Podcast appearances and mentions of Diana Khoi Nguyen

This week, acclaimed poets Diana Khoi Nguyen and Cindy Juyoung Ok read selections of their work, followed by a discussion of their processes, themes, techniques, and more. Presented by the Poetry Foundation. This conversation originally took place May 19, 2024 and was recorded live at the American Writers Festival. AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOME About the [...]

This week, acclaimed poets Diana Khoi Nguyen and Cindy Juyoung Ok read selections of their work, followed by a discussion of their processes, themes, techniques, and more. Presented by the Poetry Foundation. This conversation originally took place May 19, 2024 and was recorded live at the American Writers Festival.AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOMEAbout the writers:A poet and multimedia artist, DIANA KHOI NGUYEN is the author of Ghost Of (2018) which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and Root Fractures (2024). Her video work has recently been exhibited at the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art. Nguyen is a Kundiman fellow and member of the Vietnamese artist collective, She Who Has No Master(s). A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and winner of the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest and 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award, she currently teaches in the Randolph College Low-Residency MFA and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh.CINDY JUYOUNG OK is the author of Ward Toward from the Yale Series of Younger Poets and the translator of the forthcoming English translation of The Hell of That Star by Kim Hyesoon.

Today's conversation, with poet and multimedia artist Diana Khoi Nguyen, is not to be missed. Both of her books, Ghost Of and Root Fractures engage with and are shaped by her brother's absence and the family silence surrounding it. Two years before his suicide, her brother quietly removed the family photos from their frames on […] The post Diana Khoi Nguyen : Root Fractures appeared first on Tin House.

Diana Khoi Nguyen reads “Đổi Mới” from her poetry collection Root Fractures, published by Scribner in January 2024.

Notes and Links to Jared Beloff's Work      For Episode 198, Pete welcomes Jared Beloff, and the two discuss, among other topics, an early reading challenge that supercharged his voraciousness, contemporary and not-so contemporary writers who left an imprint on him with their visceral work and distinctive worldbuilding, his quick rise to published and acclaimed poet, and pertinent themes in his collection, including nostalgia, indifference, a fading and changing ecosystem, and the myriad effects of climate change.         Jared Beloff is the author of the Who Will Cradle Your Head (ELJ Editions, 2023).    He earned degrees at Rutgers University (BA in English) Johns Hopkins University (MA in English Literature, specializing in the novel and Romantic/18th Century Literature).    Jared has been an adjunct professor at Queensborough Community College, an English teacher and a teacher mentor in NYC public schools for 16 years.    Jared is currently a peer reviewer for The Whale Road Review. His poetry can be found in Contrary Magazine, Barren Magazine, KGB Bar Lit, The Shore, Rise Up Review, Bending Genres and elsewhere. His work has been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Queens, NY. Buy Who Will Cradle Your Head   Jared's Website   From Identity Theory: “Cracking Open Clams: A Conversation Between Jared Beloff and Candice Kelsey” At about 2:35, Jared talks about a reading challenge that put his reading intake into high-gear   At about 4:25, Jared updates on his reading this summer/including The Sealey Challenge   At about 5:25, Jared reflects on the psychological/philosophical roots of his reading, especially his early reading   At about 7:35, Jared lists some formational and transformational works and writers, like Angels in América and English Patient, as well as Pablo Neruda, Bishop, and Forche's work   At about 10:00, Jared reflects on how his own work reflects that which he has read and enjoyed throughout his life   At about 11:30, Jared responds to Pete's questions about how he has been inspired and moved by fiction and poetry written about climate change; he cites Allegra Hyde's impressive work, as well as work by Hila Ratzabi, Craig Santos-Perez, and Claire Wahmanholm;    At about 14:40, Jared shouts out Diane Seuss, who blurbed his collection, and how her work informs his, as well as how Obit and its metaphors “blew [him] away”   At about 15:20, Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky is highlighted as a stimulus for Jared's writing   At about 16:25, Pete highlights Mai Der Vang's Yellow Rain, and Nguyen and Anthony Cody are shouted out by Jared as influential in his work   At about 17:35, Jared talks about seeds for his collection, especially the “Swamp Thing” poems by Jack Bedell and the ways Todd Dillard uses “wonder”   At about 23:05, Pete highlights the collection's first poem, one “After” Aimee Nezhukumatathil; Jared discusses the methodology of these “After” poems, the ideas of a “muse,” and how he often writes after what/who he teaches   At about 27:50, Jared discusses the background and content of “Animal Crackers”   At about 30:45, Pete compliments Jared on his work regarding his children, and Jared talks about thinking through poems and “allowing wonder to stay” despite “grief-laden” poems   At about 34:30, Jared explains how he used climate change as a proxy a(or vice versa?) for other types of grief both personal and societal    At about 35:40, Pete highlights profound lines and asks about Sasquatch's importance throughout the collection   At about 39:50, Pete and Jared talk structure in Jared's collection, including the diamond/pyramid structure and its uniqueness and power    At about 41:30, Jared shouts out Diana Khoi Nguyen's work and using some structural stimuli   At about 45:05, Pete cites meaningful lines revolving around nostalgia and ideas of energy; he asks Jared about a cool and clever and depressing poem involving the Golden Girls   At about 48:15, Pete asks Jared his views on nostalgia in his work; Jared connects nostalgia with climate change circumstances    At about 51:15, Indifference in the face of climate emergencies is discussed, and Jared discusses “complic[ity]” and political choices   At about 53:00, Jared responds to Pete's questions about climate change advocacy in the system  “tied/tired” as used in a poem   At about 54:00, Jared gives history on Freshkills and its history and eccentric future   At about 55:30, Jared reads the portion of the above poem that features the collection's title and explains the title's genesis    At about 59:00, Jared discusses exciting new projects    At about 1:01:30, Jared shouts out places to buy his book    You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. 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On this episode of Antioch MFA Program's LitCit, host Maggie Lam chats with guest Diana Khoi Nguyen about their beginnings as a poet, philosophies in teaching, and techniques used in creating their debut poetry collection Ghost Of. Diana reads “Triptych” and shares stories and tips around self-care when writing about trauma and grief. This episode was produced by Michael Sedillo and mastered by Maggie Lam.  

Recorded by Diana Khoi Nguyen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 17, 2023. www.poets.org

Diana Khoi Nguyen is a poet and multimedia artist. She is the author of the poetry collection, Ghost Of (Omnidawn Publishing, 2018) which was a finalist for the National Book Award and L.A. Times Book Prize. In this episode we talk about grief, complex emotions, silence, and breaking that silence through art. Note: There is a bit of static in the beginning on my end that I wasn't aware of while recording - but it gets better!This episode was audio produced by Katie McMurran. Music is by Madisen Ward.

In this special episode of Poets at Work, as a supplement to Foothill Poetry Journal's 2021 release, we talk to Diana Khoi Nguyen about ghosts, poetic form, prepositions, and writing through loss. The interview is in print in the 2021 issue of Foothill Poetry Journal, which you can read online at cgu.edu/foothill.   For a transcript of this episode, email cgupodcasts at gmail.com and include the episode title.

What is it like being a woman in STEM? Listen in as Juanita Dawson (MS, Information Systems & Technology, '05) shares her journey of going from the only woman in her math and sciences classes to becoming the director of cybersecurity and compliance at Raytheon Technologies.   In this special episode of Poets at Work, as a supplement to Foothill Poetry Journal's 2021 release, we talk to Diana Khoi Nguyen about ghosts, poetic form, prepositions, and writing through loss. The interview is in print in the 2021 issue of Foothill Poetry Journal, which you can read online at cgu.edu/foothill.   For a transcript of this episode, email cgupodcasts at gmail.com and include the episode title.

I had the pleasure of interviewing my friend Diana Khoi Nguyen, award-winning author and multi-media artist. I first met Diana on the book tour of her debut poetry collection: Ghost Of. This book is described as a is a haunting exploration of grief's aftermath, for a sister and a family. As a poet and artist, Dianna continues to excavate her family's history including what it was like for her parents to be refugees of the Vietnam War. I was fascinated by her career path and what lead her to poetry. I enjoyed hearing about mentors who helped to see her potential as a poet and I also loved hearing about how she decided to mix mediums and introduce photos cuts outs into her book to help tell the. It was so great to talk with someone so immensely talented and open to artist expression. To learn more about Diana Khoi Nguyen and to check out her writing visit her website at dianakhoinguyen.com

Recorded by Diana Khoi Nguyen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 13, 2021. www.poets.org

Show Notes and Links to Chaya Bhuvaneswar's Work and Allusions/Texts from Episode 57 On Episode 57, Pete welcomes Chaya Bhuvaneswar, the brilliant craftswoman of White Dancing Elephants, the award-winning short story collection. Pete and Chaya talk about inspiring writers, Chaya's influences and great mentorship from legendary writers, her diverse and not-so diverse experiences growing up in Queens, the ways in which her writing has been informed by her knowledge of religious texts, themes in her short story collection, the power of second-person narration, and much more.   Chaya Bhuvaneswar is a practicing physician and writer whose story collection WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS was a 2019 finalist for the PEN/ American Bingham Debut Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Narrative Magazine, Tin House, Electric Lit, The Rumpus, The Millions, Michigan Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. Her poetry and prose juxtapose Hindu epics, other myths and histories, and the survival of sexual harassment and racialized sexual violence by diverse women of color. Her book received coverage on the LA Times books section front page, NPR and other national outlets, and is available for purchase at bookshop.org, Amazon,org or your local indie bookstore!   Buy Chaya Bhuvaneswar's White Dancing Elephants (Bookshop) Buy Chaya Bhuvaneswar's White Dancing Elephants (Amazon) NPR Article Reviewing Chaya's White Dancing Elephants Chaya Bhuvaneswar's Website Starred Review in Kirkus for White Dancing Elephants   At around 3:00, Chaya talks about her influences growing up-including her upbringing in Flushing, Queens, and its racial diversity that was in contrast to her high school's lack thereof;  she also talks about how growing up in an environment rich with exposure to Buddhism and Hinduism shaped her   At around 9:00, talks about the writers, including Min Jin Lee and Victor LaValle, who have explored the “distance” between growing up in racially and ethnically-diverse neighborhoods and attending schools lacking that diversity    At around 10:50, Chaya talks about how the religious texts she was exposed to as a kid informed her writing and worldview, and how the Amar Chitra Katha series of comics was influential in her future storytelling    At around 15:30, Chaya talks about the balance between enjoying the wonderful epics and tales of India, such as Kathasaritsagara, and avoiding them being used for nationalistic and discriminatory purposes   At around 17:10, Chaya talks about Edward Said's Orientalism and its connection to the caste system of India, especially with regards to how the British “gave weight to ancient ideas” about India   At around 22:30, Chaya talks about her “ideal reader” as one of conscience and awareness   At around 23:25, Chaya talks about being multilingual and how her ability to read and/or write other languages have informed her reading and writing styles   At around 25:25, Chaya talks about her study of Sanskrit, and its connection to discussions around    At around 28:40, talks about the texts and writers who have given her “chills at will,” including Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, Italo Calvino, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jericho Brown, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Evie Shockley, Vanessa Angelica Villarreal, Nicole Sealey, and Maggie Smith (particularly for her “Good Bones”)   At around 34:00, Chaya reads an excerpt from “Good Bones”   At around 34:45, Chaya talks about her appreciation for Seamus Heaney   At around 36:45, Pete and Chaya exchange Louise Erdrich recommendations, including “The Painted Drum” and “The Red Convertible”    At around 38:45, Chaya talks about her medical background and how her outlook has changed through working as a psychiatrist, especially during this pandemic; she references another brilliant writer/medical professional, Nawal El Saadawi, and how her treatment in the press is emblematic of clumsiness in treatment of non-white women who are doctors and writers   At around 44:30, we have an ad from friends of The Chills at Will Podcast,Get Lit Podcast   At around 47:40, Chaya talks about how she caught the writing bug and how she learned that she was a skilled writer; she also talks about inspiration from the great Ved Mehta, whom she recently wrote about for LitHub, Seamus Heaney, Salman Rushdie, and Wole Soyinka   At around 54:00, Chaya talks about “to agent” or “not to agent” and the success of Deeshaw Philyaw as a possible harbinger of change in the pub world's view of small presses; Philyaw's debut short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction   At around 55:30, Chaya talks about her short-story collection, White Dancing Elephants, and the ordering of the 17 stories, with great help from her wonderful editor, Michelle Dotter   At around 58:00, Chaya talks about the significance and genesis of the title of her title story from White Dancing Elephants, including its connection to the Buddha and his mother   At around 1:04:40, Pete and Chaya discuss stories within stories from her collection, and Chaya describes her thought process in writing “The Story of the Woman Who Fell in Love with Death"   At around 1:07:15, Chaya discusses the story “Talinda,” including some self-doubt that crept up when she was writing it   At around 1:15:00, Chaya reads from “Talinda”   At around 1:21:00, Chaya talks about how aftermath comes into play in her story collection and the importance of “twisty endings” and “sticking the ending”-”Heitor” and “Talinda” are used as examples   At around 1:22:40, Chaya discusses the story “Bhopal, 1984” and its historical basis    At around 1:25:00, Chaya discusses her use of second-person in some of her writing   At around 1:26:40, Pete highlights some standout writing from Chaya, and Chaya describes “invisible prose”   At around 1:29:35, Chaya discusses the story “Adristakama” and its connection to multiple meanings that can be derived    At around 1:33:00, Chaya reads another excerpt from “Talinda”   At around 1:35:00, Chaya discusses upcoming projects, including an adult novel, a young adult novel, and a memoir that she is working on   You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. 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Producer's note: We return this week to Diana Khoi Nguyen's reading of poems from Asian poets in diaspora. Please support your local Asian diaspora and anti-racist community organizing, as you can. In particular, Nguyen recommends donations to Stop AAPI Hate's fund: https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate Diana Khoi Nguyen on her selection: In a time of global isolation unprecedented for multiple generations, I have retreated into the community of words of others, that is, a return to the nook of books, day in, day out, and it is very much a comfort--a return to the routine days of my sequestered childhood. Today found me missing poets, writers, and humans with whom I would have had some kind of social and physical contact in this now long-gone former world of conferences, events, and travel. In a sense, I am able to be with these writers, and now enable for them to be with you--by facilitating an encounter between them and you in this intimate aural space. For this recording, I read the follow poems from the following writers: Jane Wong, "Everything" Dao Strom, excerpt from "Self-Travelogue/s (Endemism)” Mary-Kim Arnold, "American Girlhood” Vaan Nguyen, "Mekong River" Christine Shan Shan Hou "Amanuensis"

Diana Khoi Nguyen on her selection: In a time of global isolation unprecedented for multiple generations, I have retreated into the community of words of others, that is, a return to the nook of books, day in, day out, and it is very much a comfort--a return to the routine days of my sequestered childhood. Today found me missing poets, writers, and humans with whom I would have had some kind of social and physical contact in this now long-gone former world of conferences, events, and travel. In a sense, I am able to be with these writers, and now enable for them to be with you--by facilitating an encounter between them and you in this intimate aural space. For this recording, I read the follow poems from the following writers: Jane Wong, "Everything" Dao Strom, excerpt from "Self-Travelogue/s (Endemism)” Mary-Kim Arnold, "American Girlhood” Vaan Nguyen, "Mekong River" Christine Shan Shan Hou, "Amanuensis" Music: "Shift of Currents" by Blue Dot Sessions // CC BY-NC 2.0

Content Warning: Suicidality Connor and Jack think through Diana Khoi Nguyen's remarkable poem "Family Ties," part of her haunting debut collection Ghost Of. They discuss the complex emotional textures Nguyen evokes in the poem, the challenges of representations of suicide, and ideas of family, self, and metaphorical webs. More on Nguyen here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/diana-khoi-nguyen Family Ties By: Diana Khoi Nguyen Gradually a girl’s innocence itself becomes her major crime A doe and her two fawns bent low in the sumac along the bank of a highway, the pinched peach of their ears twitching in the heat Into the disordered evening my brother cut out only his face from every photograph in the hall, carefully slipping each frame back into position What good does it do? Decades of no faces other than our own chipping faces What good does it do, this resemblance to nothing we know of the dollhouse New parents watch their newborn resting in a sunny patch of an empty room, the newborn making sense of its container— And from the road a deer ripened in death and a tuft of fur—or dandelion— tumbled along, gently circled, driftwood, shaking loose, gathered, dissolving into the mouths of jewelweed nearby Earth is rife with iron and blood is rich in stardust Immediately I spotted one hoof print, then nothing, as if this was where she dragged herself out of the body Strips of tire torn from their orbit Is it right then, that we are left to hurtle alone Find us at our website: www.closetalking.com/ Find us on Facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking 
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"[The book] becomes a very visceral reminder of the way grief changes." Beer: Hoppy Blonde (Ferus Artisan Ales, Birmingham) Poetry: Diana Khoi Nguyen from her book "Ghost Of"(Omnidawn, 2018) Girl Crush: Princess Nokia Wash your hands and stay safe! In this week's episode we talk about Erica's favorite Ferus Artisan Ales beer and discuss the "holes" that grief leaves in our lives through Diana Khoi Nguyen's book, "Ghost Of" written about the suicide of her brother.

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Todo juramento envolve um sentimento de compromisso e conexão. E este poema da Diana Khoi Nguyen representa bem isso. Poema original: https://bit.ly/2raUxNW

Diana Khoi Nguyen is tackling silence. The poet and multimedia artist talks with Danez and Franny about writing into the spaces left by her late brother, splicing family videos, teaching MBA students to codeswitch, and interviewing the Vietnamese diaspora across generations. Plus, a very existential This vs. That, and a FANTASTIC pun to end the show. Also–VERY IMPORTANTLY–follow her dog on IG at https://www.instagram.com/waitingforbeckett/. NOTE: Make sure you rate us on Apple Podcasts and write us a review!

In this episode, I talk to US poet Diana Khoi Nguyen (Ghost Of, 2018) about the perseverance of eels, technologies of printing, and how poetry allows for the possibility that our dead will remain present with us in one form or another. Many fine books of poetry came out in the United States last year, but one that stood out in particular was Diana Khoi Nguyen’s debut collection Ghost Of (Omnidawn), which was shortlisted for the 2018 National Book Awards. The poems of Ghost Of explore how the grief state can open up a wider dialogue with the past—and with the voices that lie both within but also outside of the frame of our family pictures and memories. And it is in that space that we can connect with the grief of others and where we can share our losses. This episode features the poem “A woman may not be a safe place” from Diana Khoi Nguyen’s Ghost Of, published in April 2018 by Omnidawn. Staying Alive is an original podcast series produced and presented by me, Adriana Jacobs, with editing by Danielle Beeber and Danny Cox, and music by The Zombie Dandies. Support for this podcast comes from the John Fell Fund. For more information about this episode, including materials that didn’t make it into the final cut, visit the podcast website https://www.stayingalive.show.

In this episode of Poets at Work we listen to the 2019 Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Award reading, featuring poets Diana Khoi Nguyen and Dawn Lundy Martin. For a transcript of this episode, email cgupodcasts at gmail.com and include the episode title. Our intro and outro music for this episode is Lee Rosevere's "Night Caves", licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

"Just Say No" and D.A.R.E. won't work with kids these days, a marijuana educator says. Here's how drug education programs are changing in a legalized world. Then, these business bills are still pending as the session winds down. Next, Denver mayoral candidate Lisa Calderon. Finally, encore interviews with local authors Diana Khoi Nguyen and Nick Arvin.

*Error in episode: compulsory heteronormativity comes from the term, "compulsory heterosexuality," coined by Adrienne Rich, not Audre Lorde. YouTube Edition: (https://youtu.be/YoaYkLzMlBI) or (bit.ly/JacksonNeal1). Youth Poet Laureate in Houston, TX, Jackson Neal — in the running for title of National Youth Poet Laureate — discusses drag poetics, haunting as queer method for healing, trans poetics, Diana Khoi Nguyen's “Ghost Of,” Pabllo Vittar, and so much more. This is part of a longer collaboration in the month of March with Urban Word NYC (urbanwordnyc.org) and The National Youth Poet Laureate Program (youthlaureate.org) with Dr. Camea Davis (cameadavis.com). When guests, especially youth activists, come on the Vlog project, they are being vulnerable and courageous, leaving an open access public record for teaching, learning, and community-building purposes. Beat the trolls and leave love for these special guests in the comments

Today's flash briefing poetry reading Youth Poet Laureate Jackson Neal. He reads Diana Khoi Nguyen's poem, "Family Ties." Join us later this week for our longer chat on trans poetics and haunting as a method for hopeful and queer livability! More on Jackson Neal -- Jackson Neal is a Queer, boundless, scorpio poet from Houston, Texas. They are a two-time Space City Grand Slam Champion, a National YoungArts Foundation Winner in Spoken Word, the Youth Poet Laureate of the Southwestern Region of the United States. For more info and to reach out, visit (jacksonnealpoetry.tk) // Say hi to Jackson on Social: @jaxnealpoetry for both IG and Twitter. On The National Youth Poet Laureate Program: (youthlaureate.org) // (urbanwordnyc.org). ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

Today's flash briefing poetry reading Youth Poet Laureate Jackson Neal. He reads Diana Khoi Nguyen's poem, "Gyotaku." Join us later this week for our longer chat on trans poetics and haunting as a method for hopeful and queer livability! More on Jackson Neal -- Jackson Neal is a Queer, boundless, scorpio poet from Houston, Texas. They are a two-time Space City Grand Slam Champion, a National YoungArts Foundation Winner in Spoken Word, the Youth Poet Laureate of the Southwestern Region of the United States. For more info and to reach out, visit (jacksonnealpoetry.tk) // Say hi to Jackson on Social: @jaxnealpoetry for both IG and Twitter. On The National Youth Poet Laureate Program: (youthlaureate.org) // (urbanwordnyc.org). ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

Diana Khoi Nguyen meditates on the importance of exchanging marital vows. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Ed went to the Winfield Bluegrass Festival, and John went to the New York State Fair. They talk about pigeons, Aaron Neville’s farm, a good meal’s reliance on the right circumstances, why candy and Cool Whip constitute a salad, and the horror of the walking family taco. Follow links to Molly Tuttle, Maren Morris, frillback pigeons, Freville Farm, Aaron Neville, Jimmy Scott, Dizengoff Hummus, frozen limonana, Zahav, Le Pigeon, The Pesthouse, The Buried Giant, Ling Ma on Severance, Diana Khoi Nguyen, John Mahoney, Succession, The Death of Stalin, and the first photograph of a human being. (Sorry that John sounds lousy. Skype updated itself, wiped his settings, and recorded him through the laptop mic instead of his real mic.)

In our latest interview of candidates governor: Democrat Cary Kennedy. She’s served as Colorado State Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Mayor under Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. Democratic State Rep. Alec Garnett offers a bill to allow a judge to keep firearms out of the hands of people who may be a risk to themselves or others. The Boulder City Council will again take up a proposal to bar assault-style weapons, high-capacity magazines and bump stocks. And Vietnamese American poet Diana Khoi Nguyen’s parents fled Vietnam.