Podcast appearances and mentions of Danez Smith

On this live episode of Vibe Check, Sam and Zach chat with poet and activist, Danez Smith, about their career journey, afro-pessimism, the balance of grief vs joy, and more. Special thanks to the team at the LA Times Festival of Books and USC!------------------------------------------------------“Poetry Loves You” merch and more, available at www.podswag.com/vibecheck You can find everything Vibe Check related at our official website, www.vibecheckpod.comWe want to hear from you! Email us at vibecheck@stitcher.com, and keep in touch with us on Instagram @vibecheck_pod.Get your Vibe Check merch at www.podswag.com/vibecheck.Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Vibe Check ad-free.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Acclaimed author Rachel Khong explores the themes in her newest novel Real Americans, including what it means to bridge cultural and generational divides within families; superstar poet Danez Smith reads from their latest collection Bluff and tells us what poetry can and cannot accomplish; and singer-songwriter Danielia Cotton chats about her tribute album to Black country star Charley Pride, before performing her own track "Bring Out the Country (In Me)."

Acclaimed author Rachel Khong explores the themes in her newest novel Real Americans, including what it means to bridge cultural and generational divides within families; superstar poet Danez Smith reads from their latest collection Bluff and tells us what poetry can and cannot accomplish; and singer-songwriter Danielia Cotton chats about her tribute album to Black country star Charley Pride, before performing her own track "Bring Out the Country in Me."

As the cold settles in, we're talking about the ways that we stay present, and the pleasures that we're appreciating right now. Notebooks and paper planners are some of the tools that we're using to keep steady and help us remember interesting tidbits, and in our ongoing relationship with softer ways to keep time, we're using lights, music, and actual programs on the actual radio to give shape to our days. We wind up our winter appreciation by sharing several poems that sustain us, make us laugh, or send us further on our journeys of curiosity. Links to the many things we appreciate can be found below.Mentioned in this episode:Libby app (library ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines)The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy TanBurnside Chai and Dark Forest teas from Jasmine Pearl Tea CompanyBlack Canadian Maple tea from The Rare Tea CellarTiny Shop, The Refilleri, Eco the Flamingo (Zero Waste shops in Chicago)Candlelit Tales podcast (Irish Folk Storytelling)The Last Kingdom (Book series by Bernard Cornwell; TV series on Netflix)KMHD Portland's Jazz RadioCommonplace BookPazyryk Swan (Felt plush swan from Iron Age Siberia)Poems read:“Hope and Love” by Jane Hirshfield“why people be mad at me sometimes” by Lucille Clifton“Advice From My Inner Punk Rock We Should All Take” by Jared Singer“When the Waves Come” by Maia“5 things at 40” by Ana Bozicevic“little prayer” by Danez Smith

Danez Smith, a poet, performance artist, and devotee of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes presents a selection of Hughes's early poems, songs, and other writings, created from 1921 to 1927. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Robin Whitten discuss this collection and Smith's extraordinary performance. With their clear baritone voice and extraordinary vocal talent, Smith's performance is beautiful to hear and unfailingly connected to the core messages within these poems, journal entries, and other works. Performed with stunning authenticity and verve, this audiobook is a showcase for the artistry of Danez Smith, as well as a revelatory lesson on one of America's greatest writers.  Read our review of the audiobook at our website. Published by Hachette Audio. Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile's website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danez Smith has won and been nominated for a lot of big prizes for their poetry, including the UK’s Forward Prize, the National Book Critic Circle Award and the National Book Award. But in 2020, Smith stopped writing. In the depths of the pandemic, after the death of George Floyd in Smith’s hometown of Minneapolis, poetry began to feel less powerful as a place for social change. Danez Smith joined poet Diannely Antigua, author of two poetry collections including “Good Monster,” for a conversation with OPB’s Jenn Chavez at the 2024 Portland Book Festival to talk about the role of poetry in our fractured society and our fractured lives.

  TRN Podcast host Nick Estes (@nickwestes) recently took part in this live event in Minneapolis organized by the Palestine Festival of Literature and Mizna. This episode features selections from the different presentations. Follow the link below to watch the entire event. "Join the Palestine Festival of Literature and Mizna for a powerful evening of performance and thought-provoking discussion, in PalFest's first-ever event in Minneapolis. We will be joined by Mosab Abu Toha, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Sarah Aziza, Danez Smith, Nick Estes, Sagirah Shahid, and Dina Omar. These renowned poets and thinkers will explore the influence of the written word and discuss the role of literary workers in the US as the genocide of Palestinians remains underway and Trump returns to the White House." Full program   Watch the full event here on the Palfest YouTube channel Get your copy of Refaat Alareer's If I Must Die (2024) GoFundMe:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-red-medias-indigenous-content  Patreon:  http://www.patreon.com/redmediapr Subscribe to The Red Nation Newsletter:  https://www.therednation.org/

Danez Smith's poetry is so many things, a poetry of resistance, of elegy, of joy, of care, of repair. Their poetry is Afrofuturist and Afropessimist. It's nature poetry, decolonial poetry, queer poetry, a poetry that is archival and documentary. And it is also a poetry that questions poetry itself and even more so, questions the […] The post Danez Smith : Bluff appeared first on Tin House.

Danez Smith: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/danez-smith (who goes by they/them, not as mentioned in the recording)Carrie Chappell : https://www.carriechappell.com/Taylor Byas: https://www.taylorbyas.com/aboutMya Matteo Alexice: @myamatteoalexice on InstagramSelima Atallah Chettaoui: https://selimaatallah.wordpress.com/Kelsi Phung: @kelsiphung on InstagramButton Poetry : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5DH3eN81b0RGJ7Xj3fsjVghttps://www.rogueagentjournal.com/ekb - “Five reminders for an exhausted body,” EK's poem published in Rogue AgentBeaudelaire's Carcass poem : https://www.poetrycat.com/charles-baudelaire/a-carcass#google_vignetteAbout Beadelaire in general: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-baudelaireFollow EK at: @ell_TheRewriter and ellatherewriter.com :) Support the show

As an award-winning poet, writer, and performer, Danez Smith's words are always right on time. This year they released their latest poetry collection BLUFF, calling out the dualities and contradictions alive in all of us, including themself. As one reviewer wrote, they demonstrate that we all contain “protest and police, cowardice and commitment, money and kindness, looting and food drives.” Isa Nakazawa sits down with Danez to talk about how their Leo Sun keeps them grounded in childlike wonder of the world, while their Sagittarius rising drives their endless curiosity. 

Send us a textKerpow! The poetry fireworks are back. We spark our fifth season into life with Danez Smith – who shares poems from their astonishing collection Bluff (published by Vintage Penguin 2024), destined to be one of the books of the decade. Danez discusses everything from Afropessimism to the power of water as a metaphor. Plus we hear poems that are conscious and politically-electrified, as well as tender and vulnerable poetry about love and the transformational power of poetry itself.   Expect the usual back-to-school bantz from Robin and Peter, plus we dip into the poetry of exile with a fabulous poem from Sudanese poet Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi from his collection  A Friend's Kitchen, one of the World Poet Series editions published by the Poetry Translation Centre, we hear an astonishing poem by Tony Hoagland from his final collection Turn Up The Ocean. And we'll remember the passing of New Zealand born Fleur Adcock who died this month.  Thanks for being here with us in our new season. It's delightful to be back. Now... Where are those sparklers? Support the showPlanet Poetry is a labour of love, paid for out of our own pockets.If you enjoy the podcast, please show your support and Buy us a Coffee!

On today's show host Ali Muldrow is joined by Black, queer writer and performer, Danez Smith. Their new collection, Bluff, was released in August, and it imagines life in a […] The post Everyone Deserves to be Free with Danez Smith appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

On this episode of Vibe Check, Sam, Saeed and Zach talk about hurricanes, and the misinformation that has been spread by politicians. Then, in the spirit of spooky season, they talk about our culture's shifting relationship with witchcraft. Plus, a few recommendations to keep your vibe right.We want to hear from you! Email us at vibecheck@stitcher.com, and keep in touch with us on Instagram @vibecheck_pod.You can now get direct access to the group chat! Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/vibecheck. Vibe Check listeners can now get a free three month trial to the SiriusXM app by going to siriusxm.com/vibecheck.------------------------------------------------------The Sam Sanders ShowVoter registration linkRecommendations:SAM: Call Her Daddy episode with Kamala HarrisSAEED:  “Love Poem” by Danez Smith – from their new book BLUFFZACH: Jinx Monsoon on the Witch Wave Podcast

In this episode of Black Market Reads: On Health Lissa and Bukata talk with poet Danez Smith about his latest work, BLUFF. Written after two years of artistic silence, during which the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Minneapolis became the epicenter of protest following the murder of George Floyd, Bluff is Danez Smith's powerful reckoning with their role and responsibility as a poet and with their hometown of the Twin Cities. This is a book of awakening out of violence, guilt, shame, and critical pessimism to wonder and imagine how we can strive toward a new existence in a world that seems to be dissolving into desolate futures. Smith brings a startling urgency to these poems, their questions demanding a new language, a deep self-scrutiny, and virtuosic textual shapes. A series of ars poetica gives way to "anti poetica" and "ars america" to implicate poetry's collusions with unchecked capitalism. A photographic collage accrues across a sequence to make clear the consequences of America's acceptance of mass shootings. A brilliant long poem--part map, part annotation, part visual argument--offers the history of Saint Paul's vibrant Rondo neighborhood before and after officials decided to run an interstate directly through it.   Bluff is a kind of manifesto about artistic resilience, even when time and will can seem fleeting, when the places we most love--those given and made--are burning. In this soaring collection, Smith turns to honesty, hope, rage, and imagination to envision futures that seem possible. Danez Smith is the author of three previous poetry collections, including Homie, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Don't Call Us Dead, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection and a finalist for the National Book Award. Our production team for this episode includes co producers/ Lissa Jones and Edie French, co-host/Bukata Hayes, technical director/Paul Auguston, The Voice/Yo Derek, and our artist of inspiration/Ta-coumba T. Aiken. We thank Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota for supporting On Health focusing on the intersection of health, race, and culture. Black Market Reads: On Health is a collaboration with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, as part of Blue Cross' long-term commitment to improving the health of Minnesota communities and ensuring that all people have opportunities to live the healthiest lives possible.   

Acclaimed poet Danez Smith joins us to discuss their new collection, Bluff, which uses poetry and mixed-media art to reflect on their experience of 2020 in Minneapolis in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.This segment is guest-hosted by Kousha Navidar

Recorded by Mary Sutton and Danez Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 31, 2024. www.poets.org

In this holiday re-broadcast of an episode from April 23, 2020, acclaimed poet Danez Smith discusses the role friendship plays in their most recent collection of poetry, Homie. Smith talks to Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the isolating effect COVID-19 has had on black communities, using space on the page inventively, and writing about money. This episode is presented in conjunction with the Loft Literary Center's literary festival, Wordplay, which in 2020 was a virtual event.   To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below.   This episode was produced by Andrea Tudhope.   Guests: ●     Danez Smith Selected readings for the episode: ●     Danez Smith ○     Homie ○     Don't Call Us Dead ○     TwoPoems ○     what was said on the bus stop: a new poem by Danez Smith ○     my president ○     VS podcast, from the Poetry Foundation, hosted by Danez Smith and Franny Choi ●     Others ○     Corona Correspondences: #28 by Danielle Evans (The Sewanee Review) ○     Review: ‘Homie,' a Book of Poems That Produces Shocking New Vibrations by Pahrul Sehgal ○     Frank O'Hara ○     As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner ○     Angel Nafis ○     Hieu Minh Nguyen ○     Douglas Kearney ○     1977: Poem for Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer by June Jordan ○     Recordings of June Jordan from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Digitized recordings and more digitized recordings ○     ‘Feet' and ‘Spoon' from Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay ○     Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone by Eduardo Galeano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James McBride's novel “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” was one of the most celebrated books of 2023 — a critical darling and a New York Times best seller. In their piece for the Book Review, Danez Smith called it “a murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel” and praised its “precision, magnitude and necessary messiness.”On this week's episode, the Book Review editors MJ Franklin, Joumana Khatib and Elisabeth Egan convene for a discussion about the book, McBride, and what you might want to read next.

Welcome to our Summer of Book Love series!Our series concludes today as we meet Rebecca Turkewitz and her new new spooky story collection: Here in the Night.  New episodes of This Queer Book Saved My Life! drop next Tuesday! September 19th! What's it about? The thirteen stories in Rebecca Turkewitz's debut collection, Here in the Night, are engrossing, strange, eerie, and emotionally nuanced. Preoccupied with all manner of hauntings, these stories traverse a boarding school in the Vermont woods, the jagged coast of Maine, an attic in suburban Massachusetts, an elevator stuck between floors, and the side of an unlit highway in rural South Carolina.At the center of almost every story is the landscape of night, with all its tantalizing and terrifying potential. After dark, the familiar becomes unfamiliar, boundaries loosen, expectations fall away, and even the greatest skeptics believe—at least fleetingly—that anything could happen.Buy Here in the NightVisit our Bookshop or buy directly right now: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781625570574And read Danez Smith's The 17 Year Old and the Gay Bar here at The Poetry Foundation's website. Connect with Rebecca TurkewitzWebsite: rebeccaturkewitz.comInstagram: @Rebecca_Turkewitz_WritesTwitter: @R_TurkewitzBecome an Associate Producer!Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookQuatrefoil LibraryQuatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1CreditsHost/Founder: J.P. Der BoghossianExecutive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, Natalie Cruz, Paul Kaefer, Nicole Olila, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Steven Flamm, Thomas Michna, and Gary Nygaard.Register and Support Unstoppable Stories: A Banned Books FestivalRegister: https://uucf.org/unstoppableDonate: https://onrealm.org/UUCF/give/BBFest Text: UUFAIRFAX BBFest to 73256.All donation options: thisqueerbook.com/unstoppableSupport the show

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

Can a writer finish a book in time to meet a deadline? In our interview with DeShawn McKinney we discuss the genesis of his first chapbook, father, forgive me from Black Sunflower Press, 2003. Deshawn explains that he wrote a large portion of the book in 12 hours in order to meet the deadline for Black Sunflower. How does this help the process and how can other writers learn to work with these kinds of deadlines to catch and capture the heat of their emotions? Listen to this interview to hear our thoughts on this and other topics. References: James Baldwin, Ajanae Dawkins, Liz Barry, Sherman Alexie, Danez Smith, June Jordan

Recorded by Danez Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 31, 2023. www.poets.org

National Book Award finalist and Lambda Award winning author and poet, Danez Smith creates poetry that viscerally examines the intricacies of gender, the recognition of Black family and kinship, rebirth and growing to know and learn themselves anew every day. They are the author of three books: [Insert] Boy, Don't Call Us Dead, and Homie. They join us to discuss their craft, how poetry saved their life, and their dreams of a Black Queer future.

National Book Award finalist and Lambda Award winning author and poet, Danez Smith creates poetry that viscerally examines the intricacies of gender, the recognition of Black family and kinship, rebirth and growing to know and learn themselves anew every day. They are the author of three books: [Insert] Boy, Don't Call Us Dead, and Homie. They join us to discuss their craft, how poetry saved their life, and their dreams of a Black Queer future.

There is a moment in Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple" when a woman named Celie smiles and smiles and smiles. That was the moment when I knew this movie was going to be as good as it seemed and was going to keep the promise it made by daring to tell Celie's story. It is not a story that would seem easily suited to the movies. The film is based on the novel by Alice Walker, who told Celie's story through a series of letters, some never sent, many never received, most addressed to God. The letters are her way of maintaining sanity in a world where few others ever cared to listen to her. The turning point in the book, and the movie, comes after Celie's husband brings home the fancy woman he has been crazy about for years - a pathetic, alcoholic juke-joint singer named Shug Avery, who has been ravaged by life yet still has an indestructible beauty."--Roger Ebert, Movie Critic Grab your favorite snack, sit back, and listen to movie clips wrapped in authentic conversations and new perspectives. Be entertained.  

Jaran flirts his way into trouble. Gentle breaks out some sick martial arts moves. Abiku communes with... a cannon? And Vee finds someone she's been looking for her entire life. "The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life.. Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Alex, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Finn, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Lyle and Peanut, Matt Sweeney, Moonflower Tea, Nicholas, Purplemouse, Riley, Rose, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott. Content warnings for this episode: complex and complicated relationships, romance, flirting, references to sexual entanglements, amnesia, memory loss, war, fantasy violence, gore, explosions, vast bodies of water, and toxic relationships. CREDITS: Title - “little prayer” by Danez Smith. Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/). Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Podcast editing - Connie Chang (https://twitter.com/ByConnieChang). Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/rTbPwxRsBe!

Join Julie Murphy as she speaks with Daniel Summerhill, Assistant Professor of Poetry/Social Action & Composition at CSU Monterey Bay and is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Monterey County. Daniel reads a Danez Smith poem and talks about the duty of a poet to tell the truth. His poems look closely at how things really are with beauty, lyric grace and hope.

The Kheer Tal crew faces down the Hunter—and the Clans witness a Paragon ascending. "The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life. Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Alex, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Finn, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Moonflower Tea, Nicholas, Purplemouse, Riley, Rose, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott. Content warnings for this episode: heights, fire, darkness, death, romance, flirting, references to sexual entanglements, complex and complicated relationships, amnesia, and memory loss. CREDITS: Title - “I'm Going Back To Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense” by Danez Smith. Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/). Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Podcast editing - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/rTbPwxRsBe!

As the nights grow longer and the days shorter, share in a virtual celebration of Seasons of Light, Harvard Divinity School's beloved annual multireligious service honoring the interplay of holy darkness and light in the world's religious traditions. Performances include choral and instrumental music, readings by HDS students, the ritual kindling of many flames, and communal prayers and songs. Explore these offerings to the season in part or as a whole. Seasons of Light is hosted by Harvard Divinity School's Office of Religious and Spiritual Life under the direction of Christopher Hossfeld, Director of Music and Ritual, and Kerry A. Maloney, Chaplain and Director of Religious and Spiritual Life. Full transcript: https://hds.harvard.edu/news/2022/12/8/audio-seasons-light

Aaron and James read work by writers we've lost to AIDS in this bonus episode.According to the website for World AIDS Day, more than 38 million people are currently living with HIV. And, since 1984, more than 35 million people have died of HIV or AIDS-related illnesses, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history. Donate here. Please consider buying the books of the poets we honor! We recommend Loyalty Bookstores, a DC-area Black-owned bookshop. We dedicated a Breaking Form Episode ("The Invisible Embrace") to Paul Monette (October 16, 1945--February 10, 1995). Monette was the author of 4 novels, 3 books of nonfiction, and 4 books of poems, including a New and Selected Poems  called West of Yesterday, East of Summer (1994). He died of complications due to AIDS on February 10, 1995.Read more about Essex Hemphill here, and  "American Wedding" (the poem Aaron reads during the show) here.  He published 2 chapbooks and 2 books of poetry, and edited the anthology Brother to Brother: New Writing by Black Gay Men, winner of a Lambda Literary Award. Hemphill died of complications from AIDS in 1995. Watch a short film written and performed by Hemphill called "From the Anacostia to the Potomac" here (~15 min)Dorothy Karen "Cookie" Mueller (March 2, 1949 – November 10, 1989) was an American actress and writer who starred in many of filmmaker John Waters's early films, including Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble.  Mueller wrote columns and criticism for magazines and papers, and released several books as well, including a memoir, Garden of Ashes. A short film of remembrances about Mueller can be seen here.  In April 2022, Semiotext(e) released Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories.Iris de la Cruz inspired the foundation Iris House. You can read more about Iris and the foundation here. De la Cruz died in 1991, leaving a 15-year legacy of fighting for health rights for women/femmes living with HIV. Hear the entire essay James reads ("Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and AIDS”) in this video here.  (TW for anachronistic language regarding sex work.)David Michael Wojnarowicz (September 14, 1954 – July 22, 1992) was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist. He died in 1992, having written more than 10 books (including Close to the Knives, from which Aaron reads), exhibited his visual art all over the world, and directed at least two films. Melvin Dixon was born on May 29, 1950 and died October 26, 1992. He authored two poetry collections: Change of Territory and the posthumous Love's Instruments. His novels were Vanishing Rooms and Trouble the Water. He translated The Collected Poems of Leopold Senghor.  You can watch Danez Smith read a poem by Melvin Dixon here. Read more work by Dixon here. Tim Dlugos was born in 1950 and died in 1990. Dlugos authored at least 8 books, including the posthumous A Fast Life: Poems of Tim Dlugos (2011), edited by David Trinidad. Read more work here.

Jaran has a heart to heart with Gentle. Gentle confronts Bud's co-parent. Citlalli peers into the Adamverse. And Øka parts ways with an old, angry friend. "The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life. Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Alex, Azra, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Finn, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Moonflower Tea, Nicholas, Purplemouse, Rose, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott. Content warnings for this episode: romance, flirting, references to sexual entanglements, grief, funerals, death, depression, monsters and monstrosity, fantasy violence, blood and bloodletting, gore, complex and complicated relationships, descriptions of food, and eating. CREDITS: Title - “summer, somewhere” by Danez Smith. Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/). Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Podcast editing - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/rTbPwxRsBe!

Abiku unleashes new powers. Dewey divines an Empty fear. Vee goes all out. And the Hunter strikes with osseous fury. "The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life. Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Alex, Azra, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Finn, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Moonflower Tea, Nicholas, Purplemouse, Rose, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott. Content warnings for this episode: darkness, references to hunting animals, violence against dog-like creatures, fantasy violence, gore, blood, heights and falling, explosions, and references to imprisonment. CREDITS: Title - “summer, somewhere” by Danez Smith. Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/). Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Podcast editing - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/rTbPwxRsBe!

Hamnah Shahid, Dare Hickman, Austin Knight, and quinn b. rodriguez join the main cast of THE SECOND STRANGER during this very bad, no good dinner party interlude. Jaran reunites with Øka. Gentle brokers peace. Citlalli and Vasanti size up the competition. Dewey becomes a loverboy. Abiku makes a grand entrance. And Øka ruins the potluck. Producer Note: Lyra was unavailable to record this episode, but Manaia returns in the beginning of Arc Five! "The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life. Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Alex, Azra, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Finn, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Moonflower Tea, Nicholas, Purplemouse, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott. Content warnings for this episode: romance, kissing, references to sexual entanglements, trauma, grief, descriptions of food, and surgery. CREDITS: New cast - Hamnah Shahid (https://twitter.com/hshahid_), Dare Hickman (https://twitter.com/dare2dreamrpg), Austin Knight (https://twitter.com/sailorsctaustin), and quinn b. rodriguez (https://twitter.com/quinnntastic_). Title - “I'm Going Back To Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense” by Danez Smith. Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/). Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Podcast editing - Connie Chang (https://twitter.com/ByConnieChang). Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/rTbPwxRsBe!

You can support the show for as little as $5 on Patreon.com/CreativeKindred This is the end of Season 1. Thanks for tuning in y'all! We'll be back with Season 2 after i'm less in crisis mode. Mixed Media Credit: Alice Walker, Danez Smith, James Baldwin --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matthew-anthony00/message

They're short, sexy and on-trend: Hoochie daddy shorts are all the rage for cisgender straight men this summer. And this week, they are the center of a conversation between guest host Anna Sale and writer and poet Danez Smith about sex, gender and freedom. What do higher hemlines on men reveal about the gender anxiety rippling through America today? Also, Anna speaks with Wired editor Alan Henry about his new book Seen, Heard, and Paid: The New Work Rules for the Marginalized. They discuss how employees of marginalized identities can navigate workplace dynamics, and focus on work that can advance their careers.You can follow us on Twitter @NPRItsBeenAMin and email us at ibam@npr.org.

We're 30, dirty, and thriving! The queens name 30 poets for each other, and then we associate a word or phrase with each one. No beeps! Please consider supporting the poets we mention in today's show by buying their books! We can recommend Loyalty Bookstore, a black-owned DC-based indie bookstore that ships nationally. Watch Anne Carson read "A Lecture on Corners" here (~58 min)Marilyn  Chin's website is  http://www.marilynchin.orgWatch Carolyn Kizer talk poetry and writing with Lucille Clifton, and read her poem "Bitch" here (~30 min)Find Rachel Zucker online here. Watch Rachel read "Don't Say Anything Beautiful Kiss Me" here (~3.5 min) James and Aaron are fascinated by Anne Waldman's "Uh-Oh Plutonium," which you can watch here. Alan Michael Parker can be found online at https://alanmichaelparker.comNicole Sealey's website is https://www.nicolesealey.com. Watch her read her poem "Even the Gods" here (~2 min)Alex Dimitrov's website is https://www.alexdimitrov.comWe mention two poems by Lynda Hull. Read "Night Waitress" here and "Black Mare" here.                              Listen to this fabulous On Being interview with Mary Oliver (~50 min; conducted in 2015)You can read Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" here. Listen to this great interview with Kimiko Hahn (Versus podcast; ~55 min)Philip Larkin's website is https://philiplarkin.comHere's a terrific poem by Michael CollierYou can watch Danez Smith read "Dear White America" here.  (~3.5 min)Here's a recipe for chocolate peanut butter oreo dirt pudding.There is absolutely at least one drag queen named Idaho, and you can find her on Twitter @akaidaho

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Arc Three draws to a close. Øka dances with Dr. Oluso. Vee confides in Rev. Dewey has a heart-to-heart with Tanga. And Manaia gets her ear pierced. "The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life. Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Azra, Bradley, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Mauvelous, Moonflower Tea, Purplemouse, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott. Content warnings for this episode: death, funerals, mourning, alcohol and substance use, panic attacks, large bodies of water, processing trauma, romance, kissing, and references to sexual entanglements. CREDITS: Title - “I'm Going Back to Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense” by Danez Smith. Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/). Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Podcast editing - Marisa Ewing of Hemlock Creek Productions (https://twitter.com/sassy_composer). Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/rTbPwxRsBe!

On June 2 at 7 p.m. at the Austin Central Library, the Library Foundation and the PEN America Austin Chapter are partnering to host a discussion about The 1619 Project and free speech. I interviewed Timothy Staley, Executive Director of the Library Foundation and Jennifer M. Wilks, an English professor and director of the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies at the University of Texas, who will moderate the discussion.  The program, entitled The 1619 Project: Who's Afraid of Black Books?, will feature two contributors to The 1619 Project: acclaimed author ZZ Packer and award-winning poet Danez Smith.  More information on the event is available at https://austinlibrary.org/at-central/.Diverse Voices Book Review Social Media:Facebook - @diversevoicesbookreviewInstagram - @diverse_voices_book_reviewTwitter - @diversebookshayEmail: hbh@diversevoicesbookreview.comWeb site: https://diversevoicesbookreview.wordpress.com/ 

All The Apostles are Black, All the Saints Queer, and All of Them Are Brave: towards a queer canon (Pt.2)  Hello, hi Beloveds! Welcome back to the second installment of our Roll Call episode. We are your hosts, Kopano Maroga and Maneo Mohale, and we are sluts for history and sluts for discourse and are going to be picking the brains of our fabulous guests Koleka Putuma (featured in part 1) and Nakhane (featured in part 2) speaking all things blackness, South Africanness, craft, microaggressions, white twinks and black queer ancestors. We are joined in these episodes by voicenote interludes from black, queer South African artists Gugulethu Duma (aka Dumama who opens and closes the show), Lindiwe Mngxitama and Kneo Mokgopa. Special thanks to our magnificent producer, Maia McDonald, and our generous mentors, Danez Smith and Jenna Wortham, for holding space for us and holding our hands through the process.  Big, black, slutty love! Maneo & Kopano Hosted by: Kopano Maroga and Maneo Mohale Featuring: Nakhane, Kneo Mokgopa, and Gugulethu Duma Produced by: Maia McDonald

All The Apostles are Black, All the Saints Queer, and All of Them Are Brave: towards a queer canon (Pt.1) Hello, hi Beloveds! We are Kopano Maroga and Maneo Mohale and we have the absolute honour of hosting this 2 part episode of Roll Call for you produced by the Poetry Foundation. We are sluts for history and sluts for discourse and are going to be picking the brains of our fabulous guests Koleka Putuma (featured in part 1) and Nakhane (featured in part 2) speaking all things blackness in these episodes. South Africanness, craft, microaggressions, white twinks and black queer ancestors. We are joined in these episodes by voicenote interludes from black, queer South African artists Gugulethu Duma (aka Dumama who opens and closes the show), Lindiwe Mngxitama and Kneo Mokgopa. Special thanks to our magnificent producer, Maia McDonald, and our generous mentors, Danez Smith and Jenna Wortham, for holding space for us and holding our hands through the process.  Big, black, slutty love! Maneo & Kopano Hosted by: Kopano Maroga and Maneo Mohale Featuring: Koleka Putuma, Gugulethu Duma, Lindiwe Mngxitama Produced by: Maia McDonald

What's it like for you to receive? Whether it's receiving appreciation, money, recognition, or support, most of us are uncomfortable filling our cups in this way. It's much more comfortable for most of us to be the one giving, the one being needed, but that's not always sustainable. Tapping into the watery magic of Winter and seed germination, this episode covers: * Why it's hard for many of us to receive, especially in our professional lives * How we can be filled with vitality in sustainable ways * An embodiment exercise to help you connect to the sensation of rehydration May this episode be a source of encouragement and reinvigoration for you! If it resonates for you, please consider subscribing to, rating, and sharing this podcast. * For the PDF handout that accompanies this recording, click the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1krcYkpbX9ep7coAk9ctl3YClcYeX-y9N/view?usp=sharing * To read Danez Smith's poem, i'm going back to Minnesota where sadness makes sense, click this link: https://onbeing.org/poetry/im-going-back-to-minnesota-where-sadness-makes-sense/?utm_source=pocket_mylist About Megan: Megan Leatherman, MS, is the founder and director of A Wild New Work, an ecological career and organizational development agency based in the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor, nature lover, writer and speaker, Megan has helped hundreds of professionals feel more aligned in their careers. She has a Master's degree in conflict resolution, experience in Human Resources, and believes that our work can be a spiritual practice. You can learn more about her at http://awildnewwork.com/about.

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Austin Davis Website https://msha.ke/austindavis/#about Street Sorrows EP https://open.spotify.com/album/14HG4cScgrnLtJGelfg47D?si=-TUXg_ONQ8WpmDNG2wvbXQ Order Lotus and The Apocalypse - Out March 4th https://www.outcast-press.com/published-works Twitter @Austin_Davis17 Instagram @austinwdavis1 Gateway books Neil Hilborn - OCD poem Billy Collins - Poetry Ray Bradbury Current reads / recently enjoyed /looking forward to The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas Homie - Danez Smith Rosemarie Dombrowski Hunter Hazelton - I Never Understood Religion Until I Learned Your Name The Sunflower Cast a Spell Save Us from the Void - Jackie Wang Buddy Wakefield- Choir of Honest Killers Top 10 What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Raymond Carver The Body - Steven King The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin - Terrance Hayes Wild Milk - Sabrina Orah Mark The Crown Ain't Worth Much - Hanif Abdurraqib Night Sky With Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong Crush - Richard Siken Depression & Other Magic Tricks- Sabrina Benaim Don't call us dead - Danez Smith

Street Poets has been blessed to have many powerful female leaders, healers, writers and teaching artists steward our creative community forward over the past 25 years.  Inspired by the saying "each one, teach one," SISTERS IN RHYME amplifies the original poetry, music and wisdom of three of Street Poets' most gifted co-creators, past and present: spoken-word artist/poet and former Program Director MAYDA DEL VALLE, poet/rapper/DJ/producer/dancer/filmmaker and current program coordinator JAYNESE "JAY" POOLE,  and poet/singer/rapper/producer/teaching assistant and self-proclaimed "poetry geek" AIYANA DA'BRIEL.  Infused with original poetry and music, this episode is a celebration of sisterhood and the creative process.This STREET POETS PODCAST episode "SISTERS IN RHYME"is a production of Street Poets Inc. (streetpoetsinc.com)• Featuring Jaynese "Jay" Poole, Aiyana Da'Briel & Mayda Del Valle• Hosted & Edited by Art Quiros• Produced by Chris Henrikson• Street Poets "I Got Love" Podcast Theme Music features:Vocals by BRIA & Taylor Code, Music by Dave Wittman• "Wild Village" poem by Jaynese "Jay" Poole• "Unprotected" verse written & rapped by Jaynese "Jay" Poole• "Complacent" Vocals & Music by Aiyana Da'Briel• "Dinosaurs in the Hood" Excerpt from poem by Danez Smith (see YouTube to hear Danez perform the poem in its entirety)• "Making My Way Home" poem by Aiyana Da'Briel• Additional Music by Art Quiros• Special Thanks: Jake Falby & New MathMETAPHORS BE WITH YOU!

Chris and Courtney sit down with Danez Smith to talk about Passion, Process, Pitfalls, and Poetry!  Danez Smith is a Black, Queer, Poz writer & performer from St. Paul, MN. Danez is the author of “Homie” (Graywolf Press, 2020), "Don't Call Us Dead" (Graywolf Press, 2017), winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award, and a finalist for the National Book Award, and "[insert] boy" (YesYes Books, 2014), winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. They are the recipient of fellowships from the Poetry Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Montalvo Arts Center, Cave Canem, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Danez's work has been featured widely including on Buzzfeed, The New York Times, PBS NewsHour, Best American Poetry, Poetry Magazine, and on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Danez has been featured as part of Forbes' annual 30 Under 30 list and is the winner of a Pushcart Prize. They are a member of the Dark Noise Collective and is the co-host of VS with Franny Choi, a podcast sponsored by the Poetry Foundation and Postloudness. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

NB: In a week or two, Brian Platzer and I will be discussing I'm Thinking of Ending Things, the novel and the movie. Read/Watch it now to pre-empt spoilers!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– James Nguyen's spoken-word poetry– My conversation with Austin Allen– Some very popular very Christian very bad spoken-word poetry on YouTube– Harry Baker's spoken-word poetry– Danez Smith's poetry, spoken-word and otherwise– Nate Marshall's poetry, spoken-word and otherwise– David Pizarro's Beats Without Rhymes– David Brooks' book The Second Mountain– Mark Manson's book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck– Will Smith, actor, philosopher– Plato's GorgiasPlease rate, review, and subscribe! Or just recommend the show to a friend!Send questions, comments, and suggestions to sleerickets@gmail.com. Music by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith

On Episode 60 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete has the pleasure to speak with the talented writer Andrew Liu. The two talk about Andrew's poetry, which is multifaceted and inspired by so many disparate people and art and experiences and traditions. Andrew speaks to both the cerebral and emotional in his poetry and its connections to the idea of the muse, the Kaguya tradition, writing about paradox, and so much more.     Andrew Liu is a 2020 MFA graduate of CSU Long Beach's Creative Writing - Poetry program. He is published in two student magazines: East Los Angeles City College's Milestone and CSU Long Beach's Riprap. You can read his MFA thesis, California Metaphysics, which collects some of his best poems, on CSULB's thesis database (https://www.proquest.com/docview/2455809945/C36DDE5A65C748F1PQ/1). You can also view a recording of a virtual reading of selected poems organized by Andrew Liu and his friend Jesse Tovar on Youtube: https://youtu.be/duw83IwH5fk.  Show Notes and Links to Andrew Liu's Work   Andrew Liu's Cal State Long Beach Thesis-California Metaphysics   Andrew performs on Jan 8, 2021: My Place Cafe Events   At about 3:15, Andrew talks about growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, learning English as a second language, and the eventual eclipsing of Taiwanese by English; he also talks about his “contentious” relationship with languages and the precarious Taiwanese    At about 9:45, Andrew talks about his linguistic history and how it might affect his writing; in addition, this leads to his discussion of language as a barrier and an enhancer of imagery   At about 12:00, Andrew hones in on how he saw himself as a poet through his varied interests as a child, as well as through help from Ms. Burkhart and the YAWP (Young Aspiring Writers Program)   At about 13:30, Andrew discusses writers who have given him “chills at will,” including Edgar Lee Masters, whose work connected to Andrew's ruminations on identity   At about 17:30, Andrew comments on the times at which when he saw himself apply the form to the imagination, including community college as an freeing and formative experience    At about 22:00, Andrew talks about the hierarchy of “manly” vs. “unmanly,” gay vs. straight, childhish vs. “grown up” and how his work plays on these opposites   At about 27:00, Andrew talks about the tropes of the “manchild” and the patriarchal control that shrugs and says, “boys will be boys” and how he writes to combat these as forms of protest   At about 30:00, Andrew talks about writing in the “surreal” time of Trumpism   At about 31:00, Andrews draws connections between childhood and adulthood, and his view of the fluidity of the two   At about 32:25, Andrew talks about the search for his writer's autonomy and a transformational experience in hearing a high school classmate's commanding performance, as well as his response poem in 12th grade in a “classics slam” to Ha Jin's poem, “Ways of Talking”   At about 36:00, Andrew discusses inspirations for his thesis poetry collection-”California Metaphysics”   At about 39:00, Andrew talks about muses in his writing, particularly the problematic ways in which it is often used   At about 41:00, Andrew talks about his appreciation of Kaguya, particularly The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and the triumphs, resolve, and tragedies of Princess Kaguya; he connects the passivity and activity of the princess and its connection to his view of the muse    At about 44:15, Andrews reads an excerpt from “Ossified Landscape w/ Faceless Girl, alt. Kaguya”   At about 46:30, Pete and Andrew discuss the idea of Takahata and others “interpreting” the traditional and ancient Kaguya storyline, and Andrew talks about his concerted use of parentheses in his poem   At about 52:05, Pete and Andrew discuss The Eternal Sunshine of the Mind, and its role as one of Andrew's favorite movies and connections to Andrew's work, specifically “Ossified Landscape…”   At about 54:40, Pete details craft successes from Andrew and asks Andrew for feedback; Andrew discusses erasure and identity and the ephemerality, with regard to the two movies mentioned above, as well as Jeremy Renner's Arrival, based on Ted Chiang's short story “Story of your Life”   At about 1:03:00, Andrew talks about ephemerality as seen in art, as well as his use of the moon as a symbol in his work   At about 1:07:55, Andrew connects the “paradise myth” to Danez Smith's epic poem, “summer, somewhere”   At about 1:09:00, Pete and Andrew discuss Andrew's poem “ ‘C' for California” after Andrew reads it; Andrew talks about the poem as part of the academic tradition of poetry and the influence of Stand Up Poetry, pioneered by Andrew's Cal State Long Beach mentor, Charles Harper Webb; the conversation then delves into nature's connections to Andrew's and other literature   At about 1:22:15, Andrew talks about future projects and the potential for his thesis You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Spotify, Stitcher, and Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. This episode and other episodes are featured on “The Chills at Will Podcast” YouTube Channel. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode is “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com.

Mary and Wyatt settle in at the kitchen table for a long and winding discussion of alcohol, addiction, and mental health. They talk about the difference between physical and mental addiction, how “what kind of drunk you are” affects your perceptioån of your behavior, and coping with boredom without substances. They also talk about the recent spate of discriminatory anti-trans legislation in Arkansas, Alabama, and Tennessee, and talk about how allies can support trans people and trans youth. Also on the agenda: Mary and Wyatt's top ten favorite albums, big plans for the Mary/Wyatt homestead, and poems by Danez Smith and Marty McConnell.