poetry — A Round with Writers

Apr 25

Apr 25 S:2-Ep:12 Lor Clincy

Lor Clincy, a Chicago native, uses poetry to tell salient experiences that require readers/listeners to consider perspectives that are not the status quo, while honing in on African American experiences through commentary and reflection.

Jan 23

Jan 23 S:2-Ep:8 Kimberly Shine

Matthew Gutierrez

Kimberly Shine is a creative and media professional from chicago. Her collection of poetry, “On the Other Side of Everything” encourages readers to quiet the noise, take control of their lives and to live freely.

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.

Oct 17

Oct 17 S:2-Ep:4 Lor Clincy

Matthew Gutierrez

Lor Clincy, a Chicago native, uses poetry to tell salient experiences that require readers/listeners to consider perspectives that are not the status quo, while honing in on African American experiences through commentary and reflection.

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.

Sep 22

Sep 22 S:2-Ep:2: Gina Twardosz

Matthew Gutierrez

Gina, a Chicago resident, recently earned her MFA in creative nonfiction from Columbia College Chicago. Her literature, twice nominated for the Pushcart prize, is exceedingly personal, often satirical, with an eye cast to the side for the strange and whimsical.

Sep 15

Sep 15 S:2-Ep:1: Natasha Mijares

Matthew Gutierrez

Natasha is a Cuban American poet, educator, curator, and artist. Born and raised in Miami, she moved to Chicago to study creative writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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.’”

Jun 6

Jun 6 Episode 9: Spencer Washington

Matthew Gutierrez

Spencer Washington is a current post graduate MFA student from Columbia College Chicago. They mainly focus on LGBT+ YA fiction and queer narratives.

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.

May 19

May 19 Episode 7: Kim Galovich

Matthew Gutierrez

Kim writes horror with a heart and a feminist agenda, digging through the dirt and filth to get to the truth about what haunts her characters. you can find her writing and multimedia work at kimgalovich.com.

May 12

May 12 Episode 6: 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.