so...poetry?

in which musician/poet Rachel Gawell and i discuss the art we're attracted to, the differences (and similarities) between poetry and lyrics, and the wonderful vulnerability of drafts...

where to find Rachel/Baba Sonya:

bandcamp - https://babasonya.bandcamp.com/

spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ikwTbhsoWs4l5fXzIrnrI

instagram - @probablybabasonya

other things referenced:

E. E. Cummings - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/e-e-cummings

Anna Swir - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anna-swir

Joni Mitchell - https://jonimitchell.com/

Paul Simon - https://www.paulsimon.com/

Ani DiFranco - https://anidifranco.com/

Precious Things by Tori Amos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Croz1_USr3U

Timothy by as cities burn - https://open.spotify.com/track/57uQ0KCJFZBVQn6naUUnsW

No Dogs in Space - https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com/no-dogs-in-space

Camille - https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCFObDk3g8nxMWr3KA1cMGHA

Daughter - https://open.spotify.com/artist/46CitWgnWrvF9t70C2p1Me

A Way Up by Pat Metheny - https://www.patmetheny.com/music/detail.cfm?id=2

The Thompson Fields by Maria Schneider - https://mariaschneider.bandcamp.com/album/the-thompson-fields

Toe - https://toe-music.bandcamp.com/

Unwed Sailor - https://unwedsailor.bandcamp.com/

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MK8l3nURwwQIjafvXoJJt

birdbase - https://soundcloud.com/birdbase

the now-empty sky - https://akinogapress.com/books/nowempty

possessed by space - https://akinogapress.com/books/possessed

in which poet Dara Barrois/Dixon (formerly Wier) and i talk poetic process, poetic experience, and the difference between real and true...

where to find Dara:

instagram - darabarroisdixon

twitter - @darawier

Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina - https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/tolstoy-killed-anna-karenina

other things referenced:

Mary Ruefle - http://www.maryruefle.com/menu.html

James Tate - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/james-tate

Hyperallergic - https://hyperallergic.com/

Haiku: The Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets Series edited by Peter Washington - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/186005/haiku-by-edited-by-peter-washington/

The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316841/the-poetics-of-space-by-gaston-bachelard/

First Cow - https://a24films.com/films/first-cow

The Ruth Stone House Poetry Podcast - https://podcast.ruthstonehouse.org/

in which poet/interdisciplinary artist Clay Scofield and i talk play, the benefit of creative communities, and non-attachment to when things don't work out...

where to find Clay:

website - https://lizclaytonscofield.com/

instagram - lizclaytonscofield

other things referenced:

Deep Play by Diane Ackerman - http://www.dianeackerman.com/deep-play-by-diane-ackerman

House of Light by Mary Oliver - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204278/house-of-light-by-mary-oliver/

Number - http://www.numberinc.org/

The School of Making Thinking - http://www.theschoolofmakingthinking.com/

Tracie Morris - https://traciemorris.com/

in which Ashanti Anderson and i talk the poetic canon, cross-genre bleed, and art as commodity

where to find Ashanti:

website - https://www.ashanticreates.com

Black Under - https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/black-under/

twitter - @ashantiecreates

instagram - @ashanticrates

other things referenced (including stuff from the lost recording):

Langston Hughes - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/langston-hughes

Yona Harvey - https://www.yonaharvey.com/

Frank X Walker - https://www.frankxwalker.com/

August Wilson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson

Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown - https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html

Red Bird by Mary Oliver - http://www.beacon.org/Red-Bird-P758.aspx

Classic Stories vol 1 by Ray Bradbury - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780553286373

Gertrude Stein - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gertrude-stein

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/44212/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock

Come, Thief by Jane Hirshfield - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/208513/come-thief-by-jane-hirshfield/

in which Shanta Lee Gander and i talk reclaiming curiosity, maintaining the poetic state, and full-sensory poetry experiences...

where to find Shanta:

website - Shantaleegander.com

twitter - @ShantaLeeG

instagram - @mz.shanta_lee

facebook - facebook.com/ShantaLeeG/

GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA - diodeeditions.com/product-page/ghettoclaustrophobia

Getting Out of Your Poetry Funk, November 8 (12 - 2) - meetup.com/The-Burlington-Writers-Workshop/events/280463660/

Curating a Creative Life, Saturday, November 20 (12 - 2)- meetup.com/The-Burlington-Writers-Workshop/events/280457320/

other things referenced:

Welcome to Nightvale - welcometonightvale.com

Lore - lorepodcast.com

Weird Darkness - weirddarkness.com

The Romantics - poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/romanticism

Emily Dickinson - poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson

The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot - poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land

Metamorphoses by Ovid - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphoses

Laura Mulvey - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Mulvey

Ways of Seeing by John Berger - penguinrandomhouse.com/books/324430/ways-of-seeing-by-john-berger/

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England - plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-southern-new-england

in which Andrea Carter Brown and i talk engendering empathy, the moments our lives are folded around, and BIRDS!!!

where to find Andrea:

website - andreacarterbrown.com

September 12 - wordworksbooks.org/product/september-12

other things referenced:

Monda Van Duyn - poetryfoundation.org/poets/mona-van-duyn

Robert Haas - poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-hass

Mary Jo Salter - poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-jo-salter

Brian Turner - poetryfoundation.org/poets/brian-turner

Ishion Hutchinson - poetryfoundation.org/poets/ishion-hutchinson

BIRDS referenced:

Oystercatcher - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-oystercatcher

Long-billed Curlew - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/long-billed-curlew

Allen's Hummingbird - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/allens-hummingbird

Gray Catbird - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/gray-catbird

Mississippi Kite - audubon.org/field-guide/bird/mississippi-kite

in which Tyler Mendelsohn and i talk poetry trepidation, the specificity that leads to universality, and (self) awareness vs neuroses...

where to find Tyler:

website - tylerkmendelsohn.com

instagram - instagram.com/tyler_k_m

other things referenced:

Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder - harpercollins.com/products/why-poetry-matthew-zapruder

the feelings wheel - bit.ly/3k2v4zh

Red Bird by Mary Oliver - beacon.org/Red-Bird-P758.aspx

in which poet Nkosi Nkululeko and i talk dreams, editing/revision, and writing for the page vs writing for the performance...

where to find Nkosi:

twitter - @musicman_nkosi

instagram - @musicmannkosi319

other things referenced:

Searching for Bobby Fischer - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_Bobby_Fischer

"We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar - poetryfoundation.org/poems/44203/we-wear-the-mask

Bobby McFerrin - bobbymcferrin.com

Vievee Francis - poetryfoundation.org/poets/vievee-francis

Cave Canem - cavecanempoets.org/

Rigoberto González - poetryfoundation.org/poets/rigoberto-gonzalez

in which Sophie Klahr and i talk mentorship, creative lineage, and ART FARM!!!!!

where to find Sophie:

website - sophieklahr.org

twitter - @sophieklahr

instagram - @SOPHIEANDTHECHOICES

MEET ME HERE AT DAWN - yesyesbooks.com/product-page/meet-me-here-at-dawn-by-sophie-klahr

other things referenced:

Jim Daniels - poetryfoundation.org/poets/jim-daniels

Ted Kooser - tedkooser.net

Adroit Journal - theadroitjournal.org

In the Still of the Night by Dara Wier - wavepoetry.com/products/in-the-still-of-the-night

Walt Whitman - poetryfoundation.org/poets/walt-whitman

James Earl Joens reads Walt Whitman - soundcloud.com/92y/92y-james-earl-jones-walt

Gregory Orr - gregoryorr.net

Terrance Hayes - terrancehayes.com/about

Frank Stanford - poetryfoundation.org/poets/frank-stanford

Carl Phillips - poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips

Brenda Hillman - brendahillman.net/index.html

All We Can Save - allwecansave.earth/

On Being - onbeing.org/

in which i review Mike Mignola's Hellboy (and some of the peripheral comics)

other things referenced:

How to Read Hellboy - https://www.howtoread.me/hellboy-bprd-reading-order/