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In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Jillian Burden about her poem “Absolution.” Jillian is a Canadian-American poet based in New Jersey. As a seminary graduate and Reformed Church member, she explores themes of Christian religion and spirituality in her writing. Her essay on faith and infertility was published in the book Mothers in Waiting (Harvest House…
In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Haley Hodges about her poem “Lord of Light and Dark.” Haley is an MFA (Poetry) candidate at Seattle Pacific University. She holds qualifications from Hope College, Shenandoah Conservatory, and Oxford University. Her work has been published in Cassandra Voices and Ekstasis Magazine. Recent projects also…
In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Cody Adams about his poem “Choosing Stones.” Cody is an English Teacher from Buffalo, NY. His poetry has appeared in Ekstasis Magazine, Heart of Flesh, Cacti Fur, Solum Literary Press, among others. He received the 2016 Clarence Amann award for his short story Unstuck. He also serves as a Board Member for…
In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma talks with Paul Willis about his poem “Compulsion.” Paul has published eight full collections and six chapbooks of poetry, the most recent of which are Losing Streak (Kelsay Books, 2024) and Orvieto (Solum Literary Press, 2025). Individual poems have appeared in Poetry, Slant, and Southern Poetry Review, and have been…
In this episode of the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Jo Taylor about her poem, “Upon Our Seeing the Grand Tetons for the First Time.” Jo is a retired, 35-year English teacher from Georgia. Her favorite genre to teach high school students was poetry, and today she dedicates more time to writing it, her major themes focused on family, place, and faith. She says she writes to give testimony…
In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Brian G. Phipps about his poem “Aeronaut.” Brian is the author of Before the Burning Bush (Univ. of St. Katherine Press, 2018), a collection of poems. His poetry has appeared in several journals, most recently Presence , St. Katherine Review , and Vita Poetica . “Aeronaut” is part of a work-in-progress…
In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Alex Arthurs about his poem “Broken Balm.” Alex is husband to Sara, father to Luella, and dog-dad to Penny. A graduate of Hope College and Western Theological Seminary, Alex is ordained in the Reformed Church in America and has served churches in New Jersey and Michigan. He currently serves as the…
In this week’s episode of Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma talks with Alex Mouw about his poem “My Lord Beige and Bubble Wrapped.” Alex is the author of the poetry collection The Unbelieving Yelp of Prey (Texas Review Press 2026), an examination of faith and ecology in the Midwest. His interests revolve around nature writing, devotional poetics, and the exchange between formal and free verse…
In this episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, Rose Postma interviews Marjorie Maddox about her poem “Sowing.” Marjorie is Professor Emerita of English and Creative Writing at the Lock Haven campus of Commonwealth University, 2023 Monson Arts Fellow, a poetry editor of Presence , and radio host of WPSU-FM'’s Poetry Moment . Marjorie has published seventeen collections of poetry, including…
In this week’s episode of the Reformed Journal Podcast, the poetry edition, Rose Postma interviews Jerry Harp about his poem “The Precincts of the Holy.” Jerry’s books include Creature (2003), Gatherings (2004), and Spirit Under Construction (2017). His poems appear in America, Best American Poetry (2009), Boulevard, Cincinnati Review, Commonweal, december, The Iowa Review, The Journal, Kenyon…
