Podcasts about Button Poetry

Trans stories are not confined to political rhetoric and headlines. The world of creative writing is replete with narratives that explore complex worlds of gender and how identity intersects with people's lives and relationships. In a new collection of one novel and three stories, bestselling author Torrey Peters's keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing.  In Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will attend as women. When the most unlikely of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry, inviting a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that culminates on the big night in an exploration of gender and transition. A trio of shorter tales surround Stag Dance: “Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones” imagines a gender apocalypse brought about by an unstable ex-girlfriend. “The Chaser” presents a secret romance between roommates at a Quaker boarding school, and “The Masker” details a Vegas party weekend that turns dark when a young crossdresser must choose between two guides: a mystery man who thrills but objectifies her, or a veteran trans woman who offers sisterhood and cynicism. Peters' talk and work is especially timely surrounding ongoing conversations about trans rights in our nation but is an invitation to any fiction reader. Torrey Peters is the bestselling author of the novel Detransition, Baby, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and was named one of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize, a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, and longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She has an MFA from the University of Iowa and an MA in comparative literature from Dartmouth. Peters rides a pink motorcycle and splits her time between Brooklyn and an off-grid cabin in Vermont. Aster Olsen is the author of the novella Performance Review. She lived most of her life in the gorgeous swampy parts of Florida people don't visit on vacation, but now lives in Seattle, where she spends her time swimming in alpine lakes alongside aquatic insect larvae. A professional scientist, she rejects the binary oppositional positioning of STEM and Art and seeks to collapse and expand imposed categories and narratives to further understanding. Her writing is found in Lilac Peril, Hey Alma, Autostraddle, Inner Worlds, Itch.io, and elsewhere. She is the creator, editor, and publisher of TRANSplants Zine, a zine series about transness and place, and runs the trans open mic reading and art series please (t)read with me.  Find more at asterolsen.com. Ebo Barton comes from salt— from the moment before worlds converge. You may have seen Ebo's work in the book Black Imagination and heard in the audiobook read by Grammy and Tony award winner Daveed Diggs. You have also seen Ebo's work online on Write About Now, Button Poetry, and All Def Poetry channels. In 2016, they placed 5th in the World at the Individual World Poetry Slam. In 2017, they co-wrote and co-produced the award-winning play Rising Up. In 2018, they played “Invisible One” in Anastacia Renee's Queer. Mama.Crossroads and reprised the role in 2019. Ebo debuted his first published collection of poetry, Insubordinate, in 2020. As the Director of Housing Services at Lavender Rights Project, and a Washington State LGBTQ Commissioner, Barton's impact transcends artistic endeavors. A leader in arts and activism, Ebo Barton is committed to creating opportunities for others to organize, heal, and rejoice. Corinne Manning is the author of the acclaimed story collection We Had No Rules. Once upon a time, they reimagined the publishing industry with the literary project The James Franco Review (it made sense from 2014-2017). Their creative work and literary criticism are published widely, including in The New York Times. Corinne lives in Seattle and works as a teaching artist through Seattle Arts & Lectures and their own mentorship project Deeper, Wider. Amber Flame is an interdisciplinary artist garnering residencies with Hedgebrook, Baldwin for the Arts, Millay Arts, and more. A former church kid from the Southwest, Flame's first collection of poetry, Ordinary Cruelty, was published in 2017 through Write Bloody Press. Flame's second book, apocrifa, a love story told in verse, launched in May 2023 from Red Hen Press. Flame is Deputy Publisher at Generous Press, a new romance venture publishing inclusive love stories, and Program Director for Hedgebrook, a literary organization serving women. Amber Flame is a queer Black dandy mama who falls hard for a jumpsuit and some fresh kicks. Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Seattle Public Library. Buy the Book Stag Dance Charlie's Queer Books

https://writebloody.com/products/good-girl-and-other-yearnings-by-isabelle-correa ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Isabelle Correa is a poet from Washington state living in Mexico City with her partner and their three dogs. She studied creative writing at Western Washington University, is a Pushcart Prize nominee, and is the author of the chapbook Sex is From Mars But I Love You From Venus. She is the winner of the 2024 Jack McCarthy Book Prize with Write Bloody Publishing for her debut full-length collection, Good Girl and Other Yearnings, which you can pre-order now. Her work has appeared in Hobart, Pank, The Rebis, and more. Find her on Instagram: @isabellecorreawrites and on Substack: A Poem Is A Place. Discussed this week: creative writing for fiction and literary magazines, Good Girl and Other Yearnings, the Excel poem, Sex is From Mars But I Love You From Venus, having 12 siblings, older sisters, TBLTs, Chapbook, Washington State, Western Washington, living in Mexico for 3 years and Vietnam for 6 before that, the ease of access of Mexican mushrooms and other drugs, Bruce Beasley, Dianne Seuss poet, slam poetry the class, 1960s lit, Buddy Wakefield, AWP conference, Taylor Mali, Button Poetry, Frank O'Hara, Kim Addonzio, Ocean Vuong, the importance of PREORDERS BEFORE APRIL 18TH, desire, poems into songs, pronouncing silences, writing poems on company time, loathing your salaried job, the Jack McCarthy award, the evolution of books, Shel Siverstein, ruderal species, Isabelle's news letter and Substack, and more!

*Content Warning: Strong language of a sexual nature a few times. Just a heads up. Weekly shoutout: The Originals Bureau Season 3, now available: Outstanding original scripts! -- Hi there, Today I am delighted to be arts calling poet and educator Charles K. Carter! ckcpoetry.com ABOUT OUR GUEST: Charles K. Carter (they/he) is a queer poet and educator from Iowa who currently lives in Oregon. They share their home with their artist husband and their spoiled pets. He enjoys film, yoga, and live music. Melissa Etheridge is their ultimate obsession. Carter has an MFA in writing from Lindenwood University. He is a volunteer video curator for Button Poetry. Their poems have been featured in a variety of literary journals and anthologies. Carter is the author of several chapbooks including Salem Revisited from WordTech Editions. His debut full-length collection, Read My Lips, was released in 2022 by David Robert Books. To coincide with the release of their most recent chapbook, Artificial Sweetness (Finishing Line Press), Carter created the video podcast series #SundaySweetChats, which can be found on YouTube. Kelsay Books released his second full-length, If the World Were a Quilt, in late 2023. Forthcoming books include The God of Loneliness (Rebel Satori Press, 2024) and Follow This Blood to Find a Dead Thing (Fernwood Press, 2025). THE GOD OF LONELINESS, available from Rebel Satori Press! Also available at Bookshop.org! ABOUT: In The God of Loneliness, Charles K. Carter shares their most vulnerable work yet. While using a variety of poetic forms, Carter tackles the tough intersection of isolation, disconnection, and sexuality. “The God of Loneliness is a plaintive exploration of loving and being loved when compassion for oneself isn't a given. Carter's poems—particularly the ‘…in Dreamland' ones—embody an undisguised vulnerability that is deeply sympathetic but not overwrought or maudlin. Their heartstrings are not meant to be tugged per se but are offered to the reader to help us feel what we must. This is a delicate achievement that you know Carter hurt—and perhaps hurt mightily—to pull off, and it makes The God of Loneliness a deftly earnest and an unquestionably worthy read.” —Daniel W.K. Lee, author of Anatomy of Want Thanks for this wonderful conversation, Charles! All the best! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro. HOW TO SUPPORT ARTS CALLING: PLEASE CONSIDER LEAVING A REVIEW, OR SHARING THIS EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! YOUR SUPPORT TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN. Much love, j artscalling.com/links

Sam Rush began writing after developing progressive hearing loss and realizing how many words each word could be. They were a finalist at the National Poetry Slam in 2016 and Sam's work has been featured in Muzzle, The Offing, Voicemail Poems & The Journal, as well as on Button Poetry, and SlamFind. Their first collection of poems, SWALLOW (Sibling Rivalry Press,2021) was nominated for the Georgia Author of the Year Award. Sam has spent the last decade working in environmental education and youth empowerment. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Ryler Dustin has represented Seattle on the final stage of the Individual World Poetry Slam and his poems appear in outlets like Verse Daily, Major Jackson's The Slowdown, and The Best of Button Poetry. He is the author of Trailer Park Psalms (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023) and Heavy Lead Birdsong (Write Bloody Publishing, 2010). He lives in Bellingham, Washington, with his wife and a dog he met while hiking.

This is a special episode dedicated the art of spoken word poetry. One of our listeners wrote to us mentioning the name of Rudy Francisco and from there we fell down the rabbit hole of spoken word and slam poetry. We talk to Rudy and two other greats of the art, Bianca Phipps and Neil Hilborn. They are going to perform one work each and we will round it out with a conversation with Sam Van Cook. Sam is a founder of Button Poetry that represents and publishes so many of these great artists. Trust us, this is an episode you won't want to miss. Books mentioned in this week's episode: Helium by Rudy Francisco Excuse Me While I Kiss the Sky by Rudy Francisco Crown Noble by Bianca Phipps The Future by Neil Hilborn About Time by Neil Hilborn Mill, Railways and General Castings by Sam Van Cook Watch their poems online: Hide and Seek by Rudy Francisco Almosts by Bianca Phipps OCD by Neil Hilborn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Author, Poet, and Performance Artist Frances Story, exploring the themes of her work, the writer's discipline, and her first Washington Post article._____LINKSiamfrancesstory.substack.com Instagram @iamfrancesstoryLink to Washington Post Article: "I'm a marijuana enthusiast, but weed is getting a pass on health issues" https://wapo.st/3UL9kuz_____Frances Story *formerly Poet Jen Harris (she/her) is a writer based in Kansas City, Missouri.Featured on Washington Post, Netflix Queer Eye, TEDx, NPR, Creative Mornings, Story is the author of 3 books of poetry and the recipient of numerous accolades including Advocate Magazine's Champions of Pride award 2021. Story was voted The Pitch Kansas City's Best Poet 2019 - 2021, with feature performances on Button Poetry and Write About Now PoI have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said.Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth.Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Life, Money, and More A Podcast Built for those who want to make their Money, and Life Better Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify The Directed DetectiveTwo hosts. One of them has plotted a murder mystery. The other must direct the...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show._____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer PodcastLove In Common Podcast with Frank Schaeffer, Ernie Gregg, and Erin Bagwell

In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of international touring Chicana poet and teaching artist, Angélica María Aguilera. She comes from a mixed family of immigrants and uses spoken word to rewrite the narrative of what it means to be Mexican, woman, and American. Her work has appeared in publications such as Button Poetry, the Breakbeat Poets Anthology LatiNext among others. Aguilera is the author of "Dolorosa" on Pizza Pie Press and "America As She." SourceThis episode includes a reading of her poem, “A Star Spanglish Banner”  featured in our 2022/23 Get Lit Anthology."A Star Spanglish Banner"Oh say can you seeMiguel wants to learn the Star-Spangled Banner.Miguel was the last fourth grader to migrate into my English as a second language course,and is the first to raise his hand for every question.But Miguel views letters in a different way than most.Because there are a lot of words in Spanishthat do not exist in English,he learns how to pack them in a suitcase and forget.Because many phrases translate backwardswhen crossing over from Spanish to English,throughout the whole song, he tends to say things in the wrong order.So when I ask him to sing the second verse,it sounds likeAnd the rocket's red glareWe watched our homeBursting in airIt gave proof to the nightthat the flag was still theirsThey say music is deeply intertwined with how we remember.Miguel hears the marimba and learns the word home,hears his mother's accent being mocked and learns the words shame,hears his mother's weeping and learns the word sacrifice.He asks, what does the word America mean?What does the word dream mean?I say two words with the same meaning are what we call synonyms.You could say America is a dream,something we all feel silly for believing in.He says, teach me.Teach me how to say bandera.Teach me how to say star.Teach me how to hide my country behind the consonantsthat do not get pronounced.Miss Angelica,teach the letters to just flee from my lips like my parents,and build a word out of nothing.In my tongue, we do not pronounce the letter H.Home is not a sound my voice knows how to make.It's strange what our memories hold on to.It's strange what makes it over the borderto the left side of the brain,what our minds do not let us forget,how an accent is just a mother tonguethat refuses to let her child go. The language barrier is a 74 mile walllodged in the back of Miguel's throat,the bodies of words so easily lost in the translation.Oh, say for whom does that star-spangled banner yet waveGive back the land to the braveand let us make a home for us free.Support the showSupport the show

What do “emotionally disturbed” people, poets, artists, and burnt-out therapists all have in common? We're all sick and fucking tired, of what, you might ask? Of the systems that benefit from us STAYING sick and fucking tired. In this episode, you'll hear a piece of spoken-word poetry and condemnation of forced psychiatric hospitalization by Anita D that will rattle the cage of your soul; a vulnerable confession from YouTuber and filmmaker Daniel Mackler about why he quit being a therapist; and a newly released article by Dr. Bruce Levine, a practicing clinical psychologist (and previous Back from the Borderline guest), about how psychiatry's “control freak model” is contributing to the severe emotional suffering and behavioral disturbances it claims to reduce. I'll also analyze the recent viral fame of Oliver Anthony (real name Christopher Anthony Lunsford), whose song “Rich Men of Richmond” has made him an unlikely (and unwilling) star, who has chosen to use his newfound platform to call out politicians on both sides of the aisle for the bastardization of his art and his original message. It is my hope that this episode can validate and vindicate victims of the predatory systems that see us as nothing more than users, customers, consumers, and patients. Resources mentioned in this episode are below. Please support and follow the work of these fierce and fearless change-makers. ✧ Spoken word poetry by Anita D (“And The Psych Ward Says”) via “Button Poetry” on YouTube [click here to watch] ✧ Follow Anita D on Instagram @anitadpoetry ✧ Why I Quit Being a Therapist by Daniel Mackler [click here to watch on YouTube] ✧ Psychiatry's Control-Freak Medical Model Versus Healing and Healers by Dr. Bruce Levine ✧ Click here to listen to my full interview with Dr. Bruce Levine (“The Crisis of Contemporary Psychiatry”) ✧ Oliver Anthony's YouTube channel [click here to listen + subscribe) ✧ Original viral video of “Rich Men North of Richmond” posted by Radio West Virginia [click here to listen] To listen to my mystical bedtime story podcast, search “Night Night Bitch” on your favorite podcast player (click here to listen on Spotify or here to listen on Apple Podcasts.) Disclaimer: information contained in this podcast episode is for educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for treatment or consultation with a licensed mental health professional. acast+ audio-only listener benefits https://plus.acast.com/s/back-from-the-borderline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of international touring Chicana poet and teaching artist, Angélica María Aguilera. She comes from a mixed family of immigrants and uses spoken word to rewrite the narrative of what it means to be Mexican, woman, and American. Her work has appeared in publications such as Button Poetry, the Breakbeat Poets Anthology LatiNext among others. Aguilera is the author of "Dolorosa" on Pizza Pie Press and "America As She." SourceThis episode includes a reading of her poem, “A Star Spanglish Banner”  featured in our 2022/23 Get Lit Anthology."A Star Spanglish Banner"Oh say can you seeMiguel wants to learn the Star-Spangled Banner.Miguel was the last fourth grader to migrate into my English as a second language course,and is the first to raise his hand for every question.But Miguel views letters in a different way than most.Because there are a lot of words in Spanishthat do not exist in English,he learns how to pack them in a suitcase and forget.Because many phrases translate backwardswhen crossing over from Spanish to English,throughout the whole song, he tends to say things in the wrong order.So when I ask him to sing the second verse,it sounds likeAnd the rocket's red glareWe watched our homeBursting in airIt gave proof to the nightthat the flag was still theirsThey say music is deeply intertwined with how we remember.Miguel hears the marimba and learns the word home,hears his mother's accent being mocked and learns the words shame,hears his mother's weeping and learns the word sacrifice.He asks, what does the word America mean?What does the word dream mean?I say two words with the same meaning are what we call synonyms.You could say America is a dream,something we all feel silly for believing in.He says, teach me.Teach me how to say bandera.Teach me how to say star.Teach me how to hide my country behind the consonantsthat do not get pronounced.Miss Angelica,teach the letters to just flee from my lips like my parents,and build a word out of nothing.In my tongue, we do not pronounce the letter H.Home is not a sound my voice knows how to make.It's strange what our memories hold on to.It's strange what makes it over the borderto the left side of the brain,what our minds do not let us forget,how an accent is just a mother tonguethat refuses to let her child go. The language barrier is a 74 mile walllodged in the back of Miguel's throat,the bodies of words so easily lost in the translation.Oh, say for whom does that star-spangled banner yet waveGive back the land to the braveand let us make a home for us free.Support the showSupport the show

Join host Rob Lee on "The Truth In This Art" podcast for an inspiring conversation with Lindo Jones, a talented spoken word artist, clothing line creator, and event host from uptown Philadelphia, PA. Lindo's unapologetically black art fuses theatrical poetics with visual art to address themes such as love, masculinity, and social injustice.Having appeared on Def Poetry Jam and featured at various institutions including Bucknell University, Haverford College, Drexel University, and UPenn, Lindo's work has gained recognition across the east coast. His work has been featured in publications like Philadelphia Weekly and The Waco Theatre Black History Celebration and on the popular poetry YouTube channel, Button Poetry.In this episode, Lindo discusses his experiences as a teaching artist for several non-profit organizations, building curriculum to help youth express themselves through creative writing, visual arts, and performing arts centered around social activism and personal development. He also shares insights into his consulting work for poets and artrepreneurs in the Philadelphia area.Listeners will gain insights into the importance of artistic expression in addressing social issues and personal growth, as well as Lindo's experiences as an event host and organizational team member for local Philadelphia open mics. Tune in to explore the powerful intersections between art and activism with Lindo Jones on "The Truth In This Art" podcast.Creators & Guests Rob Lee - Host Welcome to the Truth In This Art Beyond: Philadelphia! Philadelphia one of the foremost creative regions in the world and this series of interviews was sparked by my curiosity about the arts and culture of the city. Subscribe Through Your Favorite Podcast PlatformApple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts This interview was recorded in Philadelphia, PA between September 2022-September 2023. ★ Support this podcast ★

In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, your weekly poetry podcast, we spotlight the life and work of Guatelombian (Guatemalan-Colombian) American poet and screenwriter, Melissa Lozada-Oliva. Her book peluda (Button Poetry 2017) explores the intersections of Latina identity, feminism, hair removal & what it means to belong. Her novel-in-verse Dreaming of You is about bringing Selena back to life through a seance & the disastrous consequences that follow & it's coming out October 2021 on Astra House. She is the co-host of podcast Say More with Olivia Gatwood where they dissect the world through a poetic lens. Lozada-Olivia is currently working on a pilot about a haunted book store. She is interested in horror because she's scared of everything. Lozada-Olivia likes when things are little funny so that she has space to be a little sad. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in REMEZCLA, PAPER, The Guardian, BreakBeat Poets, Kenyon Review, Vulture, Bustle, Glamour Magazine, The Huffington Post, Muzzle Magazine, The Adroit Journal, and BBC Mundo! SourceThis episode includes a reading of her poem, "The Women in My Family Are Bitches,"  featured in our Get Lit Anthology."The Women in My Family Are Bitches" cranky! bitchesstuck up! bitchescustomer service turned sour! bitches.can i help you? bitchesnext in line! bitchesi like this purse 'cause it makes me look mean bitchescan you take a picture of my outfit? full length!get the shoes in! bitchesi always wear heels to la fiesta! and i never take them off! bitchesall men will kill you! bitchesall men will leave you anyway! bitchesyou better text me when you get home okay! bitchespray before the plane takes off! bitchespray before the baby comes! bitchesshe has my eyes my big mouth, my fight! bitchessing to the scabs on her knees when she falls down! bitchesgive abuelita bendiciones! bitchesit's okay not to be liked! bitcheson our own til infinity! bitchesthe vengeful violentpissed prissed and polishedlipstick stained on an envelope,i'll be damned if i'm compliant! bitchesthe what did you call us? what did you say to us? what's that kind of love called again?bitches!Support the show

Join Chris in conversation with author of Mausoleum of Flowers (CavanKerry Press), about passions, process, pitfalls, and Poetry! Daniel B. Summerhill is a Poet, Professor and Performer. He is an assistant professor of poetry/social action and composition studies at California State University Monterey Bay. Daniel has performed in over thirty states, the UK, and was invited by the US Embassy to guest lecture and perform in South Africa. He earned a Sharon Olds fellowship as well as a fellowship from the Watering Hole. His work has appeared in Columbia Journal, Rust & Moth, Button Poetry, Anti-Heroin Chic, The Hellebore, and elsewhere. His work has earned him two Pushcart nominations as well as a best of the net nomination. His debut collection Divine, Divine, Divine is available now from Oakland- based Nomadic Press. His sophomore collection, Mausoleum of Flowers will be published by Cavankerry Press in April 2022. Summerhill holds an MFA in creative writing from Pine Manor College in Boston, MA. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tpq20/support

Molly is mortified by buttons. She tells us that when she was a little girl she nearly choked on one. Ever since the incident, she's gone out of her way to avoid the small items. Surprisingly, she's not alone. On this week's episode of "Your Weirdest Fears," host Larry Mullins chats with author and journalist Kate Summerscale. Having just written a book about phobias - and the fear of buttons specifically - she offers her insight. Listen as she breaks down what the fear really indicates and how to overcome it! You can learn more about Kate and her new book, "The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession," here. Host: Larry Mullins Producers: Jill Webb and Dempsey Pillot Audio Engineer: Anddy Egan-Thorpe Managing Producer of Podcasts: Femi Redwood  If you have a weird fear you'd like to share, submit it to YourWeirdestFears@audacy.com for a chance to be on the show!

Episode 59 with Kevin Burke is now available! Poet, punk rocker, and firefighter, Kevin Burke is a difficult individual to sum up.  The last 8 years of his life, he's been a member of the fire service, and the last five years of that he has been proud to be part of SAFD's Res51cue.  Prior to his time as a public servant, Kevin has been a long standing and seasoned artist.  He has toured as a musician and as a poet, shared stages with world renowned poets and grammy award winning musicians, and has always tried to make art that makes a difference.  Aside from three DIY chapbooks, his work has been published by Freeze Ray Press, Into Quarterly, Timber Mouse Publishing, Button Poetry (video), and Write About Now Publishing. Kevin is also the 2011 Austin Poetry Slam Champ, 2011 Southwest Shootout Slam Champ, and the only two time Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival Champion, and currently the lead vocalist for County Hell (a blackened-crust-punk collaboration with poet Bill Moran).   Currently, Kevin is a new father, a partner to his wife/getaway-driver, and an increasingly vocal advocate for mental health, especially for members of the first responder community.  In fact, Burke is currently enrolled in Northwestern University's Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and has plans to become a therapist.  His forthcoming book entitled Tailboard Field Notes is due for release late this spring. @kevinwburke https://youtu.be/C4ih_oktiYU https://www.sofarsounds.com/artists/kevin-burke https://writeaboutnowpoetry.com https://writeaboutnowpoetry.com/books https://www.instagram.com/kevinwburke/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/kevinwburkepoetry/ https://www.instagram.com/countyhellmusic/ https://countyhellmusic.bandcamp.com/releases https://kevinwburke.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-ramshackle-freedom Sponsorship: @southwest_fire_academy Editing: @bradshea Marketing: @premiummixmarketingco Administration: @haileyfirefit #multiplecallspodcast @multiplecallspodcast multiplecalls@gmail.com

This week I'm joined by my co-author of On Grief. The poet William Bortz and I talk about:The difficulty of putting difficult life experiences into words and the healing power of poetry to help us reflect on what's most important to us.William shares his story of becoming a poet, sharing how he conceptualizes putting complex emotion into wordsHow poetry and writing allows us to have more empathy and how both reading and creating poetry expands our understandingTouching on substance abuse, trauma, grief, and loss, this conversation is all about grounding in love, art, and vulnerability. I hope you enjoy our conversation!About my guest:William Bortz (he/him) is an author and a poet from the Midwest. He volunteers for the curation team for Button Poetry and is a poetry reader for Longleaf Review. Bortz is the author of The Grief We're Given (Central Avenue, 2021). You can find his poems online at Brave Voices, Okay Donkey, Turnpike Magazine, and others. William lives with his wife and their two cats.>> William's website>> Book - The Grief We're Given >> Find our free e-book On Grief hereGet an ad-free podcast feed hereAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Poetry & fruit wine, bebè! We recommend watching episode 6 of season 1, “Wine & Roses.”  You'll remember the experience! Troye Sivan Mellet is a South African-born Australian singer-songwriter, actor and YouTuber. Watch the official video for Sivan's song, “Bloom” here.  While Aaron cites another music writer's critique of “Bloom” as a song about bottoming, I prefer this close-reading of the song, written by one Bobby Finger for Jezebel. Watch Eduardo C. Corral's reading at the 2021 Sewanee Writers' Conference—the first reading he gave from Guillotine (~15 minutes).Read Eleanor Lerman's poem “The Mystery of Meteors” here.Mark Bibbins makes use of pop culture in his poems, like this excellent example (“In the Corner of a Room Where You Would Never Look,” first published in the New Yorker). Watch Maureen Seaton read her poem “Fourth Stage Metaphoric Breast Cancer” here.You can watch G.C. Waldrep's hat discuss his latest collection, Earliest Witness, here  (~12 min).Atsuro Riley read for the Poetry Society of South Carolina, and you can watch that reading here (90 minutes). Lynn Emanuel reads her poem “Desire” at the Jazz Poetry concert and the performance can be viewed here (~3 min). Watch Francine J. Harris read “Red is the Mess” for Button Poetry here (~3 min). Watch Eleni Sikelianos in conversation with Christos Chomenidis at the Museum of Delphi here (~45 min).  Watch Beckian Fritz Goldberg read at Arizona State in 2015 here (~12 min). You can follow Alex Dimitrov on Twitter @alexdimitrov Wayne Koestenbaum makes some trance-y Instagram posts. Go follow him on Insta at @wayne.koestenbaum

With two of his plays, Tambo & Bones and Exception to the Rule, being produced simultaneously, Dave Harris shares his chaotic but exciting schedule as he goes back and forth to LA and New York to help and make sure everything is in order on their openings. He talks about his relationship with writing and how switching from a public school to a private one influenced his writing as well as his love for theatre. He reflects on what makes theatre frustrating at times, why he chooses to write from an individual perspective, and how he uses playwriting to address his personal fears. Dave also shares why he's happiest when he's doing multiple projects, and why his friends' imaginations motivate him the most. Dave Harris is a poet, performer, and playwright whose recent works include Tambo & Bones produced at Playwrights Horizons and Center Theatre Group, and Exception to the Rule which will premiere this year at Roundabout Underground. He has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Ollie Award, The Lorraine Hansberry Award, Mark Twain Award from The Kennedy Center, the 2018 Venturous Fellowship from The Lark, and a Cave Canem poetry fellowship. Other works include Summertime, his adapted film that premiered at Sundance in 2020. His first full-length poetry collection, Patricide was also recently published from Button Poetry. His work has also been seen at Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Roundabout Underground, Manhattan Theater Club, Center Theatre Group, The Goodman, Victory Gardens, The Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and many more. In this episode, we talk about: His fear of birds and how he got it Getting into the Tow Foundation Playwright Residency Program Joining the Callaloo poetry workshop Reading Stephen King at a young age Playing Elden Ring for a week straight Connect with David: Instagram: @staydancingdave Twitter: @StayDancingDave Web: staydancingdave.com Connect with The Theatre Podcast: Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheTheatrePodcast Twitter & Instagram: @theatre_podcast TikTok: @thetheatrepodcast Facebook.com/OfficialTheatrePodcast TheTheatrePodcast.com Alan's personal Instagram: @alanseales Email me at feedback@thetheatrepodcast.com. I want to know what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

E7: Applying Jesus to New Vision - Interview with Xach Blunt Oh Boy! That's right - my guy in the chair - who makes this whole experience possible - is stepping out in front of the mic today! Not that is anything new for Xach. What I learned about him, about his creative work and how he foresees how the Church will engage the next generation, left me wanting to let him just run with this thing all the time! He is the best and really loved talking with him and having him in the hot seat. He is gracious and full of wisdom. Season 2 is intentionally different than Season 1. In this season, we are talking with folks hard at work re-imagining what it means to respond and reform the issues within our society. These conversations are going to help us, in the Church, re-imagine what it means to be a part of the solution - the Kin-Dom Come. About Xach Blunt Xach Blunt is an artist, writer, and lifetime learner. He holds authenticity as his highest standard. Generosity, empathy, compassion, gratitude, and love finds every page and canvas he chooses to strike. Xach's work is dynamic and unprecedented; the breath of fresh air that fills the spirits of those who don't feel as deeply as they once did. His art has received over 10,ooo,ooo views online and has been featured on Afropunk, We Are Mitu, Write About Now, Button Poetry, Culture Clash Magazine and more. Xach Blunt is a Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival finalist, an Individual World Poetry Slam finalist, and currently racked 4th at the highest level of competitive poetry in the world. Learn more about him on his website, www.xachblunt.com or on Instagram. Applying Jesus is hosted and produced by Amy Vogel, Director of Spiritual Growth for Upper Room Heights and our Technical Director is Xach Blunt. We record at the Chapelwood UMC Digital Studio in Houston, TX. We hope something you heard today deepened your faith, opened your eyes and led you to not only knowing God in a more expansive way, but shifts how you connect, especially with those who are easy to overlook. To find out more about Amy and our church community, go to www.urheights.com or find us on Facebook, Instagram & Youtube. Remember we love you – and there is nothing you can do about it!

Melissa Lozada-Oliva is Guatelombian (Guatemalan-Colombian) American poet, novelist, and screenwriter living in Brooklyn by way of Massachusetts. Her book peluda (Button Poetry 2017) explores the intersections of Latina identity, feminism, hair removal & what it means to belong. Her most recent book Dreaming of You is a novel-in-verse about bringing Selena back to life through a seance & the disastrous consequences that follow. She is the co-host of podcast Say More with Olivia Gatwood where they dissect the world through a poetic lens. Her work has been featured in REMEZCLA, PAPER, The Guardian, BreakBeat Poets, Kenyon Review, Vulture, Bustle, Glamour Magazine, The Huffington Post, Muzzle Magazine, The Adroit Journal, and BBC Mundo! Follow our guest: @ellomelissa Follow along with the show: TikTok @twistedtimesapodcast IG: @twistedtimesapodcast Twitter: @twistedtimeapod To watch LIVE shows: Download the 17live —- Find us @twistedtimesapodcast Produced by Twisted Valley Films www.twistedvalleyfilms.com Contact: Contact@twistedvalleyfilms.com Hosted by: @_ceceking and @msryanjillian --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/twisted-times/message

Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and critic whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and many other publications. His new book is A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance. “I learn from hearing my elders tell stories. There's an inherent knowing of yourself as a vessel for narration who also has to—is required to—hold the attention of others at all costs. And that's essentially what I'm trying to do. The broader project of my writing is almost a constant pleading of: Don't leave yet. Stay here with me for just a little bit longer.” Show notes: @NifMuhammad abdurraqib.com  Abdurraqib on Longform 02:00 A Little Devil in America (Random House • 2021) 09:00 Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Lester Bangs • Anchor • 1988) 10:00 The Crown Ain't Worth Much (Button Poetry • 2016) 14:00 They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Two Dollar Radio • 2017) 20:00 Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (University of Texas Press • 2019) 25:00 Stakes Is High (De La Soul • Tommy Boy, Warner Brothers • 1996) 33:00 Black Movie (Danez Smith • Button Poetry • 2014) 37:00 Abdurraqib's MTV News archive 39:00 "Mo Salah Is Ready to Make the Whole World Smile" (Bleacher Report • Jun 2018) 44:00 Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games • 2010) 47:00 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo • 2017) 47:00 Elden Ring (Bandai Namco Entertainment • 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Poetry and art can move us in a way that lectures or courses cannot, am I right? THIS is why today's guest loves this medium and uses it so powerfully in his social activism work, particularly around white supremacy and toxic masculinity. In this episode, we're joined by poet, educator, and activist, Kyle ‘Guante' Tran Myhre, to break down the relationship between power and resistance, the MOST important tool for creating real change, and how he uses poetry so powerfully in his activism work. We're exploring: The idea of narrative strategy Kyle's experience growing up as a white-passing man, who is actually mixed race THIS key thing he uses to create change and facilitate hard conversations One of Kyle's favorite tools in his toolbox of relationship building and advocacy Why he prefers art and storytelling in activism rather than lecturing Balancing audacity with humility How white supremacy and toxic masculinity overlap and how they differ The thing about poetry/art that is so much more impactful than a new policy An exclusive sneak peek to a poem from Kyle's new sci-fi poetry book!   Pre order “Not a Lot of Reasons to Sing, but Enough” (2022 Button Poetry) http://www.guante.info   http://www.guante.info | Twitter: @elguante | IG: @guantesolo If you'd like to support us in continuing this work, we'd be honored if you'd consider donating here: https://www.patreon.com/thehumanizepodcast    Let's talk about it! Connect with us and continue the conversation:   Instagram: https://instagram.com/thehumanizepodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/thehumanizepodcast  Email: info@thehumanizepodcast.com

Join Chris and Courtney in a sit down with Kyle Tran Myhre (Guante), author of Not a Lot of Reasons to Sing, But Enough (Button Poetry), about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Kyle Tran Myhre (also known as Guante) is a poet, educator, and activist based in Minneapolis, MN. His work explores the relationships between identity, power, and resistance, and he's performed everywhere from the United Nations, to music festivals like Eaux Claires and Soundset, to countless colleges, universities, and conferences. He's also been part of two National Poetry Slam championship teams, given a TEDx Talk, and published two books via Button Poetry. Whether writing about men's roles in ending gender violence, challenging dominant narratives related to race and racism, or just telling stories about the different jobs he's had, Tran Myhre strives to cultivate a deeper, more critical engagement with social justice issues, one based in both empathy and agency. An educator as well as a performing artist, Tran Myhre completed his Masters studies at the University of Minnesota with a focus on spoken word, critical pedagogy, and social justice education; in that spirit, his performances use poems as jumping-off points for authentic dialogue, critical thinking, and community-building. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Queen GDedicated to her craft, Gabrielle Gibson is a multi-faceted creative, educator, and public speaker. Utilizing her strong background in the arts, she spent years performing and teaching all over the United States and around the world, engaging diverse audiences on a variety of platforms. Her creative work investigates identity, challenges oppression, and reimagines community, culture, and faith as it reinforces her belief in the power of storytelling.As a professional spoken word artist, she won multiple titles, including 2017 7 Hills Grand Slam Champion; Button Poetry, Write About Now, Bandaloop, and Poets in Autumn national tour have featured her work. She uses her affinity for words on and off the stage, lending her vocals to projects as a voice actor (for clients such as Scholastic and Harvard) and as host of The Royal Room podcast. Her professionalism and passion present her as a skilled consultant and copywriter.She has a strong background in community development and education; these experiences lend to engaging and enlightening content when she creates curricula, cultivates programs, and consults for corporations and independent clients alike. She worked both domestically and internationally, with over 15 years of experience in coordinating, non-profits, workshop facilitation, public speaking, and presentations. Currently, she manages Queen G Poetry full-time, facilitates for Roger Williams University part-time, and serves as Creative Arts Director at New Dimension Apostolic Center.She published The Whetting Stone, her debut chapbook and CD on December 17, 2016.Her ultimate goal is to use her gifts to inspire, encourage, and empower.

Join Tim Staffford to celebrate the release of his new chapbook The Patron Saint of Making Curfew! Tim will be joined on the mic by special guests Natasha Carrizosa, Omar Holmon and Dan “Sully” Sullivan, for an evening hosted by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz. Get the book: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1890-the-patron-saint-of-making-curfew Poets: Tim Stafford is a poet and public educator from Lyons, IL. He is the editor of the Learn Then Burn all-ages anthology series on Write Bloody Publishing. He is a former Chicago Poetry Slam champion and he performs regularly across the U.S. and Europe including the 2015 Woerdz Festival in Luzern, Switzerland and the ABC Brecht Festival in Augsburg, Germany. Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz is a New York Times bestselling nonfiction writer and poet. Author of seven books of poetry, her latest How to Love the Empty Air was published in 2018. Her nonfiction book Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine, debuted at #7 on the New York Times Bestseller List for Books about Health and would stay on it for three months. Cristin is married to fellow bestselling author and screenwriter Ernest Cline. She lives in Austin, Texas with her family and their two eccentric rescue dachshunds. Natasha Carrizosa won the National Poetry Award for multicultural poet of the year in 2013. She is a poet, writer, and spoken word artist. She is a published author of several projects – including heavy light, mejiafricana, and Of Fire and Rain (co-authored with Joaquin Zihuatanejo.) She has performed her work and conducted workshops for audiences in Madrid, Paris, St. Lucia, New York, Chicago, Houston and countless other cities. Omar Holmon is an Alumni poet of Rutgers University and has competed in slam poetry for numerous years with two final stage appearances at the National Poetry Slam. He has been featured on Button Poetry, Tedx, and a commercial for Laphroaig whiskey (we outchea). In 2014 Omar Holmon Co-founded the Black Nerd Problems website with William Evans, where he spends his days writing essays on pop culture, blackness, and making top quality gifs. Dan “Sully” Sullivan poems and performances have been featured on HBO Def Poetry Jam, WGN Morning News, and National Public Radio. Sully is a three-time Chicago Poetry Slam Champion, a recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Poetry Award, the Earl S Ho Award for Excellence in Teaching Creative Writing, and an Indiana University Writer in South Asia Recipient. His first full-length book of poems, The Blue Line Home, is available from EM-Press. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/istJRk0L3UE Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Chris and Courtney sit down with poet, screenwriter, and essayist, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Melissa Lozada-Oliva is a Guatelombian (Guatemalan-Colombian) American poet and screenwriter living in Brooklyn by way of Massachusetts. Their book peluda (Button Poetry 2017) explores the intersections of Latina identity, feminism, hair removal & what it means to belong. Their novel-in-verse Dreaming of You is about bringing Selena back to life through a seance & the disastrous consequences that follow & it's coming out October 2021 on Astra House. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Chris sits down for a one-on-one with Reagan Myers, author of Afterwards (Button Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, poetry... and YA lit! Reagan Myers Instagram @reagancmyers | Facebook @reagancmyers | Twitter @reagancmyers Reagan is the youngest Grand Slam champion to ever come out of Nebraska, and was the first woman to hold the title in seven years. She's been to two National Poetry Slams as a member of the Omaha team, founded and represented the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational for two years, and was the Woman of the World Poetry Slam Nebraska rep for 2016, in addition to being a member of different teams for regional competitions. You can see her work on Button Poetry, which has accumulated over 2.5 million views, and has also been written about in The Huffington Post, Bustle, and Everyday Feminism. She is currently working on her Masters degree in composition and rhetoric at the University of Nebraska. Check out The Poetry Question --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Chris and Courtney sit down with Charles K. Carter, author of Salem Revisited (WordTech Poetry), to talk about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Charles K. Carter is a queer poet and educator from Iowa. He shares his home with his artist husband and their spoiled pets. He enjoys film, yoga, and live music. Melissa Etheridge is his ultimate obsession. Carter has an MA in creative writing with a poetry concentration from Southern New Hampshire University and an MFA in writing from Lindenwood University. He is a volunteer video curator for Button Poetry. His poems have been featured in several literary journals. Carter is the author of the chapbooks Chasing Sunshine (Lazy Adventurer Publishing), Splinters (Kelsay Books), and Salem Revisited (WordTech Editions). He collaborated on a short illustrated collection of haikus entitled Safety-Pinned Hearts with his husband, Brandon Carter, which was released by Alien Buddha Press. His first full-length collection will be released in 2022. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Chris sits down with Patrick Roche, author of A Socially Acceptable Breakdown (Button Poetry), for a one-on-one conversation about passions, process, pitfalls, and poetry! Patrick Roche (he/him) is an award-winning poet, performer, mental health advocate, and Carly Rae Jepsen enthusiast from New Jersey. Videos of Patrick's work have amassed over 9.5 million views on YouTube, making him one of the most popular spoken word poets. Patrick has competed or been featured at multiple national and international competitions and festivals, including placing 3rd in the world at the 2016 Individual World Poetry Slam, 2nd at the 2017 Capturing Fire national queer slam, 9th at the 2017 National Poetry Slam as part of the Bowery Slam Team, and 3rd at the 2014 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI, the national collegiate slam) representing Princeton University. Patrick serves nationally as an ambassador for the JED Foundation, promoting mental and emotional health, suicide prevention, and substance abuse awareness. In recognition of his work as a touring speaker and performer, Patrick was named the 2020 Spoken Word Artist of the Year by APCA (the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities), and he has featured at numerous conferences and conventions including the national conferences for both APCA and NACA (the National Association for Campus Activities). His solo stage show debuted in 2020 and was featured on BroadwayWorld. It was then selected for Dixon Place's HOT! Festival, the longest-running festival of its kind celebrating LGBTQ theater and art. Patrick is the author of the full-length poetry collection, A Socially Acceptable Breakdown (Button Poetry, 2021). He has also written two chapbooks: Wait 30 Minutes (self-published, 2015) and An Exercise in Necromancy, winner of Bowery Poetry Club's inaugural chapbook competition (Bowery Poetry/The Operating System, 2017). His work has appeared in or been published by Button Poetry, UpWorthy, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, NBC LX, MSN, Beech Street Review, Gal Pals Present, Freezeray Press, Voicemail Poems, and his mom's fridge. He has shared stages with Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of RUN DMC, Pitch Perfect star Brittany Snow, Everybody Hates Chris and The Walking Dead star Tyler James Williams, and Olympic Gold Medalist Chamique Holdsclaw, among others. His work explores mental health, grief, sexuality, body image, disordered eating, family, memory, love, joy, pop culture, and everything in between. Patrick is a 2014 graduate of Princeton University, where he studied Classics (specifically Latin and Greek poetry) and Education. He loves his dog very much. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Back together in the virtual studio, Chibbi and Raqui welcome Patrick Roche for a great conversation about mental health, pop culture, the Dalai Lama, and so much more! Patrick Roche is an award-winning poet, performer, mental health advocate, and Carly Rae Jepsen enthusiast from New Jersey. He has placed at numerous national and regional poetry slams, and serves nationally as an ambassador for the JED Foundation, promoting mental and emotional health, suicide prevention, and substance abuse awareness. His solo stage show debuted in 2020 and was featured on BroadwayWorld and selected for Dixon Place's HOT! Festival, the longest-running festival of its kind celebrating LGBTQ theater and art. His debut full-length collection of poetry A Socially Acceptable Breakdown was just released thru Button Poetry, and his work has appeared in Button Poetry, UpWorthy, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, NBC LX, MSN, Beech Street Review, Gal Pals Present, Freezeray Press, Voicemail Poems, and his mom's fridge. His work explores mental health, grief, sexuality, body image, disordered eating, family, memory, love, joy, pop culture, and everything in between.

Horror audio theater for the spooky seasonHost: Sean DillonSupport the artists of Dead North at: https://www.patreon.com/deadnorthPOTENTIAL TRIGGERS TOPICS: Implied harm to animals, Cannibalism-----POSSIBLE BURGER (from part one - description accidentally excluded)Produced by: Special When LitWritten by: Nissa Nordland MorganFeatures: Zach Morgan as Henry MartinLauren Anderson as Possible Burger Vendor, Teen Cook, and Barn IntercomNissa Nordland Morgan as Narrator and 4-H KidSam Landman as Slicker ManKayla Dvorak Feld as The Sacred Pig and Little Girland the voices of pigs from the MN State Fair.Sound Design, Mixing and Music by Nissa Nordland MorganSpecial When Lit unapologetically pushes the boundaries of storytelling, finding a universal humanity in the weird, the extraordinary and the supernatural. We particularly enjoy using spectacle, blood and emboldened sexuality to create a visceral experience for the audience. Founder, Nissa Nordland Morgan, wrote plays The Fae and Incarnate, both performed at the Twin Cities Horror Festival. Nordland also wrote the audio horror Nisse-Natten, which was a part of Blight Christmas and received praise from the judges of the Atlanta Fringe Audio Festival. She was awarded the TC Arts Reader Critic's Choice Award and won the Theatre in the Round Venue Pick for her play Xena and Gabrielle Smash the Patriarchy. Nordland is an alum of the Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre, a member of the Playwright Cabal, company member of Theatre Pro Rata, and the Artistic Director of the Twin Cities Horror Festival. This presentation explores gluttony, and the revenge of the consumed. Special When Lit asks- Do you know what (or who) you are eating? Possible Burger features the voices of pigs and sounds of the swine barn from the 2021 MN State Fair, recorded by Nordland herself.Follow Special When Lit Theatre on Facebook for updates on future projects-------WALKIESby Paper Soulwritten by J. Merrill Motzperformed by Logan Rodgersoutro music by Cherly KaCherly from the Free Music ArchiveWalkies was inspired by many many many summer afternoons spent taking two particular dogs around a particular neighborhood and noticing their particular various quirks and...warning signs.Paper Soul was founded by Motz (rhymes with boats, he/him/his) for the 2013 MN Fringe and has created several experiments in the solo performance style ever since. Motz tours these shows both in person and digitally to Fringe Festivals locally and (hopefully) across the country.If you're listening to this episode in October 2021, you have until midnight on the 31st to catch Paper Soul's latest production BRIG, a Ghost Story for Film, available as a Video-On-Demand performance, only at www.papersoul.org Special thanks to Katie Shay & Mike Heckman for letting me spend so much time with their awesome pups, Helen & Freyja.-------BEAR SAUSAGEBy Oncoming ProductionsWritten and produced by Sean DillonPerformed by Jay Kistler and Justin BetancourtOncoming Productions was founded by Sean Dillon, and has produced original dark and horror theater in the Twin Cities since 2013. Past projects have included The Deep Dark, The Last Bombardment, Geminae, holiday anthology shows Oncoming Productions Ruins Christmas, Dread the Halls, Blight Christmas, and this podcast!Keep an eye on OncomingProductions.com and/or our Facebook page for future projects.-----CALLIMARWritten and performed by Alice PaigeAudio production by Sean DillonAlice Paige is a trans woman, poet, and storyteller living in St. Paul, Mn. Her writing focuses on topics like mythology and the transformative power of queer love. Her work can be found at FreezeRay Poetry, Crabfat Magazine, Coffin Bell, VASTARIEN, Button Poetry, Write About Now, Luna Station Quarterly and Take A Stand, Art Against Hate: A Raven Chronicles Anthology. She is a Digital Pedagogical Lab Fellow and has her MFA in Creative Writing from Hamline University. ------Dead North is a production of Oncoming Productions and Hot Chocolate Media.www.oncomingproductions.comhttps://www.hotchocolatemedia.netProducers: Sean and Mallory Dillon for Oncoming Productions, Kyle Dekker and Jacob Gulliver for Hot Chocolate Media Intro/Outro/Interstitial Music: Erik OstromThe rights to individual pieces are retained by their creators, all rights reserved.Our intro/outro/interstitial music samples “Ice Breaking 01” by dheming, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/268023/Dead North is supported by listener donations, and the donations we receive are shared with our artist contributors. Please consider donating at oncomingproductions.com.Please subscribe and rate Dead North wherever you get your podcasts, to help us spread the word.We've got something special coming up for the holidays, so be sure to subscribe! Our next episodes are scheduled for release in early/mid-December. Thank you for listening.

Sean Pravica is a Californian writer and the author of Hold Still Fast, a collection of stories fifty words and under, and Stumbling Out the Stable, a novel. Patrick Roche is a queer poet, mental health advocate, and Carly Rae Jepsen enthusiast from New Jersey. George Saunders is the author of eleven books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for best work of fiction in English. (Transcript) Welcome to Micro, a podcast for short but powerful writing. I'm your host, Drew Hawkins.  Love, death, and Halloween decorations. This episode is an homage to- and a cautionary tale- of time passing in the suburbs. This first piece is both brief and vivid, emphasising the proximity of everyday life to death. It's called “Sign of Life.” It was written by Sean Pravica and published in The Citron Review. Enjoy. “Sign of Life” by Sean Pravica in The Citron Review  Sean Pravica is a Californian writer and the author of Hold Still Fast, a collection of stories fifty words and under, and Stumbling Out the Stable, a novel. You can find him on Instagram at @Sean_Pravica, or on his website at seanpravica.com. Our second piece encapsulates childhood in suburbia, filled with memory and juxtaposition between then and now. It's called “Suburbs in July.” It was written by Patrick Roche and appears  in his book A Socially Acceptable Breakdown, out now from Button Poetry. “Suburbs in July” by Patrick Roche in A Socially Acceptable Breakdown (Button Poetry) Patrick Roche is a queer poet, mental health advocate, and Carly Rae Jepsen enthusiast from New Jersey. You can find him on Twitter at @PatrickPoetry, on Instagram and Facebook at @PatrickRochePoetry, or on his website at patrickrochepoetry.com.  In our final piece, a son‘s perspective offers insight into a father‘s growing obsession, the result both comedic and a little heartbreaking. It's called “Sticks.” It was written by George Saunders and appears in his collection, Tenth of December, published by Penguin Random House. George Saunders is the author of eleven books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for best work of fiction in English. You can find his website at georgesaundersbooks.com. Micro is edited and curated by Dylan Evers, our social media is managed by M.M. Kaufman, and the show is produced and hosted by me, Drew Hawkins. Our theme song is by Matt Ordes. Audio of “Sticks” excerpted courtesy Penguin Random House Audio from Tenth of December by George Saunders, read by the author.  You can find all of the information about this episode's writers, their featured work, and the publications where they were published, as well as a transcription of this episode in the show notes. Find more of our shows wherever you listen to podcasts, or check out our website at micropodcast.org. And follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at podcastmicro.  Thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melissa May is author of Up Is So Near and Sparklefat which was originally published by WordsDance Press. She has been featured on Button Poetry with at least one of her videos having over 900,000 views. If you'd like to be a guest on the show or have questions, you can email at penandpoet@gmail.com.  To help support the show, you can visit the show's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/penandpoetpodcast?fan_landing=true  Follow the show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PenAndPoetPodcast

Hey frenssss! The Summer Short Series rages on as we dive into some poetry this week with a special ~comparative literature~ themed episode. We explicate Audre Lorde's poem, "A Woman Speaks", and Sojourner Truth's iconic speech, "Ain't I a Woman?", and compare the energies, magic, and themes between the two. So enjoy yourselves as we discuss our histories with poetry, the expansiveness of womanhood, and all the things in between! Intro/Icebreaker Question: 00:07 - 22:20 Poetry Recitation*/Discussion: 22:41 - 53:29 Wanna stay afloat on all our latest episodes? You can find the links to our Twitter (@TheColoredPages), Instagram (@TheseColoredPages), Website (thesecoloredpages.com), and Summer Reading List here: https://linktr.ee/thecoloredpages . You can also reach us directly by emailing us at thesecoloredpages@gmail.com . Come say hi!! *Btw, for some more poetry recitation, feel free to check out Button Poetry! 

Today's episode of the podcast explores a recent release from Button Poetry that just might honestly be my new favorite: "Dear Azula, I have a crush on Danny phantom" by Azura Tyabji and Jackson Neal. The first half is poems interrupted by an unexpected local parade and the second half is a review of the book I wrote a few weeks ago that can be found on my Instagram page. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sincerelybluejaypoetry/message

Kerrin McCadden's new collection of poems called American Wake is made of the stuff of life --subjects like family, divorce, raising children, love and even her brother's tragic death by drug overdose are poignantly bound together by her strong Irish Heritage and her family's immigrant story. American Wake, is an actual term that refers to a kind of "Irish wake-style" farewell party that was thrown for Irish families the night before before they set sail for America. A lot of us dabble in ancestry and build family trees, but Kerrin McCadden has made it a way of life.  Kerrin is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and has received the Sustainable Arts Foundation Writing Award, the Vermont Book Award, the New Issues Poetry Prize, and the Button Poetry  Prize.  Her poems have appeared in Best  American Poetry, American Poetry Review, New  England Review, and more. Her books are American Wake (2021), Keep This To Yourself (2020), Landscape with Plywood Silhouettes (2014).  Her mentors are poets David Budbill and Ellen Bryant Voigt.MUSIC CREDITS:Liz Carroll, The Drunken SailorLiz Carroll, A Day and An AgeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=42335511)

  Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award.  His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in winter 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Paste, CBC, The Los Angeles Review, Pitchfork, and The Chicago Tribune, among others. He released Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest with University of Texas press in February 2019. The book became a New York Times Bestseller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune For Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House, and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2021, he released the book A Little Devil In America with Random House. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.

It's our first official episode! Sarah D Lawson is a DC-based queer writer whose poems are rooted in self, exploring themes of body, love, sexuality and gender. Her work has been featured on Button Poetry and Everyday Feminism, and published by Write Bloody Publishing, FreezeRay Press, and Drunk In A Midnight Choir. She is the founder of the Beltway Poetry Slam in Washington, DC and served as the slam master from 2010-2015. She represented DC on the 2012 Treat Yo Self team at the Southern Fried Poetry Slam, competed at the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam, and was the coach of the Madeira High School Louder Than A Bomb team from 2012-2015. Sarah joins host Dwayne Lawson-Brown to kickoff Pride Month, share poetry, and discuss the need for connection and relaxation. Follow Sarah Lawson on various social media outlets: @SlawSpeaks Follow Dwayne Lawson-Brown on various social media outlets: @CrochetKingpin This podcast is supported by the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities, as well as CrochetKingpin.com

Join hosts Chibbi and Raqui as we welcome Kevin Kantor to the Words and Sh*t stage! Streaming Live, tune in to get to know the person behind the poetry! Kevin Kantor (they/them) is a trans-non-binary poet and theatre-maker working to deconstruct and reimagine the semiotics of gender on stage and in performance. Kevin has toured nationally with their poetry, performing & leading workshops at colleges & universities across the country. Kevin's writing, which aims to explore survivorship & trauma, challenge rape culture, interrogate gender's role in storytelling, and raise queer voices, has been featured in Teen Vogue, Buzzfeed, Upworthy, & in the anthology We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out (Holt Paperback). Their collective work has garnered over 18 million online views. Their debut full-length collection ‘Please Come Off-Book' is now available with Button Poetry.

Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His latest book, A Little Devil in America, was released in March 2021 to critical acclaim. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. With Big Lucks, he released a limited edition chapbook, Vintage Sadness, in summer 2017 (you cannot get it anymore and he is very sorry.) His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in winter 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Paste, CBC, The Los Angeles Review, Pitchfork, and The Chicago Tribune, among others. He released Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest with University of Texas press in February 2019. The book became a New York Times Bestseller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune For Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House, and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School. For more Thresholds, visit www.thisisthresholds.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For all of us striving to stay on the path - this one is for you. This week’s episode is truly special. I felt so honored and grateful just for getting the chance to be in the same room as these two warrior poets. My guests this week, Jamie Dawson and Sam(ira) Obeid, are two of the most creative and brilliant people I have had the privilege of knowing. We wove through many important and timely conversations all while striving to remain open, honest, and vulnerable. Accountability and introspection were two themes that tied together the thoughts expressed. Jamie and Sam both shared their deep insights on heavy conversations such as: -How do we process the grief, the trauma, and the roller coaster that these past 12+ months have been? -What does true allyship look like? -What role do creativity, art, and poetry play in processing? -What lies at the intersection of art and activism? Jamie and Sam both provided true gifts on this one. Please do yourself the favor of listening in. For all of us striving to stay on the path - this one is for you. You rock. Jamie Dawson is a professional writer, performer, and black arts scholar whose talents range from spoken word, theatre, and commissioned works on the topics such as black life, multiculturalism, women’s rights, healing, and connection to each other through Earth. You can follow Jamie on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/dawsontheartist/ Sam Sam(ira) Obeid is an Indian. Scholar. Warrior. Poet. Queer. Sam has been placed 5th at the Women of the World Poetry Slam in 2015. Sam has been featured on Button Poetry and an international anthology, The World That Belongs to Us: An Anthology of Queer Poetry from South Asia by Harper Collins India. You can follow Sam on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/samobeid/

In this episode of Next Up to The Mic, we welcome Wil Gibson who was our featured poet at Albany Poets Presents at Restaurant Navona on April 20, 2016 Wil Gibson currently lives in Humboldt County, California where the trees are big. He has had five collections published by kind people, and has been included in a number of anthologies and lit mags both online and in print, such as Marsh Hawk Review, Button Poetry, Midwestern Gothic, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, Cascadia Rising, Collective Unrest, Yellow Chair Review and many more. He has twice been nominated for both a Pushcart and Best of the Net, and currently opening a poetry-only bookstore and art gallery. You can find links to books and more info at wilgibson.com Please welcome, next up to the mic, Wil Gibson. To find out more about the great poetry and spoken word community in upstate New York, go to albanypoets.com Our theme music was “Imagination” by Danijel Zambo (https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/imagination) License code: 44TCGFPF1L1434BE

Join hosts Chibbi and Raqui as we welcome Asia Samson to the Words and Sh*t stage! Streaming Live, tune in to get to know the person behind the poetry! Asia Samson is a professional spoken word artist from Florida and has toured over 1000 colleges across the country since 2006. He's been seen on HBO Def Poetry Jam, Ted Talks, Button Poetry, NPR's Tiny Desk Contest and So Far Sounds. He has worked with companies like Disney, To Write Love On Her Arms & most recently, Nokia Mobile.

Join hosts Chibbi and Raqui as we welcome Jay Ward to the Words and Sh*t stage! Get to know the person behind the poetry! Jay Ward is a poet and teaching artist from Charlotte, NC. He is a National Slam champion (2018) and an Individual World Poetry Slam champion (2019). Jay currently serves as a Program Director for BreatheInk, where he facilitates writing and performance workshops and coaches youth poets attending Brave New Voices each year. He has attended Breadloaf Writer's Conference, Callaloo, The Watering Hole, and Tin House Winter Workshop. His work can be found in Crabfat Magazine, Lackadaisy Lit Mag, and on Button Poetry.

This is one of the sonnets from my most recent book of poetry, Echoes of Dawn at Dusk: Collected Poems, Volume 2. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/victor-d-lopez/message

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor in conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib to celebrate the release of Boyce-Taylor's intimate collection Mama Phife Represents, a tribute to her departed son Malik ‘Phife Dawg' Taylor of the legendary hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest. ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Cheryl Boyce-Taylor is a poet and teaching artist. She earned an MFA from Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine and an MSW from Fordham University. Her collections of poetry include Raw Air (2000), Night When Moon Follows (2000), Convincing the Body (2005), and Arrival(2017), which was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. The founder and curator of Calypso Muse and the Glitter Pomegranate Performance Series, Boyce-Taylor is also a poetry judge for the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. She has led workshops for Cave Canem, Poets & Writers, and the Caribbean Literary and Cultural Center. Her poetry has been commissioned by The Joyce Theater and the National Endowment for the Arts for Ronald K. Brown's Evidence, A Dance Company. Boyce-Taylor is the recipient of the 2015 Barnes & Noble Writers For Writers Award and a VONA fellow. Her life papers and portfolio are stored at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City. Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. With Big Lucks, he released a limited edition chapbook, Vintage Sadness, in summer 2017 (you cannot get it anymore and he is very sorry.) His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in winter 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Paste, CBC, The Los Angeles Review, Pitchfork, and The Chicago Tribune, among others. He released Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest with University of Texas press in February 2019. The book became a New York Times Bestseller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune For Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House, and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2021, he will release the book A Little Devil In America with Random House. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School. ---------------------------------------------------- Order a copy of Mama Phife Represents: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1551-mama-phife-represents Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/EBSCuT-rM94 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Behold: our glorious interview with the one, the only, Rhiannon McGavin! The 2016 Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate and National YoungArts Finalist in Spoken Word, Rhiannon is an internationally-acclaimed poet and author who’s graced venues such as the Teen Vogue Summit, NBC News, Button Poetry, The NAACP Awards, and the LA Times Festival of Books. Join Liz, Zoe, and Hesandi as Rhiannon shares her most memorable spoken word experiences, her advice for aspiring writers, and a poem from her upcoming book “Grocery List Poems” (plus a few visits from her very adorable cats and dog).

How do you find the place in your poetry for your complete self - the sorrow and the joy, the eventful and the mundane, the gratitude and the grief? Is the balance found in a single poem or across multiple poems? In this interview award-winning poet Sonia Greenfield talks to us about her journey towards finding her voice, and how several teachers helped her along the way. Sonia also discusses her mission to help provide a platform for a diversity of  other voices in Rise Up Review, the political protest journal she started the day Trump was inaugurated. Finally, Sonia and our hosts make recommendations for new poets to read, including Torrin A. Greathouse, Etheridge Knight, and David Hernandez, Fatimah Asghar, Hanif Abdurraqib, and publications such as Best New Poets, Boat Journal, Muzzle, Adroit, The Rumpus, and Button Poetry. 

Season II, episode VIII of Half Mystic Radio features Davon Clark’s poems “For Rappers With Colored Beads” and “I Want a God Whose Heaven is Golden”, and Chok Kerong’s song “A Sweeter Sound”. This season hosted by special guest Stephanie Dogfoot. #halfmysticspeaksHalf Mystic is an independent publishing house, literary journal, radio show, and arts organisation dedicated to the celebration of music in all its forms. You can find the full show notes, including the text of the two pieces featured in this episode, at: http://halfmystic.com/blog/hmr-ii-viiiDavon Clark is a Philadelphia-raised artist who is currently based in Chicago. He uses investigative journalism practices in his camerawork and poetry. His work looks to fill in the gaps left behind in coverage of the worlds that he lives in and peripheral to. His multimedia highlights include work with the Big Ten Network, City Bureau, and Sovereign Magazine. He’s a published international poetry slam champion. His poetry appears on Button Poetry, Write About Now, Poetry Slam, Inc., and more. He’s a 2017 CUPSI champion, 2-time NPS group piece finalist, 2018 Philly Pigeon Slam team member, and 2018 Pushcart Prize nominee. He likes flowers and the little things in life.Chok Kerong has established himself as one of Singapore’s most versatile talents. He has distinguished himself as an inventive pianist and organist, and has performed at such events as the Tokyo Jazz Festival, Singapore International Festival of Arts and the Melbourne International Jazz Festival. A composer and arranger of remarkable clarity and depth, his growing body of work includes music for big band, string quartet, hybrid ensembles, and more recently, projects that combine songwriting with contemporary music production.

In this week’s episode, we dive into the groovy life of Porsha Olayiwola. Her work talks about her experience as a queer woman of color. This episode includes a reading of her poem, “Twerk Villanelle” (featured in Get Lit Anthology).“Black, futurist, poet, dyke, hip-hop feminist, womanist: Porsha is a native of Chicago who now resides in Boston. Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and the artistic director at MassLEAP, a literary youth organization. Olayiwola is an MFA Candidate at Emerson College. Porsha Olayiwola is the author of i shimmer sometimes, too forthcoming with Button Poetry and is the current poet laureate for the city of Boston.” (http://www.porshaolayiwola.com/bio)my girl positioned for a twerk session — knees bent, hands below the thigh, tongue out, headturned to look at her body’s precession.she in tune. breath in. breasts hang. hips freshen. she slow-wine. pulse waistline to a beat bledfor her, un-guilt the knees for the session.fair form of vertebrae- backbone blessing, her pop-in innate. her pop-out self-bred,head locked into her holied procession.dance is proof she loves herself, no questions — no music required, no crowd needed.she arched into a gateway, protecting —this dance is proof she loves me, no guessing. a bronx bedroom, we hip-to-hip threaded.she turn to me, tranced by her possessing.she coils herself to, calls forth a legend — round bodied booty, bounce a praise ballad.she break hold, turn whole in a twerk session.body charmed, spell-bent, toward procession.Support the show (https://getlit.org/donate/)

George Abraham (they/he) is a Palestinian american poet from Jacksonville, FL. They are the author of Birthright (Button Poetry) and the specimen’s apology (Sibling Rivalry Press). He is a recipient of fellowships from Kundiman and the Boston Foundation, and a board member for the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI). Their poetry and nonfiction have appeared in The American Poetry Review, The Baffler, The Paris Review, The Missouri Review, Mizna, and elsewhere. He currently resides on stolen Massachusett land, where he is a Bioengineering PhD candidate at Harvard University, and teaches in Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College. Order Birthright, in print or audiobook form, from Button Poetry: bit.ly/georgebirthright

Inspired by my love for Button Poetry.

Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. With Big Lucks, he released a limited edition chapbook, Vintage Sadness, in summer 2017 (you cannot get it anymore and he is very sorry.) His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in winter 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Paste, CBC, The Los Angeles Review, Pitchfork, and The Chicago Tribune, among others. He released Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest with University of Texas press in February 2019. The book became a New York Times Bestseller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune For Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House, and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2021, he will release the book A Little Devil In America with Random House. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.explores a single year: 1980 - the brilliant, awkward and sometimes heartbreaking opening to a monumental decade in popular music. He hosted the most recent season of KCRW's Lost Notes, a  collection of the greatest music stories never told. This season explores a single year: 1980 - the brilliant, awkward and sometimes heartbreaking opening to a monumental decade in popular music. Learn more about Lyte.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, Vinyl, PEN American, and various other journals. His essays and music criticism have been published in The FADER, Pitchfork, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. His first full length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in June 2016 from Button Poetry. It was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. With Big Lucks, he released a limited edition chapbook, Vintage Sadness, in summer 2017 (you cannot get it anymore and he is very sorry.) His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in winter 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, Paste, CBC, The Los Angeles Review, Pitchfork, and The Chicago Tribune, among others. He released Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest with University of Texas press in February 2019. The book became a New York Times Bestseller, was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His second collection of poems, A Fortune For Your Disaster, was released in 2019 by Tin House, and won the 2020 Lenore Marshall Prize. In 2021, he will release the book A Little Devil In America with Random House. He is a graduate of Beechcroft High School.explores a single year: 1980 - the brilliant, awkward and sometimes heartbreaking opening to a monumental decade in popular music. He hosted the most recent season of KCRW's Lost Notes, a  collection of the greatest music stories never told. This season explores a single year: 1980 - the brilliant, awkward and sometimes heartbreaking opening to a monumental decade in popular music. Learn more about Lyte.  

Zach Goldberg is a writer, educator, and arts administrator from Durham, NC. He is the author of XV (Nomadic Press, 2020) and the recipient of a 2020 Project Support Grant from Rimon: the Minnesota Jewish Arts Council. His recent work can be found in PANK, Knight’s Library, Button Poetry, and elsewhere, and he has represented Wesleyan University and Berkeley, CA at various national and regional poetry slam tournaments. Zach’s work deals with issues of religion, gender and masculinity, generational trauma, addiction, and mental health. He lives in Minneapolis, MN. For access to more content visit: daviddelaneymayer.com/thereandback © David Mayer Films, L.L.C.

William Evans is an author, speaker, performer, and instructor known for founding the Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam and cofounding the popular website Black Nerd Problems. Omar Holmon is an Alumni poet of Rutgers University and co-founder of Black Nerd Problems with William Evans, where he spends his days writing essays on pop culture, blackness, and making top quality gifs. His debut book on Button Poetry is titled We Were All Someone Else YesterdayLearn more about the Black Nerd Problems community at http://www.blacknerdproblems.comStay connected with Omar at https://www.omarholmon.com/ & William on Instagram @willtotha & Twitter @willevanswrites---------- Social Media -------------Questions for the podcast? Email drew.versus.world@gmail.comFollow us on:Instagram: @drewvstheworldpodcastFacebook: Drew Vs The World Podcast———Sponsor ———Contact ER Jones Tax Services for all your tax preparation needs for 2020 by clicking the link below:https://taxestogo.com/App/Download/2289 Text Offer Code, DVsW to 919-229-9436 for $20 off your taxesSupport the show (http://linktr.ee/Drewversustheworld)

Edwin Bodney reads his poem, “Prominence,” from Exposition Review’s Orbit issue. We're joined by poetry editor CD Eskilson for the interview portion, who helps uncover the deeper meanings and inspirations behind the poetry. Read along at: http://expositionreview.com/issues/vol-iii-orbit/prominence/ About the Reader: Edwin Bodney is an L.A. native and co-host of one of the largest poetry venues in the nation, Da Poetry Lounge. A nationally recognized poet, he has performed his work for an array of organizations like USC, UCLA, Lexus, TV1, All Def Digital, and Button Poetry. In 2016, he officially published his first book titled A Study of Hands with Not a Cult Press. Through his work, both on stage and in classrooms facilitating workshops, he hopes to transform his community in such a way that no one forgets their joy in the midst of all their healing. Links from the Podcast: Read Edwin’s Interview in our Orbit issue: http://expositionreview.com/issues/vol-iii-orbit/an-interview-with-edwin-bodney/ Read the Edwin’s selections of flash fiction from our Magnetism writing contest: Buy Edwin’s book, A Study of Hands (sold through Bookshop): http://expositionreview.com/2018/06/flash-405-april-2018-magnetism-winners/https://bookshop.org/books/a-study-of-hands/9781945649011 Edwin’s publisher, Not a Cult - https://www.notacult.media/books/hands Da Poetry Lounge - http://dapoetrylounge.com/ A growing list of BIPOC presses and literary organizations that could use your donations; http://expositionreview.com/2020/06/expo-recommends-amplifybipoc/ Thank you to Alexander Blu for intro and outro music, and the generous donations from our supporters that allow us to pay our authors. Exposition Review is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas. Hosted by Laura Rensing --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exposition-review/support

On this episode of BOI Meets Wellness, Evolve Benton interviews Janae Johnson.  Janae Johnson is Writer, Performer, Educator, Podcast Host, and DJ. She is a Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, National Poetry Slam Champion and a Write Bloody Book Award Finalist. Janae is a founder of two nationally recognized poetry venues and her work has appeared in outlets and stages such as ESPN, PBS Newshour, Lenny Says, SF Jazz, and Button Poetry.   Janae's new podcast, Y Not Put On? interviews Black poets on their favorite Black movie - how it has informed their art, relationships and identities.   In this episode you'll discover:    How to write a poem that speaks to your audience What is slam poetry and how to dominate the sport? Tips for hosting a poetry venue Wellness tip: Tap in with the Nap Ministry  Janae favorite book: I am not Sidney Poitier   Follow and stay in touch with Janae Johnson  Listen to more episodes of BOI Meets Wellness at boimeetswellness.com Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/boimeetswellness/ Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BOIMEETSWELLNESS/ Check out our new merch store boigearstore.com 

C.L. “Rooster” Martinez is a spoken word poet and educator from San Antonio, TX. He earned an MA/MFA program in Creative Writing, Literature and Social Justice from OLLU. His work has appeared in Button Poetry, The Huffington Post Latino Voices, the Pittsburgh Poetry Review, Pilgrimage Press, and Sagebrush Review. He is the author of A Saint for Lost Things (Alabrava Press, 2020), and As it is in Heaven (Kissing Dynamite Poetry Press, 2020) and was a writer on the play, American Pride, which won two Alamo Theater Arts Council Globe Awards for original writing and overall production.

Bill Moran is a performance poet and former medic from Houston, TX. He is a two-time Austin Poetry Slam Champion, and has an MFA Poetry degree from Louisiana State University. He has toured regularly since 2011, performing and teaching throughout Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia, and the US. His work has been featured on Button Poetry (video), University of Hell Press, Alien Mouth, Pressure Gauge Press, and Phoebe. He currently lives and works in Houston as a teaching artist for Writers in the Schools. Check out his work here - http://www.billmoranpoetry.com/ Music licensed through Creative Common license - https://freesound.org/people/joshuaempyre/sounds/250750/

I love poetry. It reminds me of music, in away that it has its own deep language and it has the power to move you like music does. When I came across poet Camisha L. Jones’ work, I was immediately moved and struck by its power and heart. I knew that I had to invite her on Painiac to share more of her art and her story. I hope you enjoy this conversation, and I know you’ll enjoy her poetry. Accessibility: to read a transcript of this episode, please go to: https://bit.ly/3kiPeTd ----- Camisha L. Jones is the author of the poetry chapbook Flare (Finishing Line Press, 2017) and a recipient of a 2017 Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship from The Loft Literary Center. Through both, she breaks silence around issues of disability as someone living with hearing loss and chronic pain. Her poems can be found at The New York Times, Poets.org, Button Poetry, The Deaf Poets Society, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Typo, Rogue Agent, pluck!, Unfolding the Soul of Black Deaf Expressions, and The Quarry, Split This Rock’s social justice poetry database. She is also published in Let’s Get Real: What People of Color Can’t Say and Whites Won’t Ask about Racism, Class Lives: Stories from Across Our Economic Divide, and The Day Tajon Got Shot. A fellow of The Watering Hole and a representative of Slam Richmond at the 2013 National Poetry Slam, Camisha is Managing Director at Split This Rock, a national non-profit in DC that cultivates, teaches, and celebrates poetry that bears witness to injustice and provokes social change. Find her on Facebook as Poet Camisha Jones and on Twitter and Instagram as 1Camisha.  We talk about: The intersection between chronic pain and social justice Living with a chronically ill body and the grief that comes with learning how to live with a body that’s no longer like what it used to be.  Writing as form of release and catharsis and pain management Enjoy the episode!

*****I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC PLAYED IN THIS EPISODE*****Since 2009, The Asia Project has toured over 600 colleges with an acoustic music poetry act that has amazed audiences all over the country. On the microphone is Asia Samson: writer, poet and part-time ninja. He has been seen on HBO Def Poetry Jam and has shared the stage with such artists as Janelle Monae, Jill Scott, DMX, Mos Def, Dead Prez and KRS-One. Accompanying him on the guitar is his brother-in-law Jollan who uses music to create an atmosphere that brings poetry to emotional levels you would never expect. Together they have been featured on TEDx, Button Poetry, and was commissioned by Nokia Mobile to write a poem to help relaunch vintage mobile phones. They have broken college-booking records for the most booked poetry act garnering them the awards of APCA College Performer of the Year and thrice APCA Spoken Word Artist of the Year and most recently, was featured by NPR's Tiny Desk Contest.Okay, so maybe Asia isn’t the ninja we said he was but we can guarantee-you won't see them coming.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iamlovereigns/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iamlovereigns/support

***I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY MUSIC PLAYED IN THIS EPISODE***Joan 'Lyric' Leslie is the epitome of what it means to be "more black girl than magic". Her work, a journey through healing and self-love, has been described as a love letter to black women. Lyric is a Harlem, NY native, performance poet, community organizer and podcast host. She has been a member of two national poetry slam teams and is featured on Button Poetry, Write About Now, All Def Poetry and Voyage ATL Magazine. She is a 2019 fellow of The Watering Hole Retreat, a Southern Fried Poetry Slam Finalist and a 2-time back to back Queen of the South Poetry Slam Champion. Lyric has been performing for audiences in academic, corporate, and social spaces throughout the country since 2009. She currently tours the college market and slam poetry venues using her stories, poems and comedy to empower youth and communities of color to share their truth, honoring the ingenious women who have come before her.www.harlemsownlyric.comFacebook: Harlem's Own: LyricInstagram & Twitter: @harlemsownlyric--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/iamlovereigns/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iamlovereigns/support

In an effort to bring poets and audiences closer together we're starting a new web series called The Blah Poetry Spot presents Words and Sh*t! Each week we'll be featuring and interviewing a author for our audiences so that you can get to know the person behind the poetry! This week we kick it off with Write Art Out's own Executive Director, former PuroSlam Champion, and National Poetry Slam winner Rooster Martinez!!! This was taped at the beginning of April after a couple of weeks of sheltering in place, so we talk about his work, how he's getting through quarantine, the future, the NBA, and more! C.L. "Rooster" Martinez is a writer and spoken word poet from San Antonio, Texas. He earned an MA/MFA from the Creative Writing, Literature & Social Justice Program at Our Lady of the Lake University. In 2011, Rooster co-founded the Blah Poetry Spot, an open mic poetry event and community organization. His works have been published in Write About Now Poetry, Button Poetry, The Huffington Post Latino Voices, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, Pilgrimage Press, Fifth Wednesday Journal, and the Accents Review. Hosted by Chibbi

Today Chelsey and Sara are celebrating National Poetry Month. We chat about our strong feelings towards poetry in high school, how our view has changed as teachers, and the ways in which we incorporate poetry into our daily reading lives. Our discussion includes: How we feel about poetry and how our high school experiences shaped our view (1:45) Our favorite poets and poetry collections (28:30)  Amazing YA novels in verse (42:30) Shop this episode in our affiliate shop at Bookshop.org to support independent bookstores.  Today’s episode is brought to you by Libro.fm, the only audiobook company that allows you to purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite indie bookstore. You can get THREE audiobooks for $15 by clicking this link or by using code NOVELPAIRINGS at checkout. --Scroll down for titles and timestamps--       Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins Eating Poetry by Mark Strand If I Should Have a Daughter by Sarah Kay (13:38) 3 Ways to Speak English by Jamila Lyiscott (13:55) Romantic poets A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (17:40) Japan by Billy Collins (24:35) Emily Dickinson (28:47) Funeral Blues by WH Auden (31:22) Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay (31:44) No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay (31:49) The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy (32:56) Felicity by Mary Oliver (34:33) Audre Lorde (35:33) Shakespeare’s Sonnets (36:33) Sir Patrick Stewart Reading a Sonnet a Day Sonnet 116 Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda (38:37) Langston Hughes (38:45) Theme for English B Rupi Kaur I, Too I Hear American Singing by Walt Whitman (40:54) With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (42:42) The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (43:32) Red at the Bone  Brown Girl Dreaming  Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (44:36) Kwame Alexander (45:39) Poem-a-day emails Poetry Foundation Poets.org Button Poetry  

The Art of Taking The L (Or: How We Can Win By Losing)   #WhatsGoodMan @tony_the_scribe @elguante transcripts and more available at www.wgmpod.com   Video of "The Art of Taking The L": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RVRKNJFIJI   Purchase "The Art of Taking The L" zine bundle at Button Poetry: https://buttonpoetry.com/product/the-art-of-taking-the-l-zine-bundle/

Contact the Show: ThatsWhatSheDidPodcast@gmail.com IG: @That'sWhatSheDidPodcast FB: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast Website: That'sWhatSheDidPodcast.com Send your suggestions for women to feature on the show to Tangia Renee. Featured Guest: Angelica Maria Aguilera  Angelica Maria Aguilera is an international touring Chicana poet and teaching artist. She comes from a mixed family of immigrants and uses spoken word to rewrite the narrative of what it means to be Mexican, woman, and American. She is a finalist of both the National Poetry Slam 2017 and the women of the world poetry slam 2018, her work has appeared in publications such as Button Poetry, the Breakbeat Poets Anthology LatiNext among others. Aguilera is a TEDx speaker and a TESOL certified instructor, facilitating writing workshops in both English and Spanish and leads workshops for universities across the country, including Harvard University. Aguilera is the author of "Dolorosa" on Pizza Pie Press and is working on her latest work "America As She" expected to be published in 2020.      In This Episode: The abundant power of reclaiming your personal narrative What makes poetry revolutionary Why we should all be chismosas Confronting anti-blackness in the Latino community Connect with Angelica: Website: https://www.angelicamalamaria.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/malamamamaria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angelicamalamaria Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angelica.aguilera.56 Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/malasews?ref=shop_sugg

# About The TalentBronx, New York native, Roya Marsh, is a nationally ranked poet/performer/educator/activist. She is the Poet in Residence with Urban Word NYC and works feverishly toward LGBTQIA justice and dismantling white supremacy.Roya’s work has been featured in Poetry Magazine, Flypaper Magazine, Frontier Poetry, Nylon Magazine, the Village Voice, Huffington Post, Blavity, The Root, Button Poetry, Def Jam’s All Def Digital, Lexus Verses and Flow, NBC, BET and the Breakbeat Poets Black Girl Magic Anthology (Haymarket 2018).Support Our Feature Talent by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/our-feature-talentFind out more at https://our-feature-talent.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-46397e for 40% off for 4 months, and support Our Feature Talent.

Deborah holds the honorable position as the poet laureate of Houston nominated by Mayor Sylvester Turner, and her presence is known any time she is around. This conversation explores aspects of her background that are necessary threads to the formation of her current self. Her poetry ranges from the profoundly contemplative to the deeply expressive – an evocative and challenging pairing for both herself and anyone who listens. She addresses themes of race, blackness, womanhood, black-womanhood, power, culture, development, and the like with a presence ranging from the emotionally vulnerable to the humorous. Her sharp wit is the wrapping that often delivers difficult conversations, and she demonstrates a way to wrestle with words and ideas that draw in any onlooker. This conversation will make you reflect. Deborah asks us all to celebrate our differences, reflect on our struggles, contemplate our existence in both private and social spaces, and connect, deeply, with each other. Bio: Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton an internationally known Poet, Singer, Actress, Photographer, Wife, Mother, and the first Black, Poet Laureate for the City of Houston. Heralded as a "Literary Genius" by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, this California native was formerly ranked the #2 Best Female Poet in the World. D.E.E.P. has established herself as a notable force in the Performance and Literary World. She published her first collection of poetry at the tender age of 19. From there, she went onto compete at CUPSI as a member of the 2004 University of Michigan Slam Team while simultaneously touring with the WordWorks Poetry Troupe across the Midwest. She released her first full-length album in 2009 titled "The Unfinished Work of a Genius". It is a collection of original songs and poems that explore ideas around spirituality and personal growth. Her sophomore album, "Beautiful Rebellion" is available now. It explores more socially themed poems. She has been featured on BBC, NPR, Upworthy, Blavity, Tedx, Button Poetry, Write About Now, and the opening video of the 2017-2018 Houston Rockets Season. Her collaboration with the Houston Ballet celebrated Houston's resilience and provided hope for the City after Hurricane Harvey. She has also shared stages with Nikki Giovanni, Talib Kweli, MC Lyte, Amiri Baraka, John Legend, Slick Rick, Slum Village, Karen Clark-Shield, Raheem Devaughn, Trae Tha Truth, Devin the Dude, Def Poet Sunni Patterson, Def Comedy Jam's Rodman, Regie Gibson, Buddy Wakefield, Danez Smith, Roxane Gay, and multiple local and national political figures. Her newest collection, Newsworthy, examines incidents with police brutality and the Black body and how the media chooses to report them. Her up and coming projects include an opera, Marian's Song, in collaboration with The Houston Grand Opera, and a regional tour as part of the Texas Commission on the Arts touring roster. She currently serves as the Senior Editor of Relationships for Raising Mothers Magazine. Deborah Mouton website: https://www.livelifedeep.com Theme music provided by: http://www.modernnationsmusic.com Band of the Week: DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul Music Page: https://music.apple.com/us/album/rocket-fuel-feat-de-la-soul/1472791626?i=1472791631 Website: https://djshadow.com Learn more about this project at: http://www.thesacredspeaks.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/

“Raych Jackson is a writer, educator, performer and ass connoisseur from Chicago. From hilarious pieces about masturbation to satire on menstruation, Raych sees humor in the awkward times. Her debut collection of poetry Even the Saints Audition is forthcoming from Button Poetry. She is the cofounder of Big Kid Slam, a monthly adult poetry slam with nostalgic fun and prizes. You can catch her around Chicago trying to convince people to get their ass ate just ONCE.” #whatsyourthotjuice --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hoodwivesofchi/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hoodwivesofchi/support

It's our last episode of the season! After chopping it up with Hanif Abdurraqib last week on his work, he brought in Angela Veronica Wong's "Elsa Was Stabbed To Death She Had Her Key" to share and marvel over. HANIF ABDURRAQIB is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His first full-length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in 2016 from Button Poetry, was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, and The Los Angeles Review, among others. Hanif's book Go Ahead In The Rain published this year by University of Texas Press debuted as a New York Times Best Seller. His next books are A Fortune For Your Disaster from Tin House and They Don't Dance No' Mo'  2020 from Random House. ANGELA VERONICA WONG is a writer, artist, and educator living in New York City. She is a former Fulbright scholar and Humanities New York Public Humanities fellow. She has won the Poetry Society of America New York Chapbook Fellowship and been a finalist for the Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize, The Frost Place Chapbook Contest, Slash Pine Chapbook Contest, Fordham University Poets Out Loud Prize and a semi-finalist for Center For Book Arts Chapbook Competition and Akron Poetry Prize. Her work has been nominated for several Pushcart Prizes and the Best of the Net. She was a Hemispheric Institute EMERGENYC fellow. Her performance work has been featured in independent galleries in Buffalo, Toronto, and New York City.

It's goin up on a Tuesday, dearest listener, and for this week's episode we get into it with the inimitable Hanif Abdurraqib about sneakers, slashes, and suffering for one's art. Mmhmmm. But first your favs chat it up about how many rejections we can take before letting go of a dream journal...  HANIF ABDURRAQIB is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His first full-length poetry collection, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in 2016 from Button Poetry, was named a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Prize, and was nominated for a Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in 2017 by Two Dollar Radio and was named a book of the year by Buzzfeed, Esquire, NPR, Oprah Magazine, and The Los Angeles Review, among others. Hanif's book Go Ahead In The Rain published this year by University of Texas Press debuted as a New York Times Best Seller. His next books are A Fortune For Your Disaster from Tin House and They Don't Dance No' Mo'  2020 from Random House. SPRITE in a glass. No ice. Straw optional.

Ebo Barton is a Black and Filipino, Transgender and Non-Binary, poet and educator.  As a representative of Seattle, they've been on 4 National Slam Teams and participated at 3 Individual World Poetry Slams.  Their most notable poetry slam accolade is placing 5th in the world in 2016. Ebo curated and directed, How to Love THIS Queer Body of Color: An Unapology and wrote and directed the award-winning play, Rising Up.  You may have seen Ebo's work in Adrienne: A Poetry Journal by Sibling Rivalry Press, SlamFind, Write About Now, Button Poetry and All Def Poetry.  They and their work have been featured in Seattle Weekly, Seattle Gay News, Seattle Review of Books, and Crosscut. Their work touches on political issues from a personal point of view and often is birthed from the struggles of living in the identities that they are. Ebo believes in the power of language and art as a tool for revolution.

Episode description: Spoken word poet and author Blythe Baird joins Peace Meal to discuss eating disorder recovery, using art as a vehicle to healing, and her latest book, “If My Body Could Speak.” Blythe shares with us the origin story of her eating disorder and how she found comradery (and fame!) in sharing her experience. — Episode show notes: This week’s episode features guest Blythe Baird. Blythe is an author, actor, and teaching artist whose work has been featured by Button Poetry, GLAMOUR, Elle, The Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, and more. Blythe wrote her first poem when she was just shy of 17 and shortly after, wrote “When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny,” which quickly went viral on YouTube. Blythe performs the poem for us on Peace Meal and discusses what led her to create the popular piece. At the end of the episode, Blythe discusses her blog “Tips That Helped Me in Eating Disorder Recovery” and her favorite parts about recovery. You can find Blythe on the web, Facebook, or YouTube. You can also purchase her latest book, “If My Body Could Speak” here. For those struggling with food and body image, we hope that Blythe’s story helps you feel less alone. If you are ready to start recovery, reach out to The Emily Program at 1-888-364-5977. — About the podcast: Peace Meal is an Emily Program podcast that discusses topics related to eating disorders, body image issues, and how society may contribute to distorted thinking. You can find Peace Meal on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. If you enjoy our show, please rate, review, subscribe, or tell your friends! Are you interested in being a guest on Peace Meal? Email podcast@emilyprogram.com for more information. https://www.emilyprogram.com/ -- Follow The Emily Program on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheEmilyProgram Twitter: @emilyprogram Instagram: @emilyprogram

Episode description: Spoken word poet and author Blythe Baird joins Peace Meal to discuss eating disorder recovery, using art as a vehicle to healing, and her latest book, “If My Body Could Speak.” Blythe shares with us the origin story of her eating disorder and how she found comradery (and fame!) in sharing her experience. — Episode show notes: This week’s episode features guest Blythe Baird. Blythe is an author, actor, and teaching artist whose work has been featured by Button Poetry, GLAMOUR, Elle, The Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, and more. Blythe wrote her first poem when she was just shy of 17 and shortly after, wrote “When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny,” which quickly went viral on YouTube. Blythe performs the poem for us on Peace Meal and discusses what led her to create the popular piece. At the end of the episode, Blythe discusses her blog “Tips That Helped Me in Eating Disorder Recovery” and her favorite parts about recovery. You can find Blythe on the web, Facebook, or YouTube. You can also purchase her latest book, “If My Body Could Speak” here. For those struggling with food and body image, we hope that Blythe’s story helps you feel less alone. If you are ready to start recovery, reach out to The Emily Program at 1-888-364-5977. — About the podcast: Peace Meal is an Emily Program podcast that discusses topics related to eating disorders, body image issues, and how society may contribute to distorted thinking. You can find Peace Meal on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. If you enjoy our show, please rate, review, subscribe, or tell your friends! Are you interested in being a guest on Peace Meal? Email podcast@emilyprogram.com for more information. https://emilyprogram.com/ -- Follow The Emily Program on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheEmilyProgram Twitter: @emilyprogram Instagram: @emilyprogram

On Tuesday, January 8th, Write On! Radio talks with local poets Adrienne Novy, Miss K, & Chavonn Williams Shen about their recent work and publications. Novy recently published her coming of age journey through poems in Crowd Surfing with God: a story of self-acceptance that discusses growing up with a rare genetic disorder & mental illness. Miss K is an active protest poet who works and attends Hamline University. Novy and Miss K have been featured prominently as performing poets with Button Poetry. If you would like to see their readings along with the best and brightest performance poets of today, you can find their readings on buttonpoetry.com or on The Button Poetry Youtube Channel. Chavon has had her poetry appear in Footnote #4: A Literary Journal of History, A3 Review, and The Coil. Writing has shown Chavonn to use art to explore new worlds, build communities, and advocate for the marginalized. She is currently pursuing her MFA in creative writing at Hamline University, as well.

Episode 3: Simeon Talley Welcome to the third episode of Matter of Fat: a body positive podcast with Midwest sensibilities! Co-hosts Cat Polivoda and Saraya Boghani highlight community voices with a lens on body size, body positivity, & fat liberation. We check in on Twin Cities events during The Fat Dish, talk with our guest Simeon Talley about his background and story as a matter of fat, and dive into the Dirt and Discourse. This episode originally aired on August 14th 2018. In the Fat Dish, Saraya is still in a daze after seeing Jay Z and Beyonce’s On The Run Tour II and is excited to learn more about radio broadcasting and sound engineering. Cat shares her eager anticipation for Cake Plus Size Resale’s Fat Splash pool party and hints at a saucy promo photo shoot with Boudoir by Eve. Also in the Fat Dish, Cat mentions that Button Poetry is putting on a spoken word event featuring Rachel Wiley on August 26th at Icehouse in Minneapolis and Saraya mentions the Dangerous Fatty community art event and book reading by Virgie Tovar on August 25th at Gamut Gallery. This episode’s interview is with Simeon Talley, who is the Chief Connector and Event Producer with the content and event platform Flyover based in Iowa City, Iowa. Simeon shares his background and how he came to curate platforms for underrepresented and marginalized voices through fashion, politics, culture. You can check out Simeon’s TED Talk and Medium article by Kiva Bay. We explore definitions in the Dirt and Discourse! Saraya’s mom has a question on our use of the term “intersectionality”. While we break down the definition, you can learn more by checking out this primer from the Washington Post and check out a perfect, and unfortunate, example of white feminism with Chelsea Handler’s interview of Ashley Graham. Many thanks to you for listening and reading, KFAI’s Mason Butler and Sara Pette for engineering and supporting Matter of Fat, Allison Anne Design + Create for our logo, and Kyle Werstein for composing and producing our theme music. Find us! Website: www.kfai.org/matteroffat FB: www.facebook.com/matteroffatpod/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/matteroffatpod/?hl=en Twitter: twitter.com/matteroffatpod Email: matteroffatpod@gmail.com Mentioned in this episode: Boudoir by Eve http://www.boudoirbyeve.com/ Flyover https://www.helloflyover.com/home/ TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmEpfGgHjEQ Medium Article https://medium.com/@kivabay/taking-space-bfb777f3cb95 Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2015/09/21/intersectionality-a-primer/?utm_term=.02ec04e90770 Netflix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw3EYvjQ_Qk

Shay Alexi is a radically tender poet and performance artist based out of Atlanta, GA. Her work explores the intersections of girlhood, mental health, sexuality, and self love in an effort to dismantle patriarchy and cultivate joy. Her chapbook, DIARY OF A GHOST GIRL, is forthcoming from Glass Poetry Press. She was the winner of the 2017 Brett Elizabeth Jenkins poetry prize and the 2017 Java Monkey Slam champion. Shay was a Whitinger Scholar at Ball State University where she earned her BFA in Acting, creating the foundation for her work's innovative blend of traditional spoken word and physical storytelling. Her work has been featured by Button Poetry, Write About Now, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Glass: a Journal of Poetry, and FreezeRay Poetry. Music composed by Evan Flick.

Poet Jen Harris is a professional public speaker, spoken word poet, activist, published author, founder and former host of Kansas City Poetry Slam. Nationally recognized in the aforementioned, she works as an advocate to incorporate spoken word poetry as a form of peer-based mental health therapy. Harris recently completed a year-long writing residency through Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City, moved to Denver, is finalizing two books; Lust & Disdain & Unconfirmed Certainties, was featured at Write About Now, Button Poetry, and presented at TEDxKU on Sept 30, 2017. Find news of Poet Jen Harris on all social media @poetjenharris and at www.poetjenharris.com

Joy Young is a performance and teaching spoken word artist. Their poetry and workshops, much of which centers on transgressing borders, entering topics pertaining to social justice through poetic personal narratives has been featured on Button Poetry and Everyday Feminism as well as on stages and in colleges and classrooms across the country. Joy is a co-founder of Off the Page—a monthly recurring workshop and open mic at Wasted Ink Zine Distro that seeks to build connection and community within Phoenix's diverse literary and performance communities. Learn more about Joy at https://www.joyyoungpoetry.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tom and friend-of-the-pod Hannah work their way through a poetry podcast executive produced by Possum. Things we talk about in this podcast include: Hone Tuwhare - No Ordinary Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh6dpo9rM5E http://honetuwhare.org.nz/hones-poems/ Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Read: http://www.hpmor.com/ Listen: http://www.hpmorpodcast.com/ Watch (only really, really don't): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpejSWY0Wa0 Emi Mahmoud - How to Translate a Joke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq-W_GLxsUs Tim Minchin - Storm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U Shane Koyczan - To This Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92DfnPY Neil Hilborn - OCD (on Button Poetry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKZ4pdSU-s Glenn Colquhoun - A set of instructions to be used when reading a poem. https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-set-of-instructions-to-be-used-when-reading-a-poem/ Some sound effects courtesy of http://www.freesfx.co.uk/ Massive thanks to Hannah for not only coming on the show, but also agreeing to edit this episode! (#bestguestever?) Soundcloud: @stillthinkingpod Twitter: twitter.com/HoldOnPod Facebook: www.facebook.com/stillthinkingpod/ Email: stillthinkingpod@gmail.com

Hanif Abdurraqib reads from his new book of essays They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us at the latest Paging Columbus event. This event was at publisher Two Dollar Radio's new storefront location on Parsons Avenue, and the venue was packed. Abdurraqib was followed by William Evans, also launching a book (of poetry) Still Can't Do My Daughter's Hair, out from Button Poetry press.

This time I get to talk with Hanif Abdurraqib: poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. We talk a lot about his hometown here in Columbus, his work, and his poetry and essays.. You'll hear a couple of his pieces, one of which apparently is brand new! His first collection of poems, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released by Button Poetry in 2016. His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, is forthcoming from Two Dollar Radio in winter 2017. You can actually pre-order it on Amazon here.  I already have, and I can't wait to get it! Do yourselves a favor and check out The Crown Ain't Worth Much and read it cover to cover.  You'll thank me. You can find Hanif on Twitter @NifMuhammad and at his website, www.abdurraqib.com   

Welcome back to Girl Talk! Today's special guest is powerhouse poet and all-around feminist icon, Olivia Gatwood. Olivia exemplifies everything I want this podcast to be: Witty, independent, and strong. Her videos have reached upwards of 7 million views and she's been featured on Button Poetry, Huffington Post, and HBO. On top of all of her incredible poetry, Olivia travels nationally teaching workshops on gender equality, sexuality, and social justice. You can purchase Olivia's book, "New American Best Friend," wherever books are sold.

Voicemail Poems editors Logen Cure and Amy Saul-Zerby return for another episode of our podcast! Featuring poems by nico wilkinson, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, and Emily Page Wilson. Music by TrueKey (https://soundcloud.com/truekey). >> The deadline to submit to our Winter Issue is December 15: http://voicemailpoems.org/call >> Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/voicemailpoems >> Review us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/voicemail-poems/id847081003 More About the Poets: >> nico wilkinson is a spoken word artist, letterpress enthusiast, lover of plants, dogs, and colorado springs. their poems are usually about queerness, brain stuff, love, and its byproducts. learn more at http://nicothepoet.tumblr.com/ >> Learn more about Melissa Lozada-Oliva on Facebook at Melissa Lozada-Oliva Poetry, Twitter @elloMelissa, and on Button Poetry with her poem "Like Totally Whatever." >> Emily Page Wilson is an English Adjunct and Poetry MFA from UNC Wilmington. She is a Pushcart, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets nominee. She wants to grow something wild & unruly. She tweets @Emmy_Golightly. ~~ THANKS Y'ALL! ~~

This week we present Button Poetry.Sam Cook, Dylan Garity, and Hieu Minh Nguyen are from Button Poetry. Button produces and distributes poetry media, including: video from local and national events, chapbooks, collaborative audio recordings, scholarship and criticism, and many other products. Find them at http://buttonpoetry.com @WANPoetrywriteaboutnowpoetry.comyoutube.com/WANpoetryfacebook.com/WANpoetrywanpoetry.tumblr.comHosted by Davis Land.davisland.infoButton's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MAMusic from the FMA from BOPD, 6th Sense, and Cheese N Pothttp://feeds.feedburner.com/WANPoetryhttp://archive.org/download/ButtonMixdown/Button_mixdown.mp3