PBL Pod: Writers in Conversation

Ep. 31 - Punch Bucket Lit Festival Preview with Rachel M. Hanson

Grab a pen and paper. Rachel M. Hanson (PBL's founder and executive director) sits down to chat about the fantastic writers headed to Asheville for the first annual Punch Bucket Literary Festival. Your summer reading list is about to get awesome.  https://www.punchbucketlit.org/literary-festival-2024-presenters [https://www.punchbucketlit.org/literary-festival-2024-presenters]

Ep. 30 - Beth Gylys

Beth Gylys sits down this week with PBL’s Dustin Brookshire to discuss grief and humor and honor and villanelles and fathers and all the poetry in between. After My Father: A Book of Odes | Beth Gylys [https://dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/after-my-father-a-book-of-odes-beth-gylys] https://www.punchbucketlit.org/ [https://www.punchbucketlit.org/]

Ep. 29 - Jessica Q. Stark

PBL’s Dustin Brookshire sits down with poet Jessica Q Stark to talk about little Red Riding Hood, love, loss, research, and the beautiful, moving original of Jessica’s latest book, Buffalo Girl. https://jessicaqstark.com/ [https://jessicaqstark.com/]   https://www.boaeditions.org/products/buffalo-girl [https://www.boaeditions.org/products/buffalo-girl]   https://www.punchbucketlit.org/ [https://www.punchbucketlit.org/]

Ep. 28 - RK Fauth

On the pod this week, Rachel sits down with poet RK Fauth to talk about bees, language (including its failings), evil apples,  and evil editing.  RK Fauth - Poetry Foundation  [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rk-fauth] A Dream in Which I Am Playing with Bees [https://www.ttupress.org/9781682831960/a-dream-in-which-i-am-playing-with-bees/]   https://www.punchbucketlit.org/

Ep. 27 - Michael Dechane

Poet Michael Dechane sits down with PBL's Alex McWalters to talk poems, finding community, stillness, and why Alex has to promise to find time to watch Before Sunrise. Michael reads two poems from his forthcoming collection, "The Long Invisible". Keep an eye out for it this September from Wildhouse Publishing!