Table for Deuce co hosted by Kate Hanson FosterMichael Schmeltzer Special GuestJory Mickelson Special thanks to the sponsors of this episode: PowerballBert & Ernie Horny paintersSecret coup chats44 Subscribers Jory Mickelson is an award-winning writer and educator living in Xwotʼqom / Whatcom / Bellingham on the homelands of the Lummi and Nooksack peoples. They are the author of three books of poetry: Picturing (2025, End of the Line Press), All This Divide (2024, Spuyten Duyvil Press), and Wilderness//Kingdom (2019, Floating Bridge Press) which won a 2020 High Plains Book Award. Their work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Court Green, DIAGRAM, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Jubilat, Mid-American Review, and other journals in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. They are the recipient of an Academy of American Poet’s Prize and have received fellowships from the Dear Butte, The Desert Rat Writers Residency, the Lambda Literary Foundation, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, and The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. They were also a 2022 Jack Straw Writer for the Jack Straw Cultural Center’s in Seattle, Washington. They are a graduate of the University of Idaho’s MFA Program, the former Poetry Editor of 5×5 Lit Mag, and the creator of the blog Literary Magpie that uplifted LGBTQAI+ writers, editors and publishers. They have taught workshops and retreats on a wide variety of topics including writing and wilderness, mindfulness, zines, allyship, and poetry as a spiritual practice. Get a copy of one of Jory’s books herehttps://jorymickelson.com/books Work referenced in this episode: “In haraqa al-film” https://newohioreview.org/2024/03/31/in-haraqa-al-film/ Jory’s poem published at The Seat, “Portraiture” https://www.tablefordeuce.com/theseat/portraiture Herrin Massacre by Paul Cadmus https://reason.com/2019/03/25/modern-art-critic-assumes-1939-painting/ 101 Things to Learn in Art School https://www.amazon.com/101-Things-Learn-Art-School/dp/026201621 Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music https://www.hbo.com/movies/taylor-macs-24-decade-history-of-popular-music Death in the West Podcasthttps://deathinthewestpod.com Kate Hanson Foster is the author of Crow Funeral (EastOver Press 2022) and Mid Drift, finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award in 2011. A recent recipient of the NEA Sustainable Arts Fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center, she lives and writes in Groton, Massachusetts. Michael Schmeltzer's most recent book of poetry, Empire of Surrender, is the winner of the 2021 Wandering Aengus Book Award. Along with Meghan McClure, he is the co-author of the nonfiction book A Single Throat Opens, a lyric exploration of addiction and family. His debut full-length Blood Song was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award in Poetry, the Julie Suk Award, and the Coil Book Award. Contact Kate or Michael: table4deuce@gmail.com ©Table For Deuce 2025
