Podcast: June Poetry

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Anaea Lay
Angelle Haney Gullett
Ciro Faienza
Julia Rios
Laura W. Allen
Salik Shah
Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
Zella Christensen

Issue: 23 June 2014

Direct link: June poetry (MP3)

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the June issues.

“Straw-Fitted Elephants" by Salik Shah, read by Angelle Haney Gullet. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Salik here.
“In Cellars, Monsters" by Zella Christensen, read by Ciro Faienza. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Zella here.
“Hierarch" by Laura W. Allen, read by Julia Rios. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Laura here.
“Two Children" by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, read by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Tendai here.

© Copyright 2014 Anaea Lay
Angelle Haney Gullett
Ciro Faienza
Julia Rios
Laura W. Allen
Salik Shah
Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
Zella Christensen

About Anaea Lay

Anaea Lay lives in Chicago, Illinois where she writes, cooks, plays board games, reads too much, and questions the benevolence of the universe. Her work has appeared in many places including Apex, Penumbra, Lightspeed, Daily Science Fiction, and Nightmare. She lives online at anaealay.com.

About Angelle Haney Gullett

Angelle Haney Gullett is a podcast reader for Strange Horizons.

About Ciro Faienza

Ciro Faienza (pronounced CHEE-roh) is an American/Italian national. He has acted on stages and screens throughout Texas and Massachusetts, and his work as a filmmaker has shown at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Dallas Hub Theater, and the National Gallery, London. His fiction is featured in numerous publications, including Daily Science Fiction and Futuristica, Vol 1. His short story "J'ae's Solution" was a top finalist in PRI's 3-Minute Futures Contest. You can see his visual artwork at his web gallery, Postmedium.

About Julia Rios

Julia Rios is a queer, Latinx writer, editor, podcaster, and narrator whose writing has appeared in Latin American Literature Today, Lightspeed, and Goblin Fruit, among other places. Formerly a fiction editor for Strange Horizons, their editing work has won multiple awards, including the Hugo Award. Julia is a co-host of This is Why We're Like This, a podcast about how the movies we watch in childhood shape our lives, for better or for worse. They've narrated stories for Escape Pod, Podcastle, Pseudopod, and Cast of Wonders. Find them on Twitter as @omgjulia.

About Laura W. Allen

Laura W. Allen (formerly Laura F. Walton) is alternately a writer, visual artist, and instructor currently living in Seattle. She has taught for The Writer's Garret of Dallas, McLennan Community College, and others; her work has been published in regional and national journals. Her website is www.laurawaltonallen.com.

About Salik Shah

Salik Shah is a writer, filmmaker, and the founding editor of Mithila Review, the journal of international science fiction and fantasy (2015-). His work has appeared on Asimov’s Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, Tor.com, and The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction (Volume 2). Twitter: @salik. Website: salikshah.com.

About Tendai Rinos Mwanaka

Tendai Rinos Mwanaka has published over 200 short stories, essays, memoirs, poems, and visual art productions in over 100 magazines, journals, and anthologies, and has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His books include the political poetry collection Voices From Exile (Lapwing, 2010), Keys in the River (Savant, 2012), a novel of linked short stories, and Zimbabwe: The Blame Game, a creative nonfiction cycle published by Langaa RPCIG (2013). His website is www.facebook.com/tendai.mwanaka.

About Zella Christensen

Zella Christensen is mostly from Wisconsin and studied creative writing at George Mason University. Her poetry has appeared in Star*Line, Mirror Dance, and elsewhere. She lives online at zellawrites.com.

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