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Emma Smith-Stevens lives & writes in Brooklyn, NY where she’s currently working on a memoir & more.  Her writing has appeared in BOMB Magazine, Literary Hub, Hobart, Wigleaf, Subtropics, Conjunctions, & elsewhere. Her novel The Australian was published in 2017 by Dzanc Books. Follow Emma Smith-Stevens on Twitter @ESmithStevens & at http://EmmaSmithStevens.com

John Yamrus is an outstanding human & writer & dog-lover. His home plate is in Pennsylvania.  Listen for great poetry & conversation, including about John’s current streak with Concrete Mist Press: Five Dogs, Small Talk, and the to-be-titled poetry collection expected in September 2021.   Sorry for the tech challenges in the last 3 minutes of this episode! #BuyTheBooks at www.amazon.com/John-Yamrus/e/B0034PSPT6 Learn more at www.JohnYamrus.com

Matt Borczon is a Poet-Painter-Musician-MartialArtist- Nurse-Husband-Father-USNavySailor from Erie, PA. His newest poetry collection, Today is a Michigan Ghost Town, is from Concrete Mist Press.   Follow Matt Borczon & his arts on Facebook.

Eyyup Esen, PhD - aka Shaq Tom, PhD - is  a writer, a speaker, a native of Turkey, and a builder of bridges connecting people of different cultures and faiths.  Follow his writing and speaking at  https://www.facebook.com/I-am-not-Color-Blind-646878992609493 Communicate with him at Eyyupesen@gmail.com 

Chicago-based Painter & Musician David Criner joins for conversation about his creative process.  And to perform original music, including from his most recent recordings DCKM and Sun Cycle. Follow David & his art at www.DavidCriner.com

From the northeast USA, John Yamrus tells tales about dogs, the prestigious Wakefield Poetry Prize which launched his 50+ year writing career, & more.  Learn more & #BuyTheBooks, including the October 2020 release Five Dogs, at www.JohnYamrus.com

Mark Statman is internationally known, respected, and loved for his poetry and his poetic translations of notable works, including with Pablo Medina, translation of Federico García Lorca’s Poet in New York.  Mark’s March 2019 poetry collection Exile Home is at the heart of this conversation about “exile” and “home” and poetry.  Listen, and then to learn more about Mark, and to buy the books, head to Lavender Ink / Diálogos https://www.lavenderink.org/site/books/mark-statman