Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

Megan Fernandes : I Do Everything I’m Told

06.20.2023 - By David Naimon, Tin House BooksPlay

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Spareness, economy, and distillation are often put forth as obvious virtues in poetry. But what if there were a politics undergirding this aesthetic preference? In today’s conversation with poet Megan Fernandes we look at questions of poetics and aesthetics in relation to capitalism and colonialism and how a messier, more unruly poetics can trouble borders […]

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