On this episode, we break bread with poet Johnathan Riley and talk about baguettes, cheesy bread, and of course, John Ashbery.
On this episode, we break bread with poet Johnathan Riley and talk about baguettes, cheesy bread, and of course, John Ashbery.
Guest: Johnathan Riley, Instagram @j.j.riley, Twitter @j_j_riley
Bio: Johnathan Riley is from the coast of Maine. When he’s not performing his duties as an ordained minister, and local bartender, he is teaching and writing poetry at the University of New Hampshire, where he is completing his MFA and is the Poetry Editor for Barnstorm Literary Journal. In 2018 Riley was the recipient of Florida State University's Poetry Literati Award and, most recently, was awarded the Dick Shea Memorial Award for Poetry. His work has appeared in The Kudzu Review, Vellichor Magazine, and Barnstorm but if you want to read anything more than that, you'll have to email his mother. He currently lives in Dover, NH.
Poems discussed: "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" by John Ashbery and "Long Look Back" by Johnathan Riley