chicagopoetry — A Round with Writers

Apr 10

Apr 10 S:2-Ep:10 Matthew Gutierrez

Matthew’s poetry focuses on themes of memory, environment, love, sexual desire, dreams, madness and death. The poems paint a picture inside your mind, transporting you to a place of imagination and, at times, fantasy.

Dec 19

Dec 19 S:2-EP:7 Izzy Dimiceli

Matthew Gutierrez

Izzy Dimiceli is a queer poet and artist born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. She is currently pursuing an MFA at Columbia College Chicago.

Oct 31

Oct 31 S:2-Ep:5 Matthew Gutierrez/Katelin Reinert

Matthew Gutierrez

Matthew’s poetry focuses on themes of memory, environment, love, sexual desire, dreams, madness and death. The poems paint a picture inside your mind, transporting you to a place of imagination and, at times, fantasy.

Katelin Reinert is a junior BMus Music Composition major at Columbia College Chicago. She is an advanced pianist and flutist and the first chair melodica player of Columbia College Chicago's New Music Ensemble. Katelin, aspiring to become a media composer, has premiered two of her original scores with the ensemble.

Sep 29

Sep 29 S:2-Ep:3 Julia Nusbaum

Matthew Gutierrez

Julia writes fiction and nonfiction pieces that are heavily influenced and inspired by her Midwestern roots. She is interested in the gritty underbelly of lives and relationships, and writes on the raw edges of being human.

Jun 16

Jun 16 Episode 11: Matthew Gutierrez

Matthew Gutierrez

Matthew’s poetry focuses on themes of memory, environment, love, sexual desire, dreams, madness and death. The poems paint a picture inside your mind, transporting you to a place of imagination and, at times, fantasy.

Jun 9

Jun 9 Episode 10: Tony Trigilio

Matthew Gutierrez

Tony Trigilio’s most recent book of poems is Proof Something Happened. His essay collection, Craft: A Memoir, is forthcoming in September 2023. He is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.

“Poetry forces me to pay attention—and to do so with delight,” Tony says. “I want to read and write poems that teach me to see. ‘The eye altering,’ as William Blake writes, ‘alters all.’”

May 26

May 26 Episode 8: Ankita Sadarjoshi

Matthew Gutierrez

Ankita is an MFA student in the Creative Writing program at Columbia College Chicago. She works at the intersection of literary and theatrical arts. Her poem ‘Sugarburn’ just won the Eileen Lannan Poetry Prize, and her chapbook ‘Pink Mortem’ was recently published by Bottlecap press.