Fig Widow Cast

This week is another reading week where I bring you poems by Toi Derricotte, Patricia Smith, and Lauren Alleyne

This week I read from two new collections of poetry and talk about how to know if you have a book in your nest of poems!  Books mentioned: Diana Khoi Nguyen - Ghost of & Michael Lee - The Only Worlds We Know

This week I'm recovering from an illness so all I do is read to you.

In this episode we get XXX rated! I talk about Nicole Dennis Behn's "Here Comes The Sun",  more Natalie Diaz, and writing about my favorite topic: sex!  Follow my unstoppable bop playlist at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5OjnVGtgDuKF62Bw3kGyim?si=h6kTMhD0SxCgPRWFtOTqrw

In this episode I talk about Natalie Diaz, how to write a poem for a revolution, and everything I’ve been reading and writing this week.

after the world's longest hiatus, I'm back to talk about Coronavirus, Justin Phillip Reed, and creativity in the time of a pandemic. This weeks book shoutouts are:The Paying Guests - Sarah WatersThe Malevolent Volume - Justin Phillip ReedZami - Audre Lorde

I’m talking more Paige Lewis this week, poetry’s oral history and how to get started in the performance poetry scene

This week I talk about unreliable narrators, poet Paige Lewis, and Krav Maga with Trainer Alecia McKee

I talk about Iranian American poet Kaveh Akbar, Caroline Palochek, ands it down with friend Brittney Chantele to talk about her new project The Golden Opportunity. Get tickets to the album drop show on February 22nd, 2020 at the Thunderbird Cafe!

I recap the books I read in 2019 and give you my top 5