Inner Moonlight

Logen Cure
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Inner Moonlight is a monthly poetry podcast curated by Logen Cure at the Wild Detectives in Dallas! The live show takes place the second Wednesday of every month; the podcast episode drops before the month's end. Join us for poetry, conversation, and literary magic!

  1. 5D AGO

    Inner Moonlight: Eighth Anniversary

    Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. The in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all. This very special episode contains Inner Moonlight's Eighth Anniversary celebration from 4/8/2026, featuring encore performances from writers featured in the past year plus some Inner Moonlight favorites. We are so proud to present this episode! 1. LyriK Hunter 2. VP Crowe 3. Lon Roberts 4. Brian Duran-Fuentes 5. Eva Regicide 6. Katie Fisher 7. Samantha Strong Murphey 8. M.A. Nicholson 9. Logen Cure ⁠⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

    1h 11m

  2. APR 22

    Dirty Moonlight: The Wild Detectives Twelfth Anniversary

    We are proud to present this bonus episode of the Inner Moonlight podcast featuring our event for the Wild Detectives Twelfth Anniversary celebration on 4/5/26. We collaborated with storytelling event Talking Dirty After Dark for a super fun show we called Dirty Moonlight. You'll hear some of our favorite poets previously featured on Inner Moonlight alongside storytellers selected by Talking Dirty curator Raymond Butler. This show also includes a performance by Inner Moonlight curator Logen Cure. Happy anniversary to the Wild Detectives! Cheers to many more! Performers in this episode: 1. Shawn Lee (storyteller) 2. Hannah Smith (poet) 3. Chris Brown (storyteller) 4. Alex Temblador (poet) 5. Devin Kodges (storyteller) 6. Mag Gabbert (poet) 7. Kay Brown (storyteller) 8. Logen Cure (poet, Inner Moonlight curator) 9. Raymond Butler (storyteller, Talking Dirty After Dark curator) ⁠www.thewilddetectives.com⁠ ⁠www.talkingdirtyevents.com⁠ ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

    1h 8m

  3. MAR 25

    Inner Moonlight: Jess Smith

    Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 3/11/26, we featured poet Jess Smith! Jess Smith is the author of Lady Smith (University of Akron Press, 2025). She is an Associate Professor of Practice at Texas Tech University, where she also directs the MFA in creative writing. See more at www.jesselizabethsmith.com. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

    28 min

  4. FEB 22

    Inner Moonlight: Samantha Strong Murphey

    Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 2/11/26, we featured Inner Moonlight favorite Samantha Strong Murphey! Samantha Strong Murphey (she/her) has an MFA in Poetry from NYU and has been supported by Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and Vermont Studio Center. She’s taught creative writing at UT-Dallas, been a submission reader for Dallas-based literary magazine Sine Qua Non, and interned for her hometown global powerhouse publisher Deep Vellum Books. (Can you tell she loves Dallas?) Her work has been published by Rattle and the Crab Creek Review and is forthcoming the North American Review. She was a finalist for Ninth Letter’s Regeneration Prize and Gulf Coast’s Barthelme Prize. Before poetry, Sam worked as a journalist and has a rich and lengthy unwritten resume as a caregiver to her three human children, a dashing rescue cat, and a very earnest rescue dog. Sam grew up split between Cincinnati, Ohio and Fayetteville, Arkansas, but has, for the last decade, resided in Oak Cliff, the coolest neighborhood in … you guessed it … Dallas. She believes in sharp cheese, gun reform, and karaoke for all. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

    41 min

  5. JAN 29

    Inner Moonlight: Kepler Goodwin

    Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 1/14/26, we featured Inner Moonlight favorite Kepler Goodwin! Kepler Goodwin is a queer North Texas poet who enjoys spending time with friends, their dog, and deep introspective pauses that occasionally lead to poems. They have one published poem with Eber and Wein, and are so excited to feature for Inner Moonlight. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

    28 min

  6. 12/29/2025

    Inner Moonlight: LyriK Hunter

    Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 12/10/25, we featured poet LyriK Hunter! LyriK Hunter is a Dallas-based poetic expressive artist, originally from Midland, TX. She’s a passionate poet, singer, speaker, actress, teaching artist, mentor and entrepreneur. She’s graced stages like The Black Academy of Arts & Letters, F.L.O.W. International (Brazil/Italy/France), and many other national and local stages. LyriK is former CEO of the award-winning Brown Sugah Lounge, and a very passionate community advocate, who strives daily to provide safe spaces for the community to gather and be heard, using her #PoetiKHealingMovement brand to promote healing and mental wellness through writing, poetry and the arts. Lyrik’s projects and creative works can be streamed, downloaded and purchased online and in person, including her debut EP #MuziKNPoetry Vol 1 and her book, “Love N Life Thru The Eyes of LyriK Vol 1”. Local community bookings are available via the Dallas CAP (Community Artist Program). Learn more at: https://linktr.ee/lyrik_hunter ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

    40 min

  7. 11/26/2025

    Inner Moonlight: Amanda Johnston

    Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 11/12/25, we featured poet Amanda Johnston! Amanda Johnston is a writer, visual artist, and the 61st Poet Laureate of Texas. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of two chapbooks, GUAP and Lock & Key, as well as the full-length collection Another Way to Say Enter. She is also the editor of the anthology Praisesong for the People: Poems from the Heart and Soul of Texas. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print publications, among them Callaloo, Poetry Magazine, The Moth Radio Hour, Bill Moyers, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships, grants, and awards from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, Tasajillo, the Kentucky Foundation for Women, The Watermill Center, American Short Fiction, and the Academy of American Poets. She is a former Board President of the Cave Canem Foundation and the founder of Torch Literary Arts. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

    41 min

  8. 10/28/2025

    Inner Moonlight: Courtney LeBlanc 2025

    Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 10/8/25, we welcomed Courtney LeBlanc back to Inner Moonlight! Courtney LeBlanc is the author of the four full-length collections, most recently, Her Dark Everything. She is the Arlington County Poet Laureate and the founder and editor-in-chief of Riot in Your Throat, an independent poetry press, and of the Poetry Coven, a monthly generative workshop. She loves nail polish, tattoos, and a soy latte each morning. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

    24 min
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Inner Moonlight is a monthly poetry podcast curated by Logen Cure at the Wild Detectives in Dallas! The live show takes place the second Wednesday of every month; the podcast episode drops before the month's end. Join us for poetry, conversation, and literary magic!

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  • Creator
    Logen Cure
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    67
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Logen Cure
  • Show Website
    Inner Moonlight