(first aired June 13, 2017). Host Sheila Bender interviews Port Townsend “hidden” poet and artist Marīa Moustakas.
In Conversation
In Conversation – Nancy Pearl
(first aired May 30, 2017). Host Sheila Bender interviews via phone Seattle’s book maven, and now novelist, Nancy Pearl.
In Conversation – Ayelet Waldman
(first aired May 16, 2017). Host Sheila Bender speaks with Berkeley author Ayelet Waldman, and discusses her new book, A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage and My Life.
In Conversation – Anna Quinn
(first aired May 2, 2017). Host Sheila Bender talks in studio with Port Townsend resident Anna Quinn about the road to publication and her work with aspiring writers.
In Conversation – Emily Menon Bender
(first aired April 18, 2017). University of Washington linguistics professor Emily Menon Bender joins host Sheila Bender to discuss what it was like to grow up with a poet mom.
In Conversation – Curtis White
(first aired April 4, 2017). Host Sheila Bender interviews in studio Port Townsend resident Curtis White, and discusses his cultural criticism and fiction writing.
In Conversation – Wren Ferris
(first aired March 21, 2017). Host Sheila Bender interviews via phone Port Townsend entrepreneur Wren Ferris, author of “Soak: An Homage to Water.”
In Conversation – Alice Derry
(first aired March 7, 2017). Host Sheila Bender speaks via phone with Port Angeles poet Alice Derry about her years of teaching and writing poetry.
In Conversation – Kathleen Flenniken
(first aired February 21, 2017). Host Sheila Bender talks via phone with former Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken and discusses her work and life in poetry.
In Conversation – Shirin Bridges
(first aired February 7, 2017). Host Sheila Bender welcomes via phone Shirin Bridges, and discusses her writing and Goosebottom Books, her press for middle grade books.

