Derek talks with queer poet Aidan Forster, author of the chapbooks Exit Pastoral (YesYes Books, 2019) and Wrong June (Honeysuckle Press, 2021).

They discuss growing up in South Carolina, the possibilities of queer poetry, multidisciplinary studies, the history of ecopoetics in queer writing, scifi fiction, the future of queerness, ruralness, and so much more!

Find Aidan's books here!

Exit Pastoral:

https://www.yesyesbooks.com/product-page/exit-pastoral-by-aidan-forster

Wrong June:

https://www.honeysuckle.press/2018shortlist-forster

Host Derek Berry:

derekberrywriter.com

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