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SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chatLeave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it's easier). Thanks!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Cameron's opening reading for the Critical Path Symposium (w/ Elijah, too!) October 24 at 11:00 a.m. US EasternWelcome Session (Thu 10/24) https://brandeis.zoom.us/j/99723229304?pwd=8PxJRe3eaLx9SV3BzZOTyFUbhw99qN.1Symposium Sessions (Thu/Fri/Sat) https://brandeis.zoom.us/j/93979607180?pwd=MfaFbLZWNLZJAxcOY3cm6eTsJESVqL.1Readings (Thu/Fri/Sat) https://brandeis.zoom.us/j/92469126577?pwd=ZMYw1sFP889LzAgkkzlRrSD1hA1gqz.1– That Peculiar Affirmative by Jonathan Farmer– The Battle for Attention by Nathan Heller– Jonathan's review of Promises of Gold by Jose Olivarez– The Lottery in Babylon by Jorge Luis Borges– American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes– Robert Wilson– The Way of the Gun (2000)– Football Club Bruno's Magpies– Ned Kelly– Oulipo– Italo Calvino– Portlandia– Alan Shapiro– The episode of Poetry Says in which Alice and I did indeed end up talking about Gwen Harwood's Krote poems, among other things– The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead– Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning– Wendy Cope's Strugnell poems– Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis by Wendy Cope– Barry (2018)Frequently mentioned names:– Joshua Mehigan– Shane McCrae– A. E. Stallings– Ryan Wilson– Morri Creech– Austin Allen– Jonathan Farmer– Zara Raab– Amit Majmudar– Ethan McGuire– Coleman Glenn– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith
By Terrance Hayes
The pair you are about to hear are not professionals. Their opinions and beliefs are not fact. They are just two idiots that are Spitting Nonsense. Hi, We are Jasmine and Zach here to present you with some nerdy news! We upload our news podcast on Wednesdays and our bonus episode on Saturdays! Support us by following us on Discord at: discord.gg/yjxsKww Give us feedback and let us know how you feel in our #questions-and-suggestions channel on the Discord listed above. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spittingnonsense/message
My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here!For more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chat!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Come see a slew of poets, including me, at Suite in Morningside Heights in NYC on Sunday May 19 at 3:00 p.m. and join afterward for food/drinks!– Near the Summer Pavilion by Morri Creech– The Sentence by Morri Creech– For My Father: A Sonnet Redouble by Alexis Sears– The Swimmer by John Cheever– Late Wife by Claudia Emerson– American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes– The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot– Mr. Flood's Party by E. A. Robinson– Sonnet 60– Sir Thomas Wyatt– The nightmarish antlionFrequently mentioned names:– Joshua Mehigan– Shane McCrae– A. E. Stallings– Ryan Wilson– Morri Creech– Austin Allen– Jonathan Farmer– Zara Raab– Amit Majmudar– Ethan McGuire– Coleman Glenn– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith
On this episode of Vibe Check, Sam, Saeed, and Zach check-in about the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Plus, a few recommendations to help you keep your vibe right.We want to hear from you! Email us at vibecheck@stitcher.com, and keep in touch with us on Instagram at @samsanders, @theferocity, and @zachstaff. ------------------------------------------------------RECOMMENDATIONS:SAM: Welcome Home - Gareth DonkinSAEED: “American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin” by Terrance HayesZACH: Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Donald Trump by Spencer Ackerman
By Terrance Hayes
Discussions on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tacoma, Slay the Spire, Fortnite having an unlikely crossover with fantasy series Mistborn, Epic vs. Apple stories from the court proceedings, and our personal favorite games from the 8th console generation. 00:07:18 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Heath) 00:15:36 - Twilight Imperium 4E Session 00:17:08 - Assassin's Creed Odyssey DLC (Chris) 00:22:03 - Tacoma (Chris) 00:30:03 - Slay the Spire (Chris) 00:37:21 - Sony Reverses Decision to Shutter PS3 and Vita Stores 00:39:55 - Fortnite has Crossover with Fantasy Novel Mistborn 00:44:45 - Epic vs. Apple Court Case Takeaways 00:51:31 - Future Assassin's Creed Franchise Direction Speculation 00:55:03 - Email: Our Favorite Games from the Previous Generation? 01:06:13 - Closing Statements Send us an email at mobiustubespodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @mobiustubes Original release date: June 2nd, 2021
Ian McMillan explores the dream like experience of 'reverie' - with Terrance Hayes, Bea Roberts, Rachel Genn and Ira Lightman. What does reverie mean to writers in 2021? Is it simply a waste of time and a state of procrastination? Novelist and neuroscientist Rachel Genn argues that a reverie can be a creative state, a propping open of the self, which lets the world 'sniff around'. The state of reverie was important to Wanda Coleman, the American poet known as 'the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles'. Coleman died in 2013, and her selected poems 'Wicked Enchantment' has just been published. The collection is edited and introduced by the poet Terrance Hayes, who joins us to celebrate her work, and to share one of her 'American sonnets', which inspired the form of his own collection 'American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin'. ' How does modern technology affect reverie? Can we truly get lost in our thoughts in the age of the 'doomscroll' and the 'rabbit-hole' of the internet? Theatre-maker Bea Roberts has written us a short audio piece taking us on an online reverie through auto-harps and silk pyjamas. A Verb about 'reverie' would not be complete without a reverie about the word 'reverie' itself. Our regular guest, the poet Ira Lightman lets us dream ourselves into its heart with a new poem commissioned for The Verb - and invites our guests to collaborate with him on air. And do we need a more approachable sounding word for 'reverie' ?
Connor and Jack close out National Poetry Month 2021 with a series of episodes exploring the history and enduring popularity of one of poetry's iconic forms: the sonnet. To start off they travel back almost 800 years to the birth of the sonnet, discuss "Sonetto 26" by Giacomo da Lentini, and then zoom back to the present and dive into Terrance Hayes American Sonnet for my Past and Future Assassin." Sonetto 26 By: Giacomo da Lentini (Translation by Leo Zoutewelle) I’ve seen it rain on sunny days And seen the darkness flash with light And even lightning turn to haze, Yes, frozen snow turn warm and bright And sweet things taste of bitterness And what is bitter taste most sweet And enemies their love confess And good, close friends no longer meet. Yet stranger things I’ve seen of love Who healed my wounds by wounding me. The fire in me he quenched before; The life he gave was the end thereof, The fire that slew eluded me. Once saved from love, love now burns more. American Sonnet for my Past and Future Assassin By: Terrance Hayes I lock you in an American sonnet that is part prison, Part panic closet, a little room in a house set aflame. I lock you in a form that is part music box, part meat Grinder to separate the song of the bird from the bone. I lock your persona in a dream-inducing sleeper hold While your better selves watch from the bleachers. I make you both gym & crow here. As the crow You undergo a beautiful catharsis trapped one night In the shadows of the gym. As the gym, the feel of crow- Shit dropping to your floors is not unlike the stars Falling from the pep rally posters on your walls. I make you a box of darkness with a bird in its heart. Voltas of acoustics, instinct & metaphor. It is not enough To love you. It is not enough to want you destroyed. Find us at our website: www.closetalking.com/ Find us on Facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking Find us on Twitter at: twitter.com/closetalking Find us on Instagram: @closetalkingpoetry You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com.
In this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa discuss some of their favorite poetry collections. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dearlitpod Media Mentioned: “Teen Writers Deserve Better Than the Teen Writing Scene” by Amanda Silberling (Electric Literature) “Why Do I Write in My Colonizers’ Language?” by Anandi Mishra (Electric Literature) The Burning God by R.F. Kuang, performed by Emily Woo Zeller (HarperCollins Audio) CN: Violence (wartime & against women), rape, drug & alcohol use, drug addiction (opium), & cannibalism “Visible Invisibility: The Ghostly Nature of Queer-Reading” by Miachel Elias (Catapult Magazine) A Cruelty Special to Our Species: Poems by Emily Jungmin Yoon (HarperCollins) CN: Violence (wartime & against women), state-sanctioned violence, & rape A House Made of Water by Michelle Lin (Sibling Rivalry Press) American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes (Penguin Poets) CN: Racism (anti-Black), slavery, police brutality, sexual content Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson (Vintage) CN: Sexual abuse, drug/alcohol use, violence, sexual content Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar (Alice James Books) CN: Alcohol addiction Homie by Danez Smith (Graywolf Press) i shimmer sometimes, too by Porsha Olayiwola (Button Poetry) Soft Science by Franny Choi (Alice James Books) Trickster Feminism by Anne Waldman (Penguin Poets) CN: Colonialism, racism, state-sanctioned violence, violence against women When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Díaz (Copper Canyon Press) CN: State-sanctioned violence, racism (anti-Indigenous), addiction, terrorism, sexual content “How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Read” by Joumana Khatib (The New York Times) “Your Book Might Not Sell, and You Have to Live with That” by Abigail Rasminsky (Electric Literature)
BLACK LIVES MATTER. In this episode, we discuss the resources we’ve been turning to to better our selves as allies for the black community. We also discuss Harry finally postponing tour and the Watermelon Sugar music video. BLM Resources https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ https://bailproject.org/ https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/ https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKRGnoz_JnI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTfXQXU-t6o To Watch: When They See Us 13th Dear White People Moonlight LA92 #BlackAF To Read: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on how to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell Americanah by Chimamanda Ngoni Adichie The Sellout by Paul Beatty The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes Map to the Stars by Adrian Matejka To Listen To: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7uzSLw9HoRoU6NgTj12Pid?si=5habY4z5QgiFbntIesv0yQ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmypodcast https://twitter.com/mfulms21 https://twitter.com/mollyeliizabeth
Today's poem is American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin ["You don't seem to want it, but you wanted it"] by Terrance Hayes. This episode originally aired on April 9, 2019.
Stephanie Burt is a literary critic and poet who is Professor of English at Harvard University and a transgender activist. The New York Times has called her "one of the most influential poetry critics of [her] generation". Burt grew up near Washington, D.C. She has published four collections of poetry and many works of literary criticism. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Believer, and The Boston Review. Her book Randall Jarrell and His Age reevaluates Jarrell's importance as a poet. The book won the Warren Brooks Award in 2002. In 2017, she transitioned to female. She has since been active in LGBTQA+ rights and awareness campaigns We met at her offices in Cambridge, MA to talk about this, and about her recent book Don't Read Poetry. Among other things we discuss how to read poetry, or avoid it; the acceptance of music versus poetry; Seamus Heaney and James Joyce; Rupi Kaur and teenage girls, Lorine Niedecker, Robin Robertson, Terrance Hayes's 'American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin'. Reasons to read poetry: - giving voice to a state of mind, character - living the lives of others - verbal technique, challenge, wisdom - helping you to decide what to do - and underestimating the time it takes to walk places.
Indiana Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka speaks with acclaimed poet Terrance Hayes, author of the recent collection, "American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin.”
Indiana Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka speaks with acclaimed poet Terrance Hayes, author of the recent collection, "American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin.”
On a very special episode of Now That We're Friends, our new friend Juanita is fighting with family over political differences. She asks Caroline, Anne and Gale for advice on how to find peace and perspective when surrounded by conflict. Gale has an imaginary argument about shrimp. Caro talks about the burn out that comes with anger. Anne has a moment of uncertainty that leads to her expressing her love of watching Kevin Bacon dance out his frustrations in an abandoned warehouse. There's also plenty of tips on how to deal with family about differing ideologies, including watching unifying shows like Parks and Recreation, arguing alone in the shower and making up songs to the tune of "Love Shack". They also try to come up with a way to hack Queer Eye. If all else fails, there's always stepping out into a field somewhere and avoiding responsibility. But while you're there, you might as well check out... Juanita's "political strategy": “I Never Figured How to Get Free” by Donika Kelly (poem) Gale “An Atlas of the Difficult World” by Adrienne Rich (poetry book) “What Kind Of Times Are These” (poem) Anne “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”by Junot Díaz (book) Caroline “Island Born” by Junot Díaz (book) Caroline “Dreaming in Cuban” by Cristina García (novel) Caroline “Hubble Photographs After Sappho” Adrienne Rich (poem) Gale “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life” by Richard Carlson(book) Anne Wildlife conservation and the art of letting go | Geraldine Morelli | TEDxWandsworth (Ted Talk) Gale Two Dope Queens (podcast) Caroline Parks And Recreation (tv show) Gale “Hope in the Dark” by Rebecca Solnit (book) Gale So Many White Guys (podcast) Caroline American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes (book) Anne The Bees Make Money in the Lion by Lo Kwa Mei-en (book) Caroline “The Alien Crown” King Me by Roger Reeves (book) “Southern Charm” Caroline Antibalas (Band) Caroline “Borderline (An Ode to Self Care)" by Solange Knowles (song) Gale “Didn't Cha Know” by Erykah Badu (song and music video) Gale Accomplish a small task. Caroline 30 Rock “Retreat to Move Forward” S3 E9 (tv show) Caroline Buying or donating something in someone's name. Gale Footloose (movie) Anne Queer Eye (tv show) Caroline The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limón (book) Gale
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The Verb does a deep dive into the word 'America' - why does it have such a hold on the imagination? Ian's guests are Tracy K Smith, the US Poet Laureate, nominated for the TS Eliot prize for her collection 'Wade in the Water', and Terrance Hayes, author of 'American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin', which was also shortlisted for the TS Eliot. Joining them is the critic Sarah Churchwell, author of Behold, America: A History of America First and the American Dream. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Faith Lawrence
Seventy sonnets written in the first two hundred days of Trump's presidency, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, by Terrance Hayes, flies out of the cages of literary, cultural, and historical forms. Warning: Today's episode contains strong language that some listeners may find offensive.
The staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe has reported on “The Apprentice” and its impact on Donald Trump—on how America saw Trump, and how Trump saw himself. Keefe spoke with Jonathon Braun, who was a supervising producer on “The Apprentice,” about how the show’s team reshaped Trump’s image, and how the news media are doing that same work for him now that he is President. Dan Kaufman, the author of “The Fall of Wisconsin,” explains how a deal to bring manufacturing jobs to an industrial town in Wisconsin became a boondoggle of national proportions. And Terrance Hayes, the author of “American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin,” reads a poem for the New Year.
This month, Lisa, Richard, and Aubrey discuss the new book of sonnets from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin. Hayes' sonnets are "acrid with tear gas, and they unravel with desire." For the poetry doubters everywhere. Read along for next month : Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward You can email us at bedrosian.center@usc.edu. Follow us on Twitter. Please like the Bedrosian Bookclub on Facebook. Check out the showpage for what we're reading and more. This podcast was produced by Aubrey Hicks and Jonathan Schwartz. Sound production by the Brothers Hedden.
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In today's flash briefing poetry reading, Alonso Llerena is a guest reader. He reads Terrance Hayes' "American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin." We recorded in two different places and times, so the volume might jump around a bit, but it is worth it to hear his voice here again on the vlog's weekday readings! Plus, this is one of my favorite contemporary poems. More on Alonso Llerena -- Alonso is a poet and teacher in Washington D.C. of Peruvian descent. His work confronts being an immigrant here in the USA, but specifically as a Peruvian who left his country at a young age. His most recent work also addresses the Internal Armed Conflict Peru underwent from 1980-2000. Transcript of the poem, recording of Hayes reading the poem, and more on Terrance Hayes -- (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/143917/american-sonnet-for-my-past-and-future-assassin-598dc83c976f1) ● 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).
What is authenticity in a community? What is an authentic community? In a world which never stops changing, growing, evolving ... how can planners take up the challenge of authenticity? Host Lisa Schweitzer talks with editors Brettany Shannon and Laura Tate of the new book Planning for AuthentiCITIES about the challenge and how to move toward inclusive and democratic communities. We're reading American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes for next month! Read along with us! Let us know what you think of the book & our podcasts on Facebook or Twitter. Lisa on Twitter: @drschweitzer Brettany on Twitter: @brettanyshannon
Lauren Groff reads from her new book, Florida; Terrance Hayes reads from American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin; plus readings by Hanif Abdurraqib and A. M. Homes.
In this episode, Isaac, Sean, and Anastasia talk about sonnets! In talking about Shakespeare's sonnet 9, Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias." and Terrance Hayes's "American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin," the team chats about how tracing the development of the sonnet helps us to trace the history of lyric poetry. https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/sonnets/sonnet_view.php?Sonnet=9 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/143917/american-sonnet-for-my-past-and-future-assassin-598dc83c976f1
Host Rachel Zucker talks with award-winning poet Terrance Hayes about Terrance’s new work, living in New York City, the election, teaching workshop, painting, sharing work with peers, not wanting help, provocation, offensive language, the role of audience, and staying true to oneself. Terrance reads a selection of new poems all titled “American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin” to start the conversation.