so...poetry?

in which writer Dina Paulson and i talk launching her newest chapbook, TOUCH/breaks!!!!! where to find Dina: instagram - @dinaspaulson tumblr - dinapaulson.tumblr.com TOUCH/breaks - akinogapress.com/books/touchbreaks

in which poet/writer Dina Paulson and i talk social media acumen, poetry-as-process, and the joys of re-readability... where to find Dina: instagram - @dinaspaulson tumblr - https://dinapaulson.tumblr.com TOUCH/breaks - https://akinogapress.com/books/touchbreaks other things referenced: Jenny Holzer - https://projects.jennyholzer.com/ Amanda Gorman - https://www.theamandagorman.com/ Rupi Kaur - https://rupikaur.com/ Bianca Stone - https://bianca-stone.com/ Beyond the River by Leah Maines - https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/beyond-the-river-winner-of-the-kentucky-writers-coalition-poet-by-leah-maines/

in which Pushcart-nominated Baltiomore cryptid Dave K and i talk literary gatekeeping, the motives behind writing, and art's tethering to capitalism (at least in the US)... where to find Dave: website - https://okaydavek.com/ insta - @davekisdavek other things referenced: Don't Waste Flares by Dave K - https://www.bruisermag.com/davek_flares Batman: The Golden Streets of Gotham - https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Batman-The-Golden-Streets-of-Gotham Anti-Story: An Anthology of Experimental Fiction by Philip Stevick - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Anti-Story/Philip-Stevick/9780029315002 Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes - https://writing.upenn.edu/~taransky/Barthes.pdf Last Days by Brian Evenson - https://coffeehousepress.org/products/last-days The Three Sunrises by Edward Mullaney - https://www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/the-three-sunrises-by-edward-mullany/ Raymond Carver - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Carver Paul Auster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Auster Haruki Murakami - https://www.harukimurakami.com/ Hush up and listen stinky poo butt by Sparling, Ken - https://archive.org/details/hushuplistenstin0000spar/mode/2up

in which i finish my series on emo with a special two-parter! in on with the show, i play college radio dj and give you a HEALTHY dose of emo. strap in, this one's a doozy... other things referenced: american football - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football_(band) mineral - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_(band) sunny day real estate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Day_Real_Estate citizens here and abroad - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_Here_and_Abroad football, etc. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football,_etc. on the might of princes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Might_of_Princes elliott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_(band) twelve hour turn - https://twelvehourturn.bandcamp.com/ coping - https://coping.bandcamp.com/ algernon cadwallader - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Cadwallader hemingway - https://hemingwaypdx.bandcamp.com/album/enjoy-your-life awakebutstillinbed - https://awakebutstillinbed.bandcamp.com/ probably not - https://probsnot.bandcamp.com/album/more-than-skin the jazz june - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_June leiah - https://leiah.bandcamp.com/ mock orange - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_Orange_(band) the promise ring - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promise_Ring улыбайся ветру - https://smiletothewind.bandcamp.com/album/--2 Rites of spring - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rites_of_Spring Crash of rhinos - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_of_Rhinos Kaddish - https://kaddishuk.bandcamp.com/ cap'n jazz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap%27n_Jazz the get up kids - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Get_Up_Kids sad breakfast - https://sadbreakfast.bandcamp.com/ boys life - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Life_(band) carson wells - https://carsonwells.bandcamp.com/ quiqui - https://quiquihashima.bandcamp.com/ frail hands - https://frailhands.bandcamp.com/ princess of north sudan - https://ponsemo.bandcamp.com/ left in-between - https://leftin-between.bandcamp.com/album/left-in-between the blue period - https://theblueperiod.bandcamp.com/ rika - https://rikaband.bandcamp.com/album/tired-hands-solace portraits of past - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits_of_Past the ivy crown - https://theivycrownmi.bandcamp.com/album/after-so-much-red-wine roman candle - https://romancandlex.bandcamp.com/album/discount-fireworks the beautiful mistake - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beautiful_Mistake the forms - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forms_(band) snowing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowing_(band) i create - https://icreate.bandcamp.com/album/all-we-are-is-now pity sex - https://pitysex.bandcamp.com/album/feast-of-love messes - https://messesky.bandcamp.com/album/the-ever-closing-door the diggs - https://thediggsband.bandcamp.com/ materic - https://materic.bandcamp.com/

in which i finish my series on emo with a special two-parter! in setting the stage, i talk a little bit more about emo as a genre and attempt some loose definitions other things referenced: emo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo Sophie's Floorboard - https://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.com/ Drifting with the Ice - https://driftingwiththeice.blogspot.com/ Emo subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/Emo/ Emo/scream subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/EmoScreamo/ When Emo Conquered the Mainstream by Peter C. Baker - https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/when-emo-conquered-the-mainstream Exploring the Waves of Emo by Gabe Roach - https://www.wiux.org/article/2023/02/exploring-the-waves-of-emo A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EMO TWINKLE - https://youdontneedmaps.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-the-emo-twinkle

in which jason b. crawford and i talk poetic lineage, why there's no YA poetry, and the X-Men where to find jason: website - https://www.jasonbcrawford.com/ instagram - @jasonbcrawford twitter - @jasonbcrawford other things referenced: Crush by Richard Siken - https://minedit.com/richard-siken-crush-pdf/ She-Hulk (2022), issue 12, bottom of page 5 for the Mary Oliver quote Pop Culture Poetry: The Definitive Collection by Mike Tager - https://akinogapress.com/books/popculturepoetry Terrance Hayes - https://terrancehayes.com/about/ Danez Smith - http://www.danezsmithpoet.com/bio-encore Literati Bookstore - https://www.literatibookstore.com/ Slow Lightning by Eduardo C. Corral - https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300178937/slow-lightning/ THE BLACK AUTOMATON by Douglas Kearney - https://fenceportal.org/book/the-black-automaton/ sam sax - https://www.samsax.com/ Desireé Dallagiacomo - https://www.desireedallagiacomo.com/ Hanif Abdurraqib - http://www.abdurraqib.com/ Discipline by Dawn Lundy Martin - https://nightboat.org/book/discipline/ Ada Limón - https://www.adalimon.net/ Raych Jackson - https://www.raych-jackson.com/bio Ross Gay - https://www.rossgay.net/ Taylor Byas - https://www.taylorbyas.com/about The Future of Black - https://blairpub.com/shop/p/the-future-of-black

in which poet, aerialist, and educator Kelly Purtell and i talk dreams, meme culture, and our personal versions of heaven where to find Kelly: instagram - @kellypurt other things referenced: Sandman by Neil Gaiman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(comic_book) tarot - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot meme culture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme Roadmap by Monica Prince - https://santa-fe-writers-project.square.site/product/roadmap/76?cs=true&cst=custom The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury - https://goms.rocklinusd.org/subsites/Jenny-Salmon/documents/Short%20Story%20Unit/Fog%20Horn%20STORY.pdf Gag Order by Jess Hylton - https://akinogapress.com/books/gagorder Donna Haraway's "the god trick" - https://newmaterialism.eu/almanac/s/situated-knowledges.html

in which writer Lora Robinson and i talk the joy of residencies, poetic empathy, and the myth that bad mental health equals good art -programing note- apologizes for the soft/warbly audio; my internet was being wonky where to find Lora: An Essential Melancholy - https://akinogapress.com/books/anessentialmelancholy instagram - @theblondeprive Cobra Milk - https://www.cobra-milk.com/ other things referenced: The League of Minnesota Poets - https://www.mnpoets.org/ Loft Literary Center - https://loft.org/ Graywolf Press - https://www.graywolfpress.org/ Milkweed Editions - https://milkweed.org/ Button Poetry - https://buttonpoetry.com/ Dorothea Lasky - https://www.dorothealasky.com/ Mark Rothko - https://www.markrothko.org/ Wassily Kandinsky - https://www.wassilykandinsky.net/

in which Ann Marie Brokmeier, Tyler Mendelsohn, and i talk grief, poetry, and their intersections! where to find Ann Marie: instagram - @annmariebrok where to find Tyler: website - https://tylerkmendelsohn.com/ instagram - @tyler_k_m other things referenced: Ada Limón - https://www.adalimon.net/ Ada Limón Bomb Magazine interview - https://bombmagazine.org/articles/ada-lim%C3%B3n/#:~:text=AL%20I%20think%20poetry%20is,it%20out%20into%20the%20sky After the Fire by Ada Limón - https://scalar.fas.harvard.edu/resources-for-loss/after-the-fire-by-ada-limn The Uses of Sorrow by Mary Oliver - https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/zn67zr/the_uses_of_sorrow_mary_oliver_poem/ The Art of Losing, edited by Kevin Young - https://kevinyoungpoetry.com/the-art-of-losing.html Grief by Stephen Dobyns - https://www.poemist.com/stephen-dobyns/grief Landscape with the Fall of Icarus by William Carlos Williams - https://poets.org/poem/landscape-fall-icarus Final Notations by Adrienne Rich - https://genius.com/Adrienne-rich-final-notations-annotated Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Is Not Breaking by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer - https://braidedway.org/watching-my-friend-pretend-her-heart-isnt-breaking/ Life After Death: IV by Laura Gilpin - https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/xmlp33/poem_life_after_death_by_laura_gilpin/ What's Your Grief - https://whatsyourgrief.com/ other things i meant to reference: Death Tractates by Brenda Hillman - https://www.weslpress.org/9780819512024/death-tractates/

in which i talk about EMO!!!! and showcase a TON of my favorite bands of the genre other things referenced: Emo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo Powerviolence - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerviolence Screamo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamo#Emoviolence Love Lost but Not Forgotten - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Lost_But_Not_Forgotten Neil Perry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Perry_(band) Polyvinyl Records - https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/ Rainer Maria - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria Braid - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_(band) Further Seems Forever - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Further_Seems_Forever Dead Poetic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poetic As Cities Burn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Cities_Burn Deep Elm Records - http://deepelm.com/ The Emo Diaries - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emo_Diaries Jimmy Eat World - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Eat_World Camber - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camber_(band) Jejune - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jejune Pohgoh - https://pohgoh.bandcamp.com/ Pop Unknown - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Unknown The Appleseed Cast - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Appleseed_Cast Planes Mistaken for Stars - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planes_Mistaken_for_Stars Red Animal War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Animal_War Tabula Rasa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Rasa_(Pittsburgh_band) Knapsack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack_(band)

in which Monica Prince and i discuss choreopoetry, action movie metatext, and our mutual love of chapbooks where to find Monica: website - https://monicaprince.com/ facebook - @MonicaPrinceChoreopoet twitter - @poetic_moni instagram - @poetic_moni Roadmap preorder - https://santa-fe-writers-project.square.site/product/roadmap/76?cs=true&cst=custom other things referenced: Ntozake Shange - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ntozake-shange choreopoetry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Colored_Girls_Who_Have_Considered_Suicide_/_When_the_Rainbow_Is_Enuf The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/117662/the-bluest-eye-by-toni-morrison/ Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley - https://www.sitasingstheblues.com/ Made to Dance in Burning Buildings by Anya Pearson - https://www.anyapearson.com/made-to-dance-in-burning-buildings-1 the four principle of Black Theatre - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Negro_Theatre War (2007 film) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_(2007_film) the current run of Nightwing - https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Nightwing-2016 (start with issue 78 and install an adblocker) Ishion Hutchinson - https://ishionhutchinson.com/ A Pageant of Great Women by Cicely Mary Hamilton - https://www.amazon.com/Pageant-Great-Women-Cicely-Hamilton/dp/0342028715 Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/219372/stags-leap-by-sharon-olds/9780375712258 the Sealey challenge - https://www.thesealeychallenge.com/ Closure by Maroon 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVHLt62wO3U Christmas Steps by Mogwai - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZuXtXQ7ZQM things i wanted to mention: You Are Good podcast - https://www.instagram.com/youaregoodpod/?hl=en The Midnight Gospel - https://www.netflix.com/title/80987903 Batman: the Golden Streets of Gotham - https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Batman-The-Golden-Streets-of-Gotham (adblocker still recommended)

in which Anthony Moll and i talk endings, emo, and Anthony's new collection You Cannot Save Here! where to find Anthony: website - https://anthonymoll.com/ twitter - @AnthonyWMoll You Cannot Save Here -https://shop.aer.io/WWPH/p/You_Cannot_Save_Here/9781941551325-10695?collection=New_Titles-224539 other things referenced (in no particular order): Randall Mann - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/randall-mann My Dear You by Rachel Khong - https://tinhouse.com/my-dear-you/ The Poet and the Poem - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-poet-and-the-poem/id1375379498 Douglas Kearney - https://www.douglaskearney.com/ No Dogs in Space - https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com/no-dogs-in-space drifting with the ice - https://driftingwiththeice.blogspot.com/ Maria Schneider - https://www.mariaschneider.com/ haikai no renga - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renku The Ska Parade: Runnin' Naked Thru Cornfield - https://www.skaparade.com/product/the-ska-parade-runnin-naked-thru-cornfield-compilation-cd/

in which creative Lynne Price and i talk intuition, creativity, and healing (and so, so much more; seriously, y'all, this is probably the most wide-ranging conversation i've ever had) where to find Lynne: blog - https://holisticresilience.co/ other things referenced: Art Omi - https://www.artomi.org/ bodywork - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodywork_(alternative_medicine) somatics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatics acceptance and commitment therapy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptance_and_commitment_therapy Morita therapy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morita_therapy Grounded Spirituality by Jeff Brown - https://jeffbrown.co/grounded-spirituality-2/

in which musician/poet Rachel Gawell and i discuss the art we're attracted to, the differences (and similarities) between poetry and lyrics, and the wonderful vulnerability of drafts... where to find Rachel/Baba Sonya: bandcamp - https://babasonya.bandcamp.com/ spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ikwTbhsoWs4l5fXzIrnrI instagram - @probablybabasonya other things referenced: E. E. Cummings - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/e-e-cummings Anna Swir - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anna-swir Joni Mitchell - https://jonimitchell.com/ Paul Simon - https://www.paulsimon.com/ Ani DiFranco - https://anidifranco.com/ Precious Things by Tori Amos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Croz1_USr3U Timothy by as cities burn - https://open.spotify.com/track/57uQ0KCJFZBVQn6naUUnsW No Dogs in Space - https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com/no-dogs-in-space Camille - https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCFObDk3g8nxMWr3KA1cMGHA Daughter - https://open.spotify.com/artist/46CitWgnWrvF9t70C2p1Me A Way Up by Pat Metheny - https://www.patmetheny.com/music/detail.cfm?id=2 The Thompson Fields by Maria Schneider - https://mariaschneider.bandcamp.com/album/the-thompson-fields Toe - https://toe-music.bandcamp.com/ Unwed Sailor - https://unwedsailor.bandcamp.com/ Asian Kung-Fu Generation - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MK8l3nURwwQIjafvXoJJt birdbase - https://soundcloud.com/birdbase the now-empty sky - https://akinogapress.com/books/nowempty possessed by space - https://akinogapress.com/books/possessed

in which poet Dara Barrois/Dixon (formerly Wier) and i talk poetic process, poetic experience, and the difference between real and true... where to find Dara: instagram - darabarroisdixon twitter - @darawier Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina - https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/tolstoy-killed-anna-karenina other things referenced: Mary Ruefle - http://www.maryruefle.com/menu.html James Tate - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/james-tate Hyperallergic - https://hyperallergic.com/ Haiku: The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series edited by Peter Washington - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/186005/haiku-by-edited-by-peter-washington/ The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316841/the-poetics-of-space-by-gaston-bachelard/ First Cow - https://a24films.com/films/first-cow The Ruth Stone House Poetry Podcast - https://podcast.ruthstonehouse.org/

in which poet/interdisciplinary artist Clay Scofield and i talk play, the benefit of creative communities, and non-attachment to when things don't work out... where to find Clay: website - https://lizclaytonscofield.com/ instagram - lizclaytonscofield other things referenced: Deep Play by Diane Ackerman - http://www.dianeackerman.com/deep-play-by-diane-ackerman House of Light by Mary Oliver - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204278/house-of-light-by-mary-oliver/ Number - http://www.numberinc.org/ The School of Making Thinking - http://www.theschoolofmakingthinking.com/ Tracie Morris - https://traciemorris.com/

in which Ashanti Anderson and i talk the poetic canon, cross-genre bleed, and art as commodity where to find Ashanti: website - https://www.ashanticreates.com Black Under - https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/black-under/ twitter - @ashantiecreates instagram - @ashanticrates other things referenced (including stuff from the lost recording): Langston Hughes - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/langston-hughes Yona Harvey - https://www.yonaharvey.com/ Frank X Walker - https://www.frankxwalker.com/ August Wilson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown - https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html Red Bird by Mary Oliver - http://www.beacon.org/Red-Bird-P758.aspx Classic Stories vol 1 by Ray Bradbury - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780553286373 Gertrude Stein - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gertrude-stein The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/44212/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock Come, Thief by Jane Hirshfield - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/208513/come-thief-by-jane-hirshfield/

in which Shanta Lee Gander and i talk reclaiming curiosity, maintaining the poetic state, and full-sensory poetry experiences... where to find Shanta: website - Shantaleegander.com twitter - @ShantaLeeG instagram - @mz.shanta_lee facebook - facebook.com/ShantaLeeG/ GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA - diodeeditions.com/product-page/ghettoclaustrophobia Getting Out of Your Poetry Funk, November 8 (12 - 2) - meetup.com/The-Burlington-Writers-Workshop/events/280463660/ Curating a Creative Life, Saturday, November 20 (12 - 2)- meetup.com/The-Burlington-Writers-Workshop/events/280457320/ other things referenced: Welcome to Nightvale - welcometonightvale.com Lore - lorepodcast.com Weird Darkness - weirddarkness.com The Romantics - poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/romanticism Emily Dickinson - poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot - poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land Metamorphoses by Ovid - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphoses Laura Mulvey - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Mulvey Ways of Seeing by John Berger - penguinrandomhouse.com/books/324430/ways-of-seeing-by-john-berger/ Planned Parenthood of Southern New England - plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-southern-new-england

in which Andrea Carter Brown and i talk engendering empathy, the moments our lives are folded around, and BIRDS!!! where to find Andrea: website - andreacarterbrown.com September 12 - wordworksbooks.org/product/september-12 other things referenced: Monda Van Duyn - poetryfoundation.org/poets/mona-van-duyn Robert Haas - poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-hass Mary Jo Salter - poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-jo-salter Brian Turner - poetryfoundation.org/poets/brian-turner Ishion Hutchinson - poetryfoundation.org/poets/ishion-hutchinson BIRDS referenced: Oystercatcher - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-oystercatcher Long-billed Curlew - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/long-billed-curlew Allen's Hummingbird - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/allens-hummingbird Gray Catbird - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/gray-catbird Mississippi Kite - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/mississippi-kite

in which Tyler Mendelsohn and i talk poetry trepidation, the specificity that leads to universality, and (self) awareness vs neuroses... where to find Tyler: website - tylerkmendelsohn.com instagram - instagram.com/tyler_k_m other things referenced: Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder - harpercollins.com/products/why-poetry-matthew-zapruder the feelings wheel - bit.ly/3k2v4zh Red Bird by Mary Oliver - beacon.org/Red-Bird-P758.aspx

in which poet Nkosi Nkululeko and i talk dreams, editing/revision, and writing for the page vs writing for the performance... where to find Nkosi: twitter - @musicman_nkosi instagram - @musicmannkosi319 other things referenced: Searching for Bobby Fischer - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_Bobby_Fischer "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar - poetryfoundation.org/poems/44203/we-wear-the-mask Bobby McFerrin - bobbymcferrin.com Vievee Francis - poetryfoundation.org/poets/vievee-francis Cave Canem - cavecanempoets.org/ Rigoberto González - poetryfoundation.org/poets/rigoberto-gonzalez

in which Sophie Klahr and i talk mentorship, creative lineage, and ART FARM!!!!! where to find Sophie: website - sophieklahr.org twitter - @sophieklahr instagram - @SOPHIEANDTHECHOICES MEET ME HERE AT DAWN - yesyesbooks.com/product-page/meet-me-here-at-dawn-by-sophie-klahr other things referenced: Jim Daniels - poetryfoundation.org/poets/jim-daniels Ted Kooser - tedkooser.net Adroit Journal - theadroitjournal.org In the Still of the Night by Dara Wier - wavepoetry.com/products/in-the-still-of-the-night Walt Whitman - poetryfoundation.org/poets/walt-whitman James Earl Joens reads Walt Whitman - soundcloud.com/92y/92y-james-earl-jones-walt Gregory Orr - gregoryorr.net Terrance Hayes - terrancehayes.com/about Frank Stanford - poetryfoundation.org/poets/frank-stanford Carl Phillips - poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips Brenda Hillman - brendahillman.net/index.html All We Can Save - allwecansave.earth/ On Being - onbeing.org/

in which i review Mike Mignola's Hellboy (and some of the peripheral comics) other things referenced: How to Read Hellboy - https://www.howtoread.me/hellboy-bprd-reading-order/

in which Jessica Hylton and i discuss her book Gag Order, muse about erasure poetry in general, and take a hard look at the state of poetry in the US where to find Jessica: fb - facebook.com/Xopiboz where to find Gag Order: akinogapress.com/books/gagorder other things referenced: Lou Gallo - radford.edu/content/chbs/home/english/faculty/gallo.html On Teaching and Writing Fiction by Wallace Stegner - penguinrandomhouse.com/books/286428/on-teaching-and-writing-fiction-by-wallace-stegner/ Inferno (a poet's novel)by Eileen Myles - orbooks.com/catalog/inferno-a-poets-novel/ Sea Garden by H.D. - gutenberg.org/files/28665/28665-h/28665-h.htm Sylvia Plath - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath The Great Scissor Hunt - headmistress-press.square.site/product/the-great-scissor-hunt-by-jessica-k-hylton/9?cs=true Headmistress Press - headmistresspress.blogspot.com/ Mary Meriam - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-meriam Kristofer Schofield photography - istaphoto.com/ All We Saw by Anne Michaels (that one book i couldn't remember) - penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537841/all-we-saw-by-anne-michaels/ AND PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GODS GO VOTE (AGAINST TRUMP) - vote.org/

—EPISODE TRACK FIXED!— sorry about that weird dead spot towards the end. don't know what happened, but the missing audio has been returned to its rightful place. ...in which Kelly Purtell and i talk collaborative poetry, leaping poetry, and the synchronicity of dreams... where to find Kelly instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kellypurt/ Radium and Roses - https://open.spotify.com/show/3w836W3k7EZ7acaxb21lPb other things referenced: Lia Purpura - http://liapurpura.com/ Leaping Poetry by Robert Bly - https://upittpress.org/books/9780822960034/ Sarah Kay - https://kaysarahsera.com/ Touched With Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Touched-With-Fire/Kay-Redfield-Jamison/9780684831831 Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder - https://www.amazon.com/Why-Poetry-Matthew-Zapruder/dp/0062343084

I sincerely hope everyone is staying safe and successfully managing all the aspects of y'alls internal/external health. featured past guests: Mary Adelle JP Allen Danielle Ariano Stanford Cheung Mandy May Christine No Meredith Purvis Meggie Royer Kerrin Smith Joanna Valente featured poets (being read): adrienne maree brown Lucille Clifton Seamus Heaney Tove Jansson Ada Limón Malena Morling Sayaka Osaki Eleni Vakalo W.B. Yeats

in which i talk about my recent aerial silks performance, my relationship with my body, and my experience with taking aerial silks classes in general... other things referenced: so...poetry? on spotify! - https://open.spotify.com/show/0LEyC5nV3XH6bT2Xiok3vE Mobtown Ballroom - https://mobtownballroom.com/ In the Dark Circus Arts - http://inthedarkcircusarts.com/about Wonderful podcast - https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/wonderful/ Wednesday Campanella - http://www.wed-camp.com/ OR https://open.spotify.com/artist/0bp9CvkjQYhUJvWRHjFRWI 2020 showcase performance - https://youtu.be/L6srR92ZB8M

in which i set intentions and review Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino other things referenced: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino -https://designopendata.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/calvino_italo_invisible_cities.pdf Kino's Journey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kino%27s_Journey

in which poet Maia Kiley and i consider internal listening, speculate on the different creative energies of writing poetry and creative non-fiction, and gush about Mary Oliver for a bit where to find Maia: Wings instagram - instagram.com/wings_poems/ Wings at Sano Press - https://www.sanopress.com/books/wings?fbclid=IwAR3O4JKtnrnfIvbys-sNHjT_zBktwktGdBI_VD_CudxlYnPa3QH-GUy3NgY other things referenced: Brazilian Zouk - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Zouk Lambada - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambada Lindy Hop - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Hop The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/349644/the-artists-way-by-julia-cameron/ Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/3929/letter-to-my-daughter-by-maya-angelou/ Joan Didion - https://www.thejoandidion.com/about Emily Dickinson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson Rumi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi Mary Oliver - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver David Whyte - https://www.davidwhyte.com/ This Is For The Women Who Don't Give A Fuck by Janne Robinson - https://shopcatalog.com/product/this-is-for-the-women-who-dont-give-a-fuck/ Andrea Gibson - https://www.andreagibson.org/ Rupi Kaur - https://rupikaur.com/

...in which i talk chapbooks and review bedful of nebraskas by jill osier other things referenced: "Chapbooks: A Short History of the Short Book" by Sam Riedel - http://www.thethepoetry.com/2012/02/chapbooks-a-short-history-of-the-short-book/ "WHAT ARE CHAPBOOKS? AND WHY YOU SHOULD READ THEM" by Lyndsie Manusos - https://bookriot.com/2019/07/08/what-are-chapbooks/amp/ "Chapbooks: Definition and Origins" - http://web.mit.edu/21h.418/www/nhausman/chap1.html chapbook wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapbook sunnyoutside press - http://www.sunnyoutside.com/ Jill Osier - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jill-osier

in which Meggie Royer and i talk shit about the literary canon, dissect instagram poetry, and generally agree with each other a lot... where to find Meggie: fb page - facebook.com/MeggieRoyerPoetry/ tumblr - writingsforwinter.tumblr.com Persephone's Daughters - http://www.persephonesdaughters.tk/ other things referenced: Rita Dove revision article - http://owrite.blogspot.com/2008/01/narrow-world-made-wide.html close reading - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_reading Sharon Olds - https://www.sharonolds.net/ Natalie Diaz - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/natalie-diaz Joy Harjo - https://www.joyharjo.com/ Have You Prayed? by Li-Young Lee - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52208/have-you-prayed Nikki Giovanni - https://www.nikki-giovanni.com/ Adroit Journal - https://theadroitjournal.org/ Storied Owl Books - http://storiedowlbooks.com/ Emily Skaja - https://emilyskaja.net/poems/

in which Christine No and i talk the inherent autonomy of artistic expression, the nature of time, and manuscript organization as works of intuitive sculpture... where to find Christine: website - www.christineno.com twitter/instagram - @iamchristineno Barrelhouse announcement - https://www.barrelhousemag.com/news-and-updates/2019/8/7/barrelhouse-books-to-publish-new-poetry-collections-by-gina-myers-and-christine-no other things referenced: circus arts - https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2015/beginners-guide-circus-arts Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Hollywood wabi-sabi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi kintsugi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi Marie Kondo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Kondo Dana Levin - http://www.danalevinpoet.com/poetry Schizophrene by Bhanu Kapil - https://nightboat.org/book/schizophrene/ In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Aeroplane_Over_the_Sea

...in which i review Red Bird by Mary Oliver...but preface it with some discussion of gender and intended spaces and privilege... other things referenced: Red Bird by Mary Oliver - http://www.beacon.org/Red-Bird-P661.aspx MOLLY Malone Cook (i don't know why i always think her first name is "Mallory") - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone_Cook Dream Work by Mary Oliver - https://groveatlantic.com/book/dream-work/ House of Light by Mary Oliver - http://www.beacon.org/House-of-Light-P367.aspx Death Tractates by Brenda Hillman - https://www.amazon.com/Tractates-Wesleyan-Poetry-Brenda-Hillman/dp/0819512028

in which Bushra Rehman and i reminisce/bliss out/extol the virtues of the Vermont Studio Center (and residencies in general), break down language to its fundamental components, and bond over our respective lapsed faiths... where to find Burshra: website - http://www.bushrarehman.com/ Marianna's Beauty Salon - https://siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/marianna-s-beauty-salon-by-bushra-rehman Corona - https://siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/corona-by-bushra-rehman Colonize This! - https://www.sealpress.com/titles/daisy-hernandez/colonize-this/9780786750665/ other things referenced: Vermont Studio Center - https://vermontstudiocenter.org/ Michael Cunningham - http://www.michaelcunningham.com/ Brooklyn College - http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/home.php Amazing Grace (Aretha Franklin doc) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace_(2018_film) Urban Word NYC - https://www.urbanwordnyc.org/ Community-Word Project - http://communitywordproject.org/ Teachers & Writers Collaborative - https://www.twc.org/

in which Jane Lewty and i discuss the joys and perils of residencies, the challenge of arranging collections, and the value of all the work you've never published... where to find Jane's poetry: BRAVURA COOL - https://www.journal1913.org/publications/bravura-cool/ In One Form to Find Another - http://www.csupoetrycenter.com/books/in-one-form-to-find-another where to find Jane on instagram: janelewty other things referenced: Vermont Studio Center - https://vermontstudiocenter.org/ New Orleans Poetry Festival - https://www.nolapoetry.com/ New Orleans Writers' Residency - https://www.neworleanswritersresidency.org/ Stephan Spender - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephen-spender Baseball Haiku edited by Nanae Tamura and Cor van den Heuvel - https://books.wwnorton.com/books/Baseball-Haiku/ Jack Kerouac - http://jackkerouac.com/

in which i review After the Quake by Haruki Murakami other things referenced: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury - https://www.amazon.com/Martian-Chronicles-Ray-Bradbury/dp/1451678193 Invisible Cities by Ito Calvino - https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Invisible-Cities/9780156453806 Crack the Skye by Mastodon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_the_Skye Come Now Sleep by As Cities Burn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Now_Sleep Not to Disappear by Daughter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_to_Disappear Under the Muramaki Spell by Vu Tran - https://www.vqronline.org/criticism/2019/03/under-murakami-spell other books by Murakami - http://www.harukimurakami.com/library

in which Lindsay Lusby and i talk project books, the revelatory process of writing poetry, and the behind-the-scenes work of editors... where to find Lindsay: website - lindsaylusby.com twitter/instagram - @lindsaylusby Catechesis: a postpastoral (published by The University of Utah Press) - https://uofupress.lib.utah.edu/catechesis/ other things referenced: Rose O'Neill Literary House - https://www.washcoll.edu/centers/lithouse/ Cherry Tree - https://www.washcoll.edu/centers/lithouse/cherry-tree/ Jehanne Dubrow - https://jehannedubrow.com/ Peter Campion - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/peter-campion "Have You Prayed?" by (and read by) Li-Young Lee - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52208/have-you-prayed Container Press - http://acontainer.co/about/ Kimiko Hahn - https://kimikohahn.com/ Brute by Emily Skaja - https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/brute Kill Class by Nomi Stone - https://www.tupelopress.org/product/kill-class/ Chaos Theories by Elizabeth Hazen - https://sfwp.com/project/chaos-theorieselizabeth-hazen/

in which i review/respond to jane: a murder by maggie nelson https://softskull.com/dd-product/jane/ other things referenced: maggie nelson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maggie-nelson bluets by maggie nelson - https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/bluets the glass essay by anne carson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/the-glass-essay nox by anne carson - https://www.ndbooks.com/book/nox/

in which Natalie Wang and i talk the Singapore lit scene, the differences in writing for performance and writing for the page, and the cultivation of reading set lists... where to find Natalie: website - https://www.nataliewang.me/ The Woman Who Turned Into A Vending Machine - https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/the-woman-who-turned-into-a-vending-machine other things referenced: Singapore Poetry Writing Month - http://www.singlitstation.com/singpowrimo/ Sharon Olds - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sharon-olds Richard Siken - http://www.richardsiken.com/ The Vegetarian by Han Kang - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/250333/the-vegetarian-by-han-kang/9781101906118/

in which Dr. Sophia Frentz and i discuss HAIKU (FINALLY), the poetry process/es, and the inclusion of the arts in the STEM field... where to find Dr. Frentz: twitter - @sophiafrentz Things of Interest podcast - https://www.thingsofinterest.co/ other things referenced: Lisa Randall - https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall Glenn Colquhoun - https://www.glenncolquhoun.net/ Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun - https://www.amazon.com/Playing-God-Poems-About-Medicine/dp/1905140169 Patricia Piccinini - https://www.patriciapiccinini.net/ Sandra Simpson - https://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/tag/sandra-simpson-haiku/ New Zealand Poetry Society - https://poetrysociety.org.nz/ Billy Collins - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/billy-collins Katikati Haiku Pathway - https://poetrysociety.org.nz/affiliates/haiku-nz/nz-haiku-showcase/katikati-haiku-pathway/ Red Moon Press haiku anthologies - https://www.redmoonpress.com/catalog/?cPath=33&osCsid=38d1865bf02c2ec688bcf5f9056bf7d2 Fay Aoyagi - https://fayaoyagi.wordpress.com/ The Haiku Handbook by William J. Higginson and Penny Harter - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563541/the-haiku-handbook25th-anniversary-edition-by-william-j-higginson-and-penny-harter-foreword-by-jane-reichhold/9781568365404/ Roberta Beary - https://www.pw.org/content/roberta_beary Sophia's haiku that's on a rock in Vancouver - https://www.vcbf.ca/haiku-invitational/winning-haiku/2006-winning-haiku

in which Jasmine V. Bailey and i talk about the intersection of poetry and lyric essays/creative non-fiction, gush about Anne Carson and Charles Wright, and dive deep into the mechanics of translation... where to find Jasmine: https://jasminevbailey.com/ https://facebook.com/jvbailey https://facebook.com/ironhorsereview/ other things referenced: Curtis Bauer - http://curtisbauer.net/ Silvina López Medin - https://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/about/participants/silvina-lopez-medin/ Anne Carson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-carson Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24642/autobiography-of-red-by-anne-carson/ The Glass Essay by Anne Carson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/the-glass-essay The Gender of Sound by Anne Carson - https://liquidarchitecture.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Anne-Carson-The-Gender-of-Sound.pdf Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson - https://press.princeton.edu/titles/2406.html Lisa Russ Spaar - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lisa-russ-spaar Charles Wright - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-wright Bruce Smith - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/bruce-smith Jim Harrison - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jim-harrison Cyrus Cassells - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/cyrus-cassells Erosion by Jorie Graham - https://press.princeton.edu/titles/1057.html Nightbook by Steve Matanle - https://squareup.com/store/passager/item/nightbook?square_lead=item_embed excerpts from Nightbook - https://facultyvoiceumd.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/the-poems-of-steve-matanle/ "two autumns" haiku + minor controversy - http://www.ahundredgourds.com/ahg41/exposition01.html

in which i talk about death, poetry reportage, Kino's Journey, and Mary Oliver... things referenced: Blue Pastures by Mary Oliver - https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Pastures-Mary-Oliver/dp/0156002159 House of Light by Mary Oliver - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204278/house-of-light-by-mary-oliver/9780807068113/ Kino's Journey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kino%27s_Journey

in which Stanford Cheung and i talk the intention of performance, where you can and can't bring your lab, and the artistic merits of being vulnerable... where to find Stanford: website - https://stanfordcheung.com/ STRUCTURES FROM THE STILL - http://akinogapress.com/books/structures other things referenced: The Life of the Poet by Lawrence Lipking - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Poet-Beginning-Ending-Careers/dp/0226484513 Richard Siken - http://www.richardsiken.com/ Phil Hall - https://bookthug.ca/bookthug-authors/phil-hall/ Ocean Vuong - https://www.oceanvuong.com/ Ryuichi Sakamotot: Coda - ryuichi-sakamoto-coda Nathan Spoon - https://nathanspoon.com/

in which i right the terrible wrong of not mentioning Nap Attack! in the music episode

in which i talk about my relationship with music, how it coexists with my poetry, and some of my longterm favorite and new favorite musicians... other things mentioned: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MK8l3nURwwQIjafvXoJJt toe - https://toe-music.bandcamp.com/ (i was wrong about: philly show on the 9th) Rainer Maria - https://rainermaria.bandcamp.com/ Mates of State - https://www.facebook.com/matesofstate/ Pelican - https://pelican.bandcamp.com/ football, etc. - https://footballetc.bandcamp.com/ Twelve Hour Turn - http://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.com/2017/03/twelve-hour-turn.html Улыбайся Ветру (Smile to the Wind)- https://smiletothewind.bandcamp.com/ foxmoulder - https://foxmoulder.bandcamp.com/ Respire - https://respirefamily.bandcamp.com/ tide/edit - https://tideedit.bandcamp.com/ JYOCHO - http://jyocho.com/ LOW-PASS - http://low-pass.jp/ Baba Sonya - https://babasonya.bandcamp.com/ Kenny Wheeler - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Wheeler twinkledaddies reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/twinkledaddies emo/screamo reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/EmoScreamo/ my jazz post - https://www.reddit.com/r/Jazz/comments/93f02c/compositionalorchestral_jazz/

the full audio of the TO TRACY LIKE / TO LIKE / LIKE launch recorded live at Greedy Reads on July 12, 2018 the panelists: Mary Adelle - https://maryadellecom.wordpress.com/about-me/ https://www.theconsentcollective.org/ Tracy Dimond - http://tracydimond.tumblr.com/ Sharea Harris - http://shareathesound.tumblr.com/ Jane Lewty - https://www.pw.org/content/jane_lewty Mandy May - https://mandy-may.com/ the location: Greedy Reads - https://greedyreads.com/ the books: Girl Flame by Mary Adelle - https://maryadellecom.wordpress.com/girlflame/ TO TRACY LIKE / TO LIKE / LIKE by Tracy Dimond - https://squareup.com/store/akinoga-press/item/to-tracy-like-to-like-like dictionary by Sharea Harris - https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-See-Poems-Sharea-Harris-ebook/dp/B01LA6AS1S In One Form To Find Another by Jane Lewty - http://www.csupoetrycenter.com/books/in-one-form-to-find-another Magic: Moon Tides Sing Violet Petals by Mandy May - https://mandy-may.com/magic/

in which Erin Dorney and i talk the wide world of erasure poetry, internal swiss cheese, and WHALE PROM!... where to find Erin: website - https://www.erindorney.com/ twitter - @edorney instagram - erindorney where to find I Am Not Famous Anymore - http://www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/i-am-not-famous-anymore Launch event June 17th/Baltimore - https://www.facebook.com/events/433903263733695/ Launch event June 21st/Philadelphia - https://www.facebook.com/events/1424782640955660/ other things referenced - Kim Birdgford - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Bridgford Jenny Hill - http://jenniferdunnhill.blogspot.com/ The Found Poetry Review - http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/ Nets by Jen Bervin - http://www.jenbervin.com/images/nets/about.html A Humument by Tom Phillips - http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/humument CAConrad - http://caconrad.blogspot.com/ Wave Books - https://www.wavepoetry.com/ Lydia Davis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Davis Louise Erdrich - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/louise-erdrich all this can be yours by Isobel O'Hare - https://university-of-hell-press.myshopify.com/products/all-this-can-be-yours-by-isobel-ohare RED by Chase Berggrun - http://www.birdsllc.com/catalog/red & THE GREEN by Amanda McCormick - http://www.inkpressproductions.com/product-page/the-green-by-amanda-mccormick

in which Joanna Valente and i talk the commodification of education, poetry collections as concept albums, and JAZZ! where to find Joanna: website - joannavalente.com/ twitter - @joannasaid instagram - joannacvalente Sexting Ghosts - https://unknownpress.org/sexting-ghosts/ other things referenced: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/36526/house-of-leaves-by-mark-z-danielewski/9780375420528/ Haunted by Poe - https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Poe/dp/B00004Y6J1 Twin Peaks by David Lynch - http://welcometotwinpeaks.com/ Richard Brautigan - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-brautigan Kim Hyesoon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Hyesoon Anne Sexton - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-sexton Audre Lorde - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde Lucielle Clifton - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lucille-clifton Gwendolyn Brooks - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendolyn-brooks John Milton - https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/john-milton Amy King - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amy-king Kevah Akbar - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kaveh-akbar Crush by Richard Siken - https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300107890/crush Miles Davis - https://www.milesdavis.com/ Sun Ra - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra Andrew Hill - http://www.andrewhilljazz.com/ Pat Metheny - http://www.patmetheny.com/ Maria Schnreider - http://www.mariaschneider.com/ Ibrahim Maalouf - https://www.ibrahimmaalouf.com/ Well, I Should Have... by H. Jon Benjamin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well,_I_Should_Have... Sally Potter - http://sallypotter.com/

in this hyper-condensed episode, Ben Purket and i talk poetic urgency, sticking it out for that long-form writing, and THE KICKASS READING HE'S GOING TO DO WITH VU TRAN IN CHICAGO ON APRIL 20TH! https://www.semcoop.com/event/reading-ben-purkert-and-vu-tran where to find Ben: benpurket.com twitter - @benpurket For the Love of Endings - https://fourwaybooks.com/site/for-the-love-of-endings/ other things mentioned: The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle - http://www.octopusbooks.net/books/the-trees-the-trees Darkness Sticks to Everything by Tom Hennen - https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BCAB804E4-560B-4D2A-B7C5-0C08B963FDDD%7D Jorie Graham - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jorie-graham Calamities by Renee Gladman - https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/calamities Maggie Nelson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maggie-nelson Mary Ruefle - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-ruefle Wave Books - https://www.wavepoetry.com/ Dragonfish by Vu Tran - http://www.vutranwriter.com/

in which Michelle Junot and Ann Marie talk the spirit of workshops, the nuances of revision, and the base-level qualifications one needs to effectively read/understand poetry... we also laugh...a lot... where to find Michelle: twitter - @MichelleJunot instagram - mjunot website - https://michellejunot.com/ where to find Ann Marie: twitter - @annmariebrok instagram - annmariebrok other things referenced: Babe Press - http://babepressbaltimore.wixsite.com/babepress Writers and Words - https://writersandwords.net/ Rita Dove revision article - http://owrite.blogspot.com/2008/01/narrow-world-made-wide.html How to Respond to Poetry - https://bit.ly/2ujheAJ Irène Mathieu - https://irenemathieu.com/ Poetry Off the Shelf - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/series/74636/poetryofftheshelf The Poetry Magazine podcast - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/series/74637/poetrymagazine Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder - https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062343079/why-poetry

in which Drew Robison and i talk collaborative storytelling, extreme specificity, and how technology may change poetry as we know it other things referenced: The Adventure Zone - http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/adventure-zone Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas the Beat poets - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Generation Storybook Weaver - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storybook_Weaver Killing the Black Dog by Les Murray - https://us.macmillan.com/killingtheblackdog/lesmurray/9780374181062/ Wallace Stevens - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/wallace-stevens Dean Young - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dean-young The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury - http://www.grammarpunk.com/lit/gp/THE_FOG_HORN.pdf