This first episode is an interview with poet Hoa Nguyen.

Hoa Nguyen's poetry collections include As Long As Trees Last, Red Juice: Poems 1998-2008, and Violet Energy Ingots from Wave Books. She teaches creative writing at Ryerson University, for the low residency MFA programs at Miami University and Bard College, and in a long-running, private workshop.

Occult Poetry Radio- Episode #1

Episode #1: Hoa Nguyen

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Our 2nd episode is an interview with Raquel Salas Rivera.

Raquel Salas Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet, translator, and literary critic. In 2018, they were named the Poet Laureate of Philadelphia for a two-year term. The following year they became the inaugural recipient of the Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. They are also the author of seven chapbooks and five full-length poetry books, please see links to their books on our webpage: <a href="https://opr88.blogspot.com/">https://opr88.blogspot.com/</a>

Episode #2: Raquel Salas Rivera - 11.36 AM

LeAnne Howe, born and raised in Oklahoma, is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation.  Some awards include: the Western Literature Association’s 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award for her body of work; the inaugural 2014 MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures; 2012 United States Artists Ford Fellowship; and a 2010 Fulbright Scholarship to Jordan.  She received the American Book Award in 2002 for her first novel, Shell Shaker.  Her most recent book, Savage Conversations, 2019, Coffee House Press, is the story of Mary Todd Lincoln and a Savage Indian spirit that she (Mary) imagined was torturing her nightly.  Based on Mary Todd Lincoln’s letters and reports from her doctors, scholar Philip J. Deloria writes,  “[the book] explodes with the stench and guilt and insanity that undergirds the American story.” Please see her website for details on her books and the forthcoming documentary Searching For Sequoyah: http://www.ileannehowe.com/

Episode #3: LeAnne Howe - 12:9:19

Sarah Shin is a publisher, curator, and writer. She is the founder of New Suns, a curation and storytelling project, and co-founder and director of Ignota Books and Silver Press. Please look for her links on our website: https://opr88.blogspot.com/

OPR #4: Sarah Shin

Episode #4: Sarah Sinh

Kristin Prevallet is a native of Denver, Colorado, and is an interdisciplinary conceptual poet, performer, educator, and holistic practitioner. She creates cultural happenings with her books, retreats, and ritualistic events. Her work is deeply informed by the semantics of sacred geometry, somatic healing, innovative poetics, and conceptual art. She is the author of eight books, including two indispensable books about the connections between the body, healing, and language: Trance Poetics and Visualize Comfort: Healing and the Unconscious Mind. Please read more at her website: https://trancepoetics.com/

Occult Poetry Radio #5

Episode #5: Kristin Prevallet

Welcome to occult poetry radio where poets are interviewed about their occult practices and beliefs, as well as other paranormal activities they have experienced.

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