so...poetry?

in which Bushra Rehman and i reminisce/bliss out/extol the virtues of the Vermont Studio Center (and residencies in general), break down language to its fundamental components, and bond over our respective lapsed faiths...

where to find Burshra:

website - http://www.bushrarehman.com/

Marianna's Beauty Salon - https://siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/marianna-s-beauty-salon-by-bushra-rehman

Corona - https://siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/corona-by-bushra-rehman

Colonize This! - https://www.sealpress.com/titles/daisy-hernandez/colonize-this/9780786750665/

other things referenced:

Vermont Studio Center - https://vermontstudiocenter.org/

Michael Cunningham - http://www.michaelcunningham.com/

Brooklyn College - http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/home.php

Amazing Grace (Aretha Franklin doc) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace_(2018_film)

Urban Word NYC - https://www.urbanwordnyc.org/

Community-Word Project - http://communitywordproject.org/

Teachers & Writers Collaborative - https://www.twc.org/

in which Jane Lewty and i discuss the joys and perils of residencies, the challenge of arranging collections, and the value of all the work you've never published...

where to find Jane's poetry:

BRAVURA COOL - https://www.journal1913.org/publications/bravura-cool/

In One Form to Find Another - http://www.csupoetrycenter.com/books/in-one-form-to-find-another

where to find Jane on instagram: janelewty

other things referenced:

Vermont Studio Center - https://vermontstudiocenter.org/

New Orleans Poetry Festival - https://www.nolapoetry.com/

New Orleans Writers' Residency - https://www.neworleanswritersresidency.org/

Stephan Spender - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephen-spender

Baseball Haiku edited by Nanae Tamura and Cor van den Heuvel - https://books.wwnorton.com/books/Baseball-Haiku/

Jack Kerouac - http://jackkerouac.com/

in which i review After the Quake by Haruki Murakami

other things referenced:

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury - https://www.amazon.com/Martian-Chronicles-Ray-Bradbury/dp/1451678193

Invisible Cities by Ito Calvino - https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Invisible-Cities/9780156453806

Crack the Skye by Mastodon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_the_Skye

Come Now Sleep by As Cities Burn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Now_Sleep

Not to Disappear by Daughter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_to_Disappear

Under the Muramaki Spell by Vu Tran - https://www.vqronline.org/criticism/2019/03/under-murakami-spell

other books by Murakami - http://www.harukimurakami.com/library

in which Lindsay Lusby and i talk project books, the revelatory process of writing poetry, and the behind-the-scenes work of editors...

where to find Lindsay:

website - lindsaylusby.com

twitter/instagram - @lindsaylusby

Catechesis: a postpastoral (published by The University of Utah Press) - https://uofupress.lib.utah.edu/catechesis/

other things referenced:

Rose O'Neill Literary House - https://www.washcoll.edu/centers/lithouse/

Cherry Tree - https://www.washcoll.edu/centers/lithouse/cherry-tree/

Jehanne Dubrow - https://jehannedubrow.com/

Peter Campion - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/peter-campion

"Have You Prayed?" by (and read by) Li-Young Lee - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52208/have-you-prayed

Container Press - http://acontainer.co/about/

Kimiko Hahn - https://kimikohahn.com/

Brute by Emily Skaja - https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/brute

Kill Class by Nomi Stone - https://www.tupelopress.org/product/kill-class/

Chaos Theories by Elizabeth Hazen - https://sfwp.com/project/chaos-theorieselizabeth-hazen/

in which i review/respond to jane: a murder by maggie nelson

https://softskull.com/dd-product/jane/

other things referenced:

maggie nelson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maggie-nelson

bluets by maggie nelson - https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/bluets

the glass essay by anne carson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48636/the-glass-essay

nox by anne carson - https://www.ndbooks.com/book/nox/

in which Natalie Wang and i talk the Singapore lit scene, the differences in writing for performance and writing for the page, and the cultivation of reading set lists...

where to find Natalie:

website - https://www.nataliewang.me/

The Woman Who Turned Into A Vending Machine - https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/the-woman-who-turned-into-a-vending-machine

other things referenced:

Singapore Poetry Writing Month - http://www.singlitstation.com/singpowrimo/

Sharon Olds - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sharon-olds

Richard Siken - http://www.richardsiken.com/

The Vegetarian by Han Kang - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/250333/the-vegetarian-by-han-kang/9781101906118/

in which Dr. Sophia Frentz and i discuss HAIKU (FINALLY), the poetry process/es, and the inclusion of the arts in the STEM field...

where to find Dr. Frentz:

twitter - @sophiafrentz

Things of Interest podcast - https://www.thingsofinterest.co/

other things referenced:

Lisa Randall - https://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall

Glenn Colquhoun - https://www.glenncolquhoun.net/

Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun - https://www.amazon.com/Playing-God-Poems-About-Medicine/dp/1905140169

Patricia Piccinini - https://www.patriciapiccinini.net/

Sandra Simpson - https://breathhaiku.wordpress.com/tag/sandra-simpson-haiku/

New Zealand Poetry Society - https://poetrysociety.org.nz/

Billy Collins - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/billy-collins

Katikati Haiku Pathway - https://poetrysociety.org.nz/affiliates/haiku-nz/nz-haiku-showcase/katikati-haiku-pathway/

Red Moon Press haiku anthologies - https://www.redmoonpress.com/catalog/?cPath=33&osCsid=38d1865bf02c2ec688bcf5f9056bf7d2

Fay Aoyagi - https://fayaoyagi.wordpress.com/

The Haiku Handbook by William J. Higginson and Penny Harter - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/563541/the-haiku-handbook25th-anniversary-edition-by-william-j-higginson-and-penny-harter-foreword-by-jane-reichhold/9781568365404/

Roberta Beary - https://www.pw.org/content/roberta_beary

Sophia's haiku that's on a rock in Vancouver - https://www.vcbf.ca/haiku-invitational/winning-haiku/2006-winning-haiku

in which Jasmine V. Bailey and i talk about the intersection of poetry and lyric essays/creative non-fiction, gush about Anne Carson and Charles Wright, and dive deep into the mechanics of translation...

where to find Jasmine:

https://jasminevbailey.com/

https://facebook.com/jvbailey

https://facebook.com/ironhorsereview/

other things referenced:

Curtis Bauer - http://curtisbauer.net/

Silvina López Medin - https://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/about/participants/silvina-lopez-medin/

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

Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/24642/autobiography-of-red-by-anne-carson/

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

The Gender of Sound by Anne Carson - https://liquidarchitecture.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Anne-Carson-The-Gender-of-Sound.pdf

Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson - https://press.princeton.edu/titles/2406.html

Lisa Russ Spaar - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lisa-russ-spaar

Charles Wright - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-wright

Bruce Smith - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/bruce-smith

Jim Harrison - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jim-harrison

Cyrus Cassells - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/cyrus-cassells

Erosion by Jorie Graham - https://press.princeton.edu/titles/1057.html

Nightbook by Steve Matanle - https://squareup.com/store/passager/item/nightbook?square_lead=item_embed

excerpts from Nightbook - https://facultyvoiceumd.wordpress.com/2014/12/12/the-poems-of-steve-matanle/

"two autumns" haiku + minor controversy - http://www.ahundredgourds.com/ahg41/exposition01.html

in which i talk about death, poetry reportage, Kino's Journey, and Mary Oliver...

things referenced:

Blue Pastures by Mary Oliver - https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Pastures-Mary-Oliver/dp/0156002159

House of Light by Mary Oliver - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204278/house-of-light-by-mary-oliver/9780807068113/

Kino's Journey - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kino%27s_Journey

in which Stanford Cheung and i talk the intention of performance, where you can and can't bring your lab, and the artistic merits of being vulnerable...

where to find Stanford:

website - https://stanfordcheung.com/

STRUCTURES FROM THE STILL - http://akinogapress.com/books/structures

other things referenced:

The Life of the Poet by Lawrence Lipking - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Poet-Beginning-Ending-Careers/dp/0226484513

Richard Siken - http://www.richardsiken.com/

Phil Hall - https://bookthug.ca/bookthug-authors/phil-hall/

Ocean Vuong - https://www.oceanvuong.com/

Ryuichi Sakamotot: Coda - ryuichi-sakamoto-coda

Nathan Spoon - https://nathanspoon.com/