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  • Ep. 32 - Tessa Fontaine

    Ep. 32 - Tessa Fontaine
    Jun 21 2024
    Tessa Fontaine sits down with PBL’s Alex McWalters to discuss her debut novel, The Red Grove, released just last month from FSG. Tessa will be in conversation with Lauren Groff as part of the keynote event for the inaugural Punch Bucket Literary Festival! (Sept. 20th -21st) Tickets are on sale now!

    https://www.tessafontaine.com/

    https://www.punchbucketlit.org/literary-festival-2024-presenters
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    36 min
  • Ep. 31 - Punch Bucket Lit Festival Preview with Rachel M. Hanson

    Ep. 31 - Punch Bucket Lit Festival Preview with Rachel M. Hanson
    Jun 1 2024
    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
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    25 min
  • Ep. 30 - Beth Gylys

    Ep. 30 - Beth Gylys
    May 17 2024
    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://www.punchbucketlit.org/
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    33 min
  • Ep. 29 - Jessica Q. Stark

    Ep. 29 - Jessica Q. Stark
    May 10 2024

    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://www.boaeditions.org/products/buffalo-girl

    https://www.punchbucketlit.org/
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    41 min
  • Ep. 28 - RK Fauth

    Ep. 28 - RK Fauth
    May 3 2024
    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

    A Dream in Which I Am Playing with Bees

    https://www.punchbucketlit.org/
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    27 min
  • Ep. 27 - Michael Dechane

    Ep. 27 - Michael Dechane
    Apr 5 2024
    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!
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    24 min
  • Ep. 26 - Michael Hettich

    Ep. 26 - Michael Hettich
    Mar 15 2024
    Michael Hettich sits down with PBL’s Rachel Hanson to talk poetry, teaching, and finding form in the rhythm of everyday life.

    https://michaelhettich.com/

    https://www.press53.com/poetry-collections/the-halo-of-bees-new-selected-poems-1990-2022

    https://www.punchbucketlit.org/
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    38 min
  • Ep. 25 - Evelyn Berry

    Ep. 25 - Evelyn Berry
    Mar 7 2024
    Evelyn Berry sits down with guest host, PBL's own Dustin Brookshire. They talk about poetry, grief, life in the South, and what it means to be a poet and person in the LGBTQ community.

    https://evelynberrywriter.com/

    https://www.punchbucketlit.org/
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    40 min