TPQ20: S4EP12 – JONAH MIXON WEBSTER
January 9, 2023
Join Chris in conversation with author of Stereo(types), Jonah Mixon-Webster, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
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TPQ20: S4EP10 – NAT RAUM
December 19, 2022
Join Chris in conversation with Nat Raum, Editor of Fifth Wheel Press, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20 – S4EP7: SHELLEY WONG
November 28, 2022
Join Chris in conversation with Shelley Wong, author of As She Appears (YesYesBooks), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20 – S4EP6: SAGE FRANCIS
November 21, 2022
Join Chris with hip hop legend, Sage Francis, on the 20th anniversary of Personal Journals, about passions, process…well, really about life and music!
TPQ20 – S4EP4: BILLY COLLINS (fmr. UNITED STATES POET LAUREATE)
November 7, 2022
Join Chris in conversation with former United States Poet Laureate and author of Musical Tables (Random House), Billy Collins, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20 – S4EP3: DONNEY ROSE
October 30, 2022
Join Chris in conversation with performance poet, advocacy journalist, and teaching artist, Donney Rose, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20 – S4EP2: COURTNEY FAYE TAYLOR
October 23, 2022
Join Chris of The Poetry Question in conversation with Courtney Faye Taylor, author of Concentrate (Graywolf Press) and winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20 – S4EP1: LUTHER HUGHES
October 16, 2022
Join Chris of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Luther Hughes, author of Shiver in the Leaves, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry.
TPQ20: S3EP17 – JASMINNE MENDEZ
October 3, 2022
Join Chris of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Jasminne Mendez, Author of City Without Altar (Noemi Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, & Poetry!
TPQ20 – SAIDA AGOSTINI BOSTIC
September 25, 2022
Join Chris in a sit down with Saida Agostini Bostic, author of Let the Dead In (Alan Squire Publishing), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP15 – DR. DESTINY O. BIRDSONG
September 18, 2022
Join Chris in a sit down with Dr. Destiny O. Birdsong, author of Nobody’s Magic (Grand Central Publishing) and Negotiations (Tin House), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP14 – SANDRA CISNEROS
September 12, 2022
Join Chris in a sit-down with the legendary Sandra Cisneros, author of Woman Without Shame (Alfred A. Knopf), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP13 – AURIELLE MARIE
September 5, 2022
Join Chris in a sit-down with Aurielle Marie, author of Gumbo Ya Ya (University of Pittsburgh Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S3E12 – INK
August 28, 2022
Join Chris in a sit-down with @ink_just_ink, EiC of @StanzaCannon and author of 61 Central (@FLPress), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP11 – H. MELT
August 21, 2022
Join Chris in a sit down with H. MELT, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP10 – BUDDY WAKEFIELD
August 14, 2022
Join Chris in a sitdown with actor, writer, producer, and all-around bad-ass Buddy Wakefield, about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP9 – MAYA MARSHALL
August 7, 2022
Join Chris in a sitdown with Maya Marshall, author of All the Blood Involved in Love and an Editor at Haymarket Books, about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP8 – BRIAN TIERNEY
July 31, 2022
Join Chris in a sitdown with Brian Tierney, the author of Rise and Float (Milkweed), about passions, process, pitfalls, poetry, and a whole lot of music!
TPQ20: S3EP6 – ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ
July 17, 2022
Join Chris in a sitdown with Esteban Rodriguez, author of Ordinary Bodies (word west press 2022), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! LISTEN IN HERE Esteban Rodríguez is the author of six poetry collections, most recently Ordinary Bodies (word west press 2022), and the essay collection Before the Earth
TPQ20: S3EP5 – RONNIE K. STEPHENS
July 10, 2022
Join Chris of The Poetry Question in a sit-down with Poet-Historian, Ronnie K. Stephens to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP4 – KHALISA RAE
June 27, 2022
Join Chris in conversation with Khalisa Rae, author of Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat (Red Hen Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP3 – MAHOGANY L. BROWNE
June 20, 2022
Join Chris Margolin in conversation with Mahogany L. Brown, author of Woke Baby, Chlorine Sky, and Vinyl Moon (Penguin Random House), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP2 – JENNIFER HUANG
June 13, 2022
Join Chris Margolin of The Poetry Questions in a sit-down with Jennifer Huang, author of Return Flight (Milkweed Editions), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S3EP1 – ADA LIMÓN
June 6, 2022
Sit down with Chris and Courtney Margolin, as they talk with Ada Limón, author of The Hurting Kind (Milkweed Editions), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP15 – COURTNEY LeBLANC
April 18, 2022
Join Chris in a one-on-one with EiC of Riot in Your Throat Press and author of and Winner of the Jack McCarthy book prize (Write Bloody, 2023), Courtney LeBlanc, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP14 – KRISTIN GARTH
April 11, 2022
Join Chris and Courtney in a sit down with Kristin Garth, the Editor in Cheif of Pink Plastic House, for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP12 – SHAINDEL BEERS
April 4, 2022
Join Chris in a one-on-one sit down with Shaindel Beers, Poetry Editor of Contrary, about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP12 – JULIAN RANDALL
March 28, 2022
Join Chris & Courtney of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Julian Randall, author of Refuse (Pitt, 2018), Pilar Ramirez & the Escape from Zafa (Holt), and the upcoming The Dead Don’t Need Reminding: Essays (Bold Type Books), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry.
TPQ20: S2EP11 – JASON B. CRAWFORD
March 21, 2022
Join Chris and Courtney in a sitdown with Jason B. Crawford, author of Year of the Unicorn Kidz (Sundress Publications), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP10 – SAEED JONES
March 14, 2022
Join Chris and Courtney Margolin of The Poetry Question in a sitdown with Saeed Jones, author of Alive at the End of the World (Coffee House Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP9 – KYLE TRAN MYHRE (GUANTE)
March 7, 2022
Join Chris and Courtney in a sit down with Kyle Tran Myhre (Guante), author of Not a Lot of Reasons to Sing, But Enough (Button Poetry), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP8 – MX. FAYLITA HICKS
February 28, 2022
Join Chris and Courtney of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Mx. Faylita Hicks, author of Hoodwitch (Acre Books) and EiC of Black Femme Collective, about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! LISTEN IN HERE: https://anchor.fm/tpq20/episodes/MX–FAYLITA-HICKS-e1f0ctn FAYLITA HICKS (she/they) is the author of HoodWitch (Acre Books, 2019), a finalist
TPQ20: S2EP7 – NATE MARSHALL
February 23, 2022
Join Chris of The Poetry Question in a one-on-one about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry with the author of Finna (Penguin Random House), Nate Marshall.
TPQ20: S2EP6 – JOAN KWON GLASS
February 21, 2022
Join Chris & Courtney of The Poetry Question in a sit-down conversation with Joan Kwon Glass, author of Night Swim (Diode Editions), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP5 – JAE NICHELLE
February 16, 2022
Join Chris and Courtney in a sit down with @CropTopAssassin, author of The Porch (@yesyesbooks), in a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP4 – PRAISE OSAWARU
February 14, 2022
Join Chris and Courtney in a sit down with Praise Osawaru, Contributing Editor at Barren Magazine, Reader for Chestnut review, and 1st place winner of the 2021 Valiant Scribe Poetry Prize.
TPQ20: S2EP3 – KB
February 9, 2022
Join Chris, of The Poetry Question, in a one-on-one with KB, author of How To Identify Yourself with a Wound (Kallisto Gaia Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP2 – SEEMA REZA
February 7, 2022
Join Chris and Courtney of The Poetry Question as they sit down for a talk with Seema Reza about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: S2EP1 – GABRIELLE BATES
February 1, 2022
Join Chris and Courtney of The Poetry Question in a sit down with Gabrielle Bates about passion, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 25 – DARIUS SIMPSON
December 27, 2021
Chris sits down with Darius Simpson, winner of the 2020 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship, to talk about all things passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 23 – KAZIM ALI
December 20, 2021
Chris and Courtney sit down with Kazim Ali, Editor/Founder of Nightboat Books, and Department Chair for Literature at UC San Diego, about all things passions, process, pitfalls, poetry… and Choose Your Own Adventure!
TPQ20: EPISODE 22 – REAGAN MYERS
December 15, 2021
Chris sits down for a one-on-one with Reagan Myers, author of Afterwards (Button Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, poetry… and YA lit!
TPQ20: EPISODE 20 – ALAN CHAZARO
December 8, 2021
Chris sits down with Alan Chazaro, author of Piñata Theory and This Isn’t a Frank Ocean Cover Album (Black Lawrence Press), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 19 – HANNAH COHEN
December 6, 2021
Courtney and Chris sit down with Hannah Cohen, author of Year of the Scapegoat (coming Spring of ’22 from Glass Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 18 – PATRICK ROCHE
December 1, 2021
Chris sits down with Patrick Roche, author of A Socially Acceptable Breakdown (Button Poetry), for a one-on-one conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 17 – ASHLEY ELIZABETH
November 29, 2021
Chris and Courtney sit down with Ashley Elizabeth, author of You Were Supposed to be a Friend (Nightengale & Sparrow), for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 16 – TAYLOR BYAS
November 24, 2021
Chris sits down for a one-on-one conversation with Taylor Byas, author of Bloodwarm (Variant Lit), for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 15 – DeMISTY D. BELLINGER
November 22, 2021
Join Courtney and Chris Margolin for a sit down with DeMisty D. Bellinger, author of Peculiar Heritage (Mason Jar Press), for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 14 – JOSE HERNANDEZ DIAZ
November 17, 2021
Chris sits down for a one-on-one conversation with Jose Hernandez Diaz, Editor of Frontier Poetry, on passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 13 – RITA MOOKERJEE
November 15, 2021
Courtney & Chris Margolin sit down with Rita Mookerjee of Honey Literary to discuss all things passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 12 – ARIANA BROWN
November 10, 2021
Chris Margolin sits down one-on-one with Ariana Brown, author of We Are Owed, for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 11 – CHEN CHEN
November 8, 2021
Courtney and Chris Margolin sit down with Chen Chen for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry. They might also talk about Russian literature, Buffy, and the horrors of getting sucked down a mall escalator. This is quite the conversation!
TPQ20: EPISODE 10 – DARE WILLIAMS
November 3, 2021
Courtney and Chris sit down with Dare Williams for a conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 9 – DEESHA PHILYAW
November 1, 2021
Chris and Courtney sit down with Deesha Philyaw to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 8 – SARAH KERSEY
October 27, 2021
Chris sits down for a one-on-one conversation with Sarah Kersey about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 7 – DENZEL SCOTT
October 25, 2021
Chris and Courtney sit down with Denzel Scott to discuss passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 5 – GEORGE ABRAHAM
October 18, 2021
Courtney and Chris sit down with George Abraham, author of Birthright (Button Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry!
TPQ20: EPISODE 3 – DANEZ SMITH
October 11, 2021
Courtney and Chris Margolin sit down with Danez Smith this week to discuss Passions, Process, Pitfalls, and Poetry!
TPQ20 – EPISODE 2: EBONY STEWART
October 6, 2021
Courtney sits down with the legendary Ebony Stewart for a special one-on-one edition of TPQ20
TPQ20: EPISODE 1 – SAM HERSCHEL WEIN
October 4, 2021
Courtney and Chris Margolin sit down with Sam Herschel Wein to talk about Passions, Process, Pitfalls, and Poetry.
WELCOME TO TPQ20 – SEASON 1 TRAILER
September 14, 2021
We are so excited to bring you the teaser for our debut podcast, TPQ20, where Courtney and Chris Margolin talk to writers about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Make sure to share, subscribe, rate, and review!