On this episode, we break bread with poet and crafty sad girl Lauren WB Vermette and talk about "good. bread.", mental illness, and Shira Erlichman.
Guest: Lauren WB Vermette, Book: And the Form Falls Away, IG: @wbvermette
Bio: Lauren WB Vermette is an ink-slinger who makes her home in Dover, NH. Her work has appeared in Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Covid Spring Anthology, Edge, Global Poemic, Good Fat Zine, Hole in the Head Review, Lunation: An Anthology of Women Poets, Sledgehammer, Rat’s Ass Review Journal, and The Poets’ Touchstone. Her first collection of poetry, And The Form Falls Away (2018), was published by Bee Monk Press.
Poems discussed: "Odes to Lithium #140: Natural" by Shira Erlichman and "Umbilicus" by Lauren WB Vermette
Podcast Website: https://bread-poetry.simplecast.com
Instagram: @breadandpoetrypodcast
Twitter: @breadpoetrypod
Production: Kula Production Company
Photo Credit: Najee Brown @authoredby
Theme Music: Stu Dias @stuartdiasplaysmusicsometimes
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