Poetry
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #114: Contemporary Living?
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A… Continue reading
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Video: Robert Pinsky in Conversation with Campbell McGrath
Former U.S. Poet Laureate ROBERT PINSKY reads from his latest book and discusses the role of poetry in the community. In Proverbs of Limbo, he mines and maps limbal regions both demographic and personal – clashing ways of understanding, personal history and world history, health and illness, freedom and compulsion, intimacy and community, personality and… Continue reading
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Episode 659: Duy Đoàn!
In this week’s show, John talks to poet Duy Đoàn about his latest collection, Zombie Vomit Mad Libs; the poetic provocations of horror films like Let the Right One In, A Girl Walks Home Alone in the Night, and A Chinese Ghost Story; and experimenting with erase and fragmentation. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES There is a… Continue reading
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Episode 658: Denise Duhamel!
In this week’s show, John talks to the delightful poet Denise Duhamel about the nuts and bolts of poetry, the construction of themed collections, Barbie, and other matters of literary interest. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES Check out my previous conversations on episodes 134, 296, and 462. If you’d like to support this show with a monthly… Continue reading
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Episode 656: Fire by Fire by Fire with Dianne Turgeon Richardson & Tod Caviness
On this week’s show, John convenes with Loose Lips hosts Dianne Turgeon Richardson for a poetry game in which three friends draw themed cards and read original poems somehow connected to those themes. Alcohol was consumed, too. Jeff Wilfong provided audio support for this lovely outing, one I hope becomes a December tradition. NOTES If… Continue reading
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Episode 654: David Kirby, Traci Brimhall, and Robert Pinsky!
This week’s show collects three interviews with poets David Kirby, Traci Brimhall, and Robert Pinsky in joyful, fun conversations conducted last November at Miami Book Fair. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES For excellent tattoos in the Orlando area, check out The Tattooed Society. Follow artist (and show editor) Jeff Wilfong on IG. If you are an amazon customer, one… Continue reading
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Episode 653: Dobby Gibson
On this week’s show Chrissy Kolaya talks to Dobby Gibson about his latest poetry volume, Hold Everything, now out with Graywolf Press. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES Check out Chrissy’s interview with Li-Young Lee. For excellent tattoos in the Orlando area, check out The Tattooed Society. Follow artist (and show editor) Jeff Wilfong on IG. If you are an amazon customer,… Continue reading
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Episode 649: Ezza Ahmed!
In this week’s show, John speaks with recent writer-in-residence at the Kerouac Project of Orlando, the poet Ezza Ahmed. NOTES Miami Book Fair will take place November 22-24. To learn about the Kerouac Project of Orlando, go here. On December 3rd, The Drunken Odyssey’s writers take over the reading spots in the Loose Lips reading series… Continue reading
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Episode 647: Billy Collins
On this week’s show, John King talks to the two-time former poet laureate Billy Collins about his latest collection, Water, Water, and how, if the window doesn’t open up for the composition of poetry, one should strive to find a trampoline in the woods, and how one can learn from the poetic breakers of decorum.… Continue reading
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McClurg’s Musicalia Playlist #96: Looking Through Ghosts To See The Stars
Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a… Continue reading
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