Presenting W. Joe’s Poetry Corner, in which our host W. Joe Hoppe interviews a poet, who will then give a reading and answer questions from audience members. This month’s guest is Allyson Whipple.

Allyson Whipple is a student in the online MFA program at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is co-editor of the Texas Poetry Calendar. Allyson is the author of the chapbook We’re Smaller Than We Think We Are (Finishing Line Press, 2013). Five Oaks Press will publish her second chapbook, Come Into the World Like That, in 2016. Allyson teaches ESL and technical writing at Austin Community College.