THE POETRY QUESTION: TPQ20

Join Chris in conversation with poet and visual artist, Daniella Toosie-Watson, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Ben Kline, author of Dead Uncles (Driftwood Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Ajanaé Dawkins, co-host of Vs the Podcast, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Dorianne Laux, author of Only as the Day is Long (Norton), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Jared Beloff, author of Who Will Cradle Your Head (Emerge Literary Journal), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Amber Flame, author of Apocrifa (Red Hen Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Shiksha Dheda, author of Washed Away (Alien Buddha Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, author of Letters from the Interior (Diode Editions), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Gary Soto, author of Downtime (Gunpowder Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Lannie Stabile, author of Something Dead in Everything (ELJ Editions), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Rachel Wiley, author of Revenge Body (Button Poetry), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Jasmine Flowers, author of Horizon (Flower Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Shayla Lawz, author of Speculation, n. (Autumn House Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Dr. Stevie Edwards, author of Quiet Armor (Northwestern University Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Preeti Vangani, author of Mother Tongue Apologize (RLFPA Editions), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Willie Lee Kinard III, author of Orders of Service (Alice James Books), about passions, process, pitfalls. and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Alina Stefanescu, author of Dor (Wandering Aengus Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

This is a special episode as Chris Margolin, TPQ20 Host and The Poetry Question Founder and EiC, hands over the Editor in Chief role to Chris L. Butler! Margolin will continue to help the TPQ20 podcast, but Chris L. Butler will take over all other Poetry Question operations. Wow! This is a big deal.

Join Chris in conversation with Chelsea Dingman, author of I, Divided (LSU Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Luna Rey Hall, author of The Patient Routine (Brigids Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Robin Myers, NEA Translation Fellow, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Ariana Benson, author of Black Pastoral (UGA Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Annelyse Gelman, author of Vexations (University of Chicago Press) and founder of Midst, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Haolun Xu, author of Ultimate Sun Cell (New Delta Review), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Sarah Ghazal Ali, author of Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024), a lot passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Quintin Collins, author of Claim Tickets for Stolen People (University of Ohio Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with KMA Sullivan, EiC of YESYES Books, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Fatimah Asghar, author of When We Were Sisters (Penguin Random House), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!

Fatimah Asghar is an artist who spans across different genres and themes. A poet, a fiction writer, and a filmmaker, Fatimah cares less about genre and instead prioritizes the story that needs to be told and finds the best vehicle to tell it. Play is critical in the development of their work, as is intentionally building relationship and authentic collaboration. Their first book of poems If They Come For Us explored themes of orphaning, family, Partition, borders, shifting identity, and violence. Along with Safia Elhillo, they co-edited Halal If You Hear Me, an anthology for Muslim people who are also women, trans, gender non-conforming, and/ or queer. The anthology was built around the radical idea that there are as many ways of being Muslim as there are Muslim people in the world. They also wrote and co-created Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series that highlights friendship among women of color. Their debut lyrical novel, When We Were Sisters, explores sisterhood, orphaning, and alternate family building, and is forthcoming October 2022. While these projects approach storytelling through various mediums and tones, at the heart of all of them is Fatimah’s unique voice, insistence on creating alternate possibilities of identity, relationships and humanity then the ones that society would box us into, and a deep play and joy embedded in the craft.

Join Chris in conversation with Dr. Joshua Bennett, author of The Study of Human Life (Penguin), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Mira Rosenthal, author of Territorial (Pitt Poetry), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Stephanie Parent, Author of The Briars (Cemetery Gates Media), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with A.R. Arthur (formerly A.R. Salandy), author of Half Bred (The Poetry Question) and EiC of Fahmidan Publishing, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Brittany Rogers, co-host of VS Podcast, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!

Join Chris in conversation with Phil Goldstein, author of How to Bury a Boy at Sea (Stillhouse Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Phil Goldstein is a poet, editor, copywriter, journalist and content marketer. His debut poetry collection, How to Bury a Boy at Sea, was published by Stillhouse Press in April 2022.

His poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Net award and has appeared in or is forthcoming in West Trade Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, Jet Fuel Review, The Laurel Review, Rust + Moth, Two Peach, Awakened Voices, The Indianapolis Review and elsewhere.

Join Chris in conversation with author of Buffalo Girl (BOA Editions) and Editor of AGNI Magazine, Jessica Q. Stark, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Jessica Q. Stark is a California-native, Vietnamese American poet, editor, and educator that lives in Jacksonville, Florida. She holds a BA from UC Berkeley and dual MA Degrees in English Literature and Cultural Studies from Saint Louis University’s Madrid Campus. She received her PhD in English from Duke University. She has published scholarly articles on poetry and visual media, including comics studies. She is an Assistant Professor in Creative Writing (Poetry) in the English Department at the University of North Florida.

Join Chris in conversation with founder of The Luminaries Poetry Workshop and Poetry Editor at Hooligan Magazine, Sofia Fey, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Sofia Fey is a Lesbian and Non-Binary writer living in LA. Currently, they are the founder of the Luminaries Poetry workshop, and poetry editor at Hooligan Magazine. They love to be with their friends, but mostly, to beat them at Mario Party. They tweet @sofiafeycreates.