Poetry Of Presence: An Interview with Phyllis Cole-Dai & Ruby R. Wilson

Poetry Of Presence: An Interview with Phyllis Cole-Dai & Ruby R. Wilson

Posted on September 16, 2019

By James Crews Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems was published by Grayson Books in 2017 and has since amassed quite the following among those interested in the intersections of mindfulness practice, meditation and poetry. I spoke with editors, Phyllis Cole-Dai and Ruby R. Wilson, via email in the summer of 2019 about […]


Fragile as an Urn: An Interview with Ian Boyden

Fragile as an Urn: An Interview with Ian Boyden

Posted on May 6, 2018

  By David Axelrod [The interest readers expressed in A Forest of Names, after a selection of the manuscript appeared in the print edition of basalt: a journal of fine & literary arts, led to our decision to invite Ian to publish a monthly selection on our website. As Ian Boyden has worked with us here […]


Interview with Heather Swan, author of Where Honeybees Thrive

Interview with Heather Swan, author of Where Honeybees Thrive

Posted on April 29, 2018

[ The Carl and Sandra Ellston Ars Poetica Literary Lecture Series will host writer, artist, and environmental researcher Dr. Heather Swan, May 10, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in Zabel Hall, Lewis Auditorium on the Eastern Oregon University campus in La Grande. Swan will read from her collection of non-fiction, Where the Bees Thrive: Stories from the […]