Check out our upcoming schedule to see who will be dropping by. The Creatives listed are scheduled to appear. but of course, the list and dates are subject to change.
March 22nd – Ebony Stewart
Ebony Stewart, most affectionately known as Eb or Gully, is an author and international touring interdisciplinary artivist. As a Black womxn writer and performance artist, Ebony Stewart harnesses the power of creativity to explore and challenge societal norms, personal identity, and the intersectionality of her experiences. With a spellbinding blend of storytelling, verbal fitness, and raw emotion, she captivates audiences, inviting them into a world where vulnerability becomes strength and authenticity reigns supreme.
She is the author of BloodFresh, Home.Girl.Hood., and Love Letters to Balled Fists. Her work has been featured in Button Poetry, AfroPunk, For Harriet, Teen Vogue, The Texas Observer, Houston Public Media, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic, 2021 Colorism Healing Writing Contest, Write About Now Poetry, plus countless others. Her voice-over work in commercials and films such as, Red Wing, Gulf Coast Love Story, and Black Girls: A Never Whisper Justice documentary has earned her recognition as a skilled and versatile artist.
This will be Ebony’s second appearance.
March 29th – Stephanie Bolster
Born in Vancouver, Stephanie Bolster teaches in and coordinates the creative writing program at Concordia University in Montreal. Her first book, White Stone: The Alice Poems, won the Governor General’s Award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Her fourth and most recent book of poetry, A Page from the Wonders of Life on Earth, was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, while an excerpt from her current manuscript was a finalist for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2012. Her interests include perception and representation, with a particular focus on the visual arts, domestic spaces, “ruin porn,” theme parks, and the “middle landscape” of zoos and gardens.
This will be Stephanie’s first appearance.
April 26th – Irina Moga
Irina Moga is the author of six poetry collections and a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada.
Her book, Variations of Palaces (Éditions L’Harmattan, Paris) won the 2022 Dina Sahyouni International Literary Prize (France).
Irina’s poems, short stories and reviews have appeared widely in Canada, the United States, and France in publications such as Canadian Literature, carte blanche, Contemporary Verse 2, Hotch Potch Literature and Arts, New York Quarterly, California Quarterly, Split Rock Review, Lettres Capitales and Le Pan poétique des muses.
Her work has been nominated for the SFPA Rhysling Award and Best of the Net.
This will be Irina’s first appearance
May 3rd – Leah V
Leah V is a Bronx-born Puerto Rican poet, recognized for intricate wordplay, disciplined memorization, and a body of work that moves confidently across theme and form. Based in New York City, she is a performer, curator, officiant, and creative producer whose practice is grounded in craft, collaboration, and intentional presence.
Her one-woman poetry-play, The Long Way Home, premiered at the Triad to sold-out audiences. She also recently appeared with Poetry Me, Please in a sold-out performance at the Apollo Theater, sharing the stage with poets on one of the city’s most historic platforms.
Leah’s artistic practice is inherently collaborative. She frequently works across disciplines, performing alongside musicians and dancers and, at times, accompanying herself instrumentally. In addition to her performance work, she serves as a poetry coach, workshop facilitator, curator, and wedding officiant.
This will be Leah’s first appearance.
May 10th – Brenda Cárdenas
Current Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda Cárdenas is the author of Trace (Red Hen Press, 2023), winner of the 2023 Society of Midland Authors Poetry Award and silver winner of the 2023 Foreword Review Indie Poetry Award; Boomerang (Bilingual Press, 2009); and the chapbooks Bread of the Earth/The Last Colors with Roberto Harrison, Achiote Seeds/Semillas de Achiote with Cristina García, Emmy Pérez, and Gabriela Erandi Rico; and From the Tongues of Brick and Stone.
Cárdenas served as faculty for the 2021 CantoMundo writers’ retreat and as the 2010-2012 Milwaukee Poet Laureate. In 2014, she co-designed and co-taught the inaugural master workshop for Pintura:Palabra: A Project in Ekphrasis sponsored by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Letras Latinas. She is Professor Emerita of English at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she won a University of Wisconsin System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award, the Roberto Hernández Center’s Latine Heritage Month Award, and the English Department’s Faculty Graduate Teaching Award. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Woodland Pattern in Milwaukee where she lives with her husband, the poet Roberto Harrison, and their dog Maya.
This will be Brenda’s first appearance.
May 24th – Steven Seidenberg
Steven Seidenberg is an artist, poet, and philosopher whose collections of photographs include The Architecture of Silence (Contrasto, 2023), Pipevalve: Berlin (Lodima Press, 2017), and the forthcoming Kanazawa Vacancy (Chin Music, Fall 2026). He has had solo exhibitions of his work in Japan, Italy, Germany, Mexico, and the United States. He is the author of Coda (Omnidawn, 2026), Anon (Omnidawn, 2022), plain sight (Roof Books, 2020), Situ (Black Sun Lit, 2018), Null Set (2016, Spooky Actions), Itch (2015, RAW ArT Press), and numerous chapbooks of poetry and aphorism. His books have been published in Swedish, Italian, and Portuguese translation.
This will be Stevens first appearance.
May 31st – Jennifer LoveGrove
Jennifer LoveGrove’s newest book is the poetry collection The Tinder Sonnets (April 2026, Book*hug Press). Beautiful Children with Pet Foxes, published in spring 2017, was longlisted for the Raymond Souster Award. Her novel Watch How We Walk was longlisted for the Giller Prize. She has two other poetry collections: I Should Never Have Fired the Sentinel and The Dagger Between Her Teeth. She divides her time between downtown Toronto and rural Ontario.
This will be Jennifers first appearance on the Podcast