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2 episodes with carmen gim
2 episodes with carmen gim
Carmen Giménez's poem “Ars Poetica” is a stunning waterfall of words, a torrent of dozens of short statements that begin with “I” or “I'm.” As you listen to them, let an answering cascade of questions fill up your mind. What does this series of confessions reveal to you about poetry? The poet? And yourself?Carmen Giménez is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Milk and Filth, a finalist for the NBCC Award in Poetry, and Be Recorder (Graywolf Press, 2019), a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry, the PEN Open Book Award, the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She was awarded the Academy of American Poets Fellowship Prize in 2020. A 2019 Guggenheim fellow, she served as the publisher of Noemi Press for 20 years. She is the Publisher and Executive Director of Graywolf Press.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.We're pleased to offer Carmen Giménez's poem and invite you to subscribe to Pádraig's weekly Poetry Unbound Substack newsletter, read the Poetry Unbound book, or listen to past episodes of the podcast. Order your copy of Kitchen Hymns (new poems from Pádraig) and 44 Poems on Being with Each Other (new essays by Pádraig) wherever you buy books.
'El corazón de Madrid' con María Aparicio y con la historia de Carmen Giménez, que sufrió violencia machista por su expareja y a raíz de eso se convirtió en atleta paralímpica.
Send us a textEn nuestro último episodio de Talent Pills, compartimos la impresionante historia de Carmen Giménez, una atleta paralímpica y presidenta de la fundación Run4You. Carmen nos lleva a través de su inspirador viaje desde sus días como estudiante en ICADE hasta convertirse en campeona de España, enfrentándose a desafíos inimaginables después de una agresión que la dejó en una silla de ruedas. Nos revela cómo el amor por sus hijos, especialmente después de la pérdida de su hijo Bruno, se convirtió en su mayor motivación y fuente de propósito.Reflexionamos sobre el papel vital del amor, y cómo este elemento fue esencial para que Carmen pudiera reconstruir su confianza en la humanidad y superar el miedo persistente que dejó la violencia. A través de sus emotivas reflexiones, entendemos la importancia de rodearse de personas que nos apoyen y la relevancia de mantenerse enfocado en lo que sí podemos hacer.A través de su experiencia, Carmen nos demuestra que la verdadera felicidad es una elección diaria y que la valentía y el amor hacia nosotros mismos y los demás son esenciales para superar cualquier desafío. No olvides seguirme en YouTube, Instagram, Twitter o LinkedIn @TalentPills. Este podcast está disponible en las principales plataformas de podcasts (Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, iVoox, etc.)Musica gracias a Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/
READ TRANSCRIPTIn this episode, poet, writer and doctor Gita Ralleigh talks to us about the poem that has been a friend to her: 'The Daughter' by Carmen Giménez.We're so grateful to Gita for sharing such an intimate, beautiful conversation with us, and to Carmen Giménez and The University of Arizona Press for allowing us to bring the poem to you in this way.Gita Ralleigh is a poet, writer and doctor born to Indian immigrant parents in London. She teaches creative writing to science undergraduates at Imperial College and has an MA in Creative Writing and an MSc in Medical Humanities. Her poetry books are A Terrible Thing (Bad Betty Press, 2020) and Siren (Broken Sleep Books, 2022). Her debut children's novel The Destiny Of Minou Moonshine was published by Zephyr/Head of Zeus in July 2023. You can find her on Twitter as @storyvilled and on Instagram as @gita_ralleigh'The Daughter' can be found in Carmen Giménez' collection Milk and Filth, published by University of Arizona Press, 2013. You can find out more about Carmen Giménez and her work at www.carmengimenez.net.We are thrilled to announce our first anthology will be pubished by Quercus Editions on 9th May 2024! Poems as Friends: The Poetry Exchange 10th Anniversary Anthology will bring together a beautiful selection of poems that readers have shared with us at The Poetry Exchange over the last 10 years. The poems will be presented alongside readers' stories of connection, revealing how the poems have acted as friends to them and have played a part in their lives. You can find out more about our our anthology and pre-order your copy here.We are so grateful to all our listeners, followers and contributors for being part of The Poetry Exchange so far, and for celebrating and sharing poems as friends with us in so many beautiful ways.*********The Daughterby Carmen GiménezWe said she was a negative image of me because of her lightness.She's light and also passage, the glory in my cortex.Daughter, where did you get all that goddess?Her eyes are Neruda's two dark pools at twilight.Sometimes she's a stranger in my home because I hadn't imagined her.Who will her daughter be?She and I are the gradual ebb of my mother's darkness.I unfurl the ribbon of her life, and it's a smooth long hallway, doors flung open.Her surface is a deflection is why.Harm on her, harm on us all.Inside her, my grit and timbre, my reckless.'The Daughter' from Milk & Filth. Copyright © 2013 by Carmen Gimenez Smith. Reprinted by permission of University of Arizona Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Carmen Giménez, es una atleta campeona de España en varias distancias, fundadora y presidenta de Run For You y madre.. En este episodio hablamos sobre sus inicios, sobre inicios, sobre dificultades de correr con silla de atletismo y sobre los futuras aventuras de Carmen. Perfil de instagram de Carmen Giménez: @carmenysusaventuras Web: https://www.correcomounachica.com/ Te puedes suscribir a la newsletter semanal de Corre como una Chica para estar al día del deporte femenino en este link: whim.li/kssqt9 Si te ha gustado el episodio, puedes invitarme a un café en https://www.buymeacoffee.com/saritaagil Si quieres participar, no dudes en escribirme. Email: saragilra@gmail.com Instagram: @saritaagil --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/correcomounachica/message
Esta semana os cuento la historia de Carmen Giménez. Carmen es una atleta profesional y una de las caras visibles más importantes de la inclusión de la discapacidad en el deporte en España… y más concretamente aquí, en Madrid.
Recorded by Carmen Giménez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 8, 2023. www.poets.org
In this inaugural episode, Graywolf's executive editor Yuka Igarashi explores the theme of time with an interdisciplinary group of artists. First, we hear from Kweku Abimbola —Graywolf published his debut poetry collection, Saltwater Demands a Psalm in April. Then Lisa Hsiao Chen, author of the 2022 novel Activities of Daily Living, followed by performance artist, theater artist, and educator Daniel Alexander Jones. Lastly we hear from Thao Nguyen, best known for her band Thao and the Get Down Stay Down. The podcast opens with an introduction by Graywolf Press publisher, Carmen Giménez. If you'd like to make a donation to Graywolf Press, please check out our website at graywolfpress.org, and click the “support Graywolf ” tab at the top.
Participan en el especial: José Cebrero, director del Museo Picasso Málaga; José María Luna, Casa Natal Picasso; Carmen Giménez, comisaria de la exposición de Picasso y la escultura; y Emmanuel Guigon, director del Museo Picasso de Barcelona. Siguenos en Twitter (@ElOjoCriticoRNE) e Instagram (@ojocritico_rne) Escuchar audio
Carmen Giménez terminó en silla de ruedas tras una agresión de quien era su pareja; este domingo es el DomundCarmen Giménez terminó en silla de ruedas tras una agresión de quien era su pareja en ese momento, esta tarde nos cuenta su historia de superación. Además, este domingo es el Domund, lo tratamos con Alejandro Díaz, párroco de Bechí en Castellón. Y nos cuenta la última actualidad de sucesos Cruz Morcillo. Escucha ahora 'La Tarde', de 17 a 18 horas. 'La Tarde' es un programa presentado por Pilar Cisneros y Fernando de Haro que se emite en COPE, de lunes a viernes, de 16 a 19 horas con más de 470.000 oyentes diarios según el último EGM. A lo largo de sus tres horas de duración, "La Tarde" ofrece otra visión, más humana y reposada, de la actualidad, en busca de historias cercanas, de la cara real de las noticias; periodismo de carne y hueso.En "La Tarde" también hay hueco para los testimonios, los sucesos y los detalles más relevantes y a veces invisibles de todo lo que nos rodea. Esta temporada, Pilar y Fernando seguirán cautivando a la ‘gente gente' acompañados de los escritores Daniel Gascón y Lorenzo Silva, el divulgador científico por excelencia en España, Jorge Alcalde; el seriéfilo Javier García Arevalillo y el crítico de cine...
This week during ‘The Write Question,' we return to Cherie's 2017 conversation with Carmen Giménez Smith, a politically aware and feminist-oriented poet, who focuses on general cultural references rather than a sentimental personal narrative in her poetry.
This week during ‘The Write Question,' we return to Cherie's 2017 conversation with Carmen Giménez Smith, a politically aware and feminist-oriented poet, who focuses on general cultural references rather than a sentimental personal narrative in her poetry.
Esta tarde en @laventanaindiscreta_fm de @radioondaaragonesa con @aguilarjoseantonio seguiremos hablando de Festivales de cine que se van a celebrar este verano. Estarán con nosotros Carmen Giménez de @cinemudouncastillo @raulgarciamedrano de @tarazonacine . Y @pimpilopez de @desafiobunuel Entrevistaremos a Antón Castro @anton.castro @artesyletras @heraldo_aragon ese maestro del periodismo y defensor de la cultura en Aragón. Con el hablaremos de libros, de cine de amigos y sobre todo de vida. Y como no José Luis Melero @melerorivas hablará de su gran amigo y colega Antón Castro. Un programa que promete ser un homenaje a todas las personas que han pasado por estos 30 programas de la temporada 2. No os lo perdáis……
This week, Picasso and the Old Masters: as shows pairing the Spaniard with Ingres and El Greco open in London and Basel respectively, Ben Luke talks to Christopher Riopelle (curator of Picasso Ingres: Face to Face at the National Gallery) and Carmen Giménez (curator of Picasso-El Greco at the Kunstmuseum in Basel) about the profound influence of historic artists on Picasso's rupturing of tradition. In this episode's Work of the Week, The Art Newspaper's contemporary art correspondent, Louisa Buck, talks to Chris Levine, the creator of Lightness of Being, one of the best known recent portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, as the British monarch celebrates 70 years on the throne. And as the Polish government replaces yet another museum director, what can be done about political interference in museum governance? Ben talks to Goranka Horjan, director of Intercom, the International Committee for Museum Management, and Bart De Baere, chair of the Museum Watch programme at the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (Cimam).Picasso Ingres: Face to Face, National Gallery, London, until 9 October. Picasso-El Greco, Kunstmuseum, Basel, 11 June-25 September.You can read the Museum Watch report at cimam.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ellos son el nuevo decano y la nueva vicedecana del Ilustre Colegio de Procuradores de Madrid.
En este episodio de A tu Ritmo entrevistamos en primer lugar a Carmen Giménez, atleta en silla de ruedas que nos cuenta su historia y los problemas a los que se encuentran en el mundo del deporte adaptado. Seguimos hablando de este tema aportando el enfoque psicológico con Manuela Rodríguez Marote, psicóloga del Comité Paralímpico Español. Y acabamos hablando con José Manuel Martín, organizador de la Carrera Vuela contra la Violencia de Género, de la que Carmen Giménez es embajadora en la edición de 2021. A tu Ritmo, con Luis Blanco y Chema Martínez Pastor.www.correaturitmo.comTW: @correaturitmo @correaturitmoFB: @correaturitmoES https://www.facebook.com/correaturitmoESIG: @correaturitmo https://www.instagram.com/correaturitmo/A tu Ritmo, con Luis Blanco y Chema Martínez Pastor.www.correaturitmo.comTW: @correaturitmo https://twitter.com/correaturitmoFB: @correaturitmoES https://www.facebook.com/correaturitmoESIG: @correaturitmo https://www.instagram.com/correaturitmo/Canal Telegram: Correaturitmo https://t.me/correaturitmoGrupo Telegram: A tu Ritmo Chat https://t.me/aturitmochatWhatsApp: +34 644 66 62 11email: aturitmo@deportismo.es
En este episodio de A tu Ritmo entrevistamos en primer lugar a Carmen Giménez, atleta en silla de ruedas que nos cuenta su historia y los problemas a los que se encuentran en el mundo del deporte adaptado. Seguimos hablando de este tema aportando el enfoque psicológico con Manuela Rodríguez Marote, psicóloga del Comité Paralímpico Español. Y acabamos hablando con José Manuel Martín, organizador de la Carrera Vuela contra la Violencia de Género, de la que Carmen Giménez es embajadora en la edición de 2021. A tu Ritmo, con Luis Blanco y Chema Martínez Pastor. www.correaturitmo.com TW: @correaturitmo @correaturitmo FB: @correaturitmoES https://www.facebook.com/correaturitmoES IG: @correaturitmo https://www.instagram.com/correaturitmo/ A tu Ritmo, con Luis Blanco y Chema Martínez Pastor. www.correaturitmo.com TW: @correaturitmo https://twitter.com/correaturitmo FB: @correaturitmoES https://www.facebook.com/correaturitmoES IG: @correaturitmo https://www.instagram.com/correaturitmo/ Canal Telegram: Correaturitmo https://t.me/correaturitmo Grupo Telegram: A tu Ritmo Chat https://t.me/aturitmochat WhatsApp: +34 644 66 62 11 email: aturitmo@deportismo.es
Carmen Giménez Aisa del Departamento de Información de Zaragoza Turismo para hablar del servicio de los INFORMADORES TURÍSTICOS EN LA CALLE.
Conocemos el proyecto Protege tu vida y la historia de superación de Carmen Giménez y hablamos con Paco Egido y Claudia Gómez de Suddently This.
Atleta paralímpica, víctima de violencia de género y madre en la tierra y en el cielo. Conocemos en 'Por fin no es lunes' la historia de Carmen Giménez, una mujer luchadora que, a pesar de los golpes, mira con optimismo la vida. "Mi hijo me hizo consciente de que la vida es un regalo", dice.
Programa completo de Por fin no es lunes con Jaime Cantizano. Esta vez el equipo viaja hasta Ibiza. Descubrimos Santa Eulària de la mano de su alcaldesa, Carmen Ferrer, y repasamos la oferta gastronómica ibicenca con los chefs Omar Malpartida y Ricardo Marí. Conocemos la emotiva historia de Carmen Giménez, una atleta paralímpica a la que su marido dejó en silla de ruedas y ahora compite por su hijo. Animamos el programa con Dj Nano y su música y Jose Asunción, el violinista eléctrico más mediático de España, nos regala una actuación en directo. Nuestro sabio de domingo, Sabino Méndez, reflexiona sobre los expertos y nos partimos de la risa con Sara Escudero.
Carmen Giménez Smith is ready to get down to the word. The poet and editor takes a deep dive with Franny and Danez into how she approaches editing, how she pushes writers to build off of the most effective parts of their poems, how she takes in feedback from her peers, and much more. NOTE: VS is nominated for a WEBBY!!!! Vote for us here. NOTE: Make sure you rate us on Apple Podcasts and write us a review!
On November 17, 2020, the Lannan Center presented a Crowdcast webinar featuring Carmen Giménez Smith and José Olivarez. Introduced by Aminatta Forna and moderated by English Department Chair Ricardo Ortíz and Professor Elizabeth Velez. Carmen Giménez Smith is most recently the author of Be Recorder (2020), which was shortlisted for both the National Book Award and the PEN Open Book Award. Her 2013 collection Milk and Filth, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is a Professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA.José Olivarez's debut book of poems, Citizen Illegal, was a finalist for the PEN/ Jean Stein Award and a winner of the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize. It was named a top book of 2018 by The Adroit Journal, NPR, and the New York Public Library. In 2019, he was awarded a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.Music: Quantum Jazz — "Orbiting A Distant Planet" — Provided by Jamendo.
Carmen Giménez Smith is the author of a memoir, three poetry collections, and three poetry chapbooks. She has also co-edited a fiction anthology and is the recipient of a 2011 American Book Award, the 2011 Juniper Prize for Poetry, and a 2011-2012 fellowship in creative nonfiction from the Howard Foundation. Formerly a Teaching-Writing Fellow at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she now teaches in the creative writing programs at New Mexico State University and Ashland University, while serving as the editor-in-chief of the literary journal Puerto del Sol and the publisher of Noemi Press.Smith reads from her works and discusses them with an audience.
"I wanted to see how Naamah would approach feeling like a woman and how she would think about gender and sexuality." - Sarah Blake Sarah Blake is the author of Naamah, a retelling of the story of Noah’s ark from the perspective of his wife. She’s also published two books of poetry, Let’s Not Live on Earth, which features the feminist sci-fi epic “The Starship,” and Mr. West, which is an unauthorized lyric biography of Kanye West. And her poetry chapbook Named After Death is available for free online, alongside an interactive workbook. Connect with Sarah on her website, Instagram, or Twitter. Sarah's book recommendation: Cruel Futures by Carmen Giménez Smith ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF NAAMAH HERE. Also mentioned in this episode: Plainsong by Kent Haruf Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle This episode is brought to you in collaboration with The Card Bureau. Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop. -- Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dINNkn -- Logo and web design by Shatterboxx Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript42 Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.
This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Hollow Kingdom, The Right Swipe, God Land, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Penguin Random House and House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig, and David Baldacci’s One Good Deed. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America by Lyz Lenz The Vexations by Caitlin Horrocks The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir by Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein A Particular Kind of Black Man by Tope Folarin My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite What we're reading: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern More books out this week: Let’s Call it a Doomsday by Katie Henry Outfox by Sandra Brown Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World by Emma Southon Girl on the Block: A True Story of Coming of Age Behind the Counter by Jessica Wragg The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito by Shing Yin Khor The Dutch Maiden by Marente de Moor, David Doherty (translator) The Dragon Republic by R. F Kuang In Other Words: An Illustrated Miscellany of the World's Most Intriguing Words and Phrases by Christopher J. Moore Summerlings: A Novel by Lisa Howorth Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the Wind (New York Review Books Classics) by Lyall Watson Swipe Right for Murder by Derek Milman When I Was White: A Memoir by Sarah Valentine Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma Life and Other Inconveniences by Kristan Higgins Nottingham by Nathan Makaryk Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge A Crash of Fate by Zoraida Cordova Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury by Sigrid Nunez and Peter Cameron The Hotel Neversink by Adam O'Fallon Price A Swirl of Ocean by Melissa Sarno The Runaway by Hollie Overton I Know Everything by Matthew Farrell To the Wren: New and Collected Poems by Jane Mead The Gossamer Mage by Julie E. Czerneda The Long Accomplishment: A Memoir of Struggle and Hope in Matrimony by Rick Moody The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell Be Recorder: Poems by Carmen Giménez Smith A Pure Heart: A Novel by Rajia Hassib Berta Isla: A novel by Javier Marías Travel Light, Move Fast by Alexandra Fuller The Dishwasher (Biblioasis International Translation Series) by Stéphane Larue and Pablo Strauss All the Water in the World: A Novel by Karen Raney The Perfect Wife: A Novel by JP Delaney Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Sea Witch Rising by Sarah Henning White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination by Jess Row The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me by Keah Brown A Nice Cup of Tea by Celia Imrie The Wolf Wants In: A Novel by Laura McHugh Lost You: A Novel by Haylen Beck Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir and Christiane Amanpour House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino City of Windows by Robert Pobi Valerie: A Novel by Sara Stridsberg, Deborah Bragan-Turner (translator) Because You're Mine: A Novel by Rea Frey First Cosmic Velocity by Zach Powers Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior Is There Still Sex in the City? by Candace Bushnell Hunter's Moon: A Novel in Stories by Philip Caputo The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zerán, Sophie Hughes (translator) We Are All Good People Here: A Novel by Susan Rebecca White Hello Girls by Brittany Cavallaro and Emily Henry In the Country of Women: A Memoir by Susan Straight Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience by Martyn Whittock Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood Love at First Like by Hannah Orenstein The Birthday Girl: A Novel by Melissa de la Cruz He by John Connolly Cornelius Sky by Timothy Brandoff Say You Still Love Me: A Novel by K.A. Tucker Careful What You Wish For: A Novel by Hallie Ephron Without a Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult by Susan Ashline King of King Court by Travis Dandro Motherland: A Memoir of Love, Loathing, and Longing by Elissa Altman How the Light Gets In by Katy Upperman How to Fight Anti-Semitism by Bari Weiss
In episode 7 of season 2 of Ink Well host Jasminne and Lupe Mendez chat with Carmen Giménez Smith about her poetry collection Cruel Futures.
Danielle shares Carmen Giménez Smith's "Something New" with Max. Talking points include love as work, marriage as labor, plushy chambers, and the etymology of mortgage.
Leslie Jamison reads from her new book, The Recovering; Leesa Cross-Smith on writing quiet books; new poetry by Carmen Giménez Smith and Jenny Xie.
Poet Carmen Giménez Smith, shares her sublime poem “Migraine Code Switch” with Carrie Fountain. They discusses its origins at Conto Mundo and much more. Her poem appears in her book Cruel Futures, out now from CityLightsBooks.
Poet Carmen Giménez Smith, shares her sublime poem “Migraine Code Switch” with Carrie Fountain. They discusses its origins at Conto Mundo and much more. Her poem appears in her book Cruel Futures, out now from CityLightsBooks.
Poet Carmen Giménez Smith, shares her sublime poem “Migraine Code Switch” with Carrie Fountain. They discusses its origins at Conto Mundo and much more. Her poem appears in her book Cruel Futures, out now from CityLightsBooks.
Carmen Giménez Smith is the author of Bring Down the Little Birds (University of Arizona Press, 2010), a memoir, and five poetry collections, including the National Book Critics Circle nominee Milk and Filth (University of Arizona Press, 2013) and the forthcoming Cruel Futures (City Lights Press). She is founding editor and publisher of Noemi Press and was recently named one of the poetry editors for The Nation. Formerly a Teaching-Writing Fellow at the Iowa Writers Workshop, she is now Professor of English at Virginia Tech.
Rachel Zucker talks with poet, editor/publisher and professor, Carmen Gimenez Smith, about the intersection of the lyric and the spoken word, the long poem, punctuation, working on several books at once, Cantomundo, Carmen’s writing process, writing long poems, being an editor, working with editors as a creator, the imagined or intended audience, the importance of getting feedback, political charge, the politicization of the bodies of women and people of color, Carmen’s mother and father, poetry as a form of recuperation, destabilizing the lyric “I”, writing about adolescents, Trump, “self-help” books, privilege, and the gift of entitlement.
Ben & Daniel talk with Carmen Giménez Smith, writer, poet, and professor of Creative Writing at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces NM. She talks about how her writing style is conducive to her busy life as a professional and a mother of two. She also talks about how she blends her careers as a writer and teacher, and why she sometimes has to teach what she personally doesn’t like because it presents a teachable moment. Gimenez Smith also reads one of her poems for the Poem of the Week – “Photo of a Girl on a Beach” from the collection “Odalisque in Pieces.” Amit Ghosh, publisher of the literary journal BorderSenses, contributes to this week’s Poetic License, with a reflection on his struggle to break away from his culture’s expectation to be a doctor, engineer, scientist, or lawyer, and follow his passion as a writer.
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