The Subvocal Zoo

In this episode, William H. Matchett reads at the Jack Straw Cultural Center in Seattle, followed by a short conversation with Publisher Kevin Craft.

doom's business / falls in a rag pile / lined with bones

In this episode, J.W. Marshall talks with Alan Chong Lau at the Jack Straw Cultural Center in Seattle.

In this episode, editor emeritus Justin Boening talks with Daniel Khalastchi.

This episode features Cody Walker and Executive Editor Kevin Craft in conversation, recorded in Los Angeles during the 2016 AWP Conference.

Poetry Northwest‘s podcast series, The Subvocal Zoo, features editors and friends of the magazine interviewing poets. Each episode features lively conversation between writers in a different location.

Featuring Keith Leonard interviewed by Poetry Northwest editor Kevin Craft.

Horses asleep on the cusp of a minor hill, / quietly bending their heads to the grass. / I could be one of them, lit by the billboard signs,

Poetry Northwest‘s monthly podcast series, The Subvocal Zoo, features editors and friends of the magazine interviewing poets. Each episode features lively conversation between writers in a different location. Episode 10 features Sierra Nelson with Johnny Horton rowing around the edge of Seattle’s Union Bay. Topics of discussion include finding the right director for your dream-poems, silence, frog song, collaboration, John Donne’s “Relic,” humor & wit, poetry as technology, and encountering the brink. iTunes | Stitcher | RSS Sierra Nelson's recent books include a lyrical choose-your-won adventure collaboration with visual artist Loren Erdrich, titled I Take Back the Sponge Cake (Rose Metal Press, 2012), and the chapbook In Case of Loss (Toadlily Press, 2012). She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow and recipient of a 2014 CityArtist Grant and the Carolyn Kizer Prize. She lives and teaches in Seattle. Poems by Johnny Horton appear in Poetry Northwest, Golden Handcuffs Review, Cutbank, Notre Dame Review, Willow Springs, The Los Angeles Review, and Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review. Johnny‘s been the recipient of a Washington Artist Trust GAP grant, and he directs the University of Washington's summer creative writing program in Rome. He teaches English at Seattle Central …

Poetry Northwest‘s monthly podcast series, The Subvocal Zoo, features editors and friends of the magazine interviewing poets. Each episode features lively conversation between writers in a different location. Episode 9 features Danez Smith in conversation with William Camponovo during the 2015 AWP Conference in Minneapolis. Topics of discussion include the importance of community; The Dark Noise Collective; composing for the page vs. composing for performance; Ocean Vuong, Chinaka Hodge, Patricia Smith; Yusef Komunyakaa; The BreakBeat Poets and the April 2015 issue of Poetry magazine. iTunes | Stitcher | RSS Danez Smith is the author of [insert] boy (2014, YesYes Books), winner of the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry and “Black Movie,” winner of the 2014 Button Poetry Chapbook Prize. His second full-length collection will be published by Graywolf Press in 2017. His work has been published & featured widely including in Poetry Magazine, Beloit Poetry Journal, Buzzfeed, Blavity, and Ploughshares. He is a 2014 Ruth Lilly – Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellow, a Cave Canem and VONA alum, and a recipient of a McKnight Foundation Fellowship. He is a two time Individual World Poetry Slam finalist, placing second in 2014. He edits for The Offing and is a founding member …