Poetry
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Buzzed Books #68: Selected Poems (1950-2012)
Buzzed Books #68 by Freesia McKee Adrienne Rich’s Selected Poems: 1950-2012 When I was a 19-year-old gender studies major, I took my first poetry class. Writing my first burgeoning poems, I tried to connect my lived experiences to what I was learning about feminism. Mid-semester, I had an individual conference with the professor. He asked… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #67: Essential Essays (Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry)
Buzzed Books #67 by Freesia McKee Adrienne Rich’s Essential Essays: Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry In college, I learned as a gender studies major that feminism encourages us to understand our lives in the context of larger social movements. Situating our experiences within larger trends helps sustain emotional and psychological survival. Adrienne Rich’s Essential… Continue reading
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Episode 325: Abraham Smith!
Episode 325 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with the poet Abraham Smith about his latest release, the book-length work, Destruction of Man. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out the music of The Intoxicators! Episode 325 of The Drunken… Continue reading
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Episode 323: Emily Wilson!
Episode 323 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I chat with the classicist and translator, Emily Wilson, whose translation of the Odyssey feels both superbly magical and contemporary. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out this new funky, psychedelic audio soundscape project… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #64: Destruction of Man
Buzzed Books #64 by Amy Watkins Abraham Smith’s Destruction of Man It’s been said that writers who try to appeal to everyone are likely to appeal to no one. This is not a problem Abraham Smith needs to fear, and I mean that as a compliment. Smith’s Destruction of Man(Third Man Books, 2018), a decidedly… Continue reading
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Buzzed Books #62: Spill
Buzzed Books #62 by Stephanie Porven Kelle Groom’s Spill Kelle Groom’s Spill begs to be read by candlelight in a dark room. Groom’s poems, many of which are narrative, read as almost autobiographical in their expression of her speaker’s struggle with fears that prey on all of us at some point in our lives: fear of… Continue reading
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Episode 315: Terri Witek!
Episode 315 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s program, I talk to the poet Terri Witek. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES I’ll be reading with the other contributors to this awkward sexcapade anthology! Episode 315 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite… Continue reading
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Episode 313: A Craft Discussion of An Essay on Criticism, with Vanessa Blakeslee!
Episode 313 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Alexander Pope’s Essay on Criticism and twitter and other stuff. NOTES Pre-order Vanessa’s forthcoming short story collection, Perfect Conditions, or check out Vanessa’s other work. If you like Walt… Continue reading
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Episode 312: Gerald Stern & Victor Hernandez Cruz!
Episode 312 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s program, I talk to poets Gerald Stern and Victor Hernandez Cruz, plus I share the prologue to John McMahon’s A Boy from Nantucket. Texts Discussed NOTES Learn more about J. McMahon’s A Boy From… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #18: O, Miami!
Aesthetic Drift #18 by Freesia McKee O, Miami! When you move to a new city and tell strangers that you’re a poet, brace yourself for reactions like, “Do you actually make money?” and “I don’t really get poetry.” But when you tell strangers in Miami that you’re a poet, they tend to say, “Have you… Continue reading
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