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Spilled MilkEpisode 705: Coconut WaterYour favorite trendsetters are back, though they are suspicious and confused. M and M's biology degrees are put the test before Mr. Botany takes over to describe these hairy bowling bowls rich in nuclei. Its a Tale of Marketing and Endosperm as we gaze upon the majesty of this somehow slippery and turgid beverage. Episode 192: Natural WatersEpisode 38: Crusty CornersMatthew's Now but Wow: The Gate of Memory, edited by Brynn Saito and Brandon Shimoda
Support Spilled Milk Podcast!Molly's SubstackMatthew's Ba...2025-07-0333 min
Haymarket Books LiveThe Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime IncarcerationJoin us as we celebrate the launch of The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration edited by Brandon Shimoda and Brynn Saito. The event will begin with words from poet and concentration camp survivor Mitsuye Yamada followed by readings and conversation with Cathlin Goulding, Michael Ishii, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, Emily Mitamura, Paulette “Tkl' Un Yeik” Moreno, Carolyn Nakagawa, Michael Prior, and Anne Yukie Watanabe. This event is co-sponsored by Tsuru for Solidarity, a nonviolent, direct action project of Japanese American social justice advocates and allies working to end detention sites and support directly impa...2025-04-211h 24
This Is Not What I Ordered: conversations on chronic illness, loss + changeMultigenerational Healing, Poetry + Fertility with Brynn SaitoToday I’m joined by Brynn Saito: educator, organizer, and award-winning poet. Brynn’s latest collection of poetry, Under a Future Sky, was inspired by her visit to the Gila River in southern Arizona, the place where where her grandparents were imprisoned during World War II era incarceration of the Japanese American community. Together, we delve into that visit with her father and grandparents, and explore the family writing project that emerged from the journey. Along the way, we also discuss her personal health experience with endometriosis and fertility. In this conversation, Brynn examines the intergenerational impact of t...2024-03-131h 04
Haymarket Books LiveFamily Histories & Political Violence in the Americas: A Poetic DiscussionThree acclaimed poets with new books in multiple genres take on questions of history, trauma, and family in the Americas. This event took place on June 9, 2023.
To celebrate the publication of Julie Carr’s Mud, Blood, and Ghosts: Populism, Eugenics, and Spiritualism in the American West (University of Nebraska Press, May 2023), she will be joined by award winning authors Cristina Rivera Garza, whose new book is Liliana’s Invincible Summer and Brandon Shimoda, whose forthcoming book is Hydra Medusa for a joint reading and to discuss how family histories unearth the remains of patriarchal, settler-colonial, and white supremacist violence in the...2023-12-221h 28
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily911: The MessengerToday’s poem is The Messenger by Brynn Saito. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem renders visible the change that needs to happen — the vows we make to ourselves in order to grow, to become the person we were meant to be; however painful, however triumphant.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp2023-06-3006 min
Cutting For Sign with Ron Cecil and Daniel Penner Cline44 Brynn Saito - PoetBrynn Saito is a fourth generation Japanese American and Korean American author of two books of poetry, Power Made Us Swoon and The Palace of Contemplating Departure.
She is also the winner of the Benjamin Saltman Award and a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. She holds degrees in creative writing, religious studies and philosophy and has been a visiting writer in the MFA programs at several universities.
She co-founded the Yonsei Memory Project, an endeavor which awakens the archives of Japanese American history through arts-based, intergenerational, and intercultural public programming. Brynn's work has...2021-12-222h 01
Past ForwardLilia Gonzáles-Chávez and Brynn SaitoLilia Gonzáles-Chávez, was appointed Executive Director of the Fresno Arts Council in 2011, and was appointed to the California Arts Council by Governor Gavin Newson in 2020. She is a performing artist with over twenty years teaching and performing Ballet Folklorico. With a BA from Fresno State University and a Master’s degree from Fresno Pacific University, Lilia has worked in the education, human services and the arts field first as a teacher and advancing through management and leadership positions in public and nonprofit organizations. She is co-founder of Arte Américas, the Latino cultural arts center in Fresno and ser...2020-09-0336 min
CIIS Public ProgramsBest Of: Poetic JusticeThis episode showcases selections from three previous episodes featuring poets who explore a variety of social justice issues through their work. This episode contains explicit language.
Part One
The episode begins with poet and scholar Cameron Awkward-Rich joined in conversation with writer and curator James Fleming. Cameron reads first from his recent award-winning book Dispatch followed by a poem from his 2016 book Sympathetic Little Monster, which broke new ground in Trans, Queer, Black, and American poetry.
Part Two
This excerpt features the poet Layli Long Soldier in conversation with San Francisco poet Brynn Saito. Layli reads a selection from her...2020-04-2348 min
The Buffet ShowThe Buffet Show EXCLUSIVE - WAVES Event. #poetry #storytelling #sharing #community Pt. II of IIThe National Japanese American Historical Society and The Buffet Show
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WAVES
This event was a FREE, LIMITED SEATING ENGAGEMENT, inspired by the Call to Action from the children of Fred T. Korematsu, Min Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi to create an opportunity for artists and storytellers, regardless of performing experience, to rise and share their artistic expression in hopes that we do not go down a similar path in history that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
This event showcased seasoned performers as well as nurture and cultivate new artists, and that this multi-generational, cross-cultural event...2017-12-0523 minThe Buffet ShowThe Buffet Show EXCLUSIVE - WAVES. #poetry #storytelling #sharing #community Pt. I of IIThe National Japanese American Historical Society and The Buffet Show
present
WAVES
This event was a FREE, LIMITED SEATING ENGAGEMENT, inspired by the Call to Action from the children of Fred T. Korematsu, Min Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi to create an opportunity for artists and storytellers, regardless of performing experience, to rise and share their artistic expression in hopes that we do not go down a similar path in history that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
This event showcased seasoned performers as well as nurture and cultivate new artists, and that this multi-generational, cross-cultural event...2017-12-051h 02
CIIS Public ProgramsLayli Long Soldier: A Poetic Response To The US GovernmentJoin San Francisco poet Brynn Saito for a conversation with Layli Long Soldier about her journey creating her latest collection of poetry WHEREAS, which she wrote as a response to the congressional resolution “Apology to Native Peoples.”2017-11-3048 min
ALOUD @ Los Angeles Public LibraryIn a Western Light: Poetry at the Edge of AmericaCalifornia poetry has looked to the future, as well as to its complex past and the present, as a way of understanding our place at the edge of the continent. California is about the magic of the land and the promise of possibility— yet the question remains, for whom? Seven contemporary California poets celebrate the diverse poetry of seven distinguished California writers, hoping to provide a lens through which to experience these visions of a life lived in the harsh clarity of a Western light.
Featuring Douglas Kearney reading Charles Bukowski; Victoria Chang reading Diane Di Prima; Brendan Constantine reading Wa...2017-05-121h 11
CIIS Public ProgramsTyler Knott Gregson: Poetry and ProcessPoet and author Tyler Knott Gregson is joined in conversation by CIIS’s Director of the Center for Writing and Scholarship Brynn Saito to discuss poetry and the creative process.2017-05-1054 min
KPFA - APEX ExpressKearny Street Workshop’s Literary Reading
Tonight we bring you powerful words from Kearny Street Workshop’s talented teachers and students of this year’s Interdisciplinary Writers Lab. IWL is a three month, multi-genre class for local writers, challenged to expand their practice by working in a variety of genres and formats. Tune in to hear the fruits of their labor.
A stellar lineup of instructors included: Chinaka Hodge (writing for performance), Nayomi Munaweera (fiction), Brynn Saito (poetry). The IWL 2015 cohort was made up of Celeste Chan, Vida Kuang, Daniel Riddle Rodriguez, Joshua Merchant, Janine Mogannam, Shelley Wong, Phuong Vuong, Helida Silva, Audrey Esquivel...2015-11-1945 min