The Hive premieres a new segment, hosted by Farnaz Fatemi, called Poetry in the World. Farnaz talks with the multi-disclipinary artist, Christian Berman, about why writing poetry matters and how it informs his art practice (image courtesy Christian Berman). Dion O’Reilly talks about Who and What she is reading. Also includes the local poetry calendar for June. 

Find more about Christian at http://www.cruizberman.com and @cruizberman 

Events mentioned on our poetry calendar: Ocean Vuong and sam sax: https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/oceanvuong

Word Church for June: https://www.facebook.com/scwordchurch/photos/a.1824685217753676/2392835427605316/?type=3&theater