We had such a blast wrapping up our first season of the podcast! Please enjoy this live recording of the event, along with some incredible guests: Kristin Russo (Buffering the Vampire Slayer), Liv Albert (Let's Talk About Myth's Baby), Leigh (History is Gay) and Vanessa Stovall (Playwright & Musician) -- and also the audience members who joined us.

We can't wait to see y'all for season 2! In the meantime, you can keep in touch with us via Twitter & Instagram @sweetbitterpod.

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am I not   olden

olden olden it is unwanted.

wanting, wanting

am I not   broken

stolen   common

am I not crinkled cranky poison

am I not glinty-eyed and frozen

am I not   aged

shaky   glazing

am I not   hazy

guarded   craven

am I not   only

stingy   little

am I not   simple

brittle   spitting

was I not   over

over   ridden?

it is a long story

will you be proud to be my version?

it is unwritten.

writing, writing

am I not   ancient

raging   patient

am I not   able

charming   stable

was I not   building

forming   braving

was I not   ruling

guiding   naming

was I not   brazen

crazy   chosen

even the stones would do my bidding?

it is a long story

am I not proud to be your version?

it is unspoken.

speaking, speaking

am I not   elder

berry

brandy

are you not wine before you find me in your own beaker?

- Slowly: a plainsong from an older woman to a younger woman Judy Grahn

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Someone will remember us

                                    I say

                                     even in another time

Translated by Carson.

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Come, divine lyre, speak to me

and sing! 

Translated by Rayor. 

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Our guests this episode were Jane Montgomery Griffiths, Jade Esteban Estrada, Aimee Suzara, Maya Herbsman and Vanessa Stovall. You can learn more about our guests and where to find them on our website. You can read Vanessa's (a lunar tune) here.

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          ]heart

          ]absolutely

          ]I can

          ]

]would be for me 

]to shine in answer

          ]face

          ]

          ]having been stained

          ]

Translated by Carson.

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To me it seems that man has the fortune

of gods, whoever sits beside you

and close, who listens to you

sweetly speaking

and laughing temptingly. My heart

flutters in my breast whenever

I quickly glance at you –

I can say nothing,

my tongue is broken. A delicate fire

runs under my skin, my eyes

see nothing, my ears roar,

cold sweat

rushes down me, trembling seizes me,

I am greener than grass.

To myself I seem

needing but little to die.

Yet all must be endured, since . . .

Translated by Rayor

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Our guests this episode were Diane Rayor, Jane Montgomery Griffiths, Marguerite Johnson, Tracey Walters, Sandra Boehringer and translator Annie McCarthy. You can learn more about our guests and where to find them on our website. 

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Unfortunately, due to covid-related circumstances, we have to delay the release of episode 9 until next fortnight, March 11th.

In the meantime, here's one of our bonus lesbian poetry episodes about Audre Lorde! You can hear our other bonus episodes by becoming a patron at patreon.com/sweetbitter. As always, you can follow us on social media on Twitter & Instagram @sweetbitterpod.

If you'd like to join us for our Women's History Month event with Regis University on March 3rd, you can register here.

             ] of desire

             ]

             ] for when I look at you

             ] such a Hermione

] and to yellow haired Helen I liken you

]

] among mortal women, know this

] from every care

] you could release me

             ]

             ] dewy riverbanks

             ] to last all night long

                                       ] [

Translated by Carson

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Come to me from Krete to this holy temple, 

here to your sweet apple grove, 

altars smoking with 

frankincense.

Cold water ripples through apple branches,

the whole place shadowed in roses, 

from the murmuring leaves

deep sleep descends.

Where horses graze, the meadow blooms

spring flowers in the winds

breathe softly . . . 

*

Here, Aphrodite, after gathering . . . 

pour into cups nectar

lavishly mingled

with joys.

Translation by Rayor

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You, children, be zealous for the beautiful gifts of the violetlapped Muses

and for the clear songloving lyre.

But my skin once soft is now taken by old age,

my hair turns white from black.

And my heart is weighed down and my knees do not lift,

that once were light to dance as fawns.

I groan for this. But what can I do?

A human being without old age is not a possibility.

There is the story of Tithonos, loved by Dawn with her arms of roses

and she carried him off to the ends of the earth

when he was beautiful and young. Even so was he gripped

by white old age. He still has his deathless wife.

Translation by Carson (2005) 

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You can read Carson’s thoughts on the 2004 discovery in the New York Review here. Roberta Mazza’s blog, Faces and Voices, can be found here.

Our guests this episode were Roberta Mazza, Sandra Boehringer (trans. by Annie McCarthy), Marguerite Johnson, Malcolm Choat, Mike Sampson & Ariel Sabar. You can learn more about our guests and where to find them on our website.

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