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Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 9/9/26, we featured writer Princess McDowell! Princess McDowell (she/they) is a multi-faceted writer and editor from Dallas, Texas. Their career spans over 20 years in journalism, performance poetry, and copywriting to both tell their unique story as a black queer storyteller and craft stories for global and local organizations. She is a two-time Pink Door literary fellow, a national and international touring poet, and as a teaching artist has run workshops and collaborated with youth literary groups across the country, producing a book of COVID-related writings with high school students in 2020. Princess has been a part of Rebellious Magazine since its relaunch in 2016; she currently serves as managing editor. Learn more at www.princessmcdowell.com. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 8/12/26, we featured poet April Sojourner Truth Walker! April Sojourner Truth Walker, PMP is a Dallas native who studied at Emory University in Atlanta and Hollins University in Virginia. Before starting her writing coaching company – A Little More Truth, LLC – in April of 2020, she worked for seven years as a Senior Project Manager at AT&T. April is currently an Adjunct Professor at Dallas College and UNT Dallas. Previously she was an Adjunct Professor at Oklahoma City Community College, teaching a myriad of classes in the Humanities. A perfect day for April is one spent in nature with her camera, a cup of tea and nowhere to be. Her current manuscript, Fire Psalm, grapples with how the history of the black community in Dallas is covered up by the city’s constant need to revitalize its image. She is also working on a manuscript exploring the role of women in Christianity, Judaism and Islam and how these historically man-made roles manifest in women’s lives today. she works as a ghostwriter, writing tutor, and developmental editor. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 7/8/26, we featured poet Caitlyn Alario! Caitlyn Alario is the author of SAPPHICS, a chapbook published by Bottlecap Press. She received a PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of North Texas and an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has appeared in Vallum, Third Coast, Bluestem Magazine, and elsewhere. She lives in North Texas, where she works as a ghostwriter, writing tutor, and developmental editor. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all. We are proud to present this episode featuring our special event from 6/10/2026, the second annual Pride Open Mic featuring work by favorite queer Dallas poets and our queer heroes! Poets in this episode: 1. Lauren Brazeal Garza 2. D. Cawthon 3. Yuliya Dyrdyra 4. Jean Galante 5. Shelby Griffin 6. Lon Roberts 7. Victor Koehn 8. Addis Garza 9. Brian Duran-Fuentes 10. Lauren Kalstad 11. Jennifer Elise Wang 12. Lisa Huffaker 13. Logen Cure ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 5/13/26, we featured poet, essayist, and novelist Kendra Allen! Kendra Allen was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She’s the author of the memoir Fruit Punch, the poetry collection The Collection Plate, and the essay collection When You Learn the Alphabet, which won the 2018 Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. She received an M.F.A. from the University of Alabama, and among other things she loves driving, pauses, and hands. Repetition is her favorite literary device. Some of her other works can be found on, or in, The Paris Review, Oxford American, The Rumpus, High Times, and more. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. The in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all. This very special episode contains Inner Moonlight's Eighth Anniversary celebration from 4/8/2026, featuring encore performances from writers featured in the past year plus some Inner Moonlight favorites. We are so proud to present this episode! 1. LyriK Hunter 2. VP Crowe 3. Lon Roberts 4. Brian Duran-Fuentes 5. Eva Regicide 6. Katie Fisher 7. Samantha Strong Murphey 8. M.A. Nicholson 9. Logen Cure ⁠⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

We are proud to present this bonus episode of the Inner Moonlight podcast featuring our event for the Wild Detectives Twelfth Anniversary celebration on 4/5/26. We collaborated with storytelling event Talking Dirty After Dark for a super fun show we called Dirty Moonlight. You'll hear some of our favorite poets previously featured on Inner Moonlight alongside storytellers selected by Talking Dirty curator Raymond Butler. This show also includes a performance by Inner Moonlight curator Logen Cure. Happy anniversary to the Wild Detectives! Cheers to many more! Performers in this episode: 1. Shawn Lee (storyteller) 2. Hannah Smith (poet) 3. Chris Brown (storyteller) 4. Alex Temblador (poet) 5. Devin Kodges (storyteller) 6. Mag Gabbert (poet) 7. Kay Brown (storyteller) 8. Logen Cure (poet, Inner Moonlight curator) 9. Raymond Butler (storyteller, Talking Dirty After Dark curator) ⁠www.thewilddetectives.com⁠ ⁠www.talkingdirtyevents.com⁠ ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 3/11/26, we featured poet Jess Smith! Jess Smith is the author of Lady Smith (University of Akron Press, 2025). She is an Associate Professor of Practice at Texas Tech University, where she also directs the MFA in creative writing. See more at www.jesselizabethsmith.com. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 2/11/26, we featured Inner Moonlight favorite Samantha Strong Murphey! Samantha Strong Murphey (she/her) has an MFA in Poetry from NYU and has been supported by Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and Vermont Studio Center. She’s taught creative writing at UT-Dallas, been a submission reader for Dallas-based literary magazine Sine Qua Non, and interned for her hometown global powerhouse publisher Deep Vellum Books. (Can you tell she loves Dallas?) Her work has been published by Rattle and the Crab Creek Review and is forthcoming the North American Review. She was a finalist for Ninth Letter’s Regeneration Prize and Gulf Coast’s Barthelme Prize. Before poetry, Sam worked as a journalist and has a rich and lengthy unwritten resume as a caregiver to her three human children, a dashing rescue cat, and a very earnest rescue dog. Sam grew up split between Cincinnati, Ohio and Fayetteville, Arkansas, but has, for the last decade, resided in Oak Cliff, the coolest neighborhood in … you guessed it … Dallas. She believes in sharp cheese, gun reform, and karaoke for all. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 1/14/26, we featured Inner Moonlight favorite Kepler Goodwin! Kepler Goodwin is a queer North Texas poet who enjoys spending time with friends, their dog, and deep introspective pauses that occasionally lead to poems. They have one published poem with Eber and Wein, and are so excited to feature for Inner Moonlight. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 12/10/25, we featured poet LyriK Hunter! LyriK Hunter is a Dallas-based poetic expressive artist, originally from Midland, TX. She’s a passionate poet, singer, speaker, actress, teaching artist, mentor and entrepreneur. She’s graced stages like The Black Academy of Arts & Letters, F.L.O.W. International (Brazil/Italy/France), and many other national and local stages. LyriK is former CEO of the award-winning Brown Sugah Lounge, and a very passionate community advocate, who strives daily to provide safe spaces for the community to gather and be heard, using her #PoetiKHealingMovement brand to promote healing and mental wellness through writing, poetry and the arts. Lyrik’s projects and creative works can be streamed, downloaded and purchased online and in person, including her debut EP #MuziKNPoetry Vol 1 and her book, “Love N Life Thru The Eyes of LyriK Vol 1”. Local community bookings are available via the Dallas CAP (Community Artist Program). Learn more at: https://linktr.ee/lyrik_hunter ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 11/12/25, we featured poet Amanda Johnston! Amanda Johnston is a writer, visual artist, and the 61st Poet Laureate of Texas. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine. She is the author of two chapbooks, GUAP and Lock & Key, as well as the full-length collection Another Way to Say Enter. She is also the editor of the anthology Praisesong for the People: Poems from the Heart and Soul of Texas. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print publications, among them Callaloo, Poetry Magazine, The Moth Radio Hour, Bill Moyers, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships, grants, and awards from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, Tasajillo, the Kentucky Foundation for Women, The Watermill Center, American Short Fiction, and the Academy of American Poets. She is a former Board President of the Cave Canem Foundation and the founder of Torch Literary Arts. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 10/8/25, we welcomed Courtney LeBlanc back to Inner Moonlight! Courtney LeBlanc is the author of the four full-length collections, most recently, Her Dark Everything. She is the Arlington County Poet Laureate and the founder and editor-in-chief of Riot in Your Throat, an independent poetry press, and of the Poetry Coven, a monthly generative workshop. She loves nail polish, tattoos, and a soy latte each morning. ⁠www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 9/10/25, we collaborated with SMU Project Poëtica to feature three poets, Aaron Smith, Denise Duhamel, and Luisa Muradyan, all of whom have books published by SMU Project Poëtica/Bridwell Press! Aaron Smith is the author of five books of poetry with the University of Pittsburgh Press, most recently Stop Lying (2023). With the poet Maureen Seaton, he co-authored the book Beautiful People (2025). He is a three-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and a two-time finalist for the Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award. His work has appeared in The Baffler, The New York Times, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Best American Poetry. He is the cohost of the podcast Breaking Form and an associate professor of creative writing at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Denise Duhamel and the late Maureen Seaton co-authored six collections, the most recent of which is Tilt (Bridwell Press, 2025). Denise’s solo books include Pink Lady (Pitt Poetry Series, 2025), Second Story (Pittsburgh, 2021), and Scald (Pittsburgh, 2017). Blowout (Pittsburgh, 2013) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A recipient of NEA and Guggenheim Fellowships, she is a distinguished university professor at Florida International University in Miami. Luisa Muradyan is originally from Odesa, Ukraine and is the author of I Make Jokes When I’m Devastated (Bridwell Press, 2025) When the World Stopped Touching (YesYes Books, 2027), and American Radiance (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). She holds a Ph.D. in Poetry from the University of Houston and won the 2017 Raz/ Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize. Additionally, Muradyan is a member of the Cheburashka Collective, a group of women and nonbinary writers from the former Soviet Union. Additional work can be found at Best American Poetry, the Threepenny Review, Ploughshares, and Only Poems among others. www.innermoonlightpoetry.com

Inner Moonlight is the monthly poetry reading series at the Wild Detectives in Dallas. Curated by Dallas poet Logen Cure, the in-person show is the second Wednesday of every month in the Wild Detectives backyard. We love our podcast fans, so we release recordings of the live performances every month for y'all! On 8/13/25, we featured Austin poet Cindy Huyser! Cindy Huyser is the author of the full-length poetry collection, Cartography (3: A Taos Press, 2025), the contest-winning chapbook, Burning Number Five: Power Plant Poems (Blue Horse Press, 2014), co-author of the collaborative limited-edition chapbook XIII: Taylor Swift-Inspired Poems (Float Press, April 26, 2025), and co-editor of Bearing the Mask: Southwestern Persona Poems (Dos Gatos Press, 2016). She holds an MFA from Pacific University. Learn more at https://cindyhuyser.wordpress.com. www.innermoonlightpoetry.com