Interviews

Podcasts:

S5:E6 Janice Lobo Sapigao talks with Julie Murphy. Join host Julie Murphy as she chats with Janice Lobo Sapigao about how the intimate details of our lives are the best way to address big themes in poetry such as immigration, community, connectedness, colonization, and loneliness. Janice reads new works as well as the poem “Swerte” by Alyza Taguilaso. Listen here.

S5:E2 Daniel Summerhill chats with Julie Murphy. Join Julie Murphy as she speaks with Daniel Summerhill,  Assistant Professor of Poetry/Social Action & Composition at CSU Monterey Bay and is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Monterey County. Daniel reads a Danez Smith poem and talks about the duty of a poet to tell the truth.  His poems look closely at how things really are with beauty, lyric grace and hope. Listen here.

S4:E33 David Baker Hosted by Julie Murphy. Join Julie Murphy as she talks with renown poet David Baker about his new book Whale Fall.  We read Stanley Plumly’s In Passing and talk about the how poems are one of the most connective things we have as humans, how a lyric moment opens from the pastoral to the sublime in the midst of a story, and about the solace of poetry.  Known from his early days as a nature poet, Baker’s work has evolved into Ecopoetry where nature becomes the whole subject field of the poem from his back yard in the midwest to the glaciers in Iceland to the depths of the ocean. Listen here.

S4:E29 Farnaz Fatemi Hosted by Julie Murphy. Farnaz Fatemi, an Iranian American poet and member of the Hive,  reads from her debut book, Sister Tongue, that won the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize (selected by Tracy K. Smith). Julie Murphy and Farnaz Fatemi discuss longing, language, loss, identity and sisterhood as they weave through the remarkable poems in this collection. Listen here.

S4:E22 Robert Sward Tribute Hosted by Julie Murphy. Please join poets and writers Charles Atkinson, Ellen Bass, Jack Foley, David Swanger, Hannah Sward and Ken Weisner celebrate the life and work of Santa Cruz’s beloved poet Robert Sward who died this past February. Hosted by Julie Murphy, this episode includes readings and discussions of the guests’ favorite poems of Robert’s and their remarkable remembrances of him. Robert was a gifted poet, prolific writer, beloved friend, father and husband with a great sense of humor and deep insights.  Listen here.

S4:E16 Rick Barot chats with Julie Murphy. Please listen to this episode of the Hive with Rick Barot interviewed by Julie Murphy.  Rick reads a poem by Joy Harjo as well as several of his new poems. Join our conversation of poetry as elegy, the power of image and metaphor, and writing in difficult times. Listen here.

S4:E 11 Ken Weisner Chats with Julie Murphy. Ken Weisner chats with Julie Murphy about odes, owls and homages. Ken has published three volumes of poetry with Santa Cruz’s own Hummingbird Press, including Anything on Earth in 2010 and Cricket to Star in 2019.  Ken edits Red Wheelbarrow through De Anza College, where he also teaches. Ken coordinates, with Poetry Center San José, the annual Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize—this year’s final judge, Juan Felipe Herrera. In an earlier stage of life, Ken earned a doctorate in comparative literature from UC Santa Cruz and an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop. He also teaches poetry writing at Salinas Valley State Prison, currently using remote lesson plans. Please join us to hear poems from Ken’s new manuscript and a lively conversation. Listen here.

S4:E 7 Kathryn Petruccelli Hosted by Julie Murphy. Join host Julie Murphy as she chats with Kathryn Pertuccelli about loving language and life’s unexpected journeys. Kitty reads from her manuscript God of Sea. God of Salt. Her poems are full of images of the natural world, surprising turns and fresh language as they explore relationships, loss, and the deep life. Listen here.

S4:E4 Julia Levine hosted by Julie Murphy. Award-winning poet Julia Levine joins host Julie Murphy and reads from her most recent collection of poem Ordinary Psalms. Julia’s poems are full of startling images and metaphors. Please join this lively conversation about loss of vision, affliction, transformation and learning to trust. Listen here.

S:3 E:38 Julie Murphy Talks with Jessica Jacobs. Join host Julie Murphy as talks with Jessica Jacobs about solitude, revelation and inspiration. Jessica read’s and discusses Ellen Bass’ poem God and the G-Spot s well as poems from each of her books, including her forth coming collection of poems in conversation with the Book of Genesis. Listen here.

S3:E32 Julie Murphy and Farnaz Fatemi Chat with David Allen Sullivan. Julie Murphy hosts this episode of The Hive Poetry Collective along with Farnaz Fatemi, chatting with Santa Cruz poet laureate David Allen Sullivan. David reads from his new book Black Butterflies Over Bagdad as well as new work. He also reads and talks about Inventing the Orange Peel , a poem by Meng Hui. They discuss community, compassion, and the power of sharing poetry across cultures as well as the Agents of Change Project for artists and poets. Listen here.

S3 E27: Julie Murphy Interviews Poet July Westhale. Julie Murphy Interviews award winning poet July Westhale. July reads “The Presence In Absence” by  Linda Gregg  as well as her own poems from Via Negativa and Moon Moon, and discusses the importance of negative capability in life as well as poetry. Listen here.

S3:E23 Julie Murphy Interviews Laure-Anne Bosselar. Julie Murphy interviews Laure-Anne Bosselar. They talk about love, loss, and longing for authenticity. Laure-Anne reads poems from her recent book These Many Rooms and talks about upcoming classes. Laure-Anne Bosselaar Website. Listen here.

S3 E19. Julie Murphy Interviews Dane Cervine. Dane reads from his new book The World Is God’s Language and the poem “Origin” by Sarah Lindsey.  Listen here.

S3 E15. Julie Murphy Interviews Nickole Brown. Julie Murphy interviews award winning poet Nickole Brown.  Nickole reads from her stellar chapbook The Donkey Elegies and speaks passionately about donkeys, language and what is holy. If you haven’t heard Nickole read, you’re in for a real treat! Listen here.

S3 E12. Julie Murphy Interviews Ellen Bass. Don’t miss Ellen Bass on The Hive Poetry Collective.  Please join  Ellen and host Julie Murphy in a lively discussion of Ellen’s work and hear Ellen read poems from Indigo and more! Listen here.

S3 E6. Julie Murphy & Julia Chiapella host a Valentine’s Day Special with poems by Natalie Diaz, Beth Ann Fennelly, Jack Gilbert, Dorianne Laux, Dorothy Parker, Tim Seibles and Robert Wrigley. A little something for everyone. Listen here.

S3 E2. Julie Murphy Interviews Kim Sheiblauer. With Dion O’Reilly. Julie Murphy interviews Kim Scheiblauer about her forthcoming book of poems “The Visitant” with a guest appearance of fellow Bee Dion O’Reilly!  Don’t miss these great poems and lively conversation about myth, place and the ineffable. Listen here.

S2 E32. Julie Murphy Interviews Ellen Bass and Cynthia White reading and talking about poems from the anthology Grabbed: Poets and Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment and Healing. Please join us as we read stunning poems and engage in a lively discussion of the power of poetry, how to write about difficult subjects, art and healing, and more. Listen here.

S2 E29. The healing Power of Poetry. Julie Murphy interviews Rob Fisher and Hu Ting Ting. Please join us as we read poems and share experiences with poetry in therapeutic settings. Listen here.

S2 E26. Julie Murphy Interviews Traci Brimhall. Please join me for a lively conversation with award winning poet Traci Brimhall. Traci will read poems from her new book “Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod” and share her thoughts about love, vulnerability, death and writing. Listen here.

S2 E23. Dion O’Reilly talks with fellow bee Julie Murphy and Cynthia White about our favorite poems. We read Diane Seuss, Lucille Clifton, Robert Frost, Tracy K. Smith, and Frank Gaspar. Listen here.

S2 E22. Julie Murphy Interviews Santa Cruz Poets Maggie Paul and Cynthia White. Julie Murphy interviews Cynthia White and Maggie Paul, Santa Cruz poets, who read new work and talk about nature, metaphor, and who inspires them.   Listen here.

S2 E19. Julie Murphy Interviews Santa Fe Poet Barbara Rockman. Join host Julie Murphy and Santa Fe poet,  Barbara Rockman, as they share poems and talk about about her award winning book to cleave.  The conversation weaves through themes of  marriage, loss, aging, and spirituality. Listen here.

S2 E 15. Summer Heat! Join host Julie Murphy and fellow Hive Poetry Collective members Farnaz Fatemi and Dion O’Reilly as they read and discuss poems inspired by the season. Listen here.

S2 E12. Poems from the Inside. Julie Murphy interviews fellow teachers of the Salinas Valley State Prison Poetry Workshop—Rose Black, Lisa Charnock and Ken Weisner.  Please join our lively conversations about the poetry workshop, our experiences teaching, and be ready to hear some amazing poems written by the workshop participants! Listen here.

S2 E9 Loneliness in the Time of Coronavirus. Julie Murphy hosts Hive Poets Dion O’Reilly, Farnaz Fatemi, and Lisa Allen Ortiz in a discussion of loneliness and the power of poetry.  The Hive poets share favorite poems of inspiration and consolation for sheltering in place and talk about what it means to be a poet at this time. Listen here.

S2E5. Julie Murphy Interviews Kerrin McCadden about her chapbook “Keep This to Yourself”, winner of the 2020 Button Poetry Prize.  Don’t miss Kerrin’s beautiful, honest poems and this soulful conversation about family, addiction, and loss. Listen here.

S2 E2. Julie Murphy Interviews San Francisco Poet Gail Newman about her award winning book Blood Memory. Gail, a daughter of Polish Holocaust survivors, talks about her poetry, memory, and faith. Listen here.