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Niki Tulk is an ex-pat Australian and experimental theatre-maker, improviser, writer, poet, and author of Performing the Wound: Practicing a Feminist Theatre of Becoming (Routledge, 2022). She currently lives with her family and rescue dog in the White Mountains, New Hampshire.Her newest work is O - This stunning collection of poems from writer & performance artist Niki Tulk explores the aftermath of sexual assault. Tulk unearths myths and folklore, revealing profound truths about the stories we craft around violence, womanhood, and justice.For more details, visit www.nikitulk.com.

Melody S. Gee is the author of The Dead in Daylight (Cooper Dillon Books, 2016) and Each Crumbling House (Perugia Press, 2010), winner of the Perugia Press Prize. She is the recipient of Kundiman poetry and fiction fellowships, two Pushcart Prize nominations, and the Robert Watson Literary Prize. Her poems, essays, and reviews appear in Commonweal Magazine, Blood Orange Review, Lantern Review, and The Rappahannock Review. She is a freelance writer and editor living in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and daughters."Melody Gee’s gorgeous poems offer both divine wounds and delicious consolations. At the intersections of the familial and the sacred, The Convert’s Heart is Good to Eat reminds us that what is created is also consumed. Beautiful, sensory, and aching, this collection reminds us that not all hungers are mortal ones." – Traci Brimhall, author of Our Lady of the Ruins

Teresa E. Gallion was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and moved to Illinois at the age of 15. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Illinois Chicago and received her master’s degree in Psychology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She retired from New Mexico state government in 2012.Teresa is a seeker on a journey to work on unfolding spiritually in this present lifetime. Writing is a spiritual exercise for Teresa. Her passions are traveling the world and hiking the mountain and desert landscapes of the western United States. The land is sacred ground and her spiritual temple where she goes for quiet reflection and contemplation. She has published four books: Walking Sacred Ground, Contemplation in the High Desert, Chasing Light, a finalist in the 2013 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards and her most recent book, Scent of Love, a finalist in the 2021 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. You may previ…

LaToiya Whipple is the founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Life Coach of Rise Against The Odds LLC, a remote life coaching firm. I invite you to contact me to collectively discover techniques and tools; to transform your life personally and/or professionally. Let’s navigate to formulating a roadmap to wellness. LaToiya has been the keynote speaker for high school seniors heading to college. LaToiya Whipple, is a Preacher, College Professor, Motivational Public Speaker, Life Coach, and Author. LaToiya Whipple earned a Master's Degree in Education with an emphasis in Higher Education Leadership. In addition to having earned a  Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Leadership. Furthermore, she also has earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology. LaToiya can be contacted for bookings, life coaching, as well as motivational public speaking via email: riseagasinttheodds1042021@gmail.com, or on social media at  L Diamond Whipple on Instagram. “Broken, Crushed, Shattered, Mended, Healed: How …

Sylvia Dianne Beverly is an Internationally acclaimed poet, presenting poetry in London, England, at the Lewisham Theater.  A collection of her work is housed at George Washington University's Gelman Library.  Ladi Di, as she is affectionally called is a proud member of  Poets on the Green Line, Poetry X Hunger, Poetry Poster Project and Voices of Woodlawn.  She celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Host Grace Cavalieri, reading on her show "The Poet and the Poem" at the Library of Congress Experience.  She is a founding member of the Anointed PENS (Poets Empowered to Nurture Souls)  Poetry Ministry, out of Ebenezer AME Church, an alum of Poets in Progress with Poet Laureate of District of Columbia, the late Dolores Kendrick.  She is author of two books (Forever In Your Eyes and Cooking Up South).  Recently her poetry appears in several International anthologies, Moonstone Press Anthology and part of Mike Maggio”s 30/30 Series for National Poetry month 2021 and 2022.  The late Dr. Maya…

Gordon Ferris was born and raised in Finglas, a North West suburb of Dublin. In the early eighties, he moved to Donegal where he has lived ever since. He started writing in 2014 and has had many short stories and poems in publications including Hidden Channel, A New Ulster, The Galway Review, Impspired Magazine, and Lothlorien Poetry Journal. He has also won prizes in the summer 2020  HITA Creative Writing Competition for his poem 'Mother', and won the winter competition for his poem 'The Silence'.  Gordon was awarded a Poetry Town Bursary by Poetry Ireland.

Caylin Capra-Thomas's works include the chapbooks Inside My Electric City (YesYes Books) and The Marilyn Letters (dancing girl press). Her latest work is Iguana, Iguana (2022). Her poems have appeared in journals including New England Review, Pleiades, Copper Nickel, 32 Poems, Hayden's Ferry Review, and many others. The 2018-2020 poet in-residence at Idyllwild Arts Academy, she now lives in Columbia, Missouri, where she is a PhD student in English and creative writing.Alive to the beauty and anxiety of new worlds and people, Iguana Iguana imagines a tough and tender soundtrack for tumbleweeds in search of roots. Recursive, deliberate, and as adaptive as their titular lizard, these poems invite us to listen so as to better hear “...the sweet shriek / of those far-off trains you suspect are coming / to claim you. To lay open the hills you haven’t seen.” Caylin Capra-Thomas writes about understanding the strangers we meet and knowing the stranger within. In doing so, she maps a bluepri…

Natalia Lazarus, a woman for all seasons, is a talented, captivating, and alluring International Actor, Stage Producer, Director, and Acting Coach with over 30 years in the Entertainment Industry. She is Syd Field’s “docent” and one of the few in the world authorized to teach his screenwriting technique. Natalia was privileged to have studied with Syd for 6 years. Natalia Lazarus is the Artistic Director at the helm of The Promenade Playhouse and the CEO/Founder of the prestigious and highly revered Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory in Santa Monica, CA which celebrated its 25th Anniversary Year in 2021. Since 1996 the LAPAC has offered numerous programs - Acting, Screenwriting, Directing, Filmmaking, and Personal Growth technique that she created and developed. In continuing its celebratory year, the LAPAC was also granted full accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (N.A.S.T.), a fete more than 5 years in the making.Lazarus, a woman with artistic, cre…

Teresa Pearsall-Young is a native of Philadelphia, Pa, and was recently married to Pastor Anthony Young in 2021.She graduated from Overbrook High School in Philadelphia & earned an Associate Arts Degree from Southern New Hampshire University in 2019. Teresa has an extensive background in the Customer Service Healthcare field.Teresa surrendered her life to the Lord 22 years ago and has faced some struggles but has never given up on Christ. Teresa is a mother of one biological daughter, a grandmother of three, and a friend to many. God has blessed Teresa with a heart for helping people and the gifts of administrative help in the corporate world and ministry. Teresa is passionate about cooking; (ask folks about her potato salad and banana pudding) and most passionate about writing.Her writing extends into instructional documentation, short stories, and, her favorite, poetry. Teresa has been writing since a young teen, authoring stories, plays, and songs. Her writing talents we…

iLearn, iTeachKathrine Yets lives in St. Francis, Wisconsin, U.S. She is an avid educator and poet. Her poetry can be found in many literary magazines and anthologies, including Blue Heron Review, Universal Oneness Anthology, River & South Review, and 5th Wall Press. In 2017, she won the Jade Ring Award from the Wisconsin Writers' Association. She has two chapbooks, So I Can Write (Cyberwit) and The Animal Within (Unsolicited Press). Her new chapbook iLearn, iTeach is forthcoming from Cyberwit. When she is not teaching or writing, she can be found on the shores of Lake Michigan, taking walks with her husband.

Pamela Hasan is the author of Poetic Lessons, a collection of poetry about love, loss, grief, and empowerment. She writes poetry using the pen name Poetic Hummingbird. Through poetry, Poetic Hummingbird uses melodic melodies and rhythmic rhymes to invoke conversations that are often difficult to approach. She is known for writing/reciting poetry for collegiate programs centered around diversity, equity, and inclusion. She poetically weaves words together to encourage her readers to pause and reflect on their individual experiences with love, grief, self-worth, and pain. She empowers her readers to have a grateful heart and an optimistic spirit and to love and live unapologetically, without hesitation or reservation. Poetic Lessons is available on Amazon. To order a signed copy of Poetic Lessons, visit https://poetichummingbirdpoetry.com/. A portion of the proceeds from Poetic Lessons is donated to Widows Closets Grieve Believe Achieve Rebuild Program, which provides financial assistan…

Kashiana Singh (http://www.kashianasingh.com) calls herself a work practitioner and embodies the essence of her TEDx talk - Work as Worship into her every day. Her chapbook Crushed Anthills from Yavanika Press in 2020 is a journey that unravels memory through 10 cities. She proudly serves as a Managing Editor for Poets Reading the News, and her voice is read and heard on various international platforms. Kashiana’s first poetry collection is called, Shelling Peanuts and Stringing Words. Her newest full-length collection, Woman by the Door has just been released with Apprentice House Press.Kashiana lives in North Carolina and carries her various geopolitical homes within her poetry.Besides being a learner of poetry, Kashiana’s last corporate assignment spanning 16 years was as Vice President, Health and Benefits Operations with Alight Solutions.

Aaron R. The Poet sponsors multiple poetry contests throughout the year. The 2022 finalists in the Summer Edition 2 contest are @free.k_, @julietmarietaylor, @konscience101, @lyricalfaith, @onlykeyswill, @she_so_cold, and @tinys_creation. The winner will be announced!The mission of Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio is to provide a live format for emerging, mid-career, and established poets to showcase their work. Whether traditional poetry or spoken word, the show offers an online vehicle for artists to engage in conversational interviews about poetry. If you would like to be a guest on QL: POR, please contact the host, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram at maingram@gmx.com. You can also visit the website at qlpor.com. to find out more information about the podcast. 

Bio: Proud Father. Anti Human Trafficking Advocate. Women's Right Advocate. Lyricist. Empathetic Writer. "one voice could change the word."The mission of Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio is to provide a live format for emerging, mid-career, and established poets to showcase their work. Whether traditional poetry or spoken word, the show offers an online vehicle for artists to engage in conversational interviews about poetry. If you would like to be a guest on QL: POR, please contact the host, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram, at maingram@gmx.com. You can also visit the website at qlpor.com to learn more information about the podcast.

Alexander Poster is a good, grey bureaucrat who works as a historian for a labyrinthine federal agency. He lives less than one mile from the U.S. Capitol and survived a nasty case of COVID-19, none of which inspired his writing one bit. He is a fan of Cormac McCarthy, depressing music from the 80s and 90s, and, surprisingly, marine mammals. He loves his wife, even though she has expressed concern for him being a “cynical bastard.” He began writing poems later in his life and is his first chapbook.  He has performed his poems at “Spit That” at the Woolly Mammoth in Washington, DC.

She is a poet, teacher, editor, writer, and playwright born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967, who now lives in the United States. Faleeha is the first woman to write poetry for children in Iraq. She received her master's degree in Arabic literature and has now published 25 books. Her poems have been translated into  English, Turkmen, Bosnian, Indian, French, Italian, German, Kurdish, Spain, Korean, Greek, Serbia, Albanian, Pakistani, Romanian, Malayalam, ODIA, and Nepali language. Ms. Hassan has received many awards in Iraq and throughout the Middle East for her poetry and short stories. Faleeha Hassan has also had her poems and short stories published in avariety of American magazines such as: Philadelphia poets 22, Harbinger Asylum, Brooklyn Rail April 2016, Screaming Mamas, The Galway Review, Words Without Borders, TXTOBJX, Intranslation, SJ Magazine, Nondoc, Wordgathering, SCARLET LEAF REVIEW, Courier-Post,  I am not a Silent Poet, Taos Journal, Inner Child Press, Atlantic City Press, SJ M…

Diana Raab, MFA, PhD, is a poet, memoirist, blogger, speaker, and award-winning author of thirteen books. Her work has been published and anthologized in thousands of publications. She frequently speaks on writing for healing and transformation. Raab blogs for Psychology Today, The Wisdom Daily, The Good Men Project, Thrive Global, and is a guest blogger for many others. She’s the author of two memoirs: Regina’s Closet: Finding My Grandmother’s Secret Journal and Healing with Words: A Writer’s Cancer Journey, and five poetry collections. She’s the editor of two anthologies: Writers and Their Notebooks and Writers on the Edge.Her poetry chapbook, An Imaginary Affair: Poems Whispered to Neruda, was released in July 2022 (Finishing Line Press).  Many of her talks are based upon her book, Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Program for Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life, and its accompanying book: Writing for Bliss: A Companion Journal. Conversation Cards for Meaningful Story…

Lesley Traynor is a Scottish writer published nationally and internationally. In 2021, her most recent chapbook of poetry, Thrawn, was published by Hybriddreich. Her poem, ‘Towards Stromness,’ was accepted into the George McKay Brown Fellowship Centenary archive, and her poetry and poetry films representing her experience of Lockdown were accepted into the Elphinstone Institute archive. Winner of 2019 EdinburghInternational Book Festival memoir writing prize and short-listed for the 2019 Beyond Borders International writing prize.She is a trustee of the Federation of Writers (Scotland), a former Director of the Scottish Writers’ Centre, and has an MLitt in Creative Writing. She is currently researching a Shetland-based novel for her MRes in Creative Practice with the University of the Highlands and Islands while transcribing seventeenth-century documents for the Orkney Archives. Passionate about supporting women’s voices, she founded the inclusive collective Women With Fierce Word…

I’m a poet and writer from Philadelphia, but I reside in Lancaster, PA. I’m a 13-year veteran of the military. I’ve self-published 8 books of poetry on Amazon and Kindle books. Available Now.The mission of Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio is to provide a live format for emerging, mid-career, and established poets to showcase their work. Whether traditional poetry or spoken word, the show offers an online vehicle for artists to engage in conversational interviews about poetry. If you would like to be a guest on QL: POR, please contact the host Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram at maingram@gmx.com. You can also visit the website at qlpor.com.

Takudzwa Chikepe, famously known as VaChikepe: The Poet, is one of the best writing poets from Zimbabwe. A two-time featured poet at the Bridgewater International Poetry Festival; last year, he won The International Reggae And World Music Award (IRAWMA): Best Poet in the Mutabaruka Category (the first African to win this Award) amongst other awards. VaChikepe is also the founder of VaChikepe And The Hundred Sailors, the publisher of “The Sailors Review” newsletter/journal. He is currently studying for his Master of Divinity at Duke University in North Carolina.VaChikepe: The Poet believes that poetry is a calling; he uses different states of mind, music, and spirituality to define and express poetry; and he also believes that “Art is not just a subject, but a financial therapy that can heal nations.” The Sailors Review  https://youtu.be/ctxFTlhVRQ8. 1. The Life of a Poet: Part 1 https://youtu.be/-6Krv3B2BFU.  Part 2 https://youtu.be/Y6jlwUUCJeg

"The difference between poetry and short stories is not always clear, especially with the popularity of prose, narrative poetry, and micro-fiction. But to establish some differences, short stories usually still follow the five plot points; poetry is not dependent on that and can be presented in various forms, whether traditional verse or something contemporary. Poetry must make complex messages as condensed yet effective as possible, while short stories focus more on building characters and themes."Poets Kevin M. Hibshman and John Patrick Robbins will share poems and short stories from their new chapbook, The Mirror Masks Nothing. The chapbook is split between two writers taking a deep introspective look into their lives and work. It is raw, dangerous, unfiltered, and beautiful all the same. Kevin M. Hibshman and John Patrick Robbins leave no stone unturned and pull no punches in this unique first-of-its-kind book with Whiskey City Press. If your looking for soul then look no furt…

Candice Kelsey (she/her) is a poet, educator, and activist. Originally from Cincinnati, she received her Bachelor's degree in English from Miami University, Ohio, with an emphasis on epic poetry. She studied law for two years in Chicago but withdrew to pursue writing. She earned her Master's degree in English, with an emphasis on feminist theory, at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, a city she considers home and where she made a life for twenty-eight years. Candice currently lives in Georgia and finds inspiration from watching white-tailed deer in the backyard with her husband and three children. She remains a Dodgers fan.She has served as a fiction reader for The New England Review and as a poetry judge for Ageless Authors. She has received three Pushcart and two Best of the Net nominations. Her second full-length collection, A Girl / Woman / Teacher / Poet, is out now with Alien Buddha Press (2022), while her debut full-length collection, Still I am Pushing, is out with …

Noted poets Alyson Shore Adler, Kathy Barham, Cathleen Cohen, and Christina E. Johnson will read poems that touch on topics such as the "now," social concerns, the power of nature, influences, and mortality. They will also share poetry focusing on life's "lighter" side since resilience is also important. To read the poets' bios, please visit https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/66487686/sisters-in-the-name-of-poetryThe mission of Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio is to provide a live format for emerging, mid-career, and established poets to showcase their work. Whether traditional poetry or spoken word, the show offers an online vehicle for artists to engage in conversational interviews about poetry. If you would like to be a guest on QL: POR, please contact the host, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram, at maingram@gmx.com. You can also visit the website at qlpor.com to learn more about the podcast. .

Bhikshuni Weisbrot lives in Queens, NY.  She worked at the United Nations for 25 years and is the President of the United Nations SRC Society of Writers. She is the editor, along with Elizabeth Lara and Darrel Alejandro Holnes of “Happiness, the Delight-Tree,” An Anthology of Contemporary International Poetry honoring the International Day of Happiness. (March 20) which brings together poets from 67 countries, with poems in 35 world languages. A poet, most recently her work has appeared in "On Human Flourishing, A Poetry Anthology" (McFarland and Co., Inc).  She is a regular contributor of both her own poems and that of her long-time spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) to the radio show "Green Living",  with 3rd Strike Radio and has performed in many of his publicly staged plays.  Bhikshuni is a former ultra-distance runner and continues to support multi-day racing as a member of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team.Happiness, the Delight-Tree, An Anthology of Contemporary Internatio…