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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QLPOR Presents Chyrel J. Jackson and Lyris D. Wallace
June 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 67 MBChyrel J. Jackson & Lyris D. Wallace are Literary visionaries. Reared in the South Suburbs outside Chicago. African American Literature influenced their writing and is one of their favorite genres. Jackson & Wallace write in the spirit of their past great Literary ancestors. 2021 & 2023 garnered Chyrel & Lyris their very first literary nominations, Pushcart Nominee-Poem Love Unspoken, Published in Heart Beats Anthology & No Justice for Breonna Social Justice Inks Anthology Pushcart Nominee 20...
QLPOR Presents Manatita, a.k.a The Lantern Carrier
June 11, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBManatita, a.k.a The Lantern Carrier, is a published author and poet, who has been performing poetry for 22 years. Equally at home with performance pieces, Lantern Carrier has won a Hammer and Tongue (H&T) Slam, featured at BYOB, Mind Over Matter, Chocolate Poetry, Word Play and many other venues. He has been runner-up in Slams, as well as making the finals in the H&T National Final (Brighton). Lantern Carrier has read at the famous Nuyorican Cafe and in Nairobi, Kenya. He’s a Creative Write...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Richard Harries
June 10, 2023 18:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBRichard Harries is a performance poet, raconteur and storyteller from Yorkshire in the UK. He has been performing at festivals, charity events and community events for around 12 years. He has headlined at events both in person and on Zoom. He has two books published by Stairwell Books of York. AWAKENING (2021 their best seller of the year) and ICONIC TATTOO (2022). He was part of a team that put together the play HAUNT which was Saboteur Nominated. https://www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/aw...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Featuring Nayma Chamchoun
June 03, 2023 18:00 - 50 minutes - 45.7 MBNayma Chamchoun is a British Moroccan, a self taught writer and poet. Her writing is influenced by her cultural duality. She is interested in female voices in the diaspora community, the challenges they face within both communities and the taboos around mental health within their ancestral communities. She is an active member of british & international poetry community. Her published poetry collection COVID: THE WORDY WILDS OF A MIND UNDER LOCKDOWN is a cultural fusion poetry collection whic...
Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained: The Role of Poetry in Mental Health Awareness
June 01, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBPoetry plays a vital role in mental health awareness by providing a creative outlet for individuals to express their emotions and experiences related to mental health. It offers a means of self-expression and catharsis, allowing individuals to process their feelings and promote their overall well-being. Through personal poems, poetry helps break the stigma surrounding mental health, humanizing the experiences and encouraging open conversations. It creates a sense of community, connecting ind...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Megan Wildhood
May 31, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 37.1 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 meganwildhood.com. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bowed-as-if-laden-with-sn...
QLPOR Features Composer-Performer Martin Graff
May 28, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBMartin Graff is an artist, author, musician, and extreme-chin-beard enthusiast in Arlington, VA who crafts poetic vignettes with matching art on every topic from the stigma of liking scrapple to the meaning of life in a series called The Face Zone: Surreal Daydreams to Trip Your Imagination... Marty’s live spoken-word show adds original piano compositions from his album Trips for Piano to heighten the experience. His affecting commentary, original humor, whimsical artwork, and absorbing piano...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Anne Marie Wells
May 25, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBA little about my book My book, Survived By, chronicles my experience coping with my father's terminal cancer diagnosis, his death, and my subsequent grief journey. The poems vary visually, utilizing the ribcage form invented by Athena Liu, concrete poetry, and white space. A little about me I am a faculty member for the Community Literature Initiative through the Sims Library of Poetry and Strategic Partnership Fellow for The Poetry Lab. I was a finalist for the inaugural Emma Howell Ris...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Diana Benskin
May 23, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 34.8 MBI was born Wavyne Diana Benskin in Trinidad and Tobago to Barbadian parents. I am a graduate of Curepe Junior Secondary and St Augustine Girls High School. A graduate of Mercy College. A recipient of Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Fellowship. A Scholarship of Community Literature Initiative California. Best Spoken Word Artiste, CHub Magazine London. Global Ambassador Divas of Color. Co host WZYEFM 95.9 in NJ. I love to karaoke. https://trinidadexpress.com/fea...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Freddy Niagara Fonseca
May 17, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 36.2 MBFreddy Niagara Fonseca, Renaissance man, poet, dramatic reader, originally from South America, has authored two poetry books. The first one, a poetry anthology, This Enduring Gift - A Flowering of Fairfield Poetry was published in 2010. His second book, a mystical and humorous poetry collection, The Bomb That Blew Up God And Other Serious Poems featuring his own poems, saw the light ten years later in 2020. Freddy has performed in public numerous times in his own Candlelight Reading Series, p...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Meghan Zipin
May 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 28.5 MBMeghan Zipin is an author and mama who shares her time writing with discovering half eaten snacks around the house and ensuring her children stay little for as long as possible. Meghan’s debut poetry collection, First Light (2023, Nymeria Publishing), follows her path from the Boston Marathon bombing to the birth of her third son nine years later. Meghan writes with an intention to make her readers feel something in their body and asks them to look at the world with a tender set of eyes. M...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Dr. Hiram Larew
May 11, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBFounder of Poetry X Hunger: Bringing a World of Poetry to the Anti-Hunger Cause, Larew has also published poetry in places including Contemporary American Voices and Best Poetry Online. His most recent collection, Patchy Ways, was published in 2023 by CyberWit Press. He lives in Maryland, USA. https://www.amazon.com/Books-Hiram-Larew/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AHiram+Larew https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084745897034 https://www.poetryxhunger.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/hir...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Regina YC Garcia
May 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.8 MBRegina YC Garcia is a Poet, Language Artist, and English Professor from Greenville, NC. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill (BA) and East Carolina University (MAEd) with a Graduate Certificate in Multicultural and Transnational Literature, her work has appeared in a variety of journals,reviews,and anthologies, to include The AutoEthnographer, the South Florida Poetry Journal, Up the Staircase Quarterly, New Note Poetry, The Amistad, The Main Street Rag, The Book of Black, Black and…, and numerous ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Skaja Evens
April 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBSkaja Evens is a writer and artist living in Southeast Virginia. She edits It Takes All Kinds, a litzine published by Mōtus Audāx Press. She’s been published in Spillwords Press, The Dope Fiend Daily, The Rye Whiskey Review, Medusa's Kitchen, Synchronized Chaos, Blue Pepper, Ink Pantry, Off The Coast, Black Shamrock, and The Crossroads Lit Magazine. She often listens to music, considers the impossible, and enjoys her cats’ antics.
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Nayma Chamchoun
April 22, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBNayma Chamchoun is a British Moroccan, a self taught writer and poet. Her writing is influenced by her cultural duality. She is interested in female voices in the diaspora community, the challenges they face within both communities and the taboos around mental health within their ancestral communities. She is an active member of british & international poetry community. Her published poetry collection COVID: THE WORDY WILDS OF A MIND UNDER LOCKDOWN is a cultural fusion poetry collection w...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Wyatt Welch
April 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBWyatt Welch grew up on the Interstates after being kidnapped by their father, a troubled veteran of the Vietnam War. A Floridian and long-time Tucsonan, questioning the boundaries of Self and the State has been the work of their recent poetry, alongside other poetic concerns such as living gay/transgender in the United States. Welch earned their MA in Linguistics from the University of Florida and has been published in various journals. Their debut book of poetry, Capitalism Calls Poetry La...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Desiree Batiste
April 19, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 36.2 MBDesiree Batiste is a newly emerging published poet and author. She has been writing poetry since she was 9 years old, when she was first published in a small locally distributed newspaper for children. She had one of her poems published in Poetry.com's "Best Poems and Poets of 2003" compilation. Her goal is to become a full-time author, focusing on the genres of poetry, psychological thriller fiction and the finalization of her autobiography. She also hopes to take a story she wrote when she ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Catherine Vaughan
April 16, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 38.9 MBCatherine Vaughan is a British Poet based in England and the author of the poetry book Bohemian Love. She has performed poetry at The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literary Festival and Brooklyn Poets. Catherine has also read for online poetry events such as Cobalt Poets in LA, New York Public Library, and Lime Square Poets in Ireland. Lovers in Paris, her next poetry book, will be released later this year. Catherine is also working on a novel called Welcome to Wonderland. https://www.am...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Fareh Malik
April 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 35.3 MBFareh Malik is a BIPOC artist from Hamilton, Ontario, as well as a seasoned spoken word poet and established author. Fareh was named the 2022 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award winner. He was also the winner of Hamilton Art’s Shirley Elford Prize, The 2022 October Project Poetry Award, and MH Canada's 2020 Poetry Contest. Fareh's debut book Streams That Lead Somewhere was published in 2022 with Mawenzi House Publishers. Fareh was named a finalist for the 2021 Best of the Net anthology, and was h...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents David Leo Sirois
April 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 38.1 MBDavid Leo Sirois is a Canadian-American poet published 142 times, in 24 countries. His work has been translated into 12 languages (Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, French, German, Czech, Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Chinese, Turkish, & Doric). He hosts Spoken World Online, the Zoom continuation of SpokenWord Paris. His first collection is called Humbledoves (poems to pigeons & plants). He won Third Prize in Winning Writers' Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. Sirois is a member of the Academy of American ...
QLPOR Presents A Late Night Poetry Special featuring Chayyim Eliezer Ben Israel
April 09, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBWords from Chayyim Eliezer Ben Israel: Born in Austin Tx. Raised in Los Angeles California, I had the taste to entertain at a very young age. Obtained writing and theatrical passion following my mother Elsie Katie Spruill. Began writing poetry in my early teens. Found a perfect match with poetry and music. https://amazon.com/hebruise https://instagram.com/clearmental https://facebook.com/clearmentalmusic
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Anastasia Lindsey
April 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBANASTASIA LINDSEY is a timeless soul and author who participates in inter-dimensional traveling and building beautiful poems to capture the hearts of souls around the world in the most loving and supportive ways possible. Sensitive in nature and sweet in soul – she brings a powerful sense of calmness to her work, and most importantly to her words. She has spent most of her life traveling the endless twists and turns of her imagination to create beautiful poems. Anastasia has been writing sinc...
QLPOR Presents From Whence We Came: Women in Poetry
March 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBFrom Whence We Came: Women in Poetry is presented by Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio (www.qlpor.com) in honor of National Women's History Month. This event will feature readings by Valeri Beers, Linda Imbler, Gerry Leonard LaGuardia, and Linda Ohlson Graham and a discussion of the role of women in poetry. The From Whence We Came phrase is from remarks made by John F. Kennedy at the Dinner for America's Cup Crews on September 14 1962. Biographies https://www.yumpu.com/en/d...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio - International Women's Day 2023
March 09, 2023 01:00 - 3 hours - 173 MBMarch 8 is International Women's Day, a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also brings attention to the women's rights movement, gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. In honor of the occasion, Quntessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio presents four renowned Canadian women poets sharing their poetry. These poets are Clara Blackwood, Brenda Clews, Jennifer Hosein, and Archna Sahni. Hope you enjo...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Alexandra Psaropoulou
March 05, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 38.8 MBAlexandra was born in the year of the horse of fire, in Greece, where she spent many years living in the wild mountains of the island of Hydra. Later, she attended St. Mary's in Wiltshire and studied European Thought & Literature at Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge. She lived in Paris and New York, before returning to Greece to settle. Her father was a renowned poet and author and had a successful publishing company in Greece. Her mother was a ballet dancer as well as president of the Dance Union ...
QLPOR Presents "Collective Voices" Now and Then - 25 Years Since London
March 05, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBThe Washington, DC-based ensemble of poets known for its messages of inspiration, empowerment, and social consciousness has performed locally and abroad. Collective Voices' international debut was in London, England, in 1998. Founded in 1995, the group’s current members include Sylvia Dianne "Ladi Di" Beverly, Andre "Brenardo" Taylor, and the group’s founder, J. Joy "Sistah Joy" Matthews Alford, who was appointed as Poet Laureate of Prince George’s County, MD, in 2018. In addition to performi...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Lydia Brown
February 21, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBLydia Brown was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. When she was younger, she dreamed of becoming a singer. She grew up with humble beginnings on the southside with her mom and dad. Tragically, at the age of eleven, her father died of leukemia. Her mother was left alone to care for her. They had their ups and downs and struggles, but they loved each other. As a teenager, she reached a point where she wanted to explore her surroundings and get away from the stresses of life. She ran away fr...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Kwame Sound Daniels
February 16, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBKwame Sound Daniels is a black trans, disabled fiber and traditional artist based out of Maryland, USA. Xe are currently pursuing an MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Xir first book, Light Spun, is out with Perennial Press as of August of last year. the pause and the breath was released with Atmosphere Press January 25th of this year. Xe like to learn plant medicine and learn digital art in xir spare time. https://www.kwamesounddaniels.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the.okra.winfrey/ ht...
QLPOR Presents Pam Hasan AKA Poetic Hummingbird - Melodies of Love
February 14, 2023 01:00 - 54 minutes - 24.3 MBPoetic Hummingbird (Pam Hasan) is a passionate, inspirational poet. Writing poetry gives her a sense of self and freedom. Expressing her thoughts through poetry allows her to bleed her emotions on paper and heal from the darkest places that life can take you. Poetic Hummingbird (Pam Hasan) poetically weaves words together to encourage her readers to pause and reflect on their experiences with love, grief, abuse, self-worth, and pain. Poetic Hummingbird hopes her poetry inspires others and gi...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Donna Spruijt-Metz
January 27, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 33.2 MBDonna Spruijt-Metz is a poet, a psychology professor, and a recent MacDowell Fellow. Her first career was as a classical flutist. She lived in the Netherlands for 22 years and translates Dutch poetry to English. Her poetry and translations appear in Copper Nickel, RHINO, Poetry Northwest, the Tahoma Literary Review, the Inflectionist Review, and elsewhere. Her chapbooks are ‘Slippery Surfaces’ (Finishing Line Press) and ‘And Haunt the World’ (a collaboration with Flower Conroy, Ghost City Pre...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Christy Sawyer
January 26, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBChristy Sawyer is an educator and a writer, who lives in Maryland. She was a shy girl who discovered she could use her pen to give voice to her thoughts. As she began to answer the call to pick up the mic, she gathered the strength to tell her story and the stories of the unvoiced. She is excited to publish her first book in 2023: A Delicate Rose with Thorns. A book about the mundane, magnificent, and all things in between shared in six word stories, haikus and free verse. Ms. Sawyer is a ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Nicholas Michael Ravnikar
January 25, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBNicholas Michael Ravnikar put the overt in overthinking. He is the originator of the new, obsessive poetic form called the Polish octave. He has self-published two collections of poetry, "Imaginary Friends" in July 2022 and "Three Dirty Sunsets" on December 1, 2022. He challenged himself to release four free full-length poetry collections during the month of January and hopes to keep up a frenzied pace leading up to the release of a complete book of Polish Octaves in 2023. Moria Press publish...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Julian Matthews
January 24, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBJULIAN MATTHEWS is a writer expressing himself in the pandemic through poetry, short stories and essays. He is published in The American Journal of Poetry, Borderless Journal, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, The New Verse News, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Live Encounters, among others. He is a mixed-race minority from Malaysia. More of his recent work can be found below: https://linktr.ee/julianmatthews and here https://trinetizen.com/poetry and his Paypal account is trineti...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents C.C. Arshagra
January 22, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 38.6 MBArshagra is an autodidact raised in his grandfather Arshag’s garden. Arshag, an Armenian genocide survivor, taught him profound attitudes of benevolence: no hate, no enemy, no blame and no vengeance. He spent many years in Boston and Cambridge – urban areas that nourish the voices of emerging poets and encourage free speech as a common language, free of social and cultural dichotomies. His journey of transcendence drew strength from the improvisational movement and healing arts, and constantl...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Fran Abrams
January 20, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBFran Abrams’ poems have been published online and in print in Delmarva Review, The American Journal of Poetry, The Raven’s Perch, Gargoyle 74, and other journals, and in over a dozen anthologies. In 2019, she read at Houston (TX) Poetry Fest and at DiVerse Gaithersburg (MD) Poetry Series. In December 2021, she won the Washington Writers Publishing House Winter Poetry Prize. Her autobiographical book of poems titled “I Rode the Second Wave: A Feminist Memoir,” was released in November 2022. He...
QLPOR Presents Genevieve Ray (Genevievefirepoet)
January 14, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBGenevieve is a Spoken Word artist and poet from Bedfordshire in Britain. She has been published in 17 magazines and anthologies. She worked in theatre for 6 years as a director and playwright. Genevieve is working on her first book due to be released next year. (3) Genevieve Ray - Creative | Facebook Genevieve Ray (@genevievefirepoet) • Instagram photos and videos
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents S.T. Brant
January 13, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBS. T. Brant is a Las Vegas high school teacher. His debut collection, Melody in Exile, is out with Atmosphere Press. His work has appeared in numerous journals, including Honest Ulsterman, EcoTheo, Timber, and Rain Taxi. You can reach him on his website at ShaneBrant.com, Twitter: @terriblebinth, or Instagram: @shanelemagne. Amazon.com: Melody in Exile eBook : Brant, S.T.: Books Book Reviews of Melody in Exile "I applaud the voice of S.T. Brant in these poems that trust in-depth, believe i...
QLPOR Presents Brian Stark and Lindsey Gill - The COLLIDE Zine
January 10, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBBio: Brian was born a poet. Love of wisdom and adventure. A strong desire from a very young age to bring inspiration into the hearts of all readers of his poetry and all he crosses paths with. Only published on Facebook Poetry Society which is Brian's first created group on Facebook and his online poetry home yet, Brian has also created hundreds of more poetry groups on Facebook to create places where poets can come together and help each other learn and grow about our beloved craft of self-e...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Katrenia Busch
January 06, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 32.8 MBKatrenia Busch is a published poet and author. Her work can be found in a number of places, including Police Writers, Westward Quarterly, Literature Today, The Trouvaille Review, Whimsical Poet, Bloom Magazine, The Chamber Magazine among others. Her poem, “Mystery and Wind” won 2nd place in 2022 for a creative writing contest for the League of Innovation Creative Writing. She is an admin on Facebook Poetry Society, yielding over 85k members, and serves as both a resource and mentor for publis...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Paul Richmond
January 05, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBPaul was named Beat Poet Laureate three times by National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. Massachusetts 2017 to 2019, U S National Beat Poet Laureate 2019 - 2020. New Generation Beat Poet Laureate 2020 - Lifetime Paul is best described as political, deadpan and wryly humorous, delivered in his own style. He has been called “Assassin of Apathy – power of words / humor - on the unthinkable, the unsolvable, to analyze to digest to give birth to creativity and hope.” He has performed nat...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Mary Gilliland
January 04, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBMary Gilliland is the author of two award-winning collections: The Ruined Walled Castle Garden (2020) and The Devil’s Fools (2022), with poems, anthologized most recently in Rumors Secrets & Lies: Poems on Pregnancy, Abortion & Choice; Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands; and Wild Gods: The Ecstatic in Contemporary Poetry and Prose. She is a past recipient of the Stanley Kunitz Fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center and a Cornell University Council on the Arts Faculty Grant. https:/...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Proudly Presents Rick Lupert
December 20, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBRick Lupert has been involved with poetry in Los Angeles since 1990. He is the recipient of the 2017 Ted Slade Award, and the 2014 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Distinguished Service Award, a 3 time Pushcart Prize Nominee, and a Best of the Net nominee. He served as a co-director of the Valley Contemporary Poets for 2 years, and created Poetry Super Highway. Rick hosted the weekly Cobalt Cafe reading for almost 21 years which has lived on as a weekly Zoom series since early 2020. His sp...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Dr. Arif Ahmad
December 16, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 30.1 MBABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Arif Ahmad is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and practices cardiology and electrophysiology in southern Wisconsin. He is a mid-Westerner with pride for where he came from – Pakistan, his faith – Muslim, and most of all, for the county he now calls home – America. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, he has lived in New York City, Milwaukee, and Iron Mountain, MI, and now resides in Madison, WI. He also has a farm 20 minutes...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Mary Louise Kiernan
December 15, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBMary Louise Kiernan is a member of both Calling All Poets and the Woodstock Poetry Society. She was awarded the 2015 Poetry Prize by Tempe Public Library in partnership with Arizona State University. Kiernan’s poetry appears in The New York Times and elsewhere. Most recently, her debut book's closing poem has been translated into Italian for The Salerno Project's anthology of poems penned by a multinational group of poets. Her debut poetry collection is titled "The Gift of Glossophobia." ht...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Millicent Borges Accardi
December 14, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBMillicent Borges Accardi, an NEA fellow, is a Portuguese-American writer. She has four poetry collections, including Only More So (Salmon Poetry, Ireland). Among her awards are poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, CantoMundo, Fulbright, Foundation for Contemporary Arts NYC (Covid grant), Creative Capacity, Fundação Luso-Americana, and Barbara Deming Foundation, “Money for Women.” She lives in the hippie-arts community of Topanga, CA, where she ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Proudly Presents Zomkhonto
December 11, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBMbonisi Zikhali is a poet/spoken word artist and storyteller born in Makokoba, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He has loved poetry since he was a child. He won his first poetry certificate when he was 8 years old. His spoken-word/storytelling name is Zomkhonto, which happens to be his bloodline’s totem. He is also a trained journalist, youth mentor, qualified community services worker, grassroots community organizer and mental wellness advocate. He considers himself an afro-empath, and is driven to en...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Vincent J. Calone
December 06, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBVincent J Calone is a New Formalist poet. He studied under Lewis Turco- author of the "New Book of Poetic Forms" on New England Press. Poet, playwright, actor, director- he wears different many hats but the message remains the same- Why do we do what we do? How can we change it? And how can we learn, grow and evolve? Recent publications include, Fresh Words An International Literary Magazine; selected anthologies- Cooch Behar, Nature and Everest out of India, Wingless Dreamer, The 24 Hour P...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Wayne David Hubbard
December 01, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBWayne David Hubbard is an author of poetry, essays, and short stories. His literary works explore – both directly and abstractly – aspects of science, philosophy, history, and culture across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Synopsis: In his debut poetry collection, Death Throes of the Broken Clockwork Universe, Wayne David Hubbard illustrates journeys through physical space and abstract worlds of emotion. Combining choreological precision with playfulness, readers enter the ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Simon Constam
November 30, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 36.3 MBSimon Constam is a Toronto poet and aphorist. His first book of poetry, BROUGHT DOWN, was published in January 2022, by Wipf and Stock Publishers. Its early reviews have been exceptional! Kevin John Hart, Anglo-Australian theologian, philosopher, and poet, “Some of the poems remind me, in the best way, of poems by Yehuda Amichai and Nelly Sachs. . . . From time to time, I also was reminded of some of the later poems of R. S. Thomas.” He has published poetry in a number of magazines, among...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents ash good
November 16, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBash good is a nonbinary queer poet & designer living, playing & working in Portland, Oregon. They are the author of five books & chapbooks—including most recently "us clumsy gods" from What Books press—as well as co-founding editor at First Matter Press (a 501c3 nonprofit), guide to Set Your Stories Free (a weekly generative workshop), curator of High Priestesses of Poetry & a reader for Frontier Poetry. Their poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net & appears in Faultline Journal of Art...