in which Alyse Richmond and i gush about each other's poetry, awkwardness in meeting your idols, and the possibility of SHIFTING INTERNAL LANDSCAPES WHAT THE FUCK twitter: @AlyseRichmond other things referenced: Blue Mornings by Alyse Richmond - https://squareup.com/store/akinoga-press/item/blue-mornings possessed by space by ME (wooo) - https://squareup.com/store/akinoga-press/item/possessed-by-space "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens - https://www.poetryfoundation.org...
May 14, 2017•1 hr 57 min
in which i provide the absolute briefest history of haiku imaginable... things referenced: haiku wikipedia article (that will lead to other good articles) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku#Haiku_movement_in_the_West Bashō's Haiku translated by David Landis Barnhill (absolutely fantastic introduction) - http://www.sunypress.edu/p-3978-bashos-haiku.aspx Modern Japanese Haiku edited by Makoto Ueda (really great outline of the changes in haiku/poetic theory (heavily colored by Masaoka Shiki) tha...
Apr 30, 2017•46 min
in which Steven and i talk about poetic theory, anime, and how other art mediums can influence poetry for an obscene amount of time... twitter: @sdleyva Little Patuxent Review: https://littlepatuxentreview.org/ other things referenced: Fences by August Wilson - http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/327272/fences-by-august-wilson/9780735216686 The Place Promised in Our Early Days by Makoto Shinkai - http://www.crunchyroll.com/the-place-promised-in-our-early-days Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beck...
Apr 23, 2017•3 hr 2 min
...in which the Black Ladies Brunch Collective and i talk the state of joy, poetic resistance, and luther vandross... the BLBC on instagram: @blackladiesbrunchcollective celseste doaks' site: www.doaksgirl.com Twitter: @thedoaksgirl Instagram: @thedoaksgirl the next BLBC reading: http://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/an_evening_with_mason_jar_press#.WNbsP-v3aK2 Not Without Our Laughter: http://www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/not-without-our-laughter-by-black-ladies-brunch-collective other thi...
Mar 26, 2017•1 hr 33 min
in which i talk about my 2017 AWP experience and do a looooong list of shoutouts... AWP - https://www.awpwriter.org/ other things referenced: Swamp Press - http://swamppress.com/ Draft - http://www.draftjournal.com/ Rebecca Olander - https://rebeccahartolander.com/ Perugia Press - https://www.perugiapress.com/ Roanoke Review - http://www.roanokereview.org/ Zephyr Press - http://www.zephyrpress.org/ Hummingbird Press - http://www.hummingbirdpoetry.org/ Plays Inverse - http://www.playsinverse.com/...
Feb 27, 2017•1 hr 18 min
in which i talk with Kendra Kopelke about holding her dog's paw and poetry as a spiritual practice Hopper's Women - https://squareup.com/store/passager/item/hopper-s-women kendra's press - http://www.passagerbooks.com/ other things referenced: Gertrude Stein - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/gertrude-stein Jackson Browne - http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/discography/ e e cummings - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/e-e-cummings MacDowell Col...
Feb 26, 2017•1 hr 13 min
in which i say "fuck you" to Donald Trump and read poems by poets who would not be allowed in the US at the time of the recording (1.28.17) *update* a federal judge in Brooklynn temporarily halts some aspects of Trump's executive order - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/court-blocks-trump-refugee-ban_us_588d4b53e4b0b065cbbc6a6f? i apologize again for my mispronunciations, especially to Maram al-Masri; i will do better other things referenced: excerpt from Fifteen Iraqi Poets -https://www.poet...
Jan 29, 2017•51 min
in which I ACTUALLY TO SOMEONE ELSE HOLY FUCK! WE EVEN READ POETRY AT EACH OTHER!!! twitter: @ASargusKlein Breezewood: http://asargusklein.wixsite.com/poetry kleinprince: https://kleinprince.bandcamp.com/ POEMS IN BIG LUCKS: https://www.biglucks.com/journal/andrew-sargus-klein A NOTE: Andrew talks about one of his favorite books, "Sara Or the Existence of Fire," but misnames the author, Moss Angel Witchmonstr (formerly Sarah June Woods). He deeply regrets the error. other things referenced: a su...
Jan 14, 2017•2 hr 5 min
in which i talk a little bit more about mental health... other things referenced: Suicide Prevention Service (1-800-273-8255) - http://www.spsamerica.org/considering-suicide international suicide prevention info - https://www.reddit.com/r/circlejerk/comments/4rjuul/psa_if_youre_having_suicidal_thoughts_please_call/d51xxox/ Mental Health America - http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/ MentalHealth.gov - https://www.mentalhealth.gov/ Chris Gethard's Fresh Air interview - http://www.npr.org/sections/...
Jan 06, 2017•19 min
ehhh just listen to the episode... other things referenced: THING ABOUT CREATIVITY AND MENTAL ILLNESS THAT IS SO MUCH MORE ELOQUENTLY STATED THAN WHATEVER I RAMBLED OUT - http://weleavehome.tumblr.com/post/155362942448/thetomatowriter-hirakumblr shit ton of mogwai -https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mogwai shit ton of toe - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=toe shit tone of asian kung-fu generation - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=asian+kungfu+generation
Dec 31, 2016•2 hr 13 min
in which i present some things artists can do in response to the 2016 election, SPECIFICALLY GETTING INVOLVED AND CONTINUING TO MAKE ART other things referenced: 2016 Mobbies - http://www.baltimoresun.com/about/social-sun/bal-mobbies-2016-voting-htmlstory.html President-Elect Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rSDUsMwakI Holy Fuck Now What - http://www.holyfucktheelection.com/ Human Rights Campaign - http://www.hrc.org/ American Civil Liberties Union - h...
Nov 21, 2016•1 hr 17 min
in which i talk about my experiences with artist residencies and writing retreats... other things referenced: Art Farm episode: https://soundcloud.com/sopoetry/sopoetry-episode-four-the-backup-plan Art Farm: http://www.artfarmnebraska.org/ Idlewild Arts: https://idlewildarts.com/ Mellissa Wyse: https://melissawyse.com/
Oct 30, 2016•59 min
in which i talk ALL THINGS BOOK ARTS with Jenny O'Grady and Meredith Purvis! Jenny - jennyogrady.com / https://thelightekphrastic.com Meredith - http://updownbindery.com/ other things referenced: article about Joe Sacco's WWI book (search for it on amazon for some neat pics) -http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/books/review/joe-saccos-great-war.html People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks - http://geraldinebrooks.com/people-of-the-book/ HoCoPoLitSo - https://hocopolitso.org/ book trailer (i know, r...
Oct 09, 2016•2 hr 6 min
in which i talk about my experience playing Hyper Light Drifter and Shovel Knight (among other games)... things referenced: Hyper Light Drifter - http://www.heart-machine.com/ Shovel Knight - http://yachtclubgames.com/shovel-knight/ articles about HLD and Alex Preston: http://www.theskinny.co.uk/tech/gaming/alex-preston-on-hyper-light-drifter https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/07/how-a-lifetime-of-heart-disease-birthed-hyper-light-drifter/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/02...
Oct 02, 2016•1 hr 6 min
in which Mary and i crap on sonnets, gush about bookmaking, and trade nostalgia for places we've never been... twitter: @_girlflame blog: https://maryadellecom.wordpress.com GIRLFLAME: https://maryadellecom.wordpress.com/girlflame/ other things referenced: Nox by Anne Carson - http://www.ndbooks.com/book/nox http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/07/12/the-unfolding "I Dreamed a Dream" sung by Anne Hathaway - https://vimeo.com/57708415 the color of oxblood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxblood...
Sep 04, 2016•2 hr 41 min
In which Stephen Zerance and i talk about revising readings, being papered out from TOO MUCH DAMN SCHOOL, and poetry as a means of exploring the metaphysical other... twitter - @stephnz instagram - @zerance Caligula's Playhouse by Stephen Zerance - www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/ca…gulasplayhouse other things referenced: interview with Dan Holleran - daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/11/in…w-holleran "Waiting for the Barbarians" by C.P. Cavafy - www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-po…detail/5...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 26 min
In which i show my french rust, forget what i was going to say, and talk about the next steps for so...poetry?...
Aug 27, 2016•30 min
In which Alain Ginsberg and i talk dogs, the spoken word circuit, and the scourge of capitalism... bandcamp - www.anotherginsberg.bandcamp.com tumblr - www.alainginsbergofficial.tumblr.com other things referenced: Capturing Fire - www.thedccenter.org/capturingfire/ World Poetry Slam - poetryslam.com/ list of spoken word poetry events in Balitmore - www.poetry247.com/baltimore/ another list of poetry events in Baltimore - poetryinbaltimore.com/calendar/ aaaaand another - calendar.google.com/calen...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 54 min
In which Celeste Doaks and i talk poetry as sprinting and walking out of movies, Rita Dove gets (another) shout-out, and we get lightly rained on... twitter - @thedoaksgirl Wrecking Ball Press (Celeste's publisher) - wreckingballpress.com/ other things referenced: covers for the now-empty sky and Cornrows and Cornfields - imgur.com/a/bG8Nf article on Rita Dove and revision - owrite.blogspot.com/2008/01/narrow-…-made-wide.html some Marilyn Nelson sonnets - jeffhardin.weebly.com/blog/marilyn-nelso...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 11 min
In which Saralyn Lyons and i discuss dreams, internal geodes, and poetry we just can't get behind... other things referenced: Passager Books - www.passagerbooks.com/ Poetry 180 - www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-list.html from "The Bridge: Atlantis" by Hart Crane - www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172035 "The Pope's Penis" by Sharon Olds - www.haggardandhalloo.com/2013/09/05/t…popes-penis/ Anne Carson - www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/anne-carson Mary Gaitskill - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Gaitskill "I Nee...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 40 min
In which i talk about time and life and life-time...
Aug 27, 2016•12 min
In which Kerrin Smith and i spend time reminiscing about accents and crapping on Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot... other things referenced: "Love Letters" by Francis Harvey - www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi…1#!/20604569 UB African American Arts Festival - www.facebook.com/events/1129155257124863/ Dialect Quiz - www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/…ect-quiz-map.html Introduction to Haiku from a North American Perspective - www.facebook.com/events/436178349900007/ "A Bat on the Road" by Seamus Hea...
Aug 27, 2016•2 hr 5 min
In which Sharea Harris and i talk about SURPRISE HAIKU and something keeps getting bumped (sorry about that, y'all)... website - www.shareaharris.com/ instagram - @sharea_rea other things referenced: Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon by Richard Wright - www.amazon.com/Haiku-Last-Poems-…con/dp/1611453496 Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield - www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780064430975 The Lucky Stone by Lucille Clifton - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKiGbL2cKj0 Southern Fried Poetry Slam - ...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 59 min
In which Danielle Ariano and i make big plans for the future... website - danielleariano.com other things referenced: Wild by Cheryl Strayed - www.cherylstrayed.com/wild_108676.htm Mary Karr - www.marykarr.com/bio.php "The Glass Essay" by Anne Carson - www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178364 Safekeeping (excerpt) by Abigail Thomas - www.nytimes.com/books/first/t/tho…-safekeeping.html "Why We Must Struggle" by Kay Ryan - www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi…2#!/20604784 "Belief" by Lia Purpura - ww...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 57 min
In which i horrendously butcher the current poet laureate's last name (again, i am so sorry) and Ann Marie and i discuss Alice Walker in length... twitter - @annmariebrok other things referenced: NPR "So" story - www.npr.org/2015/09/03/43273285…-a-sentence-with-so "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams - www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/gui…/178804#poem "This Is Just To Say" by William Carlos Williams - www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/245576 "Lady Lazarus" by Sylvia Plath - www.poetryfo...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 17 min
In which Sarah and i talk tangentially, and i cough more than humanly possibly. OH: and there's actually some intro music...but it may change... other things referenced: Fluid Movement - www.fluidmovement.org "Hope is a thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson - www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171619 "Angels" by Russell Edson - www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/181238 Inferno by Eileen Myles - www.eileenmyles.com/infernoexc.php "Conversation with Slugs and Sarah" by Jennifer Chang - www.poetryfoundatio...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 49 min
In which i ramble and say "um" more times than humanly possible... things referenced: Art Farm - www.artfarmnebraska.org Danielle's blog - www.danielleariano.com/art-farm "Nothing Is Too Small Not To Be Wondered About" by Mary Oliver - www.bluemet.blogspot.com/2015/10/noth…red.html?m=1 "Leaves and Blossoms Along the Way" by Mary Oliver - www.onbeing.org/blog/leaves-and-b…long-the-way/8042 Haiku North America - www.haikunorthamerica.com/index.html Haiku Society of America - www.hsa-haiku.org/ Hai...
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 44 min
In which i talk to Tracy Dimond for a LOOOONG time.... twitter - @snarkysyntax tumblr - www.tracydimond.tumblr.com other things referenced: Ink Press - www.inkpressproductions.tumblr.com BOPA - www.promotionandarts.org Publishing Genius - www.publishinggenius.com 421 Atlanta - www.421atlanta.com Real Pants - www.realpants.com
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 34 min
Featuring the eloquent Anthony Moll twitter - @AnthonyWMoll tumblr - anthonymoll.tumblr.com other things referenced: "Communion" by Cornelius Eady - tinyurl.com/ojr4myg "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen - tinyurl.com/b98nqpd Eunoia by Christian Bök wiki - tinyurl.com/q98qeyt Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones - tinyurl.com/plx84my The Spectral Wilderness by Oliver Bendorf - tinyurl.com/p4x7jga The Light Ekphrastic - tinyurl.com/q263ycv
Aug 27, 2016•1 hr 20 min
In with some things are unpacked and some ironies are mistaken...
Aug 27, 2016•20 min
