Today's show features a conversation between Loma and me about the government influence on poetry, the boundaries of a poem between other objects and being, poetry & activism, struggling with how to write poetry about domestic abuse, fearlessness, and more.
Poets & essays mentioned in this episode:
Juliana Spahr and her influential essay on Contemporary Poetry and Its Nationalisms: ( http://www.academia.edu/9079433/Contemporary_US_Poetry_and_Its_Nationalisms )
Loma's website ( christophersoto-poet.com )
Dark Matter: ( http://www.darkmatterpoetry.com/ )
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: ( http://joshuajenniferespinoza.com/ )
Stephanie Burt ( http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/category/stephanie/ )
TC Tolbert ( http://www.tctolbert.com/ )
Julian T. Brolaski ( http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/julian-brolaski )