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Sept. 10, 2024

QLPORYT Presents Lauren Martin: Encore Poetry Interview and Reading

Lauren Martin is a psychotherapist, poet, and a devoted Iyanifa practictioner. She lives in Oakland, California. Lauren studied poetry at Sarah Lawrence College. She spent years writing without submitting her work due to a long shamanic journey, which led her to both Ifá, and to writing "Night of t…

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Sept. 10, 2024

QLPORYT Presents Jacqueline James: Encore Poetry Interview and Reading

Bio: Jacqueline James is a self-made poet. She has published 17 books. Twelve of these books are poetry books and the other five are children's books, which are written with a jingle through the messages. The gift poetry came to her naturally at a young age. Jacqueline expresses the rhythm stanza o…

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Sept. 10, 2024

QLPOR-YouTube Presents David Leo Sirois: Pre-Recorded Interview and R…

Bio David Leo Sirois is a Canadian-American poet published 153 times, in 26 countries. His work has been translated into 13 languages (such as Hindi, Bengali, French, Spanish, Greek, & Romanian). He hosts Spoken World Online, the Zoom arm of SpokenWord Paris. His first collection is called Humbled…

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Sept. 10, 2024

Jules Stevenson: QLPORYT Interview and Poetry Reading - Audio Version

Jules Stevenson is a 21-year-old poet, artist, and social media influencer from Selkirk, Manitoba. She began writing in her early teens as a means of coping with anxiety, depression, anorexia, sexual trauma, abuse, and suicide. Over the years, her writing has evolved into an incredibly intimate and…

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Sept. 10, 2024

Dee Allen: QLPORYT Interview and Poetry Reading - Audio Version

Bio: African-Italian performance poet based in Oakland, California. Active on creative writing & Spoken Word since the early 1990s. Author of 9 books--Boneyard, Unwritten Law, Stormwater, Skeletal Black [all from POOR Press], Elohi Unitsi [Conviction 2 Change Publishing], Rusty Gallows: Passages Ag…

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Sept. 10, 2024

QLPORYT Special Episode featuring Lauren Martin (Pre-Recorded)

Lauren Martin is a psychotherapist, poet, and a devoted Iyanifa practictioner. She lives in Oakland, California. Lauren studied poetry at Sarah Lawrence College. She spent years writing without submitting her work due to a long shamanic journey, which led her to both Ifá, and to writing "Night of t…

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Sept. 2, 2024

World Premiere Episode: The TESORO Women's Poetry Network Takeover of…

Join host Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram for the world premiere YouTube broadcast of a historic and transformative special episode of the Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube Podcast. This episode is marked by a powerful takeover by the TESORO Women's Poetry Network. Under the leade…

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Sept. 1, 2024

THE TESORO WOMEN'S POETRY NETWORK TAKEOVER OF QLPORYT

Join host Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram for a historic and transformative episode of the Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube Podcast, featuring a powerful takeover by the Tesoro Women's Poetry Network. This groundbreaking event, led by Stacey Artist Dyson and facilitated by Dr. In…

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April 2, 2024

Ray Whitaker

Join me on the April 2, 2024 episode of the QLPORYT podcast featuring esteemed poet and author Ray Whitaker. Ray, who began writing at seventeen, has evolved significantly since then. Now, he focuses on writing for the everyday person, aiming to connect with their thoughts and provoke introspection…

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March 25, 2024

Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube Presents Ray…

Ray has been writing both prose and poetry since he was seventeen. What Ray is writing now is very different from what he wrote those so many years ago. All writers and poets are writing out of "the Self" however there are directions that the self speaks into, that change. Now Ray’s writing is to p…

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March 23, 2024

A Poetry Lovers Concert Featuring Two Ladies and a Gentleman

Join us for a captivating evening of poetry on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 8:00 PM (EST), streaming live on YouTube, Facebook, and Streamyard. Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube proudly present "A Poetry Lovers Concert Featuring Two Ladies and a Gentleman." Renowned poets Sy…

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March 20, 2024

Celebrating Women in Poetry: A Poetry Reading Event in Honor of Women…

Join us for "Celebrating Women in Poetry," a profound event commemorating Women's History Month through verse. Experience the strength, resilience, and beauty of women's voices echoing through the power of poetry. Delve into a tapestry of emotions, perspectives, and experiences woven by female poet…

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March 13, 2022

Aaron R. The Poet's Poetically Correct Poetry Contest: The New Year's…

Aaron R. The Poet sponsors multiple poetry contests throughout the year. Chev won the 2022 Winter Edition of the contest. Konscience 101 won 2nd place. Other participants in the contest were Camile.Denine, Indea Hoffman, Miss Kiane, JT Lovegame, Only Keys Will, Sam Oliver, Kyraspeaks, GNRLYLUV (Jes…

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March 12, 2022

Jessica Genia Simon

Jessica Genia [pronounced Genya] Simon's poems have been published in the Atlanta Review, Slipform 2020 Anthology, Moment Magazine, Magnolia: A Journal of Women's Socially Engaged Literature, Vol. II, Edge, Vol. 9, Nature in the Now, Tiny Seed Literary Journal and Super Stoked: An Anthology of Quee…

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March 11, 2022

Josephine LoRe

International Women's Day 2022 Honoree a pearl in this diamond world ... Josephine LoRe’s words have been read on stage and zoom-rooms, put to music, danced, integrated into art, and published in 11 countries and 4 languages including FreeFall in Canada, Tiny Seed in the US, and journals in Italy…

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March 11, 2022

Deelynn Leigh

Deelynn Leigh was born in South Boston, Virginia, and grew up with her family in Carson City, Nevada. As a young girl, she engulfed her life with athletics and outdoor activities. For relaxation, she found her gift for writing while creating short stories. In grade school, she wrote her first haiku…

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Feb. 24, 2022

Roje Augustin

Author, producer, and emerging poet Rojé Augustin has written a groundbreaking debut collection of dramatic poems about hair care entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and her daughter A’Lelia Walker. Out of No Way: Madam C.J. Walker & A’Lelia Walker, A Poetic Drama tracks Walker’s phenomenal rise from pe…

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