Learn more about Alissa and her work at https://alissasammarco.com/

Career educator and author Amanda Hayden describes the effect of travel on her writing, her use of instinct and metaphor, and the role feminism plays in her work.

Sandra Rivers-Gill talks about her newest poetry collection "As We Cover Ourselves with Light," the trappings of performance, and her innate drive to support the community at large.

Award-winning transgender author Barbara Marie Minney talks about her newest poetry collections, her complicated relationship with God, and the personal forces that ignited her poetic Renaissance. Learn more about Barbara at: https://www.barbaramarieminneypoetry.com/

Wildly prolific author and screenwriter John Dorsey discusses his pragmatic approaches to writing, his view of the Ohio community, and how the writing drive changes in the face of existential uncertainty. Learn more about John at: https://rustytruck.wordpress.com/category/john-dorsey/

Podcast host Jeremy Jusek gets a taste of his own medicine when Ohio beat poet laureate Sandra Feen conducts a brilliant interview of her own. Visit Jeremy's website here: www.jeremyjusek.com.

Calil Cage, a.k.a. Just C.O.S., is a performance poet and founder fo The Sparrow's Fortune that talks about wanderlust & finding his home in Cleveland, finding purpose in the poetry community, and his appreciation for lineage.

Poet laureate of Athens Stephanie Kendrick discusses her social and community work, the recurring themes in her writing, and the ethical concerns surrounding real-life representations.

Today's chat is with Debbie Allen and Patricia Thrushart, the co-founders of PARH USA. We discuss their group's origins, personal convictions, and the vitally important Underground Railroad project they're engaged with in conjunction with the OPA. Please visit the organization's website at https://poetsagainstracism-usa.org/

Double city laureate and author of 'Urbanshee,' Siaara Freeman details the underpinnings of the repetition in her work, why dark humor is such an important part of her life, her love of animation, and the underpinnings of the repetition in her work. Check out 'Urbanshee' from Button Poetry here: https://buttonpoetry.com/product/urbanshee/