Post Poet Pop, Episode 13 features the poet Mackenzie Berry. Mackenzie is a not only from Louisville, Kentucky but she is a beacon of positive representation of this, her hometown. Her debut poetry collection—Slack Tongue City (Sundress Publications, 2022)—is a compendium of Louisville nostalgia and detail, and it is a compass of what it means to bring your hometown along with you as you move closer toward the furthest point of the horizon. On this episode, Mackenzie reads 5 poems from the book and we discuss all things Louisville and all things Slack Tongue City.
Her poetry has been published in Poetry Ireland Review, Up the Staircase Quarterly, Hobart, and Blood Orange Review, among others. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison through the First Wave Program and Goldsmiths, University of London. She is, currently, a lecturer at Cornell University, but will soon be taking on a new role at Tufts. r Get a copy of Slack Tongue City, here, or at your local bookstore.
Go to MackenzieBerry.com to learn more about Mackenzie's work.
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