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Figure of Speech: Poet Jordan Soyka (Extended Version)
Local poet Jordan Soyka joins the program with a mixture of his own works and the works that inspired or influenced them.
BIO:
Jordan Soyka is a teacher and poet. He is the former co-director of The New Orleans Poetry Brothel, and his work has been published in GlitterPony, > kill author, La Petite Zine, Spork, TENDERLOIN, Tarpaulin Sky, and others, as well as an anthology from Lavender Ink whose title is not radio friendly (Fuck Poems).
SOURCES:
Nizar Qabbani "Love Letters," The full poem is published in On Entering the Sea: The Erotic and Other Poetry of Nizar Qabbani, Interlink Pub Group
All Frank O'Hara poems are from The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara, University of California Press
Jack Spicer poems are from My Vocabulary Did this to Me, Wesleyan
Ariana Reines The Cow, FENCE Books
I **think** the fragments are taken from I'm Lying: Selected Translations of Philippe Soupault, Lost Roads
As for Aphex Twin, "Peek 82454201" is from Richard D. James Album, "Ventolin" is from I Care Because You Do, and Gwarek2 is from Drukqs, all 3 of which are from Warp Records.
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Local poet Jordan Soyka joins the program with a mixture of his own works and the works that inspired or influenced them.
BIO:
Jordan Soyka is a teacher and poet. He is the former co-director of The New Orleans Poetry Brothel, and his work has been published in GlitterPony, > kill author, La Petite Zine, Spork, TENDERLOIN, Tarpaulin Sky, and others, as well as an anthology from Lavender Ink whose title is not radio friendly (Fuck Poems).
SOURCES:
Nizar Qabbani "Love Letters," The full poem is published in On Entering the Sea: The Erotic and Other Poetry of Nizar Qabbani, Interlink Pub Group
All Frank O'Hara poems are from The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara, University of California Press
Jack Spicer poems are from My Vocabulary Did this to Me, Wesleyan
Ariana Reines The Cow, FENCE Books
I **think** the fragments are taken from I'm Lying: Selected Translations of Philippe Soupault, Lost Roads
As for Aphex Twin, "Peek 82454201" is from Richard D. James Album, "Ventolin" is from I Care Because You Do, and Gwarek2 is from Drukqs, all 3 of which are from Warp Records.