Jack Spicer said that the poet is not a creator, but a conduit, getting messages from an undefinable source to form the poem. He thought of a poet as a radio, broadcasting words. We like to think of POET AS RADIO as an opportunity for writers to broadcast their words as well.
Shows include interviews with Bay Area writers, readings, lectures, announcements about Bay Area poetry readings—and other great ideas that we, and you, come up with. Please contact us with ideas for future shows and info on your upcoming events at poetasradio at gmail.com.
About the hosts:
Delia Tramontina is originally from Queens, NY. Her poetry has appeared in Ur-Vox, Bombay Gin, Spore and Tinfish. Her review of Sarah Rosenthal's Manhatten appeared in Galatea Resurrects in 2010. More recently, her poetry has been included in Hamilton Stone Review, Sugar Mule and Sawbuck. She has an upcoming piece to appear in Lyrotica: An Anthology of Erotic Poetry and Prose. Delia received her MFA in Writing and Poetics from Naropa University in 2001 and is currently living and working in San Francisco.
Nicholas Leaskou is from San Francisco and received his MFA from USF in 2009. His poems and reviews have appeared in Jacket2, Tarpaulin Sky, Dusie 15, Vallum 8:1, Switchback 7 & 13, Midway 2, Boog City, and Fourteen Hills 7:2. He is the author of Heliotropes (Ypolita Press, 2017). His jewelry can be found at ZygosDesign.
Jay Thomas lives in San Francisco. He makes a living writing poetry, and his hobbies include working in Silicon Valley on most weekdays. He's created and/or maintained websites for a variety of Bay Area poetry-related entities including Switchback and A Community Writing Itself. He received his MFA in Writing from the University of San Francisco in 2007.
Jay, Delia, and Nicholas wrapping up their first show in the studio at KUSF in Exile
Here are some pics of us during our January 7th show
We read at the Canessa Park Gallery Reading on Monday July 9th. Thank you to Avery Burns for inviting us to read and to everyone who came
Here are some pics of us during our January 7th show
We read at the Canessa Park Gallery Reading on Monday July 9th. Thank you to Avery Burns for inviting us to read and to everyone who came
