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Ep. 152 Nov 24, 2025

Interview with Matt Zimmerman Part II

Matt says about himself: “i am a self-taught multidisciplinary artist from tacoma, wa. my primary expression comes in the form of large colorful abstract acrylic paintings, macro and artistic digital photography, as well as poetry. while all my work carries a sense of emotion, poetry is the tool i use to explore language, communication, and emotion in more direct works. my topics typically revolve around politics and where they intersect with our personal lives, the weight of life itself, or personal experiences. recently, i have come to think of myself as a sort of warrior philosopher-poet due to the challenging nature of my words and the insights i achieve, both of which i am willing to back up with a fury unseen among many art types.” We found Matt at “A Gathering of Poets” where he performs his poetry masterfully at least once a month.

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Ep. 151 Nov 4, 2025

Michael Daley Part 2

Michael Daley with David Gilmour 2025 Michael Daley was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and has an MFA from the University of Washington. He was publisher of Empty Bowl books in Port Townsend, Washington, from 1976 to 1982. His first collection of poems, The Straits, appeared in 1983. His translations are: Horace: Eleven Odes, published at Brooding Heron Press, and Alter Mundus from the Italian of poet Lucia Gazzino, published by Pleasure Boat Studio. Rosehip Plum Cherry was published by Woodworks in Seattle in 2001, when two other chapbooks were released: The Corn Maiden from Tangram, and Original Sin from Pleasure Boat Studio. Among many other poetry publications, anthologies and websites, his poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Hudson Review, Alaskan Quarterly Review, Raven Chronicles, Seattle Review, North American Review, Rhino, Gargoyle, and on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac. He has received several grants and awards, but his favorite was a Fulbright teacher exchange that allowed him and his family to spend a year living in Hungary. In 2007 he published Way Out There: Lyrical Essays with Pleasure Boat Studio. In 2008 To Curve, his second full-length collection of poems, came out from Word Press in Cincinnati, and in 2010 Pleasure Boat Studio released Moonlight in the Redemptive Forest, including “Frankie the Milkman’s Song & Other Poems,” a CD funded by a grant from Artist Trust with music arranged and performed by Brad Killion. In 2016 Empty Bowl published his collection of poems, Of a Feather, and in July of 2020 Dos Madres published his fifth collection of poems, Born With. Cervena Barva published True Heresies, poems. Since 2017 he has again served as Empty Bowl’s publisher, and was the Managing Editor of The Madrona Project, an anthology series. He is co-curator with Georgia Johnson of the Pelican Bay Books & Coffeehouse Poetry Reading Series in Anacortes, Washington, where he has lived since retiring from teaching English at Mount Vernon High School in 2012. In 2022 Dos Madres published his Reinhabited: New & Selected Poems, Pleasure Boat Studio published Telemachus, a novel, and Cervena Barva press published True Heresies. In 2025 Ravenna press published his eighth poetry collection, Ground Work

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Ep. 150 Nov 4, 2025

Michael Daley Part 1

Michael Daley with David Gilmour 2025 Michael Daley was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and has an MFA from the University of Washington. He was publisher of Empty Bowl books in Port Townsend, Washington, from 1976 to 1982. His first collection of poems, The Straits, appeared in 1983. His translations are: Horace: Eleven Odes, published at Brooding Heron Press, and Alter Mundus from the Italian of poet Lucia Gazzino, published by Pleasure Boat Studio. Rosehip Plum Cherry was published by Woodworks in Seattle in 2001, when two other chapbooks were released: The Corn Maiden from Tangram, and Original Sin from Pleasure Boat Studio. Among many other poetry publications, anthologies and websites, his poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Hudson Review, Alaskan Quarterly Review, Raven Chronicles, Seattle Review, North American Review, Rhino, Gargoyle, and on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac. He has received several grants and awards, but his favorite was a Fulbright teacher exchange that allowed him and his family to spend a year living in Hungary. In 2007 he published Way Out There: Lyrical Essays with Pleasure Boat Studio. In 2008 To Curve, his second full-length collection of poems, came out from Word Press in Cincinnati, and in 2010 Pleasure Boat Studio released Moonlight in the Redemptive Forest, including “Frankie the Milkman’s Song & Other Poems,” a CD funded by a grant from Artist Trust with music arranged and performed by Brad Killion. In 2016 Empty Bowl published his collection of poems, Of a Feather, and in July of 2020 Dos Madres published his fifth collection of poems, Born With. Cervena Barva published True Heresies, poems. Since 2017 he has again served as Empty Bowl’s publisher, and was the Managing Editor of The Madrona Project, an anthology series. He is co-curator with Georgia Johnson of the Pelican Bay Books & Coffeehouse Poetry Reading Series in Anacortes, Washington, where he has lived since retiring from teaching English at Mount Vernon High School in 2012. In 2022 Dos Madres published his Reinhabited: New & Selected Poems, Pleasure Boat Studio published Telemachus, a novel, and Cervena Barva press published True Heresies. In 2025 Ravenna press published his eighth poetry collection, Ground Work

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Ep. 149 Oct 28, 2025

Interview with Matt Zimmerman Part 1

Matt Zimmerman is a poet and a fine artist who lives and works in Tacoma. He is a member of “A Gathering of Poets” where you can hear him read on the third Wednesdays of each month at Swasey Library in Tacoma, WA. Matt says: “i am a self-taught multidisciplinary artist from tacoma, wa. my primary expression comes in the form of large colorful abstract acrylic paintings, macro and artistic digital photography, as well as poetry. while all my work carries a sense of emotion, poetry is the tool i use to explore language, communication, and emotion in more direct works. my topics typically revolve around politics and where they intersect with our personal lives, the weight of life itself, or personal experiences. recently, i have come to think of myself as a sort of warrior philosopher-poet due to the challenging nature of my words and the insights i achieve, both of which i am willing to back up with a fury unseen among many art types.”

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Ep. 148 Oct 28, 2025

Interview with Matt Zimmerman Part 2

“i am a self-taught multidisciplinary artist from tacoma, wa. my primary expression comes in the form of large colorful abstract acrylic paintings, macro and artistic digital photography, as well as poetry. while all my work carries a sense of emotion, poetry is the tool i use to explore language, communication, and emotion in more direct works. my topics typically revolve around politics and where they intersect with our personal lives, the weight of life itself, or personal experiences. recently, i have come to think of myself as a sort of warrior philosopher-poet due to the challenging nature of my words and the insights i achieve, both of which i am willing to back up with a fury unseen among many art types.” - Matt Zimmerman

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Ep. 147 May 22, 2025

Poetry Reading at Pelican Bay Books April 2025: Part 2

Poetry reading at Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes, WA. On Saturday, April 26th, 2025 this poetry reading took place at Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes, Washington. It featured poets Holly Hughes, and Gary Thompson reading their own poetry and the poetry of deceased poet, Tom Crawford. The evening also included a musical performance from Steve and Kristi Nebel.

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Ep. 146 May 15, 2025

Poetry Reading at Pelican Bay Books April 2025: Part 1

Poetry reading at Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes, WA. On Saturday, April 26th, 2025 this poetry reading took place at Pelican Bay Books in Anacortes, Washington. It featured poets Holly Hughes, and Gary Thompson reading their own poetry and the poetry of deceased poet, Tom Crawford. The evening also included a musical performance from Steve and Kristi Nebel.

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Ep. 145 May 8, 2025

Interview with Peter Jung: Part 2

Peter Jung, Tacoma poet interviewed by David Gilmour. Peter Jung who was featured in “Voices of Tacoma” poetry anthology, is a disability advocate, autism consultant, and public speaker with over 16 years of experience working with autistic clients, and 11 years of facilitating social skills groups with neurodivergent teens and adults. He has a BA in Psychology and a M.Ed in Curriculum Design and Instruction from the University of Washington, Tacoma. As an autistic self-advocate and co-chair of the Pierce County Accessible Communities Advisory Committee, Peter brings both professional expertise and lived experience to their work in advocacy and education.

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Ep. 144 May 1, 2025

Interview with Peter Jung: Part 1

Peter Jung, Tacoma poet interviewed by David Gilmour. Peter Jung who was featured in “Voices of Tacoma” poetry anthology, is a disability advocate, autism consultant, and public speaker with over 16 years of experience working with autistic clients, and 11 years of facilitating social skills groups with neurodivergent teens and adults. He has a BA in Psychology and a M.Ed in Curriculum Design and Instruction from the University of Washington, Tacoma. As an autistic self-advocate and co-chair of the Pierce County Accessible Communities Advisory Committee, Peter brings both professional expertise and lived experience to their work in advocacy and education.

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Ep. 143 Mar 8, 2025

Interview with Michael Magee: Part 2

Kristi Nebel interviews Tacoma’s Michael Magee - Michael Magee’s plays and poetry have been produced and published in the U.S., England, and Greece. His chapbooks include: Ireland’s Eye, A Trip to Jerusalem, and the recently published Dementia: Love is a Blur and Vanishing Points (Beaux Arts Press, 2017). His play Shank’s Mare was produced at Northwest Actor’s Studio and later became a movie that won a best actor award at the Bare Bones, Script to Screen Film Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A Night in Reading Gaol With Oscar Wilde was produced here, and in Derby, England. He was co-editor of 2020 Tacoma: In Images and Verse and is editor and publisher of Beaux Arts Press. Recent work has been published in Cirque and Journal of Wild Culture. He has lived in Seattle, San Francisco, London, Nottingham, England, and now in Tacoma, Washington. These poems are a culmination of work dating back to the 1970s when he was a student of David Wagoner and Bill Matchett at the University of Washington. He has written scripts for radio and dance, won first prize in the Dancing Poetry Contest in San Francisco, and second prize in KindofaHurricainePress’ Editor’s Choice Awards. Michael has read at Shakespeare and Company, Paris, and on BBC Radio 1, as well as being a participant in the Jack Straw Writer’s Program for radio in Seattle. He wrote several songs for the CD Vaudeville. He has been an Artist-in-the-Schools in Washington, Seattle Artist-in-Residence with the Seattle Arts Commission and Arts and Aging Team.

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Ep. 142 Mar 1, 2025

Interview with Michael Magee: Part 1

Kristi Nebel interviews Tacoma’s Michael Magee - Michael Magee’s plays and poetry have been produced and published in the U.S., England, and Greece. His chapbooks include: Ireland’s Eye, A Trip to Jerusalem, and the recently published Dementia: Love is a Blur and Vanishing Points (Beaux Arts Press, 2017). His play Shank’s Mare was produced at Northwest Actor’s Studio and later became a movie that won a best actor award at the Bare Bones, Script to Screen Film Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A Night in Reading Gaol With Oscar Wilde was produced here, and in Derby, England. He was co-editor of 2020 Tacoma: In Images and Verse and is editor and publisher of Beaux Arts Press. Recent work has been published in Cirque and Journal of Wild Culture. He has lived in Seattle, San Francisco, London, Nottingham, England, and now in Tacoma, Washington. These poems are a culmination of work dating back to the 1970s when he was a student of David Wagoner and Bill Matchett at the University of Washington. He has written scripts for radio and dance, won first prize in the Dancing Poetry Contest in San Francisco, and second prize in KindofaHurricainePress’ Editor’s Choice Awards. Michael has read at Shakespeare and Company, Paris, and on BBC Radio 1, as well as being a participant in the Jack Straw Writer’s Program for radio in Seattle. He wrote several songs for the CD Vaudeville. He has been an Artist-in-the-Schools in Washington, Seattle Artist-in-Residence with the Seattle Arts Commission and Arts and Aging Team.

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Ep. 141 Feb 8, 2025

Interview with Burl Battersby

David Gilmour Interview with Burl Battersby – For my entire life I have known that I was an artist and a writer; I could never deny the truth to myself or to others, but I lived a dual life. It took many years for my passion & my skill to be brought together – for me to decide that I had to follow my dream no matter what & no matter where it would lead me. The breakthrough in my life started with sobriety. Although I had been involved in the literary arts scene since first moving here, it was during the pandemic when I began thinking of ways that I could help nurture the already vibrant community of writers in Tacoma. Thus began the journey which eventually led to the Voices of Tacoma: A Gathering of Poets.

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Ep. 140 Feb 1, 2025

Interview with Mary Anna Scenga Kruch

Mary Anna Scenga Kruch is a lifelong educator, writer, and photographer inspired by her Italian heritage, family, spirituality, and the natural world. Recent poetry has been inspired by Mary Anna’s Italian family near Rome, the family farm in Northern Michigan, long-term relationships, family history, travel, social justice issues, and nature. Her poetry has most recently been published in The Awakenings Review, Quatar House, Litmore, Panoplyzine, Ovenque Siamo, Blue Heron Review, Lothlorian Poetry Journal, and Meat for Tea. Along with several professional papers, Mary Anna has previously published a textbook, Tend Your Garden: Nurturing Motivation in Young Adolescent Writers (Sheffield, UK: Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2012), Mary Anna has published a chapbook, We Draw Breath from the Same Sky (2019), and a full-length hybrid collection, Grace Notes: a Memoir of Poetry and Prose (2021), and her most recent collection is Water Marks (2024). She is currently studying Italian to prepare for a return trip to Italy to visit with family in the Lazio region. She lives with her husband in a small town in Michigan.