Samuel Rain Benjamin aka Complicated Passions, creator of the Passions Private Collection and Dark Man Blues the series, has written over 40 books including “Love and the Conversation, The Clone in Me & The Foreplay Series” he has also performed across the country from Los Angeles to New York, notable places The World Stage, Sugar Hill, The Nuyorican Poets Café, Busboys & Poets, SWAAM, and da Poetry Lounge. He was also the host of The Griot Café in Long Beach and former host of a...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Kwantum Peakz
June 25, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBKwantum Peakz (KP) is the moniker of an established slam poet who made his artistic debut in late 2018. He quickly became a regular mainstay at the Urban Legends Poetry Collective slam poetry and open mic events. They attracted a number of emerging slam poets as well as many of the finest and most seasoned artists in the field. It is there amongst his peers that KP soon realized that his style and delivery marked a stark contrast with what is more commonly viewed as slam poetry. Today, he is ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Proudly Presents Aaron Poochigian
June 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 35.9 MBAaron Poochigian earned a PhD in Classics from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University. His thriller in verse, Mr. Either/Or, was released by Etruscan Press in the fall of 2017, and the sequel, Mr. Either/Or: All the Rage, is out this June. A recipient of an NEA Grant in translation, he has published translations with Penguin Classics and W. W. Norton. His latest collection of poetry, American Divine, the winner of the Richard Wilbur Award, came out in 2021....
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Proudly Presents Jerry Lovelady
June 20, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBJerry Lovelady is an American poet, a Texas native living in Beaumont, Texas where he teaches High School English. He is married to his lovely wife of 27 years, Kristi, who is the subject of many of his poems. Jerry has two books out, the first in 2021 titled Other Worlds, in Other Words and Grief and Her Three Sisters published in November, 2022. Both were published by the independent publisher Atmosphere Press. Lovelady draws much of his inspiration from the "Mystic" poets: Walt Whitman, E...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Lisa Marie Simmons
June 18, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBLisa is a multi-disciplinary storyteller. She is a singer/songwriter (Ropeadope Records), essayist (Huffington Post, Kweli Journal, Family Stories Project, Chicken Soup for the Soul, AfroElle), and published poet currently based in Italy. The American debut of NoteSpeak was at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder Co. in September 2017. She was invited to be a speaker and performer at the 70th Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado in April 2018. In November 2019, s...