Matthew Thorburn's guest appearances

Matthew Thorburn

Show Do Tell: A Reading Series & Art Review

Second Sunday Readings

Conor Oberst

Amanda Miller

Brittany Anjou

Nick Gross

Daniel Braum

Aaron Poochigian

David Puretz

Shea Lowery

Brendan Lorber

Dana Roeser

Jessica Stilling

Donald Kennedy

Prince A. McNally

Aida Zilelian

Christine Kandic Torres

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Rebecca Evans is a memoirist, poet, and essayist with two MFAs: one in creative nonfiction and the other in poetry from Sierra Nevada University. She teaches creative nonfiction at Boise State University. In addition to writing, she mentors high school girls in the juvenile system and teaches poetry for those in recovery. She also co-hosts the radio program, Writer to Writer.  Rebecca is a disabled and decorated war veteran, a Jew, a gardener, a mother, a worrier, and more. She carries a passion for sharing difficult stories about vulnerability, woven with mysticism. She lives in Idaho with her sons, her Newfies, and her calico cat. Find her at rebeccaevanswriter.com Matthew Thorburn’s most recent book is String, published by Louisiana State University Press. He’s also the author of seven previous collections of poetry, including The Grace of Distance, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize, and Dear Almost, which received the Lascaux Prize. His work has been recognized with a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, as well as fellowships from the Bronx and New Jersey arts councils. Originally from Michigan and for many years a New Yorker, he lives with his family near Princeton, New Jersey. His poems, dogs and chickens appear regularly on Instagram (@thorburnpoet).  Sarah Ghazal Ali is the author of THEOPHANIES, selected as the Editors’ Choice for the 2022 Alice James Award, and forthcoming with Alice James Books in January 2024. A 2022 Djanikian Scholar, her poems appear in Poetry, American Poetry Review, Pleiades, the Rumpus, and elsewhere. Sarah is the editor of Palette Poetry and lives in Lewisburg, PA where she is a Stadler Fellow at Bucknell University.   ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/2sr/message

Rebecca Evans is a memoirist, poet, and essayist with two MFAs: one in creative nonfiction and the other in poetry from Sierra Nevada University. She teaches creative nonfiction at Boise State University. In addition to writing, she mentors high school girls in the juvenile system and teaches poetry for those in recovery. She also co-hosts the radio program, Writer to Writer.  Rebecca is a disabled and decorated war veteran, a Jew, a gardener, a mother, a worrier, and more. She carries a passion for sharing difficult stories about vulnerability, woven with mysticism. She lives in Idaho with her sons, her Newfies, and her calico cat. Find her at <a href="http://rebeccaevanswriter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rebeccaevanswriter.com</a> Matthew Thorburn’s most recent book is String, published by Louisiana State University Press. He’s also the author of seven previous collections of poetry, including The Grace of Distance, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize, and Dear Almost, which received the Lascaux Prize. His work has been recognized with a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, as well as fellowships from the Bronx and New Jersey arts councils. Originally from Michigan and for many years a New Yorker, he lives with his family near Princeton, New Jersey. His poems, dogs and chickens appear regularly on Instagram (@thorburnpoet).  Sarah Ghazal Ali is the author of THEOPHANIES, selected as the Editors’ Choice for the <a href="https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/news/22-aja-announced" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2022 Alice James Award</a>, and forthcoming with Alice James Books in January 2024. A 2022 Djanikian Scholar, her poems appear in Poetry, American Poetry Review, Pleiades, the Rumpus, and elsewhere. Sarah is the editor of <a href="http://www.palettepoetry.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Palette Poetry</a> and lives in Lewisburg, PA where she is a Stadler Fellow at Bucknell University. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/2sr/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/2sr/message</a>

ep. 0423: Rebecca Evans, Matthew Thorburn, and Sarah Ghazal Ali

The September edition of the Show Do Tell Reading Series:Aida Zilelian is a New York writer and English teacher.  Her debut novel The Legacy of Lost Things was released in March 2015 (Bleeding Heart Publications) and was the recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. She has been featured on NPR, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Kirkus Reviews, among other radio and print platforms. Most recently, her short story collection These Hills Were Meant for You was shortlisted for the 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Award. She is currently completing her third novel. Matthew Thorburn is the author of seven collections of poems, including The Grace of Distance (LSU Press, 2019) and the book-length poem Dear Almost (LSU Press, 2016), honored with the Lascaux Prize for Collected Poetry. His work has also been recognized with a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, as well as fellowships from the Bronx and New Jersey arts councils and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. He lives with his wife and son in New Jersey.  Brendan Lorber is a poet, prose writer, and editor who lives in a little castle on the highest geographic point in Brooklyn, across from the Green-Wood Cemetery. Over two decades in the making, his first full-length book just came out. It’s called If this is paradise why are we still driving? and is published by the Subpress Collective. He’s also written several chapbooks, most recently Unfixed Elegy and Other Poems (Butterlamb) He’s appeared in the American Poetry Review, Fence, McSweeney’s, Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere.

The September edition of the Show Do Tell Reading Series: Aida Zilelian is a New York writer and English teacher. Her debut novel The Legacy of Lost Things was released in March 2015 (Bleeding Heart Publications) and was the recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. She has been featured on NPR, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, Kirkus Reviews, among other radio and print platforms. Most recently, her short story collection These Hills Were Meant for You was shortlisted for the 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Award. She is currently completing her third novel. Matthew Thorburn is the author of seven collections of poems, including The Grace of Distance (LSU Press, 2019) and the book-length poem Dear Almost (LSU Press, 2016), honored with the Lascaux Prize for Collected Poetry. His work has also been recognized with a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, as well as fellowships from the Bronx and New Jersey arts councils and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. He lives with his wife and son in New Jersey. Brendan Lorber is a poet, prose writer, and editor who lives in a little castle on the highest geographic point in Brooklyn, across from the Green-Wood Cemetery. Over two decades in the making, his first full-length book just came out. It’s called If this is paradise why are we still driving? and is published by the Subpress Collective. He’s also written several chapbooks, most recently Unfixed Elegy and Other Poems (Butterlamb) He’s appeared in the American Poetry Review, Fence, McSweeney’s, Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere.

Show Do Tell: Brendan Lorber, Aida Zilelian, Matthew Thorburn