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”
Listen Right Here to this week’s episode of the Hive.
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.The Hive Gets Buzzing
In three segments, this Hive episode is dripping with fresh nectar, and chock full of an exploration of what poetry can mean. Lisa Allen Ortiz introduces a new segment called “Prosetry.” Her subject this episode is Mary Ruefle. Farnaz Fatemi is joined by the visual artist Marnie Briggs on her segment, “Poetry In The World.” Armando Alcaraz and Danusha Laméris read poems in Spanish and English by Luis Cernuda.
Mentioned in the show:
http://maryruefle.com
https://marniebriggs.comMarnie Briggs on Instagram: @mar_nie
The Hummingbird Poetry Press Buzzes in the Hive
Poets from the Hummingbird Poetry Press read and converse with Santa Cruz Poet Laureate and Hive Host Danusha Laméris! Guests include: Wilma Marcus Chandler, George Lober, Maggie Paul, Chuck Atkinson, and Angie Boissevain. To see and/or order any of the books mentioned, go to the Hummingbird Press website: http://www.hummingbirdpresspoetry.com/. (Note: there’s another Hummingbird Press, which publishes an online poetry magazine, so don’t be confused.)
Poetry in the World & on the Hive
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
Esther Kamkar Lands on the June 2nd Hive
Beloved Palo Alto poet Esther Kamkar joins Lisa Allen Ortiz and the Hive Poetry Collective this Sunday at 8pm on KSQD 90.7, Santa Cruz. Esther will read from her new book of such things. Don’t miss it! (But if you do, find it right here on Monday or search for Hive Poetry Collective on any of your podcast platforms.)
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!
Porter Gulch Poets Buzz in for Hive’s May 12th Episode
Celebrate the 2019 issue of Porter Gulch Review with editor David Allen Sullivan and a panel of this year’s contributors, Victoria Bañales , Jennifer Lagier, Travis DeYoung, Kate Avraham, and Robin White Turtle Lysne as they read poems from the issue and discuss the contexts and sources of their writing projects. Be sure to join poets and editors for the issue launch of this year’s Porter Gulch Review at the Horticulture Center at Cabrillo College on May 18th. Lisa Allen Ortiz hosts.
