so...poetry?

in which writer Dina Paulson and i talk launching her newest chapbook, TOUCH/breaks!!!!!

where to find Dina:

instagram - @dinaspaulson

tumblr - dinapaulson.tumblr.com

TOUCH/breaks - akinogapress.com/books/touchbreaks

in which poet/writer Dina Paulson and i talk social media acumen, poetry-as-process, and the joys of re-readability...

where to find Dina:

instagram - @dinaspaulson

tumblr - https://dinapaulson.tumblr.com

TOUCH/breaks - https://akinogapress.com/books/touchbreaks

other things referenced:

Jenny Holzer - https://projects.jennyholzer.com/

Amanda Gorman - https://www.theamandagorman.com/

Rupi Kaur - https://rupikaur.com/

Bianca Stone - https://bianca-stone.com/

Beyond the River by Leah Maines - https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/beyond-the-river-winner-of-the-kentucky-writers-coalition-poet-by-leah-maines/

in which Pushcart-nominated Baltiomore cryptid Dave K and i talk literary gatekeeping, the motives behind writing, and art's tethering to capitalism (at least in the US)...

where to find Dave:

website - https://okaydavek.com/

insta - @davekisdavek

other things referenced:

Don't Waste Flares by Dave K - https://www.bruisermag.com/davek_flares

Batman: The Golden Streets of Gotham - https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Batman-The-Golden-Streets-of-Gotham

Anti-Story: An Anthology of Experimental Fiction by Philip Stevick - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Anti-Story/Philip-Stevick/9780029315002

Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade

The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes - https://writing.upenn.edu/~taransky/Barthes.pdf

Last Days by Brian Evenson - https://coffeehousepress.org/products/last-days

The Three Sunrises by Edward Mullaney - https://www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/the-three-sunrises-by-edward-mullany/

Raymond Carver - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Carver

Paul Auster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Auster

Haruki Murakami - https://www.harukimurakami.com/

Hush up and listen stinky poo butt by Sparling, Ken - https://archive.org/details/hushuplistenstin0000spar/mode/2up

in which i finish my series on emo with a special two-parter! in on with the show, i play college radio dj and give you a HEALTHY dose of emo. strap in, this one's a doozy...

other things referenced:

american football - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football_(band)

mineral - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_(band)

sunny day real estate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Day_Real_Estate

citizens here and abroad - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_Here_and_Abroad

football, etc. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football,_etc.

on the might of princes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Might_of_Princes

elliott - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_(band)

twelve hour turn - https://twelvehourturn.bandcamp.com/

coping - https://coping.bandcamp.com/

algernon cadwallader - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Cadwallader

hemingway - https://hemingwaypdx.bandcamp.com/album/enjoy-your-life

awakebutstillinbed - https://awakebutstillinbed.bandcamp.com/

probably not - https://probsnot.bandcamp.com/album/more-than-skin

the jazz june - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_June

leiah - https://leiah.bandcamp.com/

mock orange - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_Orange_(band)

the promise ring - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promise_Ring

улыбайся ветру - https://smiletothewind.bandcamp.com/album/--2

Rites of spring - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rites_of_Spring

Crash of rhinos - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_of_Rhinos

Kaddish - https://kaddishuk.bandcamp.com/

cap’n jazz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap%27n_Jazz

the get up kids - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Get_Up_Kids

sad breakfast - https://sadbreakfast.bandcamp.com/

boys life - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_Life_(band)

carson wells - https://carsonwells.bandcamp.com/

quiqui - https://quiquihashima.bandcamp.com/

frail hands - https://frailhands.bandcamp.com/

princess of north sudan - https://ponsemo.bandcamp.com/

left in-between - https://leftin-between.bandcamp.com/album/left-in-between

the blue period - https://theblueperiod.bandcamp.com/

rika - https://rikaband.bandcamp.com/album/tired-hands-solace

portraits of past - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits_of_Past

the ivy crown - https://theivycrownmi.bandcamp.com/album/after-so-much-red-wine

roman candle - https://romancandlex.bandcamp.com/album/discount-fireworks

the beautiful mistake - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beautiful_Mistake

the forms - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forms_(band)

snowing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowing_(band)

i create - https://icreate.bandcamp.com/album/all-we-are-is-now

pity sex - https://pitysex.bandcamp.com/album/feast-of-love

messes - https://messesky.bandcamp.com/album/the-ever-closing-door

the diggs - https://thediggsband.bandcamp.com/

materic - https://materic.bandcamp.com/

in which i finish my series on emo with a special two-parter! in setting the stage, i talk a little bit more about emo as a genre and attempt some loose definitions

other things referenced:

emo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo

Sophie's Floorboard - https://sophiesfloorboard.blogspot.com/

Drifting with the Ice - https://driftingwiththeice.blogspot.com/

Emo subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/Emo/

Emo/scream subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/EmoScreamo/

When Emo Conquered the Mainstream by Peter C. Baker - https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/when-emo-conquered-the-mainstream

Exploring the Waves of Emo by Gabe Roach - https://www.wiux.org/article/2023/02/exploring-the-waves-of-emo

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EMO TWINKLE - https://youdontneedmaps.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-the-emo-twinkle

in which jason b. crawford and i talk poetic lineage, why there's no YA poetry, and the X-Men

where to find jason:

website - https://www.jasonbcrawford.com/

instagram - @jasonbcrawford

twitter - @jasonbcrawford

other things referenced:

Crush by Richard Siken - https://minedit.com/richard-siken-crush-pdf/

She-Hulk (2022), issue 12, bottom of page 5 for the Mary Oliver quote

Pop Culture Poetry: The Definitive Collection by Mike Tager - https://akinogapress.com/books/popculturepoetry

Terrance Hayes - https://terrancehayes.com/about/

Danez Smith - http://www.danezsmithpoet.com/bio-encore

Literati Bookstore - https://www.literatibookstore.com/

Slow Lightning by Eduardo C. Corral - https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300178937/slow-lightning/

THE BLACK AUTOMATON by Douglas Kearney - https://fenceportal.org/book/the-black-automaton/

sam sax - https://www.samsax.com/

Desireé Dallagiacomo - https://www.desireedallagiacomo.com/

Hanif Abdurraqib - http://www.abdurraqib.com/

Discipline by Dawn Lundy Martin - https://nightboat.org/book/discipline/

Ada Limón - https://www.adalimon.net/

Raych Jackson - https://www.raych-jackson.com/bio

Ross Gay - https://www.rossgay.net/

Taylor Byas - https://www.taylorbyas.com/about

The Future of Black - https://blairpub.com/shop/p/the-future-of-black

in which poet, aerialist, and educator Kelly Purtell and i talk dreams, meme culture, and our personal versions of heaven

where to find Kelly:

instagram - @kellypurt

other things referenced:

Sandman by Neil Gaiman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(comic_book)

tarot - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot

meme culture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme

Roadmap by Monica Prince - https://santa-fe-writers-project.square.site/product/roadmap/76?cs=true&cst=custom

The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury - https://goms.rocklinusd.org/subsites/Jenny-Salmon/documents/Short%20Story%20Unit/Fog%20Horn%20STORY.pdf

Gag Order by Jess Hylton - https://akinogapress.com/books/gagorder

Donna Haraway's "the god trick" - https://newmaterialism.eu/almanac/s/situated-knowledges.html

in which writer Lora Robinson and i talk the joy of residencies, poetic empathy, and the myth that bad mental health equals good art

-programing note-

apologizes for the soft/warbly audio; my internet was being wonky

where to find Lora:

An Essential Melancholy - https://akinogapress.com/books/anessentialmelancholy

instagram - @theblondeprive

Cobra Milk - https://www.cobra-milk.com/

other things referenced:

The League of Minnesota Poets - https://www.mnpoets.org/

Loft Literary Center - https://loft.org/

Graywolf Press - https://www.graywolfpress.org/

Milkweed Editions - https://milkweed.org/

Button Poetry - https://buttonpoetry.com/

Dorothea Lasky - https://www.dorothealasky.com/

Mark Rothko - https://www.markrothko.org/

Wassily Kandinsky - https://www.wassilykandinsky.net/

in which Ann Marie Brokmeier, Tyler Mendelsohn, and i talk grief, poetry, and their intersections!

where to find Ann Marie:

instagram - @annmariebrok

where to find Tyler:

website - https://tylerkmendelsohn.com/

instagram - @tyler_k_m

other things referenced:

Ada Limón - https://www.adalimon.net/

Ada Limón Bomb Magazine interview - https://bombmagazine.org/articles/ada-lim%C3%B3n/#:~:text=AL%20I%20think%20poetry%20is,it%20out%20into%20the%20sky

After the Fire by Ada Limón - https://scalar.fas.harvard.edu/resources-for-loss/after-the-fire-by-ada-limn

The Uses of Sorrow by Mary Oliver - https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/zn67zr/the_uses_of_sorrow_mary_oliver_poem/

The Art of Losing, edited by Kevin Young - https://kevinyoungpoetry.com/the-art-of-losing.html

Grief by Stephen Dobyns - https://www.poemist.com/stephen-dobyns/grief

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus by William Carlos Williams - https://poets.org/poem/landscape-fall-icarus

Final Notations by Adrienne Rich - https://genius.com/Adrienne-rich-final-notations-annotated

Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Is Not Breaking by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer - https://braidedway.org/watching-my-friend-pretend-her-heart-isnt-breaking/

Life After Death: IV by Laura Gilpin - https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/xmlp33/poem_life_after_death_by_laura_gilpin/

What's Your Grief - https://whatsyourgrief.com/

other things i meant to reference:

Death Tractates by Brenda Hillman - https://www.weslpress.org/9780819512024/death-tractates/

in which i talk about EMO!!!! and showcase a TON of my favorite bands of the genre

other things referenced:

Emo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo

Powerviolence - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerviolence

Screamo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamo#Emoviolence

Love Lost but Not Forgotten - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Lost_But_Not_Forgotten

Neil Perry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Perry_(band)

Polyvinyl Records - https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/

Rainer Maria - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Maria

Braid - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_(band)

Further Seems Forever - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Further_Seems_Forever

Dead Poetic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poetic

As Cities Burn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Cities_Burn

Deep Elm Records - http://deepelm.com/

The Emo Diaries - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emo_Diaries

Jimmy Eat World - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Eat_World

Camber - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camber_(band)

Jejune - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jejune

Pohgoh - https://pohgoh.bandcamp.com/

Pop Unknown - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Unknown

The Appleseed Cast - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Appleseed_Cast

Planes Mistaken for Stars - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planes_Mistaken_for_Stars

Red Animal War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Animal_War

Tabula Rasa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Rasa_(Pittsburgh_band)

Knapsack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack_(band)