Click Right Here to hear Dion O’Reilly interview San Francisco poet, teacher, and bee keeper Amanda Moore. Find out more about Amanda and read more of her wonderful work at https://amandapmoore.com/about
Author: dion lissner oreilly
Dion O'Reilly third book, Limerence, was finalist for The Floating Bridge Press John Pierce Chapbook Competition for Washington State Poets. She is the author of Sadness of the Apex Predator (Cornerstone Press 2024) and Ghost Dogs (Terrapin 2020). Her work appears in Cincinnati Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Tar River Poetry, and Rattle. She is a podcaster at The Hive Poetry Collective, leads private poetry workshops, and is co-editor of En•Trance Journal. She splits her time between a ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains and a residence in Bellingham, Washington.
Danusha Lameris Interviews Veronica Kornberg
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This week’s Hive: Danusha Lameris talks with poet and winner of last year’s Morton Marcus Prize, Veronica Kornberg. Hear more of Veronica’s poems, a few of Mort’s, and learn more about this Central Coast writer.
Dion O’Reilly interviews Julia Chiapella of The Young Writers Program
Click RIGHT HERE to hear Dion O’Reilly interview Julia Chiapella of The Young Writers Program, a program sponsored by the Santa Cruz County Office of Education which brings poetry to 4th-12th graders in Santa Cruz City Schools. Three students and a teacher speak passionately on the benefits of poetry for school age children. Find more about this program including how to volunteer at https://youngwriterssc.org
Danusha Laméris and Dion O’Reilly interview Santa Cruz poet William Ward Butler
Click RIGHT HERE to hear Danusha Laméris and Dion O’Reilly interview Santa Cruz poet William Ward Butler, aka Billy Butler. We hear some of his poems and talk high school poetry slams, falling trees, Frank O’Hara and more.
July 14th Show: Dion O’Reilly interviews Julia Levine. Farnaz Fatemi’s segment of “What We Are Reading”
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Dion O’Reilly interviews Julia Levine. Julia B. Levine has won numerous awards for her work, including the Northern California Book Award in Poetry for Small Disasters Seen in Sunlight. She has three other books: Ditch Tender, Ask, and Practicing for Heaven. She received a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University. She lives and works in Davis,California.
Also, Farnaz Fatemi reads from Flèche by Mary Jean Chan and Halal If You Hear Me: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 3, edited by Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo
July 7th Show: Dion O’Reilly interviews Susan Browne and Catherine Segurson
Click RIGHT HERE to listen to our latest show. Catamaran Poetry Prize winner, Susan Browne, reads from her new book, Just Living, which was chosen as the Catamaran Poetry Prize winner. Catherine Segurson, editor and chief of Catamaran, talks about the Catamaran Literary Reader and all of Catamaran’s many contributions to the literary scene in the Monterey Bay.May 26th Show: Danusha Laméris Interviews Jory Post
Last Sunday’s Hive Poetry Collective is now available as a podcast: Danusha interviews Jory Post about phren-Z, Santa Cruz Writes, health, illness and the prose poem. We also hear Jory’s wonderful new work. Click HERE to hear or download!
May 5th Hive Interview: Laurence White
Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O’Reilly interview local Santa Cruz poet and songwriter, Laurence White. We hear Laurence read and sing and talk further about both. Episode also includes a segment from The Hive called “Who Are We Reading?”
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Follow Laurence at @caravaggioboy
Listen to Laurence’s music:
- https://shallowdiverecords.bandcamp.com/track/homesick — this is the track you heard on our show.
- https://chaoticfutch.bandcamp.com/releases –this is the “bedroom EP” Laurence refers to.
More info on Word Church can be found here
Farnaz mentioned a movie which takes place at Transylvania U in Kentucky. It is American Animals.
In the “Who Are We Reading” segment:
Dion read from Ploughshares; she also mentioned New Ohio Review and New England Review. Farnaz read from Halal If You Hear Me: Breakbeat Poets vol 3, newly released.
Santa Cruz Poetry Calendar:
Monday, May 6 @ Word Church: Billy Butler, Featured Poet
Thursday, May 9 @ Peace United: Brenda Shaughnessy and Ellen Bass
April 28th Show: Danusha Laméris interviewed by Dion O’Reilly
Available as a podcast!
The latest Hive Show from Sunday April 28th on KSQD 90.7 FA at 8:00 PM. Tune in most Sundays or download and listen by clicking HERE anytime!
April 14th 2019 show: Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O’Reilly interview Christopher Soriano.
As part of our Community Outreach Series, we meet Watsonville-based poet, writer, and teacher Christopher Soriano who speaks to us about his life and work. Find him on Instagram and Twitter @chsoripalma and at christophersorianowrites.wordpress.com
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