Post Poet Pop, Episode 15 features the poet Jared Daniel Fagen. Jared was born in South Korea and teaches in Manhattan at City College as he completes his PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center. His work has been featured in The Brooklyn Rail, Fence, Lana Turner, and Asymptote, among other publications. He is also the editor and publisher of Black Sun Lit. Jared has previously said that he wants readers to see what is not readily seen. And perhaps a radio, audio-only interview can help do that, although Jared means when you read his first full length book, The Animal of Existence (published by Black Square Editions, and which we will hear Jared read from today) that ultimate readership is ultimately out of the author’s control. Jared writes, in the title poem of the book (which you will not hear today), “They ask about my life. The likelihood of my living on. With eyes that will not be met I say of their inquiry that it is no decision of my own. [...] They ask about my life, but for life I grieve deeply.” I hope you hear some non-readily-available seeing.
Learn more about Jared's work at JaredDanielFagen.com.
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