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Quintessential Poetry: Online Radio, YouTube and Zoom

The mission of the Quintessential Poetry: Online Radio, YouTube and Zoom podcast (QPORYTZ) is to provide a live platform for poets from all backgrounds and locations worldwide to showcase their poetry. This includes emerging, mid-level, and established poets. The podcast conducts conversational interviews with poets delving into the essence of poetry within the realms of the mind, heart, and soul. It also provides a platform for poets to showcase their craft, whether through traditional forms or spoken word poetry. If you would like to be a guest on QPORYTZ, please contact the host, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram (see below), at maingram@gmx.com. You can also visit the website at www.qlporyt.com to learn more about the podcast.

Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram is a retired university professor, social change activist, and spoken word artist. He taught Counselor Education and Supervision in the College of Education at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR. He is the host and producer of the Quintessential Poetry Online Radio, YouTube and Zoom podcast (qporytz.com). He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the DC Poetry Project, Inc., in Washington DC. He uses poetry to spread awareness about power, identity, and oppression issues. His international reputation as a spoken word artist and performance poet has earned him the nickname The Counseling Poet. This is based on his background in mental health. Dr. Ingram has traveled extensively, lecturing and conducting workshops on developing cultural competency and empathy skills through the use of poetry. He has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his poetry. His second poetry collection, Metaphorically Screaming is forthcoming. He resides in Washington, DC. RSSVERIFY

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Latest Episodes:

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Linda Imbler Jan 11, 2022

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Linda Imbler’s poetry collections include six published paperbacks: Big Questions, Little Sleep, Big Questions, Little Sleep” second edition, Lost and Found, Red Is The Sunrise, and Bus Lights, Travel Sights. Soma Publishing has published her four e-book collections, The Sea’s Secret Song, Pairings, a hybrid of short fiction and poetry, and That Fifth Element, and Per Quindecim. Her new book, Spica’s Frequency, will be published on December 1, 2021. Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com. In addition to writing, she helps her husband, a Luthier, build acoustic guitars and steel strings in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A. They are currently working on number 10.

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Christian J. Collier Dec 18, 2021

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Christian J. Collier is a Black, Southern writer, arts organizer, and teaching artist who resides in Chattanooga, TN. A 2015 Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow, he is also the winner of the 2020 ProForma Contest and the 2019-2020 Seven Hills Review Poetry Contest. He is an accomplished artist, public speaker, and educator who has shared the stage with several members of HBO’s Def Poetry cast, legendary poet and activist Ishmael Reed, Grammy-nominated artist Minton Sparks, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members The Impressions, etc. Mr. Collier has also given a TED Talk and been featured on an episode of TNT’s State Farm Neighborhood Sessions. Christian J. Collier’s poems of witness have the kind of keen insight that slices to the heart of the subject. The Gleaming of the Blade examines Black masculinity in the contemporary American South, alongside the lingering ghosts of the past, and how it feels to be Black in a country whose divisions and struggles could signal the end of civilization. These poems never shy away, interrogating harsh injustices and contending with the truth of today’s America, a truth sometimes beautiful, sometimes biting.

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Bill Nevins Dec 16, 2021

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Bill Nevins was born in 1947, grew up near New York City, graduated from Iona College and the University of Connecticut grad. School, lived in New England and Pennsylvania and moved to New Mexico in 1996. He is a life- long peace activist who opposed the Vietnam and Iraq wars and also worked to advance the Irish Peace Process. He is a grandfather and a so-called “gold star” parent whose son died in combat in 2013 as a US army soldier in Afghanistan. He’s a retired educator for University of New Mexico and other schools, a publishing journalist, a songwriter and a poet, with two books in print, Heartbreak Ridge and AWE and a 2007 feature film Committing Poetry in Times of War. He is working on a prose/verse memoir. Bill lives with his partner Jeannie Allen in Albuquerque and in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Angel Fire, NM. Bill has read his poetry in-person nationally and he has hosted several open mics. He is an active member of the National Writers Union, Cultivating Voices Live online, Southwest Writers, SOMOS of Taos, Irish American Writers and Artists and other cultural groups. He is the Poetry Editor of Logos a Journal of Modern Society and Culture online. Contact: bill_nevins@yahoo.com

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Ashanti Anderson Dec 14, 2021

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Ashanti Anderson (she/her) is an award-winning writer who advocates for health equity, reproductive justice, disability rights, and criminal justice reform through her poetry, prose, playwriting, and more. A Black disabled queer woman herself, Ashanti’s writing frequently explores the connections between identity and health. Her debut short poetry collection, Black Under, is forthcoming with Black Lawrence Press in Fall 2021 after winning the Spring 2020 Black River Chapbook Collection. Black Under reflects the African-American experience over several era, the author leaving no stone unturned in her interrogation of the racialized violence that has occurred throughout history. At once haunting and hopeful, Ashanti “documents atrocities while singing.” Ashanti has collaborated with universities, at-risk youth groups, nonprofits, and healthcare professionals to develop programs and activities that promote diversity, inclusion, and minority health. She received her MFA in Creative Writing in 2018 and went on to teach creative writing courses and workshops for both teens and adults. Leading by example, Ashanti encourages her students to develop multi-dimensional characters, find their unique voice, and do their research Awards and honors: • Winner, Black Lawrence Press Black River Chapbook Competition (Spring 2020) • Winner, Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Contest (2018) • Winner, Haley’s Flight, LLC Page-to-Screen Short Film Competition (2017)

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Sophia Naz Dec 11, 2021

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Poet, author, editor, translator and artist Sophia Naz has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize; in 2016 for creative nonfiction and in 2018 for poetry. Her work features in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Rattle,The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Poets, Berfrois, Singing In The Dark, Meridian, Poetry At Sangam, Poetry International Rotterdam, The Adirondack Review, The Wire, Raushniyan, Chicago Quarterly Review, Blaze Vox, Scroll, The Daily O, Cafe Dissensus, RAIOT, Ideas And Futures, Chapati Mystery, Guftugu, Pratik, Gallerie International, Coldnoon, VAYAVYA, The Bangalore Review, Madras Courier and many others.. She has authored the poetry collections Peripheries,(2015) Pointillism, (2017)Date Palms (2017) and Shehnaz, a biography (2019). Open Zero is her fourth poetry collection, published in September 2021 by Yoda Press. Sophia lives in Glen Ellen California and can be found online at www.SophiaNaz.com

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Jamey Boelhower Dec 09, 2021

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Jamey Boelhower is a poet and independent author with numerous published works to his name. Not only is Jamey a prolific writer but also he has been an educator for over 20 years. Although his focus is on poetry, Jamey has also made a name for himself with his compelling blogs and popular fictional novel Under the Lights. Jamey’s most recent works include April 2020: A Poetic Time Capsule of Writing and Living During a Pandemic, These Words Believe in Ghosts, and Father and Son: Words Apart, among many others. Throughout his career, Jamey has delved into a variety of topics, including family, heartache, and the mysteries of life. Jamey is well-known for challenging his readers' perspectives and inspiring them to see things in a deeper way. As a loving husband and father of six, Jamey enjoys spending his free time with his family. Currently, he is working on new works that will be released soon.

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Heather Corbally Bryant Dec 07, 2021

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Heather Corbally Bryant teaches in Writing Program at Wellesley College. She has published an academic book on Elizabeth Bowen, as well as ten books of poetry, the eleventh forthcoming. She is at work on a memoir entitled, Don't Quit Before the Miracle. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Photo credit to Richard Howard

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Catfish McDaris Dec 03, 2021

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Catfish McDaris has been active in the small press world for 25 years. He shot howitzers 3 years in the army and used to fish and hunt as a boy in New Mexico. Sometimes he goes down to Lake Michigan and feeds seagulls and dreams of mountain horses. He’s working in a wig shop in a high crime area of Milwaukee. Catfish McDaris’ 25 years of published material is in the Special Archives Collection at Marquette Univ. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He’s listed in Wikipedia. His ancestors are from the Aniwaya Clan of the Cherokee Nation. He won the Thelonius Monk Award in 2015.

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Proudly Presents Cathleen Cohen Dec 01, 2021

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Cathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County, PA. A painter and teacher, she founded the We the Poets program at ArtWell, an arts education non-profit in Philadelphia (theartwell.org). Her poems appear in journals such as Apiary, Baltimore Review, Cagibi, East Coast Ink, 6ix, North of Oxford, One Art, Passager, Philadelphia Stories, Rockvale Review and Rogue Agent. Camera Obscura (chapbook, Moonstone Press), appeared in 2017 and Etching the Ghost (Atmosphere Press), 2021. She received the Interfaith Relations Award from the Montgomery County PA Human Rights Commission and the Public Service Award from the National Association of Poetry Therapy. Her paintings are on view at Cerulean Arts Gallery (ceruleanarts.com).

Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Martina McGowan Nov 24, 2021

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Martina McGowan is a physician, poet, writer, public speaker, advocate, and activist in the fight against social, racial, and sexual injustices. She is author of “i am the rage,” a poetic exploration of living inside injustice, February 2021, SourceBooks. 2021 International Book Awards Winner of the Social Change category. Listed by: 1. American Academy of Poets: a. A Poetry Reading List for the 25th Anniversary of National Poetry Month 2021 b. A Poetry Reading List for Summer 2021 2. Woman’s Day among the “20 of the Best Poetry Books to Read in 2021” She is a Poetry Editor for “The Elevation Review Magazine.” Her work has appeared in: Literary Magazines: Lalibreta.online, Mom Egg Review, Poetry is Life, Rigorous Magazine, INK Babies Magazine. Anthologies: "2020: The Year that Changed America," curated by Kevin Powell, “Joined Up Writing: The Second Instalment,” curated by Fin Hall, “the ocean waves'' by The Red Penguin Collection, 2021, “The Voices Real 6” by Poetry Is Life Publishing, 2021, Fixed and Free Poetry Anthology 2021, Black Imagination 2022, curated by Natasha Marin, McSweeny’s Book purchase and contact information: Book: “i am the rage,” https://amzn.to/3tl07ch, IG @martinamcgowan, FB: @MartinaMcGowanMD, Blog: MartinaMcGowan.com. Email: iamtheragebook@gmail.com.

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