The Poetry Vlog (TPV): A Poetry, Arts, & Social Justice Teaching Channel

In today's flash briefing reading, we get you to the last sneak peek before Thursday's episode. Rachel reads "Aubade with Burning City" by Ocean Vuong. Listen in, enjoy the poem, and prepare yourselves for tomorrow on The Great British Baking Show. Ocean's poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/56769/aubade-with-burning-city Rachel: Raised in a Jewish family in Memphis, TN, Rachel Edelman's poems examine how humans confront and evade the destruction we have wrought. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, The Threepenny Review, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships and residencies from Crosstown Arts, Mineral School, the Academy of American Poets, and the University of Washington. She holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Washington and a BA in English and geology from Amherst College. She works as an Upper School English teacher at Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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To prepare you for Rachel's lesson plan on poetry and The Great British Bake Off, Aka The Great British Baking Show on Thursday, listen in to her reading one of her August-perfection poems, "Stone Way North." More on Rachel -- Raised in a Jewish family in Memphis, TN, Rachel Edelman's poems examine how humans confront and evade the destruction we have wrought. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, The Threepenny Review, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships and residencies from Crosstown Arts, Mineral School, the Academy of American Poets, and the University of Washington. She holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Washington and a BA in English and geology from Amherst College. She works as an Upper School English teacher at Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Flash Briefings are 2 minutes or less "flash" readings for you to jumpstart your weekdays. They are published M - F. Feel free to comment, request, or chat with me via the links below. ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

Today, I chat with Jane on Persona Poems, Family, and Teaching. Hear her read from her poignant book, "Overpour," and offer insights on effective pedagogy in creative classrooms. Jane Wong's poems can be found in Best American Poetry 2015, American Poetry Review, AGNI, Third Coast, jubilat and others. A Kundiman fellow and recipient of a Pushcart Prize, she is the author of Overpour (Action Books, 2016). She is an Assistant Professor at Western Washington University.  Some links to online work: (https://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/own_words/Jane_Wong/) // (http://thejournalmag.org/archives/1701) // (http://www.birdfeastmagazine.com/issuenine/wong.html) // Her website: (http://janewongwriter.com/) // The Poetics of Haunting Project (scholarly): (poeticsofhaunting.com) // Current media digs: “I’m totally into the show One Day at a Time. Give me all the feels.” // Rad earrings by Brwngrlz: (https://www.instagram.com/brwngrlz/) + (http://www.brwngrlz.com/) ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

In this Flash Briefing poetry reading, you get a sneak "listen" to Jane Wong's work before I post our full conversation on Thursday. Jane reads her poem, "After Preparing the Altar the Ghosts Feast Feverishly." 

More on Jane -- (http://janewongwriter.com/) // Jane Wong's poems can be found in Best American Poetry 2015, American Poetry Review, AGNI, Third Coast, jubilat and others. A Kundiman fellow and recipient of a Pushcart Prize, she is the author of Overpour (Action Books, 2016). She is an Assistant Professor at Western Washington University. // Online poems: (https://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/own_words/Jane_Wong/) // (http://thejournalmag.org/archives/1701) // (http://www.birdfeastmagazine.com/issuenine/wong.html) // Scholarly Poetics of Haunting Project: (poeticsofhaunting.com) /// Media she's digging rn: the show One Day at a Time. "Gives me all the feels. " + And also earrings by Brwngrlz: (https://www.instagram.com/brwngrlz/) + (http://www.brwngrlz.com/)

Flash Briefings are 2 minutes or less "flash" readings for you to jumpstart your weekdays. They are published M - F. Feel free to comment, request, or chat with me via the links below. ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

In this Flash Briefing poetry reading, you get a sneak "listen" to Jane Wong's work before I post our full conversation on Thursday. Jane reads her poem, "Thaw," which can also be found published online here: (http://www.birdfeastmagazine.com/issuenine/wong.html). 

More on Jane -- (http://janewongwriter.com/) // Jane Wong's poems can be found in Best American Poetry 2015, American Poetry Review, AGNI, Third Coast, jubilat and others. A Kundiman fellow and recipient of a Pushcart Prize, she is the author of Overpour (Action Books, 2016). She is an Assistant Professor at Western Washington University. Online poems: (https://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/own_words/Jane_Wong/) // (http://thejournalmag.org/archives/1701 http://www.birdfeastmagazine.com/issuenine/wong.html) /// Scholarly Poetics of Haunting Project: (poeticsofhaunting.com) /// Media she's digging rn: the show One Day at a Time. "Gives me all the feels. " + And also earrings by Brwngrlz: (https://www.instagram.com/brwngrlz/)

Flash Briefings are 2 minutes or less "flash" readings for you to jumpstart your weekdays. They are published M - F. Feel free to comment, request, or chat with me via the links below. ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

In this segment of Patrick and Pop Music, Patrick breaks down the catchy perfection of Robyn’s latest viral single, “Missing U.” Patrick takes us along on his music and lyrics analysis journey, starting with who Robyn and you might be missing through Anne Carson, Marcel Duchamp, Cole Swensen, Pierre Bonnard, and more. Basically: heartbreak, glass metaphors, dancing beats, and where pop culture and poetry intersect. More on Patrick -- Patrick Milian is a David A. Robertson Fellow, doctoral candidate, and teacher at the University of Washington where he also received his MFA. He has been a William Ralph Wayland Fellow, the recipient of a grant from the Klepser Endowment, and winner of the Richard J. Dunn Teaching Award. His poetry and creative non-fiction have appeared in Denver Quarterly, Fourteen Hills, Mid-American Review, The Offing, and The Seattle Review, for which he was a Pushcart Prize nominee. ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

As if you needed more incentive to tune in to the weekend BONUS episode: today's flash briefing reading is from poet and tarot reader Jill McKenna. Here, she reads again her heartbreaking chapbook, Poems for Richard Harrow. The reference to Boardwalk Empire is more than intentional :). If you dig the extra-terrestrial sound, listen to our full convo. More on Jill -- Jill McKenna keeps bees, studies astrology, reads tarot, gets lost in natural areas, and writes poems and essays in Portland, Oregon. Her poems have appeared in Vinyl Poetry & Prose, Muse/A Journal, g a z e, thethepoetry, and others. She edited Winged: New Writing on Bees. Jill earned her MFA-Creative Writing at Portland State, and is native to Chicagoland. Jill's Astrology and Tarot work: (jupitermoon.net) // Blog: (https://1481hyperionavenue.com/2018/06/18/9282/) // Links to work online: (https://www.gazejournal.net/journal/jmmckenna) // (http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/2016/02/jill-mckenna-reed/) // (http://www.thethepoetry.com/2014/10/poem-of-the-week-jill-mckenna-reed/) ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

This is a podcast-only BONUS episode with Jill McKenna. Jill is an articulate, haunting, dreamy thinker. Hear her talk about EK Frey's poems, short form, & Richard Harrow from Boardwalk Empire. Best of all: a sneak peak into her latest project. Listen in and listen well. More on Jill -- Jill McKenna keeps bees, studies astrology, reads tarot, gets lost in natural areas, and writes poems and essays in Portland, Oregon. Her poems have appeared in Vinyl Poetry & Prose, Muse/A Journal, g a z e, thethepoetry, and others. She edited Winged: New Writing on Bees. Jill earned her MFA-Creative Writing at Portland State, and is native to Chicagoland. Jill's Astrology and Tarot work: (jupitermoon.net) // Blog: (https://1481hyperionavenue.com/2018/06/18/9282/) // Links to work online: (https://www.gazejournal.net/journal/jmmckenna) // (http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/2016/02/jill-mckenna-reed/) // (http://www.thethepoetry.com/2014/10/poem-of-the-week-jill-mckenna-reed/) ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).

Today's flash briefing poetry reading is a teaser for the podcast-only special edition with poet and tarot reader Jill McKenna, which will be up this weekend! Here, she reads from her haunting chapbook, Poems for Richard Harrow. The reference to Boardwalk Empire is more than intentional :). 

More on Jill -- Jill McKenna keeps bees, studies astrology, reads tarot, gets lost in natural areas, and writes poems and essays in Portland, Oregon. Her poems have appeared in Vinyl Poetry & Prose, Muse/A Journal, g a z e, thethepoetry, and others. She edited Winged: New Writing on Bees. Jill earned her MFA-Creative Writing at Portland State, and is native to Chicagoland. Jill's Astrology and Tarot work: (jupitermoon.net) // Blog: (https://1481hyperionavenue.com/2018/06/18/9282/) // Links to work online: (https://www.gazejournal.net/journal/jmmckenna) // (http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/2016/02/jill-mckenna-reed/) // (http://www.thethepoetry.com/2014/10/poem-of-the-week-jill-mckenna-reed/)

Flash Briefings are 2 minutes or less "flash" readings for you to jumpstart your weekdays. They are published M - F. Feel free to comment, request, or chat with me via the links below. ● The Poetry Vlog is a YouTube Channel and Podcast dedicated to building social justice coalitions through poetry, pop culture, cultural studies, and related arts dialogues. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to join our fast-growing arts & scholarship community (youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog?sub_confirmation=1). Connect with us on Instagram (instagram.com/thepoetryvlog), Twitter (twitter.com/thepoetryvlog), Facebook (facebook.com/thepoetryvlog), and our website (thepoetryvlog.com).