For the twelfth episode of Minds on Fire Live, our writers will lavish us with treats and tricks. Amy Bohlman, Sarah Fox, and Jennifer Loyd, three poets with supernatural powers, intend to exorcise some of our demons with their words and visions. Please stay afterwards to hobnob with the talent and to soak up their spooky good vibes. Music to follow the reading. Four times per year, in collaboration with The White Squirrel Bar, a poetry roadhouse of sorts, Conduit Books & Ephemera showcases a diverse array of the most inventive and adventurous literary voices from the Twin Cities and beyond.
Amy Bohlman (Klimoski) is a writer originally from Madison, now residing in Saint Paul. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Los Angeles Review, Conduit, Split Rock Review, The Rupture, and elsewhere. You can find her poem, “River Child,” stamped on a St. Paul sidewalk and her “Tiny Love Story” in The New York Times. She loves writing short pieces that explore big themes and examining our relationships with each other and the natural world around us. She received an MFA from Hamline University. You can find her at www.amybohlman.com.
Sarah Fox is an integrative psychotherapist practicing at the intersection of psychedelics, somatics, psychoanalysis, and the mythopoetic. She supports and pursues efforts to decolonize the therapeutic process and to cultivate beloved community and mutual aid networks. She aligns with systems of belief that welcome the composting of Empire in favor of a total rewilding of the human imagination. Her books Because Why and The First Flag were published by Coffee House Press. She first appeared in the pages of Conduit in 1998 and has been a frequent flyer since, as author, patron, collaborator, comrade, and ally.
Jennifer Loyd is the author of Ghost in the Archive (2025), selected by Bob Hicok as the winner of Conduit’s Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize. For her poetry exploring the archives of Rachel Carson, she received a Stadler Fellowship, as well as an MFA and research grants from Purdue University. At Texas Tech University, she earned a PhD, read for Iron Horse, and participated in Land Arts of the American West. Additionally, she has served as an editor for Copper Nickel, West Branch, and Sycamore Review. Her poetry and prose, which explore the intersection between private voice and public narratives, appear in Best New Poets, The Southern Review, The Rumpus, Swamp Pink, Shenandoah, Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, and elsewhere.
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