Julie Danho: National Poetry Month 2026

Poetry Medicine for the Soul is a podcast inviting poets to share, explore, and celebrate poetry, hosted by John Gillespie. This National Poetry Month 2026 bonus episode features Julie Danho reading "Theory of Perfection" by Carrie Fountain. You can read "Theory of Perfection" in the AGNI literary online magazine. Julie Danho’s poetry collection, Those Who Keep Arriving, won the 2018 Gerald Cable Book Award from Silverfish Review Press. Her chapbook, Six Portraits, received the 2013 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Award, and her poems have appeared in publications such as Alaska Quarterly Review, Bennington Review, New Ohio Review, and Poetry Daily. She has been awarded fellowships from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the MacColl Johnson Fund. You can find more of her work at juliedanho.com. This podcast is hosted and produced by John Gillespie. Check out our website or Simplecast podcast feed for more episodes. Listen and subscribe to Poetry Medicine for the Soul in Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more and get in touch: poetrymedicineforthesoul.com