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533 534 <div class="fusion-rollover-categories"><a href="https://writersforum.org/category/news/" rel="tag">news</a></div> 535 536 <a class="fusion-link-wrapper" href="https://writersforum.org/jim-murphy-on-personal-loss-music-and-resistance-in-poetry/" aria-label="Jim Murphy on Personal Loss, Music, and Resistance in Poetry"></a> 537 </div> 538</div> 539</div> 540</li> 541 542 543 </ul> 544 </div> 545 <div class="fusion-post-content post-content"><h2 class="blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title"><a href="https://writersforum.org/jim-murphy-on-personal-loss-music-and-resistance-in-poetry/">Jim Murphy on Personal Loss, Music, and Resistance in Poetry</a></h2><div class="fusion-post-content-container"><p>Interviewed by Jason Gordy Walker Jim Murphy is the author of four poetry collections: Versions of May, The Uniform House, Heaven Overland, and The Memphis Sun. His poems and scholarship have appeared in journals including Brooklyn Review, Gulf Coast, MELUS, Mississippi Review, Modern Fiction Studies, Puerto del Sol, The Southern Review, Texas Review, and TriQuarterly. He teaches at the University of Montevallo and lives with his family in Homewood, Alabama. Jim and I corresponded via [...]</p></div></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div><div class="fusion-meta-info"><div class="fusion-alignleft"><span class="vcard" style="display: none;"><span class="fn"><a href="https://writersforum.org/author/jordanmahaffey/" rel="author">Jordan Mahaffey</a></span></span><span class="updated" style="display:none;">
5452026-04-01T13:59:40-05:00</span><span>April 1, 2026</span><span class="fusion-inline-sep">|</span><span class="fusion-comments"><a href="https://writersforum.org/jim-murphy-on-personal-loss-music-and-resistance-in-poetry/#respond">0 Comments</a></span></div><div class="fusion-alignright"><a class="fusion-read-more" href="https://writersforum.org/jim-murphy-on-personal-loss-music-and-resistance-in-poetry/" aria-label="More on Jim Murphy on Personal Loss, Music, and Resistance in Poetry">Read More</a></div></div></article> 546<article id="blog-1-post-11350" class="fusion-post-medium post-11350 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news"> 547 <style type="text/css"> 548 549 550 551 552 </style> 553 554 555 <div class="fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow" style=""> 556 <ul class="slides"> 557 558 <li><div class="fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed" aria-haspopup="true"> 559 <img decoding="async" width="320" height="202" src="https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Interview_RobertCollins_Feat-320x202.png" class="attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image" alt="" /><div class="fusion-rollover"> 560 <div class="fusion-rollover-content"> 561 562 <a class="fusion-rollover-link" href="https://writersforum.org/robert-collins-interview/">Robert Collins Discusses the Inspiration Behind “D.O.A. at Dante’s”</a> 563 564 565 566 <div class="fusion-rollover-sep"></div> 567 568 <a class="fusion-rollover-gallery" href="https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Interview_RobertCollins_Feat.png" data-options="" data-id="11350" data-rel="iLightbox[gallery]" data-title="Interview_RobertCollins_Feat" data-caption=""> 569 Gallery </a> 570 571 572 <h4 class="fusion-rollover-title"> 573 <a class="fusion-rollover-title-link" href="https://writersforum.org/robert-collins-interview/"> 574 Robert Collins Discusses the Inspiration Behind “D.O.A. at Dante’s” </a> 575 </h4> 576 577 <div class="fusion-rollover-categories"><a href="https://writersforum.org/category/news/" rel="tag">news</a></div> 578 579 <a class="fusion-link-wrapper" href="https://writersforum.org/robert-collins-interview/" aria-label="Robert Collins Discusses the Inspiration Behind “D.O.A. at Dante’s”"></a> 580 </div> 581</div> 582</div> 583</li> 584 585 586 </ul> 587 </div> 588 <div class="fusion-post-content post-content"><h2 class="blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title"><a href="https://writersforum.org/robert-collins-interview/">Robert Collins Discusses the Inspiration Behind “D.O.A. at Dante’s”</a></h2><div class="fusion-post-content-container"><p>Interviewed by Jason Gordy Walker Robert Collins is the author of several poetry collections, including Naming the Dead (FutureCycle Press, 2012) and Drinking with the Second Shift (Turning Point Books, 2017). His latest, D.O.A. at Dante’s, was published by 11thour Press in 2023. From March 4th to April 11th, 2025, we corresponded via email about his poems and writing process. Jason Gordy Walker: Poem after poem in D.O.A. at Dante’s delights in caustic humor. There’s [...]</p></div></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div><div class="fusion-meta-info"><div class="fusion-alignleft"><span class="vcard" style="display: none;"><span class="fn"><a href="https://writersforum.org/author/jordanmahaffey/" rel="author">Jordan Mahaffey</a></span></span><span class="updated" style="display:none;">2025-07-16T15:20:41-05:00</span><span>July 16, 2025</span><span class="fusion-inline-sep">|</span><span class="fusion-comments"><a href="https://writersforum.org/robert-collins-interview/#respond">0 Comments</a></span></div><div class="fusion-alignright"><a class="fusion-read-more" href="https://writersforum.org/robert-collins-interview/" aria-label="More on Robert Collins Discusses the Inspiration Behind “D.O.A. at Dante’s”">Read More</a></div></div></article> 589<article id="blog-1-post-10856" class="fusion-post-medium post-10856 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news"> 590 <style type="text/css"> 591 592 593 594 595 </style> 596 597 598 <div class="fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow" style=""> 599 <ul class="slides"> 600 601 <li><div class="fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed" aria-haspopup="true"> 602 <img decoding="async" width="320" height="202" src="https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Interview_RayeHendrix_Feat-320x202.png" class="attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image" alt="" /><div class="fusion-rollover"> 603 <div class="fusion-rollover-content"> 604 605 <a class="fusion-rollover-link" href="https://writersforum.org/an-interview-with-poet-raye-hendrix/">
605Raye Hendrix on Poetry, Identity, and Loving Places That Don’t Love Us Back</a> 606 607 608 609 <div class="fusion-rollover-sep"></div> 610 611 <a class="fusion-rollover-gallery" href="https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Interview_RayeHendrix_Feat.png" data-options="" data-id="10856" data-rel="iLightbox[gallery]" data-title="Interview_RayeHendrix_Feat" data-caption=""> 612 Gallery </a> 613 614 615 <h4 class="fusion-rollover-title"> 616 <a class="fusion-rollover-title-link" href="https://writersforum.org/an-interview-with-poet-raye-hendrix/"> 617 Raye Hendrix on Poetry, Identity, and Loving Places That Don’t Love Us Back </a> 618 </h4> 619 620 <div class="fusion-rollover-categories"><a href="https://writersforum.org/category/news/" rel="tag">news</a></div> 621 622 <a class="fusion-link-wrapper" href="https://writersforum.org/an-interview-with-poet-raye-hendrix/" aria-label="Raye Hendrix on Poetry, Identity, and Loving Places That Don’t Love Us Back"></a> 623 </div> 624</div> 625</div> 626</li> 627 628 629 </ul> 630 </div> 631 <div class="fusion-post-content post-content"><h2 class="blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title"><a href="https://writersforum.org/an-interview-with-poet-raye-hendrix/">Raye Hendrix on Poetry, Identity, and Loving Places That Don’t Love Us Back</a></h2><div class="fusion-post-content-container"><p>Interviewed by Jason Gordy Walker Raye Hendrix is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Fire Sermons (Ghost City Press, 2021) and Every Journal is a Plague Journal (Bottlecap Press, 2021). Her first full-length collection is What Good Is Heaven (Texas Review Press, 2024). Hendrix and Jason Gordy Walker discussed Hendrix's debut and its success over email from March 10 to April 10, 2025. Walker: Congratulations on your debut! 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The annual program focuses on nurturing talent in high schools across Alabama. Competition categories are: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Senior Portfolio and Literary Magazine. The judging panel is comprised of leading writers and educators from across the state. The competition is funded in part by the Alabama State [...]</p></div></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div><div class="fusion-meta-info"><div class="fusion-alignleft"><span class="vcard" style="display: none;"><span class="fn"><a href="https://writersforum.org/author/richardkentevans/" rel="author">richardkentevans</a></span></span><span class="updated" style="display:none;">2025-04-01T09:45:40-05:00</span><span>April 1, 2025</span><span class="fusion-inline-sep">|</span><span class="fusion-comments"><a href="https://writersforum.org/winners-of-the-2025-alabama-high-school-literary-arts-awards-announced/#respond">0 Comments</a></span></div><div class="fusion-alignright"><a class="fusion-read-more" href="https://writersforum.org/winners-of-the-2025-alabama-high-school-literary-arts-awards-announced/" aria-label="More on Winners of the 2025 Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards Announced!">Read More</a></div></div></article> 642<article id="blog-1-post-8348" class="fusion-post-medium post-8348 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news"> 643 <style type="text/css"> 644 645 646 647 648 </style> 649 650 651 <div class="fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow" style=""> 652 <ul class="slides"> 653 654 <li><div class="fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed" aria-haspopup="true"> 655 <img decoding="async" width="320" height="202" src="https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kelly-Kazek-Featured-Image-320x202.png" class="attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image" alt="" /><div class="fusion-rollover"> 656 <div class="fusion-rollover-content"> 657 658 <a class="fusion-rollover-link" href="https://writersforum.org/five-favorites-with-kelly-kazek/">Five Favorites with Kelly Kazek</a> 659 660 661 662 <div class="fusion-rollover-sep"></div> 663 664 <a class="fusion-rollover-gallery" href="https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kelly-Kazek-Featured-Image.png" data-options="" data-id="8348" data-rel="iLightbox[gallery]" data-title="Kelly Kazek Featured Image" data-caption=""> 665 Gallery </a> 666 667 668 <h4 class="fusion-rollover-title"> 669 <a class="fusion-rollover-title-link" href="https://writersforum.org/five-favorites-with-kelly-kazek/"> 670 Five Favorites with Kelly Kazek </a> 671 </h4> 672 673 <div class="fusion-rollover-categories"><a href="https://writersforum.org/category/news/" rel="tag">news</a></div> 674 675 <a class="fusion-link-wrapper" href="https://writersforum.org/five-favorites-with-kelly-kazek/" aria-label="Five Favorites with Kelly Kazek"></a> 676 </div> 677</div> 678</div> 679</li> 680 681 682 </ul> 683 </div> 684 <div class="fusion-post-content post-content"><h2 class="blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title"><a href="https://writersforum.org/five-favorites-with-kelly-kazek/">Five Favorites with Kelly Kazek</a></h2><div class="fusion-post-content-container"><p> </p></div></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div><div class="fusion-meta-info"><div class="fusion-alignleft"><span class="vcard" style="display: none;"><span class="fn"><a href="https://writersforum.org/author/richardkentevans/" rel="author">richardkentevans</a></span></span><span class="updated" style="display:none;">2024-10-02T09:07:47-05:00</span><span>October 2, 2024</span><span class="fusion-inline-sep">|</span><span class="fusion-comments"><a href="https://writersforum.org/five-favorites-with-kelly-kazek/#respond">0 Comments</a></span></div><div class="fusion-alignright"><a class="fusion-read-more" href="https://writersforum.org/five-favorites-with-kelly-kazek/" aria-label="More on Five Favorites with Kelly Kazek">Read More</a></div></div></article> 685<article id="blog-1-post-7762" class="fusion-post-medium post-7762 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news"> 686 <style type="text/css"> 687 688 689 690 691 </style> 692 693 694 <div class="fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow" style=""> 695 <ul class="slides"> 696 697 <li><div class="fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed" aria-haspopup="true"> 698 <img decoding="async" width="320" height="202" src="https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/C
698harlotte-Pence-1-1-320x202.jpg" class="attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Charlotte-Pence-1-1-320x202.jpg 320w, https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Charlotte-Pence-1-1-700x441.jpg 700w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /><div class="fusion-rollover"> 699 <div class="fusion-rollover-content"> 700 701 <a class="fusion-rollover-link" href="https://writersforum.org/alabama-writers-forum-and-mobile-poet-laureate-charlotte-pence-awarded-grant/">Alabama Writers’ Forum and Mobile Poet Laureate Charlotte Pence awarded Grant</a> 702 703 704 705 <div class="fusion-rollover-sep"></div> 706 707 <a class="fusion-rollover-gallery" href="https://writersforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Charlotte-Pence-1-1.jpg" data-options="" data-id="7762" data-rel="iLightbox[gallery]" data-title="Dr. Charlotte Pence" data-caption="Dr. Charlotte Pence"> 708 Gallery </a> 709 710 711 <h4 class="fusion-rollover-title"> 712 <a class="fusion-rollover-title-link" href="https://writersforum.org/alabama-writers-forum-and-mobile-poet-laureate-charlotte-pence-awarded-grant/"> 713 Alabama Writers’ Forum and Mobile Poet Laureate Charlotte Pence awarded Grant </a> 714 </h4> 715 716 <div class="fusion-rollover-categories"><a href="https://writersforum.org/category/news/" rel="tag">news</a></div> 717 718 <a class="fusion-link-wrapper" href="https://writersforum.org/alabama-writers-forum-and-mobile-poet-laureate-charlotte-pence-awarded-grant/" aria-label="Alabama Writers’ Forum and Mobile Poet Laureate Charlotte Pence awarded Grant"></a> 719 </div> 720</div> 721</div> 722</li> 723 724 725 </ul> 726 </div> 727 <div class="fusion-post-content post-content"><h2 class="blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title"><a href="https://writersforum.org/alabama-writers-forum-and-mobile-poet-laureate-charlotte-pence-awarded-grant/">Alabama Writers’ Forum and Mobile Poet Laureate Charlotte Pence awarded Grant</a></h2><div class="fusion-post-content-container"><p>The Alabama Writers' Forum and Mobile Poet Laureate Charlotte Pence have been awarded a grant from the American Academy of Poets. From the American Academy of Poets: "The Academy of American Poets, a leading champion of poets and poetry for ninety years, announced today that it will award $50,000 each to twenty-two poets serving as poets laureate in cities and states across the United States. In addition, the Academy will provide $90,944 total in matching [...]</p></div></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div><div class="fusion-meta-info"><div class="fusion-alignleft"><span class="vcard" style="display: none;"><span class="fn"><a href="https://writersforum.org/author/richardkentevans/" rel="author">richardkentevans</a></span></span><span class="updated" style="display:none;">2024-08-06T09:11:27-05:00</span><span>August 6, 2024</span><span class="fusion-inline-sep">|</span><span class="fusion-comments"><a href="https://writersforum.org/alabama-writers-forum-and-mobile-poet-laureate-charlotte-pence-awarded-grant/#respond">0 Comments</a></span></div><div class="fusion-alignright"><a class="fusion-read-more" href="https://writersforum.org/alabama-writers-forum-and-mobile-poet-laureate-charlotte-pence-awarded-grant/" aria-label="More on Alabama Writers’ Forum and Mobile Poet Laureate Charlotte Pence awarded Grant">Read More</a></div></div></article> 728<article 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764</div> 765</li> 766 767 768 </ul> 769 </div> 770 <div class="fusion-post-content post-content"><h2 class="blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title"><a href="https://writersforum.org/five-favorites-with-burgin-mathews/">Five Favorites with Burgin Mathews</a></h2><div class="fusion-post-content-container"><p> </p></div></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div><div class="fusion-meta-info"><div class="fusion-alignleft"><span class="vcard" style="display: none;"><span class="fn"><a href="https://writersforum.org/author/richardkentevans/" rel="author">richardkentevans</a></span></span><span class="updated" style="display:none;">2024-07-02T10:36:55-05:00</span><span>July 2, 2024</span><span class="fusion-inline-sep">|</span><span class="fusion-comments"><a href="https://writersforum.org/five-favorites-with-burgin-mathews/#respond">0 Comments</a></span></div><div class="fusion-alignright"><a class="fusion-read-more" href="https://writersforum.org/five-favorites-with-burgin-mathews/" 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Tina Mozelle Braziel won the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry for Known by Salt (Anhinga Press). She co-authored Glass Cabin (Pulley Press) with her husband, writer James Braziel. 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