In this episode, William Callahan brings in Ocean Vuong's poem <a href="https://granta.com/beautiful-short-loser-ocean-vuong/">"Beautiful Short Loser."</a> We talk about trans experience and the revised edition of the poem that appears in Vuong's collection <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/time-is-a-mother-ocean-vuong/17313825?ean=9780593300237">Time Is a Mother</a>. I forget to make the joke that I'm a beautiful tall loser.

In this episode, William Callahan brings in Ocean Vuong's poem "Beautiful Short Loser." We talk about trans experience and the revised edition of the poem that appears in Vuong's collection Time Is a Mother. I forget to make the joke that I'm a beautiful tall loser.

In this episode, William Callahan brings in Ocean Vuong's poem <a href="https://granta.com/beautiful-short-loser-ocean-vuong/" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Beautiful Short Loser."</a> We talk about trans experience and the revised edition of the poem that appears in Vuong's collection <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/time-is-a-mother-ocean-vuong/17313825?ean=9780593300237" rel="noopener noreferrer">Time Is a Mother</a>. I forget to make the joke that I'm a beautiful tall loser.

William Callahan on Ocean Vuong's "Beautiful Short Loser"

On The Talking Poem Podcast, writer and teacher Charlie Green invites on a poet, critic, or reader to bring in any poem they'd like to discuss. The poem could be old or new, well-known or obscure, and they follow the poem and conversation where they turn. After they talk about the poem, there will be some silliness, a poetry game, and a conversation about poetry more generally. New episodes will be released every two weeks.

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On The Talking Poem Podcast, writer and teacher Charlie Green invites on a poet, critic, or reader to bring in any poem they'd like to discuss. The poem could be old or new, well-known or obscure, and they follow the poem and conversation where they turn. After they talk about the poem, there will be some silliness, a poetry game, and a conversation about poetry more generally. New episodes will be released every two weeks.

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William Callahan on Ocean Vuong's "Beautiful Short Loser"

William Callahan on Ocean Vuong's "Beautiful Short Loser"