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Recorded by Yona Harvey for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 15, 2024. www.poets.org
HELP! 11/3/22: Rep. Jim McGovern on the House Republicans. MTA President Max Page on safety at schools. Donnabelle Casis with Sharon Leshner on Eastworks Open Studios. N'hmpton City Council President Jim Nash on hate speech during Public Comment. Rich Michelson with Smith College prof, poet, & co-author of Marvel's World of Wakanda, Yona Harvey.
Aaron and James talk about giving poetry readings and processing shame.Please consider buying the books of writers we mention. We like Loyalty Bookstores, a Black-owned indie in DC. Check out Yona Harvey's website hereYou can check out the creative nonfiction journal Fourth Genre here. Watch the interview with Cher on The Letterman Show (around 3:57).The reference to the "God Warrior" is to Marguerite Perrin, who once appeared on the television reality show Trading Spouses, which selected mothers from extreme opposite families and swapped them with one another—then filmed the fireworks.
In honor of Black History Month ,This week The Square Round Table Podcast has invited Dr. Yona Harvey to the table!Dr. Harvey is an Award Winning American poet and assistant professor at University of Pittsburgh. She is also an author of Marvel Comics' World of Wakanda, becoming one of the first two black women writing for Marvel. She is also The FIRST Black Woman to Write for X-Men's Storm !
In poet Yona Harvey’s latest collection, “You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love” (Four Way Books), several poems feel equal parts composition and collage. And there’s a reason for that.
This week, Meghan and Josh discuss different renditions of the fan favorite, Black panther! Black Panther (1998) #1-5 Written by Christopher Priest Illustrated by Mark Texeira, Vince Evans, Joe Jusko, Mike Manley, Mark Bright, and Sal Velluto Black Panther: World of Wakanda (2017) Part 1 - The People for the People Written by Yona Harvey and Ta-Nehisi Coates Illustrated by Afua Richardson Shuri (2018) #1-5 Written by Nnedi Okorafor Illustrated by Leonardo Romero and Jordie Bellair --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/meghan-e-reyes/support
Recorded by Yona Harvey for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 7, 2020. www.poets.org
“The alchemy we bring together…” If you can’t go home, go Zoom. Chatter goes live with Susan Hans O’Connor of The Penguin Bookshop and two of Pittsburgh”s best – Yona Harvey and Deesha Philyaw. Torie gets David to admit his love for the three rivers. Going strong for 90 years, The Penguin keeps selling since 1929. Yona Harvey moves easily from Marvel comics to stunning poetry. Finalist for the National Book Award, Deesha Philyaw’s The Secret Lives of Church Ladies breaks through with stories of love and family and faith when they’re needed most.
In this week’s episode, correspondent and poet Shin Yu Pai shares the fourth installment of Lyric World, featuring poet Yona Harvey in a conversation about Harvey’s newest book, You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love. Grounded deeply in the resistance of Black women, Harvey writes of ancestry, inheritance, and loss. Of Yona’s work, poet Afaa M. Weaver says, “Her voice is essential to making a cultural wholeness that would otherwise be impossible. This lyric, this unique, multimedia gift is evidence of an awakening only a few poets ever approach.” Yona Harvey is an American poet, professor, and Marvel Comics writer. Her first poetry collection, Hemming the Water, garnered Harvey the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Her work has been published and anthologized in numerous places, including Letters to the Future: Black WOMEN / Radical WRITING. She contributed to Marvel’s World of Wakanda with Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay. Shin Yu Pai is the author of ten books of poetry. Her work has appeared in publications throughout the U.S., Japan, China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Her essays and nonfiction writing have appeared in Tricycle, YES! Magazine, The Rumpus, City Arts, The Stranger, Medium, and others. Lyric World: Conversations with Contemporary Poets is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike. The series is supported by grants from the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture, Windrose Fund, Poets & Writers, and The Satterberg Foundation. Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here or text TOWN HALL to 44321.
In this week’s episode, correspondent and poet Shin Yu Pai shares the fourth installment of Lyric World, featuring poet Yona Harvey in a conversation about Harvey’s newest book, You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love. Grounded deeply in the resistance of Black women, Harvey writes of ancestry, inheritance, and loss. Of Yona’s work, poet Afaa M. Weaver says, “Her voice is essential to making a cultural wholeness that would otherwise be impossible. This lyric, this unique, multimedia gift is evidence of an awakening only a few poets ever approach.” Yona Harvey is an American poet, professor, and Marvel Comics writer. Her first poetry collection, Hemming the Water, garnered Harvey the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Her work has been published and anthologized in numerous places, including Letters to the Future: Black WOMEN / Radical WRITING. She contributed to Marvel’s World of Wakanda with Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay. Shin Yu Pai is the author of ten books of poetry. Her work has appeared in publications throughout the U.S., Japan, China, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Her essays and nonfiction writing have appeared in Tricycle, YES! Magazine, The Rumpus, City Arts, The Stranger, Medium, and others. Lyric World: Conversations with Contemporary Poets is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike. The series is supported by grants from the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture, Windrose Fund, Poets & Writers, and The Satterberg Foundation. Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here or text TOWN HALL to 44321.
You Don't Have to Go to Mars for Love by Yona Harvey by Poets & Writers
Original Air Date: Nov 3, 2016 “The skills I have in poetry applies in comics in terms of space, not being too wordy focusing on image, character and story.” - Yona Harvey Author, Poet, Comic Book Store Regular --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ruggedangel-cast/support
Hanif Abdurraqib presents poems that offer listeners an invitation to reflection via rich details, repetition, and rhythm. He discusses his admiration for Ross Gay’s tenderness (“To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian”), shares a long poem by Juliana Spahr that creatively engages with the political (“Gentle Now, Don’t Add to Heartache”), and praises Yona Harvey’s tenderness and nuanced understanding of violence (“Hurricane”). Abdurraqib closes by reading his poem “Someone Brought You into This World and Someone Can Take You.”Listen to the full recordings of Gay, Spahr, and Harvey reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:Ross Gay (2017)Juliana Spahr (2009)Yona Harvey (2014)
In this episode, Danielle shares with Max Yona Harvey’s "Report from the Daughter of a Blue Planet." Talking points include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Audre Lorde, and perfect line breaks.
Links:Anagnorisis - http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/anagnorisisRoss Gay's "Within Two Weeks the African American Poet Ross Gay is Mistaken for Both the African American Poet Terrance Hayes and the African American Poet Kyle Dargan, Not One of Whom Looks Anything Like the Others": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/92015/within-two-weeks-the-african-american-poet-ross-gay-is-mistaken-for-both-the-african-american-poet-terrance-hayes-and-the-african-american-poet-kyle-dargan-not-one-of-whom-looks-anything-like-the-othersEve Ewing to Write Ironheart: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/writer-eve-ewing-is-bringing-ironheart-into-the-spotlightLike a Prayer Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fzeNUqQbQMadonna "Tribute:" https://www.vox.com/2018/8/21/17762952/2018-vmas-madonna-aretha-franklin-tributeKelly Marie Tran: I Won’t Be Marginalized by Online Harassment:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/movies/kelly-marie-tran.htmlCrazy Rich Asians:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/crazy-rich-asians-dazzles-box-office-34-million-five-day-n901996Melancholia:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527186/Carlito’s Way (Starring Penelope Ann Miller, not Michelle Pfeiffer):https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106519/The Usual Suspects:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114814/Escape from Planet of the Apes:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067065/Yona Harvey, the first black female writer for Marvelhttp://www.writing.pitt.edu/people/faculty/yona-harveyKyle Dargan's poem "In 2016, the African-American Poet Kyle Dragan is Asked to Consider Writing More Like the African American Poet Ross Gay" https://tinhouse.com/product/summer-reading-16/Kevin Young https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kevin-youngEyeWear Publishing Scandalhttps://www.thebookseller.com/news/eyewear-contracts-interfeare-poets-civil-rights-838861Death of a Salesman playhttps://www.pelister.org/literature/ArthurMiller/Miller_Salesman.pdfFatimah Asghar's book If They Come for Ushttps://www.fatimahasghar.com/if-they-come-for-us/
We're celebrating Children's Book Week, as Eddie Ayres talks about his first foray into children's books with Sonam and the Silence, and Perth primary school children share their favourite books. Also, a preview of the Miles Franklin shortlist and US literary artist Yona Harvey on becoming one of the first three African American women to write for Marvel comics.
Yona Harvey is the author of the poetry collection, Hemming the Water, winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award from Claremont Graduate University and finalist for the Hurston-Wright Award. Her work has been anthologized in many publications including A Poet’s Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry and The Force of What’s Possible: Accessibility and the Avant-Garde. She contributed to Marvel’s World of Wakanda anthology and co-wrote with Ta-Nehisi Coates Marvel’s Black Panther & The Crew. She is an assistant professor in the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh.
Images are at http://wp.me/p42KN3-I1P ( 9:35 ) Brooklyn teacher Wolf Warner (on Twitter @drewarner) runs through his best miniseries of 2017. ( 20:02 ) Then Jason Shiga joins us to talk about his recently completed “Demon” series from 2017, including some SPOILER-FILLED TALK! (BEWARE!) NEXT WEEK: Lion Forge’s Catalyst Prime line. Welcome to the Comics Syllabus podcast, where we read widely and we dig deep. Your host Paul, a literacy researcher and English teacher, introduces curious readers to a range of current and classic comics, and then engages in closer discussion and analysis of particular comics works. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Or download the podcast episode here. First, in the introduction, ( 0:00 ) a mention to Brooklyn’s Mama Says Comics Rock (http://www.mamasayscomics.com/), comic store of Wolf Warner, and a set up for the two pieces we feature this week. On our General Ed segment (at 9:35 ), friend of the podcast and middle school teacher Wolf Warner @drewarner breaks down his list of best miniseries of 2017. Here’s Wolf’s list: Honorable Mentions: Clue (IDW) by Paul Allor and Nelson Daniel; Jazz Maynard (Magnetic) by Raule, Roger Ibanez Ugena, Godshaper (Image) by Si Spurrier and Jonas Goonface. 10. Black Panther and the Crew (Marvel). By Ta-Nehisi Coates, Yona Harvey, Butch Guice. 9. Nightwing: The New Order (DC). By Kyle Higgins, Trevor McCarthy. 8. Batman: The White Knight (DC). Sean Murphy, Matt Hollingsworth. 7. Secret Weapons (Valiant). By Eric Heisserer, Raul Allen (w/ variant cover artist Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic). 6. Plastic (Image) By Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, Laura Martin. 5. The Button (DC). By Joshua Williamson, Tom King, Howard Porter. 4. Shirtless Bear Fighter (Image). By Sebastian Girner, Jody LeHeup. 3.God Country (Image). By Donnie Cates, Geoff Shaw. 2. Victor LaValle’s Destroyer (Boom). By Victor La Valle, Dietrich Smith. 1. Mister Miracle (DC). By Tom King and Mitch Gerads Then, (at 20:02 ) our creator chat is with cartoonist Jason Shiga about his Eisner-winning series “Demon” from First Second. We open with some general talk about Jason’s background in Berkeley and beyond, including this past year in an artist residency in France at Angoulême. At (34:55) SPOILER WARNING we begin talking about Jason Shiga’s “Demon” touching on moments from the first two volumes of the collected story from First Second. At (58:10) FURTHER SPOILER WARNING we discuss the ending parts found in Volumes 3 and 4 of “Demon” as published by First Second. (Images we discuss are at the link at the top of these show notes). By the way, Jason mentions a number of other sources and comics, including Jesse Hamm’s Tips Twitter account (http://twitter.com/Hamm_Tips), “Nancy” by Ernie Bushmiller, Norakuro manga (http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/norakuro/), “L’ours Barnabé” and “Petit Poilu” and the work of Ben Hatke, and “Death Note.” Some links: Previous episode of this podcast where Paul discussed “Demon”: https://soundcloud.com/twoplai/083116-demon-by-jason-shiga-shigabooks-and-first-second Transcribed (and abridged) version of this interview with Jason Shiga: http://wp.me/p42KN3-HWK Previous Multiversity Interview with Jason Shiga by Leo Johnson: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/jason-shiga-talks-demon/ Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Soundcloud, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:235183739/sounds.rss or you can find archives for this podcast (previously named “Study Comics with Paul”) here: http://studycomics.club/ Join the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://facebook.com/ComicsSyllabus or Follow Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwoPlai or leave your comments here on the showpage. Thanks for listening!
World of Wakanda Writer joins the Podcast to chat poetry, tips for new writers and more!
Our 100th ep features a conversation with artist Justin Greenwood and the 'All Time Pull Lists' of podcast friends Images & links http://thepaullist.com/post/153329174445/100thepjustingreenwoodfriends (12:47) Conversation w/Justin Greenwood (http://www.justingreenwoodart.com/ ) Justin Greenwood's art from The FUSE: http://www.justingreenwoodart.com/original-art-for-sale/89f4ab7qpt7xlz6wcs8g3zrsojxk93 Stumptown: http://www.justingreenwoodart.com/line-art/u3kgytdb79zo841bvr4iig8aukd8m8 Urasawa in Pluto: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n5xC4ByBQAU/SuTv5PfDXmI/AAAAAAAAKtk/2GGx-IDcB80/s400/IMG_0009.jpg All Time Pull Lists (42:10) Johnny Hall: Transmetropolitan by Ellis & Robertson (Vertigo) http://amzn.to/2flYSmZ (49:15) Rachelle Cruz is at http://www.rachellecruz.com/ and Blood-Jet radio at https://thebloodjet.wordpress.com/ What It Is, Syllabus (Drawn + Quarterly) by Lynda Barry https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/what-it-is and https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/syllabus Zana (Emet Comics) by Jane Barker, Joey Granger http://zanacomic.tumblr.com/ Black (Black Mask) by Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith 3, Jamal Igle, Randolph http://blackmaskstudios.com/black/ Boxers and Saints (First Second) by Gene Luen Yang http://geneyang.com/boxers-saints World of Wakanda (Marvel) by writers Roxane Gay, Yona Harvey, Ta-Nehisi Coates, artists Alitha Martinez, Afua Richardson http://marvel.com/comics/issue/61406/black_panther_world_of_wakanda_2016_1 Prince of Cats (Image) by Ron Wimberly https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/prince-of-cats-hc (57:57) Mike McQuillian: Darkhawk (Marvel) by Tom DeFalco and Mike Manley https://www.comixology.com/Darkhawk-Vol-1/comics-series/10620 Death: The High Cost of Living (Vertigo) by Neil Gaiman and Chris Bachalo http://amzn.to/2f9jjWo Bone by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books) http://www.boneville.com/bone/ (1:04:08) Jessica Balboni is part of the Escapist comic book store at at http://www.escapistcomics.com/ 5. Gotham Central by Rucka, Brubaker, Lark and various (DC) http://amzn.to/2go6JoW 4. EC Comics: Crime Suspense Stories, such as #22 https://jacks-attic.com/2012/08/01/crime-suspenstories-22-the-most-infamous-comic-book-cover-of-all-time/ 3. "Judgement Day" (Weird Fantasy 18) by Al Feldstein and Joe Orlando http://kb-outofthisworld.blogspot.com.co/2010/02/anti-racism-in-1950s-comics-weird.html 2. Saga by Vaughan and Staples (Image) http://amzn.to/2goa6MI 1. X-Men Whedon or Morrison runs: http://amzn.to/2f5UwiB or http://amzn.to/2glS8te (1:11:30) Cameron Morgan on twitter https://twitter.com/spidercam Maison Ikkoku by Rumiko Takahashi http://amzn.to/2g10thT Rising Stars by J. Michael Straczynski and artists http://amzn.to/2f5UaZs The Ultimates by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch http://amzn.to/2f5WoId Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev http://amzn.to/2gofOhv 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa http://amzn.to/2goeThf Mentions: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Time Sale http://amzn.to/2goeUkX Crossgen Comics http://amzn.to/2fKG2qe (1:20:57) Seth T. Hahne is at sethhahne.com Seth’s blog: http://goodokbad.com/ "75 Best Comics by Women" http://goodokbad.com/index.php/about/female_creators Children of the Sea, Daisuke Igarashi (Viz) https://www.viz.com/read/manga/children-of-the-sea-vol-1/8315 Cross Game, Mitsuru Adachi (Viz) https://www.viz.com/read/manga/cross-game/all Summit of the Gods, Taniguchi (Ponent Mon) http://amzn.to/2fKtDS8 Last Man series, by Bastien Vivès and Michaël Sanlaville (First Second) http://amzn.to/2fKnSUK Duncan the Wonder Dog, Adam Hines (Adhouse) http://amzn.to/2fKr6rh The Nao of Brown, by Glyn Dillon (Abrams) http://amzn.to/2eRrTsU Daytripper, Ba and Moon (Vertigo) http://amzn.to/2fZm6UI Stand Still, Stay Silent, by Minna Sunberg (Self-published/web) http://www.sssscomic.com/ Blankets, Craig Thompson (Top Shelf) http://amzn.to/2eMP5oN Yotsuba&!, Azuma (Yen Press) http://amzn.to/2eRye7x (1:46:13) The Future of the Paul List
Yona Harvey is the author of the poetry collection, Hemming the Water (Four Way Books, 2013), and the recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation. Her work has been published in jubilat, Gulf Coast, Callaloo, West Branch, and many other journals and anthologies, including A Poet's Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry (ed. Annie Finch; University of Michigan Press, 2012). She lives with her husband and two children not far from where jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams grew up. Williams married the spiritual to the secular in her music, and is a regular muse in Yona's writing.