In this installment of our special segment Beers with a Bard, the Ink Drinkers sat down with author, witch, educator and poet Robin Gow to discuss it’s writing journey, it’s YA novel Dear Mothman, creating inclusive spaces and the impact that literature can have on community. This was such a great conversation, we hope you enjoy as much as we did. For a list of all the books mentioned in todays episode visit www.drinkinginkpodcast.com!
Robin Gow is a poet, educator, and witch. It grew up in rural Pennsylvania and lives with his queer family on unceded Lenape land also called Allentown Pennsylvania.
Robin is the author of the chapbooks Honeysuckle at Finishing Line Press, Backyard Paleontology at Glass Poetry, and A Museum for That Which No Longer Exists at Alternating Current Press (Forthcoming 2024), as well as the collections Our Lady of Perpetual Degeneracy by Tolsun Books and the moon crawls on all fours by Weasel Press. Fae is also the author of an essay collection, Blue Blood, with Nasiona Publishing House. Most recent collection of poetry, Lanternfly August, is with Driftwood Press.
Robin prefers the pronouns it, fae, and he but all pronouns except for “she/her” are alright.
Connect with Robin Gow on fae’s website!
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