Podcasts about ailish hopper

Today's poem is The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Ailish Hopper.The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “With great courage, writers, activists, and poets choose to speak for peace and the value of human life; yet they face being ostracized and harassed for their views. Today's poem reminds me of the value of ethical resistance and the valor of asserting a fundamental belief in life.”Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

This episode is a map to the major astrological transits for this last month of 2021, including : the upcoming eclipse in Sagittarius, Venus stationing retrograde, the final Saturn-Uranus square and Jupiter returning to Pisces. So much movement happening this month! But this episode walks you through the major themes in a way that gives you context without confusion so you can move mindfully through your holiday season.Underworlds are not punishments. The Underworld is an initiation and a transition.This episode is brought to you by Tracee Stanley's bestselling book Radiant Rest. Radiant Rest is a comprehensive and exquisite guide to the ancient, accessible practice of yoga nidra — a deep relaxation technique that allows you to rest in spacious awareness while you connect to your innate power and wisdom. Order your copies at RadiantRest.com and learn more about Tracee's work on her website www.traceeyoga.com and on Instagram @tracee_stanley.we discuss —Solar Eclipse in SagittariusVenus conjunct PlutoVenus stationing retrogradethe landscape of the Underworld + how it shapes usthe Sun's entrance into CapricornSaturn square UranusJupiter entering PiscesLINKSIf you enjoyed the episode, check out —Episode on Saturn square UranusEpisode w— Tracee StanleyEpisode w— Rachelle KnowlesMentioned in the episode—Blog Post on Venus RetrogradeInterested in joining KIN? Click here + sign up to learn more."Did It Ever Occur to you That Maybe You're Falling in Love?", poem by Ailish Hopper"Truth Serum," poem by Naomi Shihab Nye"Do Not be Ashamed," poem by Wendell BerryUnderland, book by Robert MacFarlaneFree Resources —a comprehensive article on Venus Rxa free guide to the 12 HousesStay Connected —Subscribe to the home—body podcast wherever you get your listens.join our free home—body PortalMary Grace's websiteJoin us for a free class on Taking Care : Pillars for Creation, Circularity + Support — tools to help you design your life with more support and care built in, especially during difficult times. This free class is Friday, March 18 at Noon ET/ 9:00a PT. Sign up here to attend and/or get the replay. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/mgallerdice)

This was a conversation about the removal of Stephen Towns’ paintings inspired by Nat Turner's insurrection from Rosenberg Gallery. With moderation by Rob Ferrell, the panel and Goucher community collectively discussed the boundaries of freedom of expression, the role of art on Goucher's campus, and the role of the institution in facilitating discourse about enslavement and racism, in the past and present. Goucher's relationship to the Black body was examined through Stephen's artwork. Featured guests and speakers included the artist, Stephen Towns; Myrtis Bedolla, curator of Gallery Myrtis; Zoë Charlton, chair of American University's art department; Nyasha Grayman Simpson, professor of psychology; Ailish Hopper, associate professor of peace studies; Graham Eng-Wilmot, visiting professor of communication and media studies; and Rob Ferrell, photographer and organizer.

Voices from the 10th Anniversary of the Sunday Kind of Love poetry series held December 20, 2015 at Busboys and Poets in DC. Like WPFW’s Sunday Kind of Love music program, the poetry series takes its name from the popular 1940’s jazz standard. The poetry program is produced by Split this Rock, poems of provocation and witness, which evolved from DC Poets Against the War. BROADCAST INCLUDES THE FIRST HOUR OF THE ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM. THE LAST HOUR IS POSTED HERE IN TWO PARTS AS A WEB EXCLUSIVE. The scheduled line-up included: Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Elizabeth Acevedo, Michelle Chan Brown, Philip Clark, Donna Denize, David Ebenbach, Danielle Evennou, Niki Herd, Ailish Hopper, Esther Iverem, Reuben Jackson, Yvette Neisser Moreno, Barbara Jean Orton, Kathleen O’Toole, Maritza Rivera, Joseph Ross, Susan Scheid, Tim’m West, Mary-Sherman Willis and Rosemary Winslow. ENJOY! https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OTG-DEC24-2015DL.mp3   PART 2 https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SKL-10TH-ANNIV-PART2.mp3   PART 3 https://onthegroundshow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/SKL-10TH-ANNIV.PART3_.mp3   MORE ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY AND SPLIT THIS ROCK HERE:

I won’t say Ailish Hopper‘s collection Dark~Sky Society (New Issues Press, 2014) is “about” anything because that would do it a disservice. These poems are human. They move like legs on a street, like a mind at work that calls you to ruminate with it. Because we can’t understand everything, we have to be comfortable in that space of being unsure. Hopper calls it “Art out of Ignorance” and I agree, but wonder if it is not also “Art out of a Refusal to Misunderstand.” It is not easy to stay in an uncomfortable space until you hit on a truth. It is also difficult to accept silence as a part of communication but this poet does and what she has discovered, she shares with us in this collection. “Dark Sky Society” does not see its own bravery. It does not draw attention to its confrontation of everything “place” can mean. And it does not apologize. The poems implicate themselves, and in turn implicate anyone who has ever dared to wonder, “How and why does our world work in this way?” I strongly encourage our listeners to pick up a copy of this collection to witness the ways in which Hopper reminds us that the song, the visuals, and the voice of the poem can engage the senses in a brilliance of stimuli and, in turn, the mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I won’t say Ailish Hopper‘s collection Dark~Sky Society (New Issues Press, 2014) is “about” anything because that would do it a disservice. These poems are human. They move like legs on a street, like a mind at work that calls you to ruminate with it. Because we can’t understand everything, we have to be comfortable in that space of being unsure. Hopper calls it “Art out of Ignorance” and I agree, but wonder if it is not also “Art out of a Refusal to Misunderstand.” It is not easy to stay in an uncomfortable space until you hit on a truth. It is also difficult to accept silence as a part of communication but this poet does and what she has discovered, she shares with us in this collection. “Dark Sky Society” does not see its own bravery. It does not draw attention to its confrontation of everything “place” can mean. And it does not apologize. The poems implicate themselves, and in turn implicate anyone who has ever dared to wonder, “How and why does our world work in this way?” I strongly encourage our listeners to pick up a copy of this collection to witness the ways in which Hopper reminds us that the song, the visuals, and the voice of the poem can engage the senses in a brilliance of stimuli and, in turn, the mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ailish Hopper is the author of Dark~Sky Society, selected by David St. John as runner-up for the New Issues prize, and the chapbook, Bird in the Head, selected by Jean Valentine for the Center for Book Arts prize. Individual poems have appeared in journals including Agni, American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Tidal Basin Review, among other places. Hopper has received support from the Baltimore Commission for the Arts and Humanities, the Maryland State Arts Council, the MacDowell Colony, Vermont Studio Center, and Yaddo. She teaches at Goucher College.Melanie Henderson was born and raised in Washington, D.C. She is an alumnus of Howard and Trinity Universities. Prior to earning an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, she studied poetry at the Voices Summer Writing Workshops (VONA) in San Francisco, CA. Her debut collection of poems, Elegies for New York Avenue, won the 2011 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award. Her poems have appeared in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Drumvoices Revue, jubilat, Reverie, Torch, Tuesday; An Art Project, and The Washington Informer among numerous others. She participated in Huong's Peace Mural Exhibition in Washington, D.C. (2008-2009), was selected as a feature reader for the 2009 Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry Series and as a recipient of the 2009 Larry Neal Writers Award (D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities). She received a 2013 Pushcart Prize nomination from Iris G. Press. She is the Managing Editor of Tidal Basin Review.Read "Circle in the Grass" and "Dark-sky Society" by Ailish Hopper.Read four poems from Elegies for New York Avenue by Melanie Henderson.Recorded On: Wednesday, November 5, 2014