The Hive Poetry Collective

The Hive
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Airing on KSQD 90.7 FM most Sundays at 8:00, the Hive Poetry Collective is a buzz of poets in Santa Cruz, California— a swarm of radio conversations, public readings, and writing workshops. Our theme music is "Drunk on Funk" by Top-Flow. Find us at hivepoetry.org And https://www.facebook.com/hivepoetry

  1. 6d ago

    S8: E28: Ally Ang Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Ally Ang buzzes into the hive to read poems from their book and also to share the poem "Friends with no Benefits" by Megan Fernandes. Ally is the author of Let the Moon Wobble (Alice James Books 2025). A National Endowment for the Arts fellow and MacDowell fellow, Ally’s work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, The Seattle Met, and elsewhere. They co-host Other People’s Poems, a poetry open mic and reading series in Seattle.

    S8: E28: Ally Ang Chats with Dion O'Reilly

  2. Jul 6

    S8: E27 Flags and Feelings. Independence Day episode with Farnaz Fatemi and Hannah Tool

    Flags Sprouting Everywhere. Join Hannah Tool and Farnaz Fatemi as we read poems which unpack iconic American language and make room for more of us in the current cultural landscape. Poems by: Jean Prokott, Ada Limón, Natalie Diaz, Elana Bell, Julia Bouwsma, Aileen Cassinetto and Naomi Shihab Nye. "A New National Anthem" Ada Limón "They Don't Love You Like I Love You" Natalie Diaz "Flags" Elana Bell "There are No Kings in America" Aileen Cassinetto "No Explosions" Naomi Shihab Nye

    S8: E27 Flags and Feelings. Independence Day episode with Farnaz Fatemi and Hannah Tool

  3. Jul 5

    S8: E26 Hannah Tool & Julie Murphy Celebrate Andrea Gibson

    In this episode of The Hive Poetry Collective, host Hannah Tool and fellow Hive member Julie Murphy dig into the work of Andrea Gibson in a conversation that touches on Gibson’s penchant for radical vulnerability, their humor and love of bright detail, and the way their body of work begs readers to “feel it all.” Plus, giraffes and aliens! This discussion of selected poems from Gibson’s final collection “You Better Be Lightening” (2021 Button Poetry) celebrates the way that they championed how we can unrelentingly love other people, and ourselves. Listen to Julie’s discussion with Grayson Thompson, where they discuss Gibson’s poem “Loveletter from the Afterlife” here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2EgTWprOCxcaPaSpG1y4K1?si=74c8d7af698b4cd3 and explore more of Gibson’s work and legacy at www.andreagibson.org

    S8: E26 Hannah Tool & Julie Murphy Celebrate Andrea Gibson

  4. Jun 24

    S8: E25 Julie Murphy & Farnaz Fatemi Celebrate the Poet Andrea Cohen

    In this episode of The Hive Poetry Collective, host Julie Murphy and fellow Hive member Farnaz Fatemi explore the work of acclaimed poet Andrea Cohen in a conversation that moves through memory, humor, loss, and the sharp clarity that characterizes her poetry.Together, they explore how poems carry emotional voltage in small spaces, how memory reshapes itself across decades, and how humor and heartbreak often sit right next to each other in Cohen’s work. They also discusses her new collection Sugar (Four Way Books, 2026), her approach to form and brevity, and the surprising places poems begin. A rich, generous, lively conversation about one of today’s most distinctive poetic voices. Learn more about Andrea Cohen at andreacohen.org. Find all our episodes and events at hivepoetry.org.

    S8: E25 Julie Murphy & Farnaz Fatemi Celebrate the Poet Andrea Cohen

  5. Jun 15

    S8:E25 Leigh Lucas with Julia Chiapella

    Loss sits at the crux of grief and growth. In her brilliant debut book of poetry, Splashed Things, Leigh Lucas charts a path through this crossroad with lyrical imagery both savage and excruciatingly tender. Hear her read selections from the book and talk about its development as she claims her own grief at the loss of a cherished one. Splashed Things was selected by Maya C. Popa for the A. Poulin Jr. Prize from Boa Editions. Leigh’s chapbook, Landsickness (Tupelo Press, 2024) was selected by Chen Chen for the 2023 Sunken Garden Poetry chapbook Award. Her writing has appeared in Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, Adroit, Poetry Society of American, and elsewhere.

    S8:E25 Leigh Lucas with Julia Chiapella

  6. Jun 2

    S8: E23 Tony Gloeggler with Dion O'Reilly

    Tony Gloeggler reads and discusses a poem by Patricia Smith, "Undertaker." Then we read from his newest book. Poet Tony Gloeggler's latest book is Here on Earth. He is the author of the full-length poetry collections One Wish Left (Pavement Saw Press, 2002); Until The Last Light Leaves (NYQ Books, 2015), a finalist for the Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award; What Kind Of Man (NYQ Books, 2020), longlisted for Jacar Press’s Julie Suk Award and a finalist for the 2021 Paterson Poetry Prize; and Tony Come Back August (Bittersweet Editions, 2015), a collaboration with photographer Marco North. He is also the author of the chapbook One On One (Pearl Editions, 1999), winner of the 1998 Pearl Poetry Prize. Gloeggler’s work has been published in journals and anthologies including TheNew York Quarterly, New Ohio Review, Rattle, TheMassachusetts Review, Washington Square Review, Columbia Poetry Review, and Main Street Rag, among others. His poem “1969” was featured in the Best of Rattle series. Gloeggler was born in Brooklyn and lives in Queens and is a lifetime resident of New York City. Before retiring, he managed group homes for the developmentally disabled for over 40 years.

    S8: E23 Tony Gloeggler with Dion O'Reilly

  7. May 31

    S8: E22 Rebecca Olander Chats with Dion O'Reilly

    Rebecca Hart Olander buzzes into the hive, reads ⁠Nan Cohen's poem "Thirty Year Friendship⁠," and then from her new book, Singing from the Deep End.⁠ ⁠Rebecca Hart Olander⁠ is a Women’s National Book Association Poetry Award winner and the author of three poetry collections: Dressing the Wounds (dancing girl press, 2019), Uncertain Acrobats (CavanKerry Press, 2021), a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award in Poetry and the Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry, and Singing from the Deep End (CavanKerry Press, 2026). Rebecca has taught writing at Amherst and Smith colleges, Westfield State University, and Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop, and she works with poets in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing. She is the editor/director of Perugia Press.

    S8: E22 Rebecca Olander Chats with Dion O'Reilly

  8. May 29

    S8: E21 Grayson Thompson Chats with Julie Murphy

    In this episode of The Hive Poetry Collective, Julie Murphy speaks with Bay Area poet Grayson Thompson in a powerful conversation on identity, embodiment, and the long arc of becoming. Drawing from his recent collection, A Congregation of Alligators, Thompson’s work moves between the cosmic and the intimate—tracing gender, grief, survival, and self-love with striking imagery and emotional precision. The episode also features a moving reading of “Love Letter from the Afterlife” by Andrea Gibson, deepening the conversation’s meditation on loss, presence, and enduring connection. Together, the conversation explores the tensions between naming and knowing, the body as both wound and home, and what it means to reclaim tenderness in a world that often demands erasure.

    S8: E21 Grayson Thompson Chats with Julie Murphy
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Airing on KSQD 90.7 FM most Sundays at 8:00, the Hive Poetry Collective is a buzz of poets in Santa Cruz, California— a swarm of radio conversations, public readings, and writing workshops. Our theme music is "Drunk on Funk" by Top-Flow. Find us at hivepoetry.org And https://www.facebook.com/hivepoetry

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