This section contains video interviews with well-known poets and hunger prevention advocates about Poetry X Hunger.

Interview with Feed the Children Creative Team

Poetry X Hunger visits with the Creative Team at Feed the Children about using poetry as a way to reach the public in anti-hunger work.

​Interview with Karen Lopez-Olmedo

In this 10-minute interview, Ms. Lopez-Olmedo describes her exciting work to bring poetry into Mexican agricultural classrooms, all under the auspices of Pennsylvania State University's Global Teach Ag Network (GTAN).  

Here' are links to some of the students presenting their poems at a Classroom Acknowledgement Ceremony that was held in 2024.- 

​Video Interview with Poet Josephine LoRe

In this 15-minute interview, Canadian poet Josephine LoRe discusses her love of poetry and how she has used her own poetry to fight hunger. The 1-min video of her recorded (100,000+ views) hunger poem, Enough, is included in the interview.

Putting Poetry to Work

In this 15-minute interview, poetry leader and advocate Kim B. Miller describes how poetry can and must speak up for causes such as hunger. She reads some of her powerful, hunger-focused work. ​

​A Poetic Homage to The Irish Hunger Memorial

In this 12-minute video, poet Christina Daub discusses New York City's Irish Hunger Memorial and her work to commemorate it in poetry. Given today's rampant hunger, this visit with her about hunger's horrific history is both timely and haunting.

​A Visit with Artist, Dr. Jayne Shatz

In this 15-minute recording, visual artist, Jayne Shatz, describes her lifelong interest in using her ceramic sculptures
to fight for important social causes such as hunger. She also comments on the response to her work by 
Poetry X Hunger poets. Visit the following links to see her artwork and those poems--ART - Poetry X Hunger and Poetry X Hunger - ART Inspired Poems.

Interview with Grace Cavalieri

In this 15-minute video widely known and loved poet, Grace Cavalieri, discusses her take on the role of creatives in fighting hunger. She also reads one of her poems published here.

A Visit with Emmy-Winning Documentarian, Von Diaz

In this 21-minute video, Von Diaz visits with Hiram Larew (Poetry X Hunger) about the role that the Arts play in contributing to social change. Drawing on her extensive experience across many platforms, Ms. Diaz provides exciting insights about new and emerging forms of expression, of ever evolving public sensibilities and of a remarkably self-aware generation of young people. A fascinating visit! Learn more about Von Diaz, including how to order her books, by visiting her website.​

Interview with Dr. Lis McLoughlin of NatureCulture

In this 22-minute 2022 video interview, NatureCulture's Dr. Lis McLoughlin describes her groundbreaking work that is bringing poets and their poems to the Land Trust cause. She also discusses the relevance of NatureCulture's Writing the Land initiative to issues of land care, agriculture and, ultimately, hunger.

Interview with Patrick Washington
​of Dialect of Prince George's

Patrick Washington is not only a powerhouse poet in the Greater Washington DC (USA) area, but he also is known far and wide for cultivating young poets. In this 12-minute visit, we discuss how he's used his own poetry to Speak Up about social causes. We also chat about how young poets are Speaking Back to Hunger. Patrick then closes by reading a segment of "Toxic Waste," a hunger-focused poem jointly composed by young poets Jordan Culmer and Imani West.