3 MAY 2024 · On the pod this week, Rachel sits down with poet RK Fauth to talk about bees, language (including its failings), evil apples,  and evil editing.  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rk-fauth https://www.ttupress.org/9781682831960/a-dream-in-which-i-am-playing-with-bees/   https://www.punchbucketlit.org/

5 APR 2024 · Poet Michael Dechane sits down with PBL's Alex McWalters to talk poems, finding community, stillness, and why Alex has to promise to find time to watch Before Sunrise. Michael reads two poems from his forthcoming collection, "The Long Invisible". Keep an eye out for it this September from Wildhouse Publishing!

15 MAR 2024 · Michael Hettich sits down with PBL’s Rachel Hanson to talk poetry, teaching, and finding form in the rhythm of everyday life.   https://michaelhettich.com/   https://www.press53.com/poetry-collections/the-halo-of-bees-new-selected-poems-1990-2022   https://www.punchbucketlit.org/

7 MAR 2024 · Evelyn Berry sits down with guest host, PBL's own Dustin Brookshire. They talk about poetry, grief, life in the South, and what it means to be a poet and person in the LGBTQ community. https://evelynberrywriter.com/ https://www.punchbucketlit.org/

1 MAR 2024 · Clint Bowman is in the studio this week with PBL's Rachel M. Hanson to talk about poems, nature, and what it means to connect (and disconnect) with place. Check out Clint's chapbook, "Pretty Shit" here: https://bottlecap.press/products/pretty Instagram: @darkcitypoetssociety PBL Instagram: @punch_bucket_lit https://www.punchbucketlit.org/

23 FEB 2024 · Rachel welcomes writer Catherine Campbell to the studio today to talk about capturing moments in time, exploring form, prioritizing your art, and the influence of Lauren Groff.

15 DEC 2023 · Rachel is in the studio this week talking to poet and newest PBL crew member (!!!) Dustin Brookshire. They talk about form, Barbie, family, the mentors, teachers, and professors who inspire, and grab your notebook because there will be a quiz on Dolly Parton's birthday. Also, hang onto that notebook because Dustin is leading a generative workshop next month! Details on the pod and at https://www.punchbucketlit.org https://dustinbrookshire.com/

25 NOV 2023 · Leah Hampton is in the studio this week talking to PBL's Alex McWalters about what it means to love a place deeply enough to criticize it as harshly as you care about it, to live with her characters, to take care of those characters, and to know when she can't anymore. Leah Hampton writes about Appalachia, corpses, ecoanxiety, and smart women. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Idaho. Her debut collection, F*ckface and Other Stories, was released by Henry Holt and was named one of the best books of 2020 by The Paris Review, the New York Public Library, and Slate. A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers, she has been awarded multiple prizes and fellowships and held residencies at the Stadler Center for Poetry, the Folger Shakespeare Library, Hedgebrook, Jentel, and elsewhere. Her work has appeared in places like Ecotone, Guernica, McSweeneys Quarterly Concern, Electric Literature, storySouth, and LitHub. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains and in Moscow, Idaho. https://leahkhampton.com/

17 NOV 2023 · This week on the podcast we’ve got a live recording of our July 25th Rapid Read. This was the first PBL event at our current incredible location rEvolve Mercantile at 697 Haywood Rd in Asheville NC. All of our live readings are recorded and available to our Patreon subscribers. So if you’re interested in more live recordings, or keeping up with all PBL happenings including live events, check out our website and sign up for our newsletter! https://www.punchbucketlit.org/ This special edition live recording features work from Brandon Amico, Alyse Bensel, Thomas Calder, Michael Dechane, Diamond Forde, Luke Hankins, Rachel M. Hanson, Leslee Johnson, Alex McWalters, Bruce Spang, Taylor Sykes, and Brit Washburn. Enjoy!

10 NOV 2023 · JP Gritton is in the studio this week, chatting with Rachel about his novel Wyoming, voice, place, and potboiler mysteries that won't leave you alone. https://www.jpgritton.com/ https://www.punchbucketlit.org/