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The 6th episode of Season 8 will air on Saturday 16th March 2024. It is produced and hosted by Damien B. Donnelly. Below are details and links to the guest stars…
A.R Williams
Hailing from Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley (USA), A.R. Williams has seen his poetry published in various anthologies and magazines, including Anti-Heroin Chic, Black Bough Poetry, Fevers of the Mind, Ink, Sweat & Tears, ONEART, Red Eft Review, and tiny wren lit. A.R. is also the editor-in-chief of East Ridge Review, and his debut chapbook, Funeral in the Wild, was published by Kelsay Books in 2024. Beyond poetry, he enjoys nature walks with his family, savoring quality coffee, and wearing black t-shirts.
Follow A.R. on Twitter / X at https://twitter.com/arw_poetry
To buy your copy of A Funeral in the Wild check out https://mybook.to/bTJhc
Find out more about A.R. and East Ridge Review https://eastridgereview.com/masthead/
Z.R. Ghani
Z. R. Ghani is from London. She graduated with a B.A. in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University in 2012. Her poems, which explore themes of identity, femininity, religion, and nature, have been published in literary journals such as Magma, Black Bough Poetry, The Adriatic, The Willowherb Review, The Storms Journal, and in various anthologies. Her pamphlet In the Name of red is published by The Emma Press
Follow Zaina on Twitter / X at https://twitter.com/zr_ghani
In the Name of Red is now available to pre-order from The Emma Press https://theemmapress.com/shop/poetry/pamphlets/inthenameofred/
Marty McKenna
Marty McKenna is an independent Irish poet, born in Tyrone, now living and writing in Belfast. Marty works for the Belfast Trust and has poems published widely in both online and print journals. He won the Matrix Poetry prize in 2017. He published his first chapbook ‘silent stigma, loud leaf’ October 2021 (Button Press), his second chapbook ‘gently, but a dream’ was published in October 2022 (Button Press); he is currently submitting work for publication which will inform his third chapbook ‘sleeve notes’ due in October 2023 (Button Press). Awarded a grant from DfC in December 2021 and December 2023, Marty is a neurodivergent poet.
Follow Marty on Twitter / X at https://twitter.com/i_twopointzero
Find out more about Marty at https://martymckenna.bigcartel.com/
Sleeve Notes is available to buy here https://martymckenna.bigcartel.com/product/sleeve-notes
Anne Tannam
Behind the Storms featured guest
Anne Tannam has published three poetry collections, ‘Take This Life’, (Wordonthestreet Publishers 2011), ‘Tides Shifting Across My Sitting Room Floor’, (Salmon Poetry 2017) and ‘Twenty-six Letters of a New Alphabet’, (Salmon 2021). Her fourth collection, ‘dismantle’, is forthcoming from Salmon in April 2024. She was awarded a Literature Bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland in 2022 and Dublin City Council in 2023. She is the current Poet in Residence with Poetry Ireland
Follow Anne on Twitter / X at https://twitter.com/AnneTannam
For more about Anne check out her website https://www.creativecoaching.ie/
dismantle will soon be available form Salmon Poetry https://www.salmonpoetry.com/search.php?booksearch=anne+tannam
Damien B Donnelly, Producer, Host and Poet
Damien B Donnelly is a 48-year-old Irish, adopted, queer writer and podcast producer who spent 23 years living in Paris, Amsterdam, and London working in the fashion industry, returning to Dublin at the end of 2020. He is the host and producer of the poetry podcast Eat the Storms and the editor-in-chief of The Storms, a journal of poetry, prose and visual art. His debut pamphlet, Eat the Storms, published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press, nominated for a Pushcart Prize and featured on the Poetry Book Society Winter List 2020/21, followed by a Pushcart Prize nominated Stickleback (micro collection) and In the Jitterfritz of Neon, a conversational pamphlet co-written with Eilín de Paor. His first full collection Enough! was published by Hedgehog in August 2022. His poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous journals, both online and in print. His 2nd full collection Back form Away arrives on the 8th May 2024 with Turas Press
The Storms journal is available at https://eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
He is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/deuxiemepeau and instagram at both @damiboy and @weshallalwayshaveparis
You can purchase his pamphlets and collections at his website https://deuxiemepeaupoetry.com/
Backing music for Eat the Storms is from Purple Planet Royalty Free Music, with thanks…
https://www.purple-planet.com/
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