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Poems read closely, in community.

The gist

The Hive Poetry Collective is a Santa Cruz poetry program built around close readings and generous conversation. Episodes move from new books and public readings into craft, memory, landscape, family, loss, and the strange pressure of language.

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About The Hive Poetry Collective

The Hive Poetry Collective is a Santa Cruz-based poetry program that makes room for poems to be heard, questioned, and lived with. It carries the feel of community radio: local, direct, event-aware, and close to the people making the work. The show’s center of gravity is conversation. A poet reads, a host listens closely, and then the episode follows the poem’s images, turns, uncertainties, and emotional weather. The discussions can be deeply literary without becoming sealed off from ordinary life. Recent episodes move through family memory, childhood during the Nepalese Civil War, migration, grief, spiritual practice, unhoused life, psychosis, love, divorce, poetic influence, and the long labor of shaping sentences. Craft matters here. So does tenderness. A discussion of Emily Dickinson and Joyce Carol Oates can become a meditation on being seen and finding a place in the world. A conversation about vultures can open into elegy, hunger, death, and what poetry transforms. Richard Siken speaks about stroke, determination, truth, lies, family therapy, and the force of a sentence. Elizabeth Robinson’s Vulnerability Index brings the show into difficult civic and human terrain, including unhoused life and fractured story. Albert Flynn DeSilver’s poems lead toward presence, desire, Whitman, Lorca, and writing as awakening. January Gill O’Neil’s work brings memory, vulnerability, and public history into the room. The show is also clearly rooted in a living literary scene. Bookshop Santa Cruz readings, the Muse, Hive Live, and the Morton Marcus Poetry Project are not side notes; they are part of the show’s social fabric. The tone is generous, but not shallow. Hosts often praise a poem by showing exactly where it turns, how an image gathers power, or why a line arrives with force. That patience is the show’s appeal. It is less a poetry news feed than a record of people reading carefully together. For listeners who miss the texture of readings, workshops, bookstores, and after-event conversations, The Hive Poetry Collective offers a steady, humane place to return.

Made for: For readers, writers, workshop regulars, and poetry-curious listeners who enjoy thoughtful conversations about craft, memory, place, and lived experience. It especially suits people drawn to contemporary poetry and local literary communities.

What sets it apart: The show stands out by combining close textual attention with the texture of Santa Cruz literary life. Rather than treating poems as topics to summarize, it follows their images, turns, and emotional risks in real time.

In their own words

Airing on KSQD 90.7 FM most Sundays at 8:00, the Hive Poetry Collective is a buzz of poets in Santa Cruz, California— a swarm of radio conversations, public readings, and writing workshops.Our theme music is "Drunk on Funk" by Top-Flow. Find us at hivepoetry.orgAnd https://www.facebook.com/hivepoetry

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A poem gets read, then held to the light until you can see its hidden architecture.

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  • close readings that connect a single image to memory, belonging, or mortality
  • poets explaining why certain lines survived the long wrestling match with language
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Episodes

  1. 1

    S7:E26 Geraldine Connolly Talks with Julia Chiapella

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  2. 2

    S8: E13 Samyak Shertok joins Farnaz Fatemi

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  3. 3

    S8.E12 Albert Flynn DeSilver with Julia Chiapella

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  4. 4

    S8: E11: Elizabeth Robinson's new poetry book, Vulnerability Index, with Roxi Power, Pt. 1

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  5. 5

    S8: E10 Diana Whitney's Girl Trouble with Farnaz Fatemi

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  6. 6

    S8 E9: The Poetry of Jack Gilbert with Julia Chiapella and Parker Shabala

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  7. 7

    S8: E8 January Gill O’Neil Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  8. 8

    S8:E7 Cate Lycurgus Talks with Julie Murphy

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  9. 9

    S8: E6 Gabrielle Calvocoressi Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  10. 10

    S8: E5 José Enrique Medina Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  11. 11

    S8: E4 Lynne Thompson & Patricia Smith Chat with Dion O'Reilly

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  12. 12

    S8 E3: Dion O'Reilly and Hannah Tool Share Poems of Nurture

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  13. 13

    S8: E2 Ahmad Shamlou, Elegies of the Earth, translated by Niloufar Talebi. Host Farnaz Fatemi.

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  14. 14

    S8:E1 Barbara Hamby Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  15. 15

    S7 E47: En•Trance Journal 2 Poetry: Roxi Power talks with co-editor Dion O'Reilly

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  16. 16

    S7 E46: Matthew Nienow Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  17. 17

    S7:E45 Preeti Vangani Chats with Julie Murphy

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  18. 18

    S7 E44: Winter Poems with Roxi Power, Jullia Chiapella, and Parker Shabala

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  19. 19

    S7 E43 Poet Laureate Nancy Miller Gomez and the Rising Voices Project

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  20. 20

    S7E43: Rising Voices Program with Poet Laureate Nancy Miller Gomez

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  21. 21

    S7 E42: Jane Hirshfield and Dion O'Reilly

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  22. 22

    S7: E41 16th Annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading with Ellen Bass

    ·54m
  23. 23

    S7: E40 Ruth Mota talks with Julia Chiapella and Hannah Tool

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  24. 24

    S7: E39 Victoria Bañales in conversation with Farnaz Fatemi

    ·59m
  25. 25

    S7 E38: Marie Howe and Dion O'Reilly

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  26. 26

    S7 E37: Keetje Kuipers and Dion O'Reilly Chat

    ·1h
  27. 27

    S7:E36 Julie Murphy & Dion O'Reilly Share Some Favorite Poems

    ·53m
  28. 28

    S7 E35: Pt 2-Maxine Chernoff & Paul Hoover talk with Roxi Power

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  29. 29

    S7: E34 Emilie Lygren talks to Farnaz Fatemi

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  30. 30

    S7 E33: Kim Addonizio Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    ·1h
  31. 31

    S7 E32: Roger Reeves on ecstasy, simultaneity and more with Julia Chiapella

    ·58m
  32. 32

    S7: E31 Nicelle Davis in conversation with Farnaz Fatemi

    ·57m
  33. 33

    S7: E 30 Joe Millar Talks with Dion O'Reilly

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  34. 34

    S7: E29 Susan Browne Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    ·1h
  35. 35

    S7: E28 Waking Up: New Book from Santa Cruz Teen Poets on Resistance and Resilience

    ·1h
  36. 36

    S7:E27 Maxine Chernoff & Paul Hoover talk with Roxi Power, Pt. 1

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  37. 37

    S8: 14 Richard Siken Hosted by Dion O'Reilly

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  38. 38

    S7:E25 Leigh Sugar Chats with Julie Murphy

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  39. 39

    S7: E24 Youth Poet Laureate Program of Santa Cruz County (with Farnaz Fatemi)

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  40. 40

    S7: E23 War Poems with Addie Mahmassani and Dion O'Reilly

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  41. 41

    S7.E22.Francisco Aragón Speaks with Julia Chiapella

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  42. 42

    S7 E21: Dorianne Laux Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  43. 43

    S7:E20 Cynthia White Talks with Julie Murphy

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  44. 44

    S7: E19 Be En•Tranced by Poems from En•Trance Journal

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  45. 45

    S7: E18 Nin Andrew Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  46. 46

    S7 E17 Denise Duhamel Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  47. 47

    S7: E16 Kirk Glaser Talks with Julia Chiapella

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  48. 48

    S7: E15 Adela Najarro with Farnaz Fatemi

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  49. 49

    S7 E14: Rubén Quesada Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  50. 50

    S7:E13 Christy Prahl Chats with Julie Murphy

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  51. 51

    S7 E12: Roxi Power and Dion O’Reilly: Poets Respond to 2024 Election, Pt. 2. Winter In America (Again.

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  52. 52

    S7:E11 Karen Marker Talks Visionaries with Julia Chiapella

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  53. 53

    S7:E10 Nancy Miller Gomez Talks with Julie Murphy

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  54. 54

    S7: E8 In Celebration of the Muse with special guests

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  55. 55

    Bonus: Addie Mahmassani and Dion O'Reilly Read Irish Poetry for St. Patrick's Day

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  56. 56

    S7: E7 Dustin Brookshire and Dion O'Reilly read from When I Was Straight, A Tribute to Maureen Seaton

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  57. 57

    S7:E6 Jessica Cohn Talks with Julie Murphy

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  58. 58

    S7:E5 Naomi Shihab Nye Hosted by Julia Chiapella

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  59. 59

    S7 E4: Roxi Power, Julia Chiapella, & Dion O'Reilly on Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election

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  60. 60

    S7: E3 Sarah Pape joins Farnaz Fatemi

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  61. 61

    S7:E2 Dane Cervine Chats with Julie Murphy

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  62. 62

    S6:E26: George Lober Hosted by Julia Chiapella

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  63. 63

    S7: E1: Miller Oberman and Dion O'Reilly

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  64. 64

    S6:E40 Tim Seibles Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  65. 65

    S6:E39 Christopher Buckley Chats with Julie Murphy

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  66. 66

    BONUS EPISODE: Geneffa Jahan Chats with David Sullivan & Ignatius Valentine Aloysius about Their Poetry Collaboration--SALT PRUNING

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  67. 67

    S6: E38 Cintia Santana joins Farnaz Fatemi in the Hive

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  68. 68

    S6:E37: Chris Abani and Kwame Dawes Hosted by Dion O'Reilly

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  69. 69

    S6:E36 Maw Shein Win Chats with Julia Chiapella

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  70. 70

    S6:E35--Pt 2: Marc Vincenz talks with Roxi Power

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  71. 71

    Bonus Episode: Jan Beatty with Dion O'Reilly

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  72. 72

    S6:E34 Luke Johnson hosted by Dion O'Reilly

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  73. 73

    S6: E33 Ellen Bass joins Maggie Paul and Farnaz Fatemi

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  74. 74

    S6:E32 Rick Barot Chats with Julie Murphy

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  75. 75

    S6:E31 Marc Vincenz talks with Roxi Power

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  76. 76

    S6:E30 Ryler Dustin Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  77. 77

    S6:E29 Danusha Laméris Hosted by Dion O'Reilly

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  78. 78

    S6:E28 Pt II: C.S. Giscombe talks with Roxi Power about Negro Mountain

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  79. 79

    S6:E25 Felicia Rice & Theresa Whitehill chat with Roxi Power

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  80. 80

    S6:E24 Jessica Cuello Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  81. 81

    S6:E23 Julie Murphy Interviews Geneffa Jahan

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  82. 82

    Bonus Episode: Dion O'Reilly Reads from her New Book. Julia Chiapella hosts

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  83. 83

    S6:E22 Shizue Seigel Talks with Geneffa Jahan

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  84. 84

    S6:E20: C.S. Giscombe talks with Roxi Power, Pt. 1

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  85. 85

    S6: E21 Nancy Miller Gomez and Farnaz Fatemi

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  86. 86

    S6:E19 Veronica Kornberg joins Julie Murphy in a Tribute to Louise Glück

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  87. 87

    S6: E18 Sally Ashton and Farnaz Fatemi

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  88. 88

    S6 E17: Richard Blanco Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  89. 89

    S6:E16 Chopsy Gutowski & Roxi Power in Conversation

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  90. 90

    S6:E15 Braving the Body: Julia Chiapella Chats with the Editors

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  91. 91

    S6:E13 Faris Sabbah & Beau Beausoleil Talk with Geneffa

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  92. 92

    S6 E12: Paul E. Nelson with Roxi Power

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  93. 93

    S6: E11 Ed Hirsch chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  94. 94

    S6:E10 Tara Bracco and Suzen Baraka of Poetic People Power chat with Julie Murphy

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  95. 95

    S6: E9 Lee Herrick, California Poet Laureate, chats with Farnaz Fatemi

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  96. 96

    S6:E8 Dorianne Laux Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  97. 97

    S6 E7: Elizabeth Vignali Chats with Dion O'Reilly

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  98. 98

    S6: E6 Alexandra Lytton Regalado & Farnaz Fatemi

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  99. 99

    S6:E4 Carla Sameth Chats with Geneffa Jahan

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  100. 100

    S6: E14 Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate Poets with Farnaz Fatemi, Poet Laureate

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  101. 101

    S8:E15 Veronica Kornberg talks with Julie Murphy

    Hidden gem

    ["The Hive Poetry Collective on KSQD opens with Julie Murphy introducing Veronica Kornberg and her debut collection Strange Gift from Wondering Angus Press.", "Kornberg reads Seamus Heaney's 'Postscript,' and Murphy lingers on the poem's 'slate gray lake,' 'earthed lightning,' and warning that beauty cannot be captured.", "The conversation moves through Strange Gift, brogues, moon garden, and what the ocean dreams at night, with an attic scene, Emily Dickinson, Joyce Carol Oates, and a 'shiny black gun' tying childhood reading to belonging and danger.", "Kornberg explains that she culls poems from a braided manuscript, watches for sentimentality, and builds poems from concrete detail before letting meditation enter."]

    Apr 13, 2026·56m·4 clips
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    S8: 14 Richard Siken Hosted by Dion O'Reilly

    Hidden gem

    The Hive Poetry Collective interviews poet and painter Richard Sykin about I Do Know Some Things, a 2025 Copper Canyon book and National Book Award finalist.

    Apr 7, 2026·59m·4 clips
  103. 103

    S8: E13 Samyak Shertok joins Farnaz Fatemi

    Hidden gem

    Farnaz Fatemi interviews Nepali poet Samyak Shurtak about No Rhododendron, winner of the 2024 AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and shortlisted for the 2026 Penn Open Book Award.

    Mar 30, 2026·1h·4 clips
  104. 104

    S8.E12 Albert Flynn DeSilver with Julia Chiapella

    Hidden gem

    The Hive Poetry Collective on KSQD FM 90.7 in Santa Cruz and KSQT Prunedale hosts Julia Chiappella with Albert Flynn DeSilver, the first Poet Laureate of Marin County, to discuss Some Void, New and Selected Poems, 1996 to 2026.

    Mar 23, 2026·59m·4 clips
  105. 105

    S8: E11: Elizabeth Robinson's new poetry book, Vulnerability Index, with Roxi Power, Pt. 1

    Hidden gem

    Roxy Power interviews Elizabeth Robinson about Vulnerability Index, her 2026 poetry book based on work with unhoused people in Boulder, Colorado.

    Mar 17, 2026·59m·4 clips
  106. 106

    S8: E10 Diana Whitney's Girl Trouble with Farnaz Fatemi

    Mar 9, 2026·58m
  107. 107

    S8 E9: The Poetry of Jack Gilbert with Julia Chiapella and Parker Shabala

    Mar 3, 2026·59m
  108. 108

    S8: E8 January Gill O’Neil Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Hidden gem

    January Gill O'Neill reads Lucille Clifton, Tina Turner, and poems from Glitter Road in a KSQD Hive Poetry Collective interview with Deanna Riley.

    Feb 26, 2026·59m·3 clips
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    S8:E7 Cate Lycurgus Talks with Julie Murphy

    Feb 19, 2026·1h 2m
  110. 110

    S8: E6 Gabrielle Calvocoressi Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Feb 11, 2026·1h
  111. 111

    S8: E5 José Enrique Medina Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Feb 4, 2026·1h
  112. 112

    S8: E4 Lynne Thompson & Patricia Smith Chat with Dion O'Reilly

    Jan 28, 2026·59m
  113. 113

    S8 E3: Dion O'Reilly and Hannah Tool Share Poems of Nurture

    Jan 22, 2026·59m
  114. 114

    S8: E2 Ahmad Shamlou, Elegies of the Earth, translated by Niloufar Talebi. Host Farnaz Fatemi.

    Jan 12, 2026·58m
  115. 115

    S8:E1 Barbara Hamby Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Jan 6, 2026·59m
  116. 116

    S7 E47: En•Trance Journal 2 Poetry: Roxi Power talks with co-editor Dion O'Reilly

    Dec 30, 2025·1h
  117. 117

    S7 E46: Matthew Nienow Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Dec 21, 2025·1h
  118. 118

    S7:E45 Preeti Vangani Chats with Julie Murphy

    Dec 15, 2025·58m
  119. 119

    S7 E44: Winter Poems with Roxi Power, Jullia Chiapella, and Parker Shabala

    Dec 9, 2025·1h
  120. 120

    S7 E43 Poet Laureate Nancy Miller Gomez and the Rising Voices Project

    Dec 4, 2025·1h
  121. 121

    S7E43: Rising Voices Program with Poet Laureate Nancy Miller Gomez

    Dec 2, 2025·56m
  122. 122

    S7 E42: Jane Hirshfield and Dion O'Reilly

    Nov 25, 2025·1h
  123. 123

    S7: E41 16th Annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading with Ellen Bass

    Nov 19, 2025·54m
  124. 124

    S7: E40 Ruth Mota talks with Julia Chiapella and Hannah Tool

    Nov 12, 2025·1h
  125. 125

    S7: E39 Victoria Bañales in conversation with Farnaz Fatemi

    Nov 3, 2025·59m
  126. 126

    S7 E38: Marie Howe and Dion O'Reilly

    Oct 29, 2025·59m
  127. 127

    S7 E37: Keetje Kuipers and Dion O'Reilly Chat

    Oct 20, 2025·1h
  128. 128

    S7:E36 Julie Murphy & Dion O'Reilly Share Some Favorite Poems

    Oct 13, 2025·53m
  129. 129

    S7 E35: Pt 2-Maxine Chernoff & Paul Hoover talk with Roxi Power

    Oct 8, 2025·1h
  130. 130

    S7: E34 Emilie Lygren talks to Farnaz Fatemi

    Sep 29, 2025·1h
  131. 131

    S7 E33: Kim Addonizio Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Sep 23, 2025·1h
  132. 132

    S7 E32: Roger Reeves on ecstasy, simultaneity and more with Julia Chiapella

    Sep 15, 2025·58m
  133. 133

    S7: E31 Nicelle Davis in conversation with Farnaz Fatemi

    Sep 12, 2025·57m
  134. 134

    S7: E 30 Joe Millar Talks with Dion O'Reilly

    Sep 1, 2025·1h
  135. 135

    S7: E29 Susan Browne Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Aug 25, 2025·1h
  136. 136

    S7: E28 Waking Up: New Book from Santa Cruz Teen Poets on Resistance and Resilience

    Aug 22, 2025·1h
  137. 137

    S7:E27 Maxine Chernoff & Paul Hoover talk with Roxi Power, Pt. 1

    Aug 14, 2025·59m
  138. 138

    S7:E26 Geraldine Connolly Talks with Julia Chiapella

    Aug 5, 2025·58m
  139. 139

    S7:E25 Leigh Sugar Chats with Julie Murphy

    Jul 29, 2025·1h
  140. 140

    S7: E24 Youth Poet Laureate Program of Santa Cruz County (with Farnaz Fatemi)

    Jul 21, 2025·1h
  141. 141

    S7: E23 War Poems with Addie Mahmassani and Dion O'Reilly

    Jul 14, 2025·59m
  142. 142

    S7.E22.Francisco Aragón Speaks with Julia Chiapella

    Jul 8, 2025·58m
  143. 143

    S7 E21: Dorianne Laux Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Dion O'Reilly interviews poet Dorianne Laux about her new craft book 'Finger Exercises for Poets' and her upcoming reading.

    Jul 2, 2025·1h
  144. 144

    S7:E20 Cynthia White Talks with Julie Murphy

    Jun 26, 2025·1h
  145. 145

    S7: E19 Be En•Tranced by Poems from En•Trance Journal

    Jun 16, 2025·59m
  146. 146

    S7: E18 Nin Andrew Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Dion O'Reilly interviews poet Nin Andrews about her new book of prose poems, 'Son of a Bird', and her career.

    Jun 11, 2025·1h
  147. 147

    S7 E17 Denise Duhamel Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Denise Duhamel discusses her poetry and the influence of Sharon Olds' book 'The Father' on her work 'Pink Lady'.

    Jun 2, 2025·1h
  148. 148

    S7: E16 Kirk Glaser Talks with Julia Chiapella

    Julia Chiapella interviews poet Kirk Glaser about his forthcoming book 'The House That Fire Built' and his experience with a house fire.

    May 27, 2025·58m
  149. 149

    S7 E14: Rubén Quesada Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    May 12, 2025·1h
  150. 150

    S7: E15 Adela Najarro with Farnaz Fatemi

    Farnaz Fatemi introduces poet Adela Najarro and her fifth poetry collection 'Variations in Blue' on the Hive Poetry Collective radio show.

    May 12, 2025·58m