The Poetry Pubcast

S1 E8 - Pete Peterson

Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. For the final episode of season one, we're talking to Pete Peterson (A.S. Peterson on his book covers). Pete is the executive director of The Rabbit Room, and is a poet, playwright, novelist, and editor for Rabbit Room Press. In this conversation, we geek out about epic poetry, discuss what editors wish poets knew, and compare the first and final drafts of one of his poems. *** Poems Read in this Episode: - Jubilation XI - The Fumi-e *** Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com

S1 E7 - Lisa Eldred

Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, we're talking to our good friend Lisa Eldred. Lisa is a writer from Michigan with a long running Sonnet Sunday series on her blog, Wasabi Jane, and we had a fun conversation about how the daughter of two mathematicians got into poetry, finding creative freedom in the constraints of sonnet form, and the role of humor in this classical writing style. *** Poems Read in this Episode: - A Ghost Story of the Reformation - Untitled Sonnet - Pocket Cheese *** Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com

S1 E6 - Amelia Friedline

Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, we're talking to Amelia Friedline, a writer, poet, editor, and photographer from Kansas. She has designed six beautiful chapbooks of original writing and photography, and we have a chat about the similarities of poetry and visual art and some advice for self-publishing.  *** Poems Read in this Episode: - In the Midst of Death - Teach Me Once More the Words - Ashes, Ashes *** Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com

S1 E5 - Jen Rose Yokel

Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, Chris interviews Jen about her perfectionist tendencies, writing as digging, and her thoughts on Dorothy Sayer's take on poetry as search or statement. Jen released her first (and so far only) book Ruins & Kingdoms in 2015, and is currently working on her second poetry collection. *** Poems Read in this Episode: - When I See It from Ruins & Kingdoms - Making Peach Cobbler from The Molehill Vol. 3 - Beneath the Flood V from The Molehill Vol. 5 *** Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com

S1 E4 - Janna Barber

Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, Chris and Jen chat with Janna Barber, a writer and editor at Foundling House, and a longtime Rabbit Room friend. We talk about vulnerability in writing, as well as the unique differences between writing poetry and memoir. Janna's first poetry collection Invisible Hope: Poetry for Ragamuffins, released in January 2020. *** Poems Read in this Episode: - Invisible Hope - Presence Both of these poems are from Janna's book Invisible Hope: Poetry for Ragamuffins. *** Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com