Host

Katie Dozier’s love of poetry first bloomed as a child. She memorized Robert Frost sitting on a tree stump and bathed in Edgar Allan Poe as an adolescent. While studying words at Florida State University, KHD also played with chips and became a professional poker player. She’s passionate about encouraging others to discover and share contemporary poetry, through her X account (@Katie_Dozier), as curator of The NFT Poetry Gallery. KHD is the author of Watering Can, and co-authored Hot Pink Moon with Timothy Green. She hosts the weekly podcast The Poetry Space_, is the Haiku Editor for ONE ART, and an editor at Rattle, where she curates a prompt-based poetry series. She lives in The Woodlands, Texas, with Timothy Green.

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Co-Host

Timothy Green is editor of Rattle magazine, host of the weekly Rattlecast and Critique of the Week, and co-host of The Poetry Space_. His radio programming regularly appears on KPFK-Los Angeles and his articles on poetry in the Press-Enterprise newspaper. Green is the author of American Fractal and Hot Pink Moon, which was co-written with Katie Dozier. He’s also the co-founder of the Wrightwood Arts & Wine Festival and the Wrightwood Arts Center. Find him on X @timothygreen. He lives inThe Woodlands, Texas, with Katie Dozier.

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The Squad

 Joe Barca is a poet from the Boston area. He has a partner, two children, and a wheaten terrier named Brady. He is a regular contributor to The Poetry Space_ podcast. He is a reader for Whale Road Review, and he will have a poem in the September 2024 issue of Rattle. Some of his      favorite poets are Mai Der Vang, Kevin Young, and Li-Young Lee. He is a fast talker and a slow runner. 

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 Brian O’Sullivan, who teaches at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, is the Squad’s token English professor. He has unhealthy attachments to sestinas (Ep. 56) and to Bob Ross (Ep. 54). He claims to have said the third most academic thing Taylor Mali has ever heard (Ep. 65). He once drank beer in a coffin while visiting Edgar Allan Poe (Ep. 39). He randomly mentions his wife, Jen, in poems, so he is doing it here too."

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Dick Westheimer has—in the company of his wife and writing companion Debbie—lived, gardened and raised five children on their plot of land in rural southwest Ohio. Poetry has become a third-act obsession for Dick since largely retiring in late 2019. Dick is a is a Rattle Poetry Prize finalist and has been the featured guest on “Rattlecast” in conversation with Rattle editor Timothy Green about Dick’s poetics, his self constructed “people’s MFA” and his emergence as a late-in-life convert to poetry. His chapbook, A Sword in Both Hands, Poems Responding to Russia’s War on Ukraine, raises funds for UkraineTrustChain. Dick enjoys his (too) large vegetable garden, picking bluegrass music with his neighbors, running and walking the trails on his and nearby farms, and gazing at the stars whenever night sky conditions permit.

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Recent Guests

A.M. Juster, Taylor Mali, Boris Dralyuk, Kat Lehman, Roberta Beary, Nate Jacob, Jennifer Reeser, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Manuel Iris, Sharon Ferrante, Nicole Tallman, Attracta Faye, Gwendolyn Soper, Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco, Kathleen McClung, Rebecca Snow, Christine Potter, Nicole Caruso Garcia, John Compton, Bethany Jarmul, Wendy Videlock, and Bob Hicok. 

Sponsorship Opportunities

As a self-funded podcast not affiliated with Rattle, The Poetry Space_ offers a limited number of sponsorship opportunities for relevant, well-respected products and services that could benefit our loyal listeners. This has included poets promoting their books, newsletters, and workshops. Usually invite-only, just contact us below to see if you're a good fit for sponsoring an upcoming episode, and please include the details about what you would like to promote.