so...poetry?

in which poet, photographer, and philosopher Steven Seidenberg talk about his book, Coda, along with the imperialism of American culture, where/how poetry can and does exist under capitalism, and some best practices when it comes to giving readings

where to find Steven:

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

audio books link - https://www.stevenseidenberg.com/audiobooks

insta - @steven.seidenberg

other things referenced:

Jean de Meun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Meun

Miguel de Cervantes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes

Italo Calvino - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Calvino

Anne Carson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-carson

Jorge Luis Borges - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges

Samuel Beckett - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beckett

Fernando Pesoa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa

New Narrative Movement - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Narrative

Li-young Lee reading a selection of his poetry - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/li-young-lee#tab-poems

Søren Kierkegaard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard

The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confidence-Man

in which host mychael zualuf ostensibly reviews Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku and The Economy Press's Haiku Pamphlet Series (but really mostly just waxes poetic about haiku in general)

other things referenced:

Soseki Natsume's Collected Haiku translated by Erik Lofgren - https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/japan/soseki-natsumes-collected-haiku-9784805318454

The Economy Press's Haiku Pamphlet Series translated by Anthony Opal - https://theeconomypress.com/HAIKU-PAMPHLET-SERIES

Masaoka Shiki and the Origins of Shasei - https://thehaikufoundation.org/juxta/juxta-2-1/masaoka-shiki-and-the-origins-of-shasei/

The Haiku Handbook by William J. Higginson and Penny Harter - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/563541/the-haiku-handbook-25th-anniversary-edition-by-william-j-higginson-and-penny-harter-foreword-by-jane-reichhold/9781568365404

in which writer Tyler Mendelsohn and i talk the intersection between poetry and lyric(al) essays, the writer's trust in the reader/the reader's trust in the writer, and the tools in the toolbox that can help build a poem

where to find Tyler:

website - https://tylerkmendelsohn.com/

insta - @tyler_k_m

other things referenced:

expressive therapy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressive_therapies

Butch Gardens - https://www.instagram.com/grlpwrbaltimore/?hl=en

The Haiku Handbook by William J. Higginson - https://www.strandbooks.com/the-haiku-handbook-25th-anniversary-edition-how-to-write-teach-and-appreciate-haiku-9781568365404.html

Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder - https://matthewzapruder.com/books/why-poetry/

Conversations and Connections conference - https://www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/556691/confessions-of-the-fox-by-jordy-rosenberg/

In Place of This by Dayana S. Stetco and Shannon R. Miller - https://akinogapress.com/books/inplaceofthis

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723320/paul-austers-the-new-york-trilogy-by-paul-auster-the-graphic-adaptation-by-paul-karasik-lorenzo-mattotti-and-david-mazzucchelli/

On Being Ill by Virginia Woolf - https://thenewcriterion1926.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/woolf-on-being-ill.pdf

The Glass Essay by Anne Carson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/the-glass-essay

Bluets by Maggie Nelson - https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/bluets

Birds of America by Lorrie Moore - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/116790/birds-of-america-by-lorrie-moore/

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/36526/house-of-leaves-by-mark-z-danielewski/

Let Me Count the Ways by Tomas Q. Morin - https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496226495/let-me-count-the-ways/

How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones - https://www.mahoganybooks.com/9781501132742

Poetry as Spellcasting by Destiny Hemphill, Lisbeth White, and Tamiko Beyer - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710524/poetry-as-spellcasting-by-tamiko-beyer/

Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib - https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477316481/

in which multidisciplinary artist Laurier Tiernan and i talk Fifty-Five Ways to Survive, Laurier’s first bilingual collection, as well as the unadornment of poetry, existing in mysteries, and poetry as a spiritual practice

where to find Laurier:

insta - @laurier_tiernan_writer

Fifty-Five Ways to Survive - https://durvile.com/books/Fiftyfive.html

other things referenced:

Tiernan - https://www.youtube.com/c/TiernanSongs

Nature Airliner - https://natureairliner.com/

Leonard Cohen - https://www.leonardcohen.com/

One Night in Tokyo - https://onenightintokyo.com/

John lennon - https://www.johnlennon.com/

Thom Yorke - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Yorke

Marfan syndrome - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/marfan-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20350782

The Arthur Findlay College - https://www.arthurfindlaycollege.org/

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke - https://ia902903.us.archive.org/13/items/letterstoayoungpoetpdfdrive.com/Letters%20to%20a%20Young%20Poet%20%28%20PDFDrive.com%20%29.pdf

My Chemical Romance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Chemical_Romance

Downton Abbey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey

The Tragically Hip - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragically_Hip

in which poet Diana Whitney and i talk Girl Trouble, Diana’s newest collection, as well as writing in form, poetic legacy, and the permission poetry gives us to rage

where to find Diana:

website - https://www.diana-whitney.com/

insta - @dianawhitneypoet

Girl Trouble - https://cavankerrypress.org/products/girl-trouble

You don’t have to be everything - https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/diana-whitney/you-dont-have-to-be-everything/9781523510993/

other things referenced:

Major Jackson - ​​https://www.majorjackson.com/

Jericho Brown - https://www.jerichobrown.com/

Eunoia by Christian Bök - https://chbooks.com/Books/E/Eunoia3

T Kira Māhealani Madden - https://www.tkiramadden.com/

Evie Shockley - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/evie-shockley

Landscape with Sex and Violence by Lynn Melnick - https://www.abebooks.com/9781936919550/Landscape-Sex-Violence-Melnick-Lynn-1936919559/plp

Cleopatra Mathis - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/cleopatra-mathis

The Wild Iris by Louise Glück - https://citylights.com/general-poetry/wild-iris/

Lucille Clifton - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lucille-clifton

Sylvia Plath - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sylvia-plath

Adrienne Rich - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/adrienne-rich

Poetry Is Not a Luxury by audre lorde - https://makinglearning.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/poetry-is-not-a-luxury-audre-lorde.pdf

Wound from the Mouth of a Wound by torrin a. greathouse - https://milkweed.org/book/wound-from-the-mouth-of-a-wound

Split by Cathy Linh Che - https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/split?srsltid=AfmBOooVfjmz1ayOT2ZhygobU2qzDptrzDUdA7xc5LMXXatIEuZHdSVH

Rebecca Solnit - https://www.rebeccasolnit.net/

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story by Julie K. Brown - https://www.harpercollins.com/products/perversion-of-justice-julie-k-brown?variant=44010796908578

in which i talk about the looooooooong hiatus between seasons six and seven

thank you everyone who has stuck with the podcast, especially in the last couple of years. your support means the world to me

in which Tracy Dimond and i talk Emotion Industry, Tracy's debut full length poetry collection, as well as impactful final works, manuscript assembly/management, and reckoning with the artists that influence us

where to find Tracy:

website - https://poetsthatsweat.com/

insta - @glitterature72

Emotion Industry - https://www.barrelhousemag.com/books/emotion-industry-tracy-dimond

other things referenced:

The Book of Delights by Ross Gay - https://www.rossgay.net/the-book-of-delights

The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda - https://archive.org/details/TheBookOfQuestions-English-PabloNeruda/mode/2up

Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Glück - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604103/winterrecipesfromthecollective/

Mojave Ghost by Forrest Gander - https://www.ndbooks.com/book/mojave-ghost/

The Descent of Alette by Alice Notley - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/328700/the-descent-of-alette-by-alice-notley/

Bernadette Mayer - https://www.bernadettemayer.com/

June Jordan - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/june-jordan

Sylvia Plath - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sylvia-plath

Anne Sexton - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-sexton

Valerie Luiselli - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeria_Luiselli

Steven Leyva - https://stevenleyva.wordpress.com/

The Loneliness Pill by Dayana Stetco - https://akinogapress.com/books/thelonelinesspill

The Milena Theatre Group - https://milenagroup.blogspot.com/

Copalis Ghost Forest - https://wa100.dnr.wa.gov/willapa-hills/copalis-ghost-forest

CityLit Project - https://www.citylitproject.org/

Hard Times Require Furious Dancing - https://www.citylitproject.org/hard-times-require-furious-dancing-awp-2026/

Crabs in a Pot, Collaborating: Maryland Arts Organizations Sustaining Together - https://www.instagram.com/p/DUiweJDABBN/

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