Queer Poets Society

By Mars Tarassenko

The term ‘queer’ has evolved to describe a broad spectrum of non-normative ideas, identities, and overall approach to life. Embracing the ‘strange and peculiar’, Queer Poets Society focuses on the nic... more

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The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.

Queer Poets Society episodes:

November 09, 2024 sweet miracle of orchard breath; poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay
Starting off Season 2 of Queer Poets Society, Mars Tarassenko reads from the Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), a Pulitzer Prize winning poet who ventured fearlessly beyond familiar poetic subjects to tackle political injustice, social discrimination, and women’s sexuality in her poems and prose. Featured poems include “Short Song”, “Renascence”, and What thing is this that, built of salt and lime.
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48min
July 09, 2024 let me tell you a story about war (of the foxes); Richard Siken pt 2
In today’s episode of Queer Poets Society, Mars Tarassenko revisits Richard Siken’s work, this time via his 2016 poetry collection War of the Foxes. They read and explicate four poems from the book: The Way the Light Reflects, Landscape with Fruit Rot and Millipede, War of the Foxes, and Three/Four Proofs.
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43min
June 17, 2024 heartbreaks feel good in a place like this; featuring Trident Poetry Collective's 'The Heartbreaks'
In today’s episode of Queer Poets Society, Mars Tarassenko reads from The Heartbreaks, a chapbook published by the Trident Poetry Collective in Boston, MA. The authors featured are Brynna Boyd, Sage Futterman, Mary Schwab, and Camila Martorell Michell. And yes, the title is a pun from Nicole Kidman’s AMC ad :)
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46min
May 11, 2024 i love you, i'm glad i exist; fresh summertime poems
In today’s episode of Queer Poets Society, Mars Tarassenko reads from the poems The Orange, by Wendy Cope, Two-Headed Calf, by Laura Gilpin, Tomato, by Joy Sullivan, as well as some of Mars’ personal work, evoking that fresh, hopeful feeling of summertime.
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41min
April 03, 2024 trying not to spiral reading poems of Sylvia Plath
In today’s episode of Queer Poets Society, Mars Tarassenko reads from Sylvia Plath The Collected Poems.
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48min
March 26, 2024 jeff (and jeff), consider the hairpin turn; talking Richard Siken's 'Crush'
In today’s episode of Queer Poets Society, Mars Tarassenko reads from Richard Siken’s award winning book, Crush. Siken's work is 'confessional, gay, savage, and charged with violent eroticism' and 'his manner is sheer manic improv'.
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55min
March 12, 2024 a 20 year old with a desire to sleep; a discussion on depression
Mars Tarassenko delves into the world of mental health in today's episode.
Trigger Warning: Discussions involve topics of mental health including depression and anxiety.
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47min
March 05, 2024 aphrodite has honored you exceedingly; exploring the world of Sappho
Today we delve into the world of Sappho, an ancient Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Known for her lyric poetry, she focused on love, desire, and passionate personal emotions. Often called the "Tenth Muse," her work was highly admired in antiquity, though much of it survives only in fragments. Little of her work remains, and little is known about her life, we do know she is associated with themes of homoerotic love.
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46min
February 27, 2024 historians would say they were 'best friends'; 'Iliadic Sappho Diaries'
The Iliadic Sappho Diaries is a project in which Mars Tarassenko rewrites the story of book 18 of The Iliad (when Achilles learns of Patroclus' death) in the style and worldview of Sappho.
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47min
February 24, 2024 pilot; from Dickinson to the moon and everything in between
In the pilot episode of Queer Poets Society, Mars Tarassenko reads aloud from their own works of poetry, discusses Emily Dickinson's queerness, and talks about the importance of the presence of poetry in the podcast scene.
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45min

FAQs about Queer Poets Society:

How many episodes does Queer Poets Society have?

The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.