Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Purchase: The Fall of Iris Henley (Wednesday Books, 2026) Read/Listen: The Fall of Iris Henley (excerpt) Jennifer Graham graduated from Reed College and received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. Under the name Jennifer Donaldson, she is the author of Lies You Never Told Me and I Know You Continue reading "Episode 91: Jennifer Graham…
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Purchase: Fifty Mothers (River River Books, 2026) Read: “Gridlock” and a process note! (Periodicities) Preeti Vangani is an Indian poet & writer based in San Francisco. She is the author of Mother Tongue Apologize (2019), winner of the RLFPA Poetry Prize. Her work has been published in AGNI, The Continue reading "Episode 90: Preeti Vangani (Of Being…
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Purchase: Antibody (River River Books) by Elane Kim Read: The Body As Archive, a review of Antibody by Leah Choi (Harvard Crimson) and Kim’s poem “Respite” (Poetry Foundation) Elane Kim is a Korean American writer from California. The editor-in-chief of Gaia Lit, she is the recipient of the Continue reading "Episode 89: Elane Kim (Of Coming Home to…
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Read: “Alcestis as the Dead Woman’s Auto-Roman à Clef” and “Alcestis as Peripheral | Swift | Ominous Movement in the House” in Arcturus Magazine Purchase: House of Myth and Necessity (River River Books, 2026) Jennifer A Sutherland is a poet, essayist, and attorney in Baltimore. She is the author of House Continue reading "Episode 88: Jennifer A…
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Read: Four excerpts from There Is News Along the Ohio River at Heavy Feather Review Purchase: There Is News Along the Ohio River (River River Books, 2026) Beth Gilstrap (she/her) is a multi-genre author, copywriter, editor, and educator. Her debut hybrid/flash CNF collection, There Is News Along the Ohio River, Continue reading "Episode 87: Beth…
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Read: “Listen to Yourself” (Sixth Finch) Purchase: The Visible Field (River River Books, 2026) Zoë Ryder White’s first full-length collection, The Visible Field, was published by River River Books in February, 2026. A chapbook, Via Post, was a finalist for Tupelo Press’ Snowbound Chapbook award and won the Sixth Finch chapbook contest in 2022.…
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Read: the title essay “Backyard Alchemy” (The Common) Purchase: Backyard Alchemy: on life with other creatures in a time of salvage (River River Books, 2026) J.D. Ho was born by the sea, raised on a rock, schmoozed in Hollywood, drove to Austin, Texas for an MFA, and now lives among foxes Continue reading "Episode 85: J.D. Ho (Of Mystery and…
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Read: “On Learning that Kim Kardashian Exceeded her Water Allowance by 232,000 Gallons in June” (Passengers Journal) Purchase: Scythe (River River Books, 2026) Elizabeth Sylvia’s first book, None But Witches: Poems on Shakespeare’s Women (2022), won the 2021 3 Mile Harbor Press Book Award. Her chapbook My Little Book of Continue reading "Episode 84:…
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Read: “Ghazal: Morning” (The Offing) Purchase: In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls (Wandering Aengus Press, 2025) Majda Gama was born in Beirut to a Saudi father and American mother. Her hometown is Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and her roots Hijazi, but she also has a long, complicated relationship with Northern Continue reading "Episode 83: Majda…
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Read: Three Poems by Frances Klein at Cultural Daily Purchase: Another Life (Riot in Your Throat Press, 2025) Frances Klein is an Alaskan poet and teacher. Klein is the author of the poetry collection Another Life (Riot in Your Throat Press, 2025). She is also the author of Continue reading "Episode 82: Frances Klein (Of the Alaskan Rural, the…
