We’re all still here, still ready to love, and to build community with trans books! In this extremely fun conversation, Cat Fitzpatrick talks about her poetry, her work with Little Puss Press, and a person called Crabstick. If you are wondering how all these things can go together and if you want to hear a fantastic poet speak about her favourite lyric forms as well as her favourite forms of activism, this episode is for you.  

References:
Cat Fitzpatrick’s The Dinner Party (Seven Stories Press, 2026)
Little Puss Press
Cat Fitzpatrick’s The Call-Out
Cat Fitzpatrick’s Glamourpuss
Meanwhile, Elsewhere (edited by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett) 
https://www.catfitzpatrick.net/
@intermittentcat
Chiara Pellegrini
The Earl of Rochester
“A Letter from Artemesia in the Town to Chloe in the Country”
Richard Barnfield
Uxorious
Virgil
Aphra Behn
Gwen Aube’s Missed Connections with Tall Girls
Violet Allen’s Plastic, Prism, Void
Sybil Lamb’s I’ve Got a Time Bomb
Jeanne Thornton’s A/S/L
Shola von Reinhold’s Lote
Imogen Binnie’s Nevada
Sophia Dahlin’s Glove Money
Futurepoems
Joss Barton's Goodbye to a Dream Believed   

Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:

1.      Cat and I speak about several poetic forms in this episode. What is Cat’s take on poetic form and the patriarchy? What is yours?
2.      Which kinds of love do we speak about in the episode?
3.      Cat describes part of her writing process as “I hold on to my feelings until I can make use of them.” Can you relate to this?
4.      What does Cat mean when she talks about books as time capsules?
5.      How can literature help us build community and engage with trans rights?