March 22, 2009
Raised in Arkansas, educated at Duke, The New School, and Stanford universities, lecturer and hip hop artist Tim’m West reads poetry from his books Red Dirt Revival: A Poetic Memoir in 6 Breaths and Flirting, which explore being black and gay in America.
All music by Tim’m West from the CDs Songs From Red Dirt, Blakkboy Blue(s), and In Security: The Golden Error
Hosted by Tim Ayres
March 8, 2009
John J. Brugaletta is a retired English professor from the California State University at Fullerton. He has published two volumes of poetry, The Tongue Angles and Tilling the Land, a chapbook, Apologias, and numerous poems in periodicals. Gardening, woodworking, and reading tend to feed his various poetic styles from humorous narrative poems to others that grapple with weighty theological questions. Listen
Hosted by Rachel Wheeler
February 22, 2009
David Holper reads from his new collection of poetry, 64 Questions, and talks of social responsibility and experiences of loss. Listen
Hosted by Rachel Wheeler
February 8, 2009
Things you weren’t meant to hear from Jerry Martien, Iain Macdonald, Dale Pendell, Mark Shikuma, and Shao Way Wu. Listen
Hosted by Tim Ayres
January 11, 2009
The Recession Winter Special, recorded live at 3 Foods Cafe. Poets Jerry Martien, Joanna Reichhold, and bassist Shao Way Wu perform for the winter solstice.
Hosted by Tim Ayres
December 28, 2008
Sound poetry with Fulbright scholar, Dell Arte student, Chinese Opera singer, and Blue Laker Liza Bielby. Listen
Hosted by Brent Jenkins
December 14, 2008
Ethnobotonist Dale Pendell explores the history of plant intoxicants documented in his Pharmako trilogy, reading poems and discussing psychoactives, bioregional poetry publishing in the 70’s, and our relationship with nature. Listen
Hosted by Tim Ayres
November 23, 2008
LA poet/philosopher Eddie Justiniano, with his conceptual-artist girlfriend Jan Smail singing backup. Listen
Hosted by Brent Jenkins
October 12, 2008
Vanessa Pike, Brad Wilson, and Phillip Moore talk about the ups and downs of competitive poetry and a trip to the Wisconsin nationals. Listen
Hosted by Tim Ayres
September 28, 2008
Poet, teacher, new mom and slam activist Therese Keslin FitzMaurice reads from her new work The Signature of Time. Listen
Hosted by Brent Jenkins.
