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Recorded by Nickole Brown for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 28, 2024. www.poets.org
Heather Swan speaks author and poet, Nickole Brown about her relationship with animals, the more-than-human world and the Hellbender poetry conference. The post Goats, Bees, and Poetry: A Conversation with Nickole Brown appeared first on Edge Effects.
In this kickoff episode of our Data & Metrics Series, we are joined by Nickole Brown from Cella. The conversation dives into the critical role of data and metrics in creative operations. Nickole elevates our understanding at the 100,000-foot view, exploring how effectively leveraging data and metrics can transition creative operations from a tactical function to a strategic role.TakeawaysThe Importance of Data and Metrics: Understanding and utilizing data is a defining factor that separates leaders from pretenders in creative operations.Strategic Transformation: Data and metrics enable creative operations to evolve from being purely tactical to becoming strategic influencers.Facing Challenges: Acknowledging and overcoming the fear of data, bridging educational gaps, and navigating technological challenges are crucial steps in harnessing the power of data.Storytelling with Data: Effective communication and storytelling through data are essential for empowering creative operations leaders.Stay ConnectedCompanion Newsletter: sign up at https://creativeops.fm/newsletterFollow Today's Guest: Nickole BrownFollow Me, Your Host: Nish Patel on LinkedInSubscribeSpotifyGoogle PodcastsPlayer.fmPodcast addictRSS
Discovering the impossible sadness of silent forests and noisy wars and featuring a poem by Nickole Brown
Julie Murphy interviews award winning poet Nickole Brown. Nickole reads from her stellar chapbook The Donkey Elegies and speaks passionately about donkeys, language and what is holy. If you haven't heard Nickole read, you're in for a real treat! Nickole Brown teaches at the Sewanee School of Letters MFA Program and the Great Smokies Writing Program at UNCA. She lives with her wife, poet Jessica Jacobs, in Asheville, NC, where she periodically volunteers at several different animal sanctuaries. A chapbook of called To Those Who Were Our First Gods won the 2018 Rattle Chapbook Prize, and a long sequence called The Donkey Elegies was published as a chapbook by Sibling Rivalry Press in 2020. Nickole Brown's Website SunJune Literary Collaborative
This week the Troublesome Boys are joined by Hindman Settlement School ReadingCorps tutors, Polly Thornsberry and Joseph Rau. Polly and Joseph give us a look at their life and what brought them to HSS, stories from their experience being a tutor, and what their response would be if they found hair in their food, among many other "lightning round" questions.Facebook Handles Jordan- @jordancollinsCorey - @coreydterry @hindmancast@hindmanschool AnnouncementsAgrilachia - March 25th, 2021 with Bill Goodman "Beans, Biscuits, Family, and Friends" The Makery- April 4th- Re-cognition & Re-vision: Pushing the Boundaries of Poems with Nickole Brown. Register at www.hindman.org/themakery Donor Recognition Stoney Creek Chapter of DAR Elbert and Nancy Hampton Cynthia King
“Rah rah seltzers.” Beer: Sonic Seltzer from Variant Brewing (Roswell, GA) Poetry: “Fanny Says” by Nickole Brown Girl Crush: TheCottageFairy On today’s pod, we stray away from the beer but stick with the craft as Erica discusses a craft seltzer from Variant Brewing. We also address the seltzer hate and why haters are just wrong. For poetry, Alyx brings back some Southern roots and things we didn’t know we needed to learn about Crisco. Kick back and enjoy, and maybe join as we all contemplate “Fuck.”
Nickole Brown's chapbook To Those Who Were Our First Gods was winner of the 2018 Rattle Chapbook Prize. She received her MFA from the Vermont College, studied literature at Oxford University, and was the editorial assistant for the late Hunter S. Thompson. She worked at Sarabande Books for ten years. Her first collection, Sister, a novel-in-poems, was first published in 2007 by Red Hen Press and a new edition was reissued by Sibling Rivalry Press in 2018. Her second book, a biography-in-poems called Fanny Says, came out from BOA Editions in 2015 and won the Weatherford Award for Appalachian Poetry. The audio book of that collection came out in 2017. She lives with her wife, poet Jessica Jacobs, in Asheville, North Carolina, where she volunteers at four different animal sanctuaries. For more information, visit: http://www.nickolebrown.com/ Prologue: Anis Mojgani (http://thepianofarm.com) Ron Koertge (https://ronkoertge.com) Epilogue: Christine Hoper Joel Showalter Charlene Jones Frank Paino
In our very first live episode, we talk with Nickole Brown about “totem objects,” literary code-switching, permission to return to one’s roots, and her special relationship with her grandmother who “might not be like your grandmother.” If Nickole’s poems drove, they would own a Prius with faux leopard-skin covered seats. Tune in at the episode’s halftime for this episode's writing challenge.
Nickole Brown reads her poems "Wild Thing" and "Against Despair: The Kid Goat" and speaks with Poetry Editor Kirun Kapur about topics ranging from her inspiration for her work, to her Kentucky upbringing, to the first poem that resonated with her.
Nickole Brown stopped by and read from her new chapbook To Those Who Were Our First Gods. It was a recipient of the 2018 Rattle Chapbook Prize. It's awesome! Copies are available at Rattle.com
In this episode we threw a party with live readings from Bud Smith, Michael Bible, Ashleigh Bryant Phillips, Devin Kelly, Nickole Brown, Jessica Jacobs!
Nickole Brown reads and discusses a poem from her book, "Fanny Says," which is a biography-in-poems of her grandmother. She talks about growing up in the south and the influence Fanny had on her life and career.
WV Wesleyan MFA Winter 2017 Residency Nickole Brown reading from FANNY SAYS in the Visiting Writers Series supported with funding from the WV Humanities Council
We had so much great material from our conversation with poet, Nickole Brown, we couldn't fit it all into our previous episode. Maybe it's a little self-indulgent, but you'll just have to deal with it. Ames asks Nickole to reveal her personal superpower, and then Ames has to reveal her own. Finally, Trauman adds his own. If you want to find out how we plan to continue to defend the universe, you'll just have to listen in.
In this episode, Ames and Trauman return to some of the observations they've already made about Anne Carson's Nox, make some connections to other texts with similar projects. In the second segment, Ames and Trauman have a conversation with poet Nickole Brown about Anne Carson's work and how it has influenced her work and her life as a poet.
Jessica Jacobs, a poet and writer, shares her story meeting her wife and reads to us a few poems in her book, "Pelvis with Distance", which captures the artist Georgia O'Keeffe' story. Nickole Brown, who is also a poet, talks about her book, "Fanny Says," which is about her experiences, growing up story, and interactions with her grandma.
Jessica Jacobs, a poet and writer, shares her story meeting her wife and reads to us a few poems in her book, "Pelvis with Distance", which captures the artist Georgia O'Keeffe' story. Nickole Brown, who is also a poet, talks about her book, "Fanny Says," which is about her experiences, growing up story, and interactions with her grandma.