HopLit
A beery book discussion for everyone! Hosts David Nilsen and Emily Swank discuss the world of books and reading with only one simple rule: No snobbery.
HopLit
National Poetry Month
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Happy National Poetry Month! Celebrate April being all things poetry with HopLit hosts David and Emily as they discuss favorite poets and poems, access points into poetry, poetry exploration, and more! In addition, David highlights the National Book Critics Circle Awards in all genres, and this episode includes all the favorite HopLit exclusives, such as Literary Lingo, book and beer news, recent reads and beer experiences, and more. Tune in to join a very beery and bookish conversation, snobbery not included.
HopLit is a beery book podcast for everyone, with no snobbery and no gatekeeping. We don't believe in guilty pleasures of either the liquid or literary varieties. Whatever you're reading and however you're reading it, and whatever you're drinking or if you're not drinking at all, this podcast is for you.
HopLit is hosted by David Nilsen & Emily Swank.
David Nilsen is a full-time beer writer and educator living near Dayton, Ohio. He's an Advanced Cicerone© and a member of the North American Guild of Beer Writers and the British Guild of Beer Writers. He is a former public librarian and book critic. You can find him online at davidnilsenbeer.com and davidnilsenwriter.com and on Instagram and Bluesky @davidnilsenbeer.
Emily Swank is an English teacher and the creator behind the Instagram account @thebeercanon. The Beer Canon works to pair books with craft beer, and has its own monthly brewery hopping book club. She's hosted bookish events with Columbus Brewing Company and Seventh Son Brewing, and is based in Columbus, Ohio.