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Today's poem is The Running of Several Simulations at Once May Lead to Murky Data by Heather Christle.The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Some might call it fantastical, but in fact, for many, magic is our orientation, or the place where we began as children and never experienced the rupture that befalls most when they become adults.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp
After Yowei got laid off, she kept finding herself trying not to cry in front of other people — and failing. In the episode, Yowei talks to Heather Christle, the author of The Crying Book, to parse what's happening in that moment, what tears are saying and how we should respond to them. From the episode: Heather Christle is a poet and professor at Emory University. She has a new book coming out in March called In the Rhododendrums: A Memoir with Appearances by Virginia Wolf. It's available for preorder in all the usual places. You can follow Heather on Twitter and Instagram @heatherchristle. The Thai Life insurance commerical from our crying experiment Episode credits: Produced by Yowei Shaw and Kim Nederveen Pieterse Edited by John DeLore Mixed by Kyle Pulley Proxy is a completely independent production. To support the show and get exclusive bonus episodes and other goodies, go to patreon.com/proxypodcast. Other ways you can support: Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! That stuff matters apparently. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter for updates, BTS, and shenanigans. Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our free newsletter at patreon.com/proxypodcast. Share with loved ones and spread the word! We don't have a marketing budget and rely on word of mouth.
Break out the croquet for a game of poets named Heather before the queens talk poetry inspired by the movie Heathers. No, Heather, it's Heather's turn!Please support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books: Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books. When she released her 2nd book of poems, TheTrees The Trees, Heather Christle set up a phone number which people could call to have her read a poem to them. The number was (413) 570-3077. You can read more about that endeavor here and here.You can read Heather McHugh's poem "I Knew I'd Sing," listen to McHugh read it, or watch Mary Karr discuss it. Read McHugh's ars poetica "What He Thought" or click here to listen to her read it (at the 30:45 mark).Find out more about the singer Conan Gray.Watch here the clip of the father eulogizing his son at the funeral for Jake and Ram.Check out Dustin Brookshire's poem "If Dolly Parton Had Been My Mother" And then check out the magazine Dustin edits, Limp Wrist.Read GC Waldrep's poem "What Is a Soprano"Read Frank Bidart's "Herbert White"Check out a lunchtime poll in Heathers.Watch the official video for P!nk's song "Trustfall"
Anita usually feels better after a good, long cry. But why is that? She explores that question with a poet who spent years diving deeply into the science and culture of crying. And a forerunner of the "crying selfie" trend shares how he pushes back on toxic masculinity by embracing tears.Meet the guests:- Heather Christle, poet and author of "The Crying Book," takes us into some of the science of crying and looks at tears through a political and gender-informed lens- Viorel Tanase, a model and creative director, explains why he decided to share a crying selfie (before the trend took off) and how being vulnerable is part of the human experienceDig Deeper:More about the "crying selfie"Read the transcript | Review the podcast via your preferred platformLeave a message for Embodied
Anita usually feels better after a good, long cry. But why is that? She explores that question with a poet who spent years diving deeply into the science and culture of crying. And a forerunner of the "crying selfie" trend shares how he pushes back on toxic masculinity by embracing tears. Meet the guests: - Heather Christle, poet and author of "The Crying Book," takes us into some of the science of crying and looks at tears through a political and gender-informed lens - Viorel Tanase, a model and creative director, explains why he decided to share a crying selfie (before the trend took off) and how being vulnerable is part of the human experience Read the transcript | Review the podcast Follow Embodied on Twitter and Instagram Leave us a message for an upcoming episode here!
This episode explores new research, which has found that under the conditions, disease-resistant corals can help protect other corals that are more vulnerable to disease. --- Read this episode's science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘People Are a Living Structure Like a Coral Reef' by Heather Christle here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com Twitter: @samillingworth
https://better-read.com/2021/06/21/ep-99-ash-davida-jane/ Ash reads both poems at the start of this podcast but you can read ‘Kiss of the Sun' by Mary Ruefle here https://www.ronnowpoetry.com/contents/ruefle/KissoftheSun.html And ‘pool party' is in Ash's collection How to Live with Mammal is published by VUP Some of the things we talk about are: Heather Christle's The Crying Book Intan Paramaditha's choose your own adventure novel The Wandering Vivian Gornick's The Situation and the Story Here is an interview with David Wallace-Wells who wrote The Uninhabitable Earth: A story of the future
Welcome to Congress of the Spirits: a poetry ritual and performance. We wanted to create a sacred space in the airwaves for us to commune in, focusing on nourishing our depleted spirits with poetry that stimulates the imagination and crosses over into the dreamworld in which we can imagine a better future. Before this magical reading, Claire and Annar offer a short meditative ritual to enter the virtual and imaginative space of the performance, where we can all share in the experience of poetry. For the ritual: If you have these things (or some of these things) on hand, please gather: a scented item that brings you comfort, a scrap of paper and a writing utensil, and a candle. If not, you just need your imagination. Our Magical Readers: lily someson is a poet and essayist from Chicago. She has obtained a B.A. in Poetry from Columbia College Chicago and is a winner of the 2020 Eileen Lannan poetry prize with the Academy of American Poets, as well as the Spring 2021 Host Publications Chapbook Prize for her chapbook, mistaken for loud comets. She has been published or is forthcoming in Court Green, Queeriosity, and Columbia Poetry Review among others. She is currently a first-year Poetry MFA student at Vanderbilt University and an assistant poetry editor of the Nashville Review. On Ritual, lily says: Some of her favorite rituals include grocery shopping, antiquing, postcard collecting, and visiting Lake Michigan on warm summer mornings. Taisia Kitaiskaia is the author of four books: The Nightgown and Other Poems; Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers, a collaboration with artist Katy Horan and an NPR Best Book of 2017; and Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles as well as its follow-up, Poetic Remedies for Troubled Times: From Ask Baba Yaga. She is the recipient of fellowships from the James A. Michener Center for Writers and The Corporation of Yaddo. On Ritual, Taisia says: "I have a small wooden fairy door against a big bald cypress in the yard. On special occasions, I'll leave a note or talisman behind the door. Heather Christle is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Heliopause. Her first work of nonfiction, The Crying Book, was published in 2019, with translations now appearing in many languages throughout Europe and Asia. She teaches creative writing at Emory University. Heather says: My favorite ritual is taking a nap, which I do every day. I do not mean to sound flippant; I cannot imagine how I could maintain waking consciousness and awareness of the world without that intervening rest. Claude Cardona is a queer poet from San Antonio. Her chapbook What Remains is a collection of poems about longing and loving as a Chicana in Texas. Cardona is also the co-editor of Infrarrealista Review, a publication for Texan writers. Claude's rituals include: burning letters full of wishes under the full moon, leaving offerings on her altar, and always offering her friends 3 card tarot readings. Faylita Hicks is an activist, writer, and interdisciplinary artist. They are the former Editor-in-Chief of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review and the author of HoodWitch (Acre Books, 2019), a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry. They have been awarded fellowships and residencies from Tin House, Lambda Literary, Jack Jones Literary Arts, Broadway Advocacy, and the Right of Return USA. Their work is featured or forthcoming in Adroit, American Poetry Review, the Cincinnati Review, Ecotone, HuffPost, Longreads, Palette Poetry, Poetry Magazine, The Rumpus, Slate, Texas Observer, VIDA Review, Yale Review, and others. Faylita talks about ritual at the end of their reading, but they say this: “I chose these poems because they have little bits of my rituals inside of them.” Dorothea Lasky is the author of six books of poetry and prose, including Animal (Wave Books). She teaches poetry at Columbia University School of the Arts and lives in New York City. Dorothea Says: My favorite ritual involves taking endless naps and walks, and then spraying new mixes of scents everywhere before writing. This ritual is my greatest luxury and hasn't happened in so many years, but I am hoping it will again one day soon.
Season 4, Episode 4: Heather Christle on Crying In this conversation we look at crying and tears in countless ways good and bad with poet Heather Christle. It’s about why we do it, what it feels like, and how tears bring out both the best and the worst in us. Further Reading: The Crying Book Download […]
Kevin Young and creative writing faculty member Heather Christle in conversation about creativity. Young will also read some short poems from his work during the discussion. More about Kevin Young: https://kevinyoungpoetry.com/ Watch the original video recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPpBFq4zEO0&list=PLCAC61A4AB786C00E&index=3&t=0s More about Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversations: http://creativity.emory.edu/events/creativity-conversations/index.html Follow us! Facebook Instagram
On this episode of F***ing Shakespeare, our guest is the one and only Jericho Brown. Poets, lovers, and one who desires to hear beautiful language spoken by a beautiful voice, this episode is for you. We talk about Brown’s duplex, a poetic form he created for his new book “The Tradition,” his passion for his work and how he also doesn’t drive a Bentley. I’m not going to ruin the surprise or anything, but Jericho sings. That’s all I’m gonna say; just listen.Brown’s writing can be found here:His latest collection, The Tradition, from Copper CanyonWhile you’re reading his work, check out his other collections, The New Testament and PleaseHis work also appears in issue 6 of The Bennington Review, the NYT, no. 226 of The Paris ReviewIf you cannot get enough of his reading voice, here he is reading more poems: “The Card Tables” and “Trojan” for the Poetry Foundation. And “Night Shift” and “Colosseum” on The New Yorker.Honorable mentions:Jericho discovered Laura “Ralphi” Burgess’s work and used it for the gorgeous cover for The Tradition.Shout out to Jericho’s fantastic colleagues at Emory: T Cooper, Hank Klinbanoff, Joseph Skibell, Tayari Jones, Tiphanie Yanique, Robyn Schiff, and Heather Christle.Visit Jericho’s website for more about him and/or follow him on Twitter to for your daily Jericho Brown dosage. Photo credit: John Mitchell US cover, Copper Canyon Press
Was passiert mit uns, wenn wir weinen? Wann weinen wir überhaupt? Und wo? Und macht uns das Weinen zu gefühlvolleren Menschen? Die Lyrikerin Heather Christle stellt sich diese und viele weitere Fragen in ihrem Prosadebüt - und kommt zuweilen zu poetischen Antworten. Rezension von Ulrich Rüdenauer. von Sabine Hübner aus dem Englischen übersetzt Carl Hanser Verlag ISBN 978-3-446-26398-7 192 Seiten 19 Euro
Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello riff on the ways they cheer themselves up; humorist, journalist, and actor Mo Rocca explains select chapters from his new book "Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving," in which he memorializes fascinating people (and objects) from history who didn't receive the send-off they deserved; poet and writer Heather Christle takes a deep dive into the art and act of crying – why we do it and even how tears reflect systems of power; and jazz vocalist Jimmie Herrod performs “Anything at All” from his new album "Falling in Love and Learning to Love Myself."
Sharing three major events in November 2019. Talking with Margaret Wilkerson Sexton about her new novel The Revisioners, Lisa Jewell about her new novel The Family Upstairs, Heather Christle about her debut non fiction The Crying Book and Dana Schwartz about her new book The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon (illustrated by) Jason Adam Katzenstein.Find out what’s happening in the world of books this week, this and every Monday! We will be sharing new releases for this week, other titles to look out for in future, bookstore events and what's trending.To get a list of all the books mentioned in the show - https://bibliohappyhour.com/biblio-news-week-of-nov-4-2019/ .Listen to our “off the cuff” discussions, “top shelf” monthly recommendations, get behind the scenes content, perks and more - https://www.patreon.com/bibliofinder .Find a bookstore near you or when you’re traveling over on - https://bibliofinder.com .Become a Patreon Supporter - https://www.patreon.com/bibliofinder .
Woo hoo we’re back! In the first episode of the new series, Rachael and Jack discuss typewriters, ‘poety’ backpacks, ruffles and codpieces (and much more) with their studio guests Joe Dunthrone and Will Harris and feature audio postcards from Simon Armitage, Heather Christle and Isabel Galleymore. For information about our featured poets, useful links and more please see our full show notes here (https://www.faber.co.uk/blog/the-faber-poetry-podcast-series-2-episode-1) . If you like this episode please like and subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss forthcoming episodes from the new season. The Faber Poetry Podcast is produced by Rachael Allen, Jack Underwood and Hannah Marshall for Faber & Faber. Editing by Billy Godfrey at Strathmore Publishing. Special thanks to Simon Armitage, Heather Christle, Joe Dunthorne, Isabel Galleymore and Will Harris.
This episode, hosted by Megan Job, features a poem, “In Order of Appearance,” by Heather Christle, and a story, “Modal Window,” by Janet Towle. “In Order of Appearance” was originally published in NER in the Summer of 2018 and is read by Melanie Rivera. “Modal Window” was originally published in NER in the Summer of 2018 and is read by Becca Berlind and Sam Tompkins Martin.
in this hyper-condensed episode, Ben Purket and i talk poetic urgency, sticking it out for that long-form writing, and THE KICKASS READING HE'S GOING TO DO WITH VU TRAN IN CHICAGO ON APRIL 20TH! https://www.semcoop.com/event/reading-ben-purkert-and-vu-tran where to find Ben: benpurket.com twitter - @benpurket For the Love of Endings - https://fourwaybooks.com/site/for-the-love-of-endings/ other things mentioned: The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle - http://www.octopusbooks.net/books/the-trees-the-trees Darkness Sticks to Everything by Tom Hennen - https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BCAB804E4-560B-4D2A-B7C5-0C08B963FDDD%7D Jorie Graham - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jorie-graham Calamities by Renee Gladman - https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/calamities Maggie Nelson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maggie-nelson Mary Ruefle - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-ruefle Wave Books - https://www.wavepoetry.com/ Dragonfish by Vu Tran - http://www.vutranwriter.com/
Today I sit on some bathroom floor water and read to you powerful poems by Heather Christle. She's alive right now. And so are you apparently. All of this is a good thing. These poems brought up cherished memories of reading François Rabelais and listening to Nina Nastasia. Let me know what they do for you. I eat stars, Robyn
Heather Christle is the guest. She was the recipient of the 2012 Believer Magazine Poetry Award for her collection entitled The Trees, The Trees (Octopus Books). Her other collections include The Difficult Farm and What is Amazing (Wesleyan University Press). John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats says "If you’re thinking about a new tattoo, may I recommend dropping your finger onto any random phrase in Heather Christle’s new book? That’s how keen her ear for the off-the-cuff aphorism is, how neatly her lines break into glistening parts. You get the impression of the oracle at Delphi trying her hand at stand-up or jamming the broadcast of the nightly news: Christle’s gift for welding surreal visions to living speech rhythms keeps unlocking new surprises, page after page. At least once per poem, you feel like the triple-bars just lined up in the slot-machine window, and you laugh or cry out." Monologue topics: screenplay excerpts, Man of Letters, poetry, tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dramatis Personae (in order of Whatevs): Frank Sleegers, Eddie Kennedy, Carson Cistulli, Heather Christle, Chris DeWeese, Emily Toder, Nat Otting. Features: Leagues Roundup, Ray Hudson Tribute, Goal: The Movie. Semi-Final Fantasy, Goal: The Soccer Show