S8: E25 Julie Murphy & Farnaz Fatemi Celebrate the Poet Andrea Cohen

In this episode of The Hive Poetry Collective, host Julie Murphy and fellow Hive member Farnaz Fatemi explore the work of acclaimed poet Andrea Cohen in a conversation that moves through memory, humor, loss, and the sharp clarity that characterizes her poetry.Together, they explore how poems carry emotional voltage in small spaces, how memory reshapes itself across decades, and how humor and heartbreak often sit right next to each other in Cohen’s work. They also discusses her new collection Sugar (Four Way Books, 2026), her approach to form and brevity, and the surprising places poems begin. A rich, generous, lively conversation about one of today’s most distinctive poetic voices. Learn more about Andrea Cohen at andreacohen.org. Find all our episodes and events at hivepoetry.org.