The Host Dispatch: A Literary Podcast

Oct 30 2024 55 ep. 50 mins 9
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Hear from the editors of Host Publications as they discuss literature, publishing, the writing life, and all things creative that connect the literary community.

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In Conversation with Katherine Packert Burke

Oct 30 2024 75 mins  
In this episode, it was a thrill to speak with Katherine Packert Burke about her captivating debut novel, Still Life (Norton, 2024). ”Katherine Packert Burke’s Still Life is everything you want from a Künstlerroman: smart, sexy, funny, sly, and exceptionally queer. With biting insights and heartbreaking attention, this debut captures the daunting thrill of becoming an artist

We're Open for Submissions!

Sep 13 2024 26 mins  
We’re thrilled to announce that we are currently open for submissions! In this episode, we discuss what’s new about this year’s open reading period, our tips and tricks for submitting your work, and what our vision for Host’s 2025 publishing program holds!

Happy Women in Translation Month!

Aug 20 2024 52 mins  
In this episode, we discuss the works by women in translation that have been blowing our socks off this month. We talk about literary celebrities in the small press world, how their books have opened our minds, and taught us something new about literature. The books we discussed in this episode are: Tentacle by Rita Indiana Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon

In Conversation with mónica teresa ortiz

Jul 23 2024 48 mins  
In this episode, we chat with mónica teresa ortiz, author of book of provocations, the inaugural winner of the Joe W. Bratcher Prize for Poetry. mónica teresa ortiz (they / them) is a poet, memory worker, and critic born, raised, and based in Texas. In this conversation, we talk about the origins of mónica’s radical poetry, and how their work has evolved since we published th

Celebrating Queer Poets

Jun 20 2024 48 mins  
Considering themes of liberation, we take a close look at the work of three queer poets whose work we admire, Host’s very own m. mick powell (author of threesome in the last Toyota Celica & other circus tricks,) Destiny Hemphill, and Cedar Sigo.

How the Hell Do You End a Poem?

May 28 2024 48 mins  
This episode dives head first into the age old question: how the hell do you end a poem? Investigating the endings of three poems by poets we admire, we discuss the various strategies poets use to make a grand (or subtle, or repetitive, or mysterious) exit.

In Conversation with Stephanie Niu

Feb 20 2024 64 mins  
To kick off season 5 (!!) we has the chance to chat with the winner of the Spring 2024 Host Publications Chapbook Prize, Stephanie Niu about her incredible chapbook, Survived By: an Atlas of Disappearance. Stephanie is a Chinese-American poet, digital humanities scholar, and ecology enthusiast from Marietta, Georgia. She is the author of She Has Dreamt Again of Water, winner of th

In Conversation with m. mick powell

Oct 19 2023 73 mins  
In this episode, we had the immense pleasure of talking with our forthcoming poet and author of the chapbook threesome in the last Toyota Celica & other circus tricks m. mick powell! We talked about everything from digital collage and it’s relationship to mick’s poetry practice, to the way the organization of a book of poems can be inspired by the way an album is composed. mick

Poetry and The Primal

Oct 03 2023 46 mins  
Hello Wildlings! In this episode, Claire and Annar discuss the idea of the primal in poetry, how and why we might tap into our most raw and instinctive urges in the making of a poem, to explore ”the unknown capacities of the mind and heart” (Dean Young). In a sprawling but intimate conversation about fueling the fire of imagination, empathy and a spirit of desire unhindered by

Celebrating Women in Translation Month 2023!

Aug 22 2023 40 mins  
In this episode, Annar and Claire celebrate one of their favorite literary months, Women in Translation Month, by turning to the work of a couple of the podcast's favorite poets - Yi Lu and Alejandra Pizarnik. Discussing themes of loss, eco-poetry, drama and surrealism, these two poets were a perfect pairing for the celebration of women in translation. The books featured on this e