Ben Aleshire's guest appearances

Ben Aleshire

WRBH Reading Radio Original Programming Podcasts

The Ruth Stone Foundation Podcast

Belinda Subraman Presents

The BWOMS Podcast

Skye Jackson

Patricia Smith

David Biespiel

Peter Buffett

Rachel Marie

Joey Schultz

Larissa Shmailo

Sarah Walker

Damian Gray

Frank Luna

Gabe Fernandez

Johnny Hanson

Valentin Sandoval

Daniel Rivera

Richie Castro

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On this episode, we welcome New Orleans poets, Skye Jackson and Ben Aleshire. It was great having the chance to discuss each of their publications, Aleshire’s “Currency” (Honeybee Press, 2nd Ed, 2018), and Jackson’s “A Faster Grave” (Antenna Press, 2019), Winner of the 2018/2019 Paper Machine Chapbook Open Call. We also discuss traveling, reading tips, busking, “poet voice,” and get to hear them read a poem each.Follow Sky Jackson: IG (https://instagram.com/skyeinthecity) / https://www.antenna.works/product/a-faster-grave/ Follow Ben Aleshire: IG (https://instagram.com/benjamin_aleshire) / https://www.poetforhire.org/Hosted by Richie David Marrufo, project director of The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series. Intro/Outro Track: “Cascade” produced by Christopher J. SerranoPresented by Power at the PassEl Paso, TX2019

On this episode, we welcome New Orleans poets, Skye Jackson and Ben Aleshire. It was great having the chance to discuss each of their publications, Aleshire’s “Currency” (Honeybee Press, 2nd Ed, 2018), and Jackson’s “A Faster Grave” (Antenna Press, 2019), Winner of the 2018/2019 Paper Machine Chapbook Open Call. We also discuss traveling, reading tips, busking, “poet voice,” and get to hear them read a poem each. Follow Sky Jackson: IG (<a href="https://instagram.com/skyeinthecity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/skyeinthecity</a>) / https://www.antenna.works/product/a-faster-grave/ Follow Ben Aleshire: IG (<a href="https://instagram.com/benjamin_aleshire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/benjamin_aleshire</a>) / <a href="https://www.poetforhire.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.poetforhire.org/</a> Hosted by Richie David Marrufo, project director of The Barbed Wire Open Mic Series. Intro/Outro Track: “Cascade” produced by Christopher J. Serrano Presented by Power at the Pass El Paso, TX 2019

Ep. 47: Skye Jackson and Ben Aleshire

SKYE JACKSON was born and raised in New Orleans. She holds an English degree from LSU and a degree in law from Mississippi College School of Law. She is currently an MFA candidate in poetry at the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop where she serves as Associate Poetry Editor of Bayou Magazine. Her work has appeared in the Delta Literary Journal and Thought Catalog. Her chapbook A Faster Grave was published in May 2019 from Antenna Press.BENJAMIN ALESHIRE travels the world as a poet-for-hire, composing poems for strangers on a manual typewriter. His work has been featured recently in The Times UK, Iowa Review, Boston Review, and on television in the US, China, and Spain. An excerpt of his novel, 'Poet for Hire: Kismet of a 21st Century Troubadour' is forthcoming in LitHub. Ben was a Breadloaf waiter in 2016, and serves as assistant poetry editor for the Green Mountains Review. He lives in New Orleans.www.poetforhire.org

SKYE JACKSON was born and raised in New Orleans. She holds an English degree from LSU and a degree in law from Mississippi College School of Law. She is currently an MFA candidate in poetry at the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop where she serves as Associate Poetry Editor of Bayou Magazine. Her work has appeared in the Delta Literary Journal and Thought Catalog. Her chapbook A Faster Grave was published in May 2019 from Antenna Press. BENJAMIN ALESHIRE travels the world as a poet-for-hire, composing poems for strangers on a manual typewriter. His work has been featured recently in The Times UK, Iowa Review, Boston Review, and on television in the US, China, and Spain. An excerpt of his novel, 'Poet for Hire: Kismet of a 21st Century Troubadour' is forthcoming in LitHub. Ben was a Breadloaf waiter in 2016, and serves as assistant poetry editor for the Green Mountains Review. He lives in New Orleans. <a href="http://www.poetforhire.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.poetforhire.org</a>

Skye Jackson and Ben Aleshire: Touring Poets