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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily1313: A Little Slice of Heaven by Jaswinder BolinaToday’s poem is A Little Slice of Heaven by Jaswinder Bolina. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “What breaks through the impenetrable folly of it all? What lends itself as miraculous in the dailiness of our lives? The magic sprouting of a bed of daffodils in spring time, a sculpture made from black twizzlers that the artist intricately wove together into a font of wonder, or the breathtaking smile of a friend that is all the gardens you ever gazed at. Sometimes, just sometimes, someone will utter a phrase that sends us reelin...
2025-03-1406 min
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily1313: A Little Slice of Heaven by Jaswinder BolinaToday’s poem is A Little Slice of Heaven by Jaswinder Bolina. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “What breaks through the impenetrable folly of it all? What lends itself as miraculous in the dailiness of our lives? The magic sprouting of a bed of daffodils in spring time, a sculpture made from black twizzlers that the artist intricately wove together into a font of wonder, or the breathtaking smile of a friend that is all the gardens you ever gazed at. Sometimes, just sometimes, someone will utter a phrase that s...
2025-03-1406 min
Whirled Through a Poem’s EyeJaswinder Bolina's "At War with the Cynics": Whirled Through a Poem's EyeWeary well wishing in Bolina's "At War with the Cynics."
2024-11-2604 min
fiction/non/fictionThe Road From Belhaven: Margot Livesey and What Literature Can Tell Us About The FutureAs the 2024 Presidential race heats up, award-winning fiction writer Margot Livesey joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss the value of seeing the future in politics and in family life. Are the polls right? Will Donald Trump beat President Joe Biden in the November election? Livesey talks about the role predictions play in our political landscape and in her new novel, The Road from Belhaven, in which a young woman named Lizzie Craig, raised by her grandparents in 19th century Scotland, has the gift of second sight. Livesey discusses the ways that literature has handled the...
2024-02-2235 min
fiction/non/fictionS7 Ep. 21: The Road From Belhaven: Margot Livesey and What Literature Can Tell Us About The FutureAs the 2024 Presidential race heats up, award-winning fiction writer Margot Livesey joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss the value of seeing the future in politics and in family life. Are the polls right? Will Donald Trump beat President Joe Biden in the November election? Livesey talks about the role predictions play in our political landscape and in her new novel, The Road from Belhaven, in which a young woman named Lizzie Craig, raised by her grandparents in 19th century Scotland, has the gift of second sight. Livesey discusses the ways that literature has handled the...
2024-02-2231 min
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastEnglish as a Second Language, and Other Poems by Jaswinder BolinaJaswinder Bolina reads “English as a Second Language” from his poetry collection English as a Second Language and Other Poems, published by Copper Canyon Press in October 2023.
2023-10-1101 min
Poëzie VandaagKlaagzang (Jaswinder Bolina)Vandaag: 'Klaagzang' van Jaswinder Bolina (1978). Voorgedragen en geduid door Ellen Deckwitz.
2023-09-0403 min
fiction/non/fictionS6 Ep. 42: SCOTUS vs. MFA: Jaswinder Bolina on How the End of Affirmative Action Will Affect Writing Program AdmissionsPoet Jaswinder Bolina joins co-host Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about how the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw the consideration of race in college admissions will affect MFA programs. The group reflects on why diversity is a crucial part of any writer’s education and the risk that this decision will change writing programs for the worse. Comparing the MFA admissions processes for their respective institutions, the three also discuss how everything from scholarships to the workshop environment may be affected, and Bolina speaks about the importance of diverse faculties. He reads from his essay “Americ...
2023-07-2058 minfiction/non/fictionSCOTUS vs. MFA: Jaswinder Bolina on How the End of Affirmative Action Will Affect Writing Program AdmissionsPoet Jaswinder Bolina joins co-host Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about how the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw the consideration of race in college admissions will affect MFA programs. The group reflects on why diversity is a crucial part of any writer’s education and the risk that this decision will change writing programs for the worse. Comparing the MFA admissions processes for their respective institutions, the three also discuss how everything from scholarships to the workshop environment may be affected, and Bolina speaks about the importance of diverse faculties. He reads from his essay “Americ...
2023-07-201h 02
LitCit: Antioch's Literary Citizen PodcastPoet Jaswinder BolinaHost Yamini Pathak engages poet Jaswinder Bolina in a discussion about writing as a person of color, adopting a persona, and the freedom of poetry. Bolina reads from his essay "Writing Like a White Guy" and his poems "Supremacy" and "Station." This episode was produced and mastered by Amy Mills Klipstine.
2021-08-1456 min
Portola PioneerS1 Episode 05: Cultural Touchstones: How Do You Honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage?The Portola Pioneer is the official news and culture podcast of the Portola Pilot, aiming to foster a sense of community and provide a unique storytelling medium to its listeners.
For the final episode of the school year, “Cultural Touchstones: How Do You Honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage?” co-hosts Cara Chan, Celine Lee and Nate Taylor discover the personal stories of AAPI students and staff. Social studies teacher Virginia Nguyen and senior Madison Empalmado share their cultural backgrounds, struggles and pride as Asian Americans.
Music Credits:
“Dolomieu” By REW
2021-06-0217 min
The Line Breaks2e1Bob and Chris are back for Season 2! In this week's episode, Bob reads "All My Life Has Been a Costume Party" by Jessica Abughattas, Chris reads "Story In A White Diction" by Jaswinder Bolina, and then they talk about how weird watching basketball during a pandemic is.
2021-03-2348 min
Twenty SummersJaswinder Bolina & Victoria Chang in ConversationPoets Jaswinder Bolina and Victoria Chang virtually gathered to discuss their latest books — Jaswinder’s first essay collection Of Color (McSweeney’s, 2020) and Victoria’s 2020 National Book Award longlisted Obit (Copper Canyon Press, 2020) — as well as artistic influences and a new generation of poetry.Jaswinder Bolina is an American writer. His first collection of essays Of Color was published by McSweeney’s in June 2020. His most recent collection of poetry The 44th of July was released by Omnidawn in April 2019. It’s been named a finalist for the 2019 Big Other Book Award and was long-listed for the 2019 PEN America Op...
2020-11-0558 minfiction/non/fictionSummer Books Extravaganza: Margot Livesey and Jaswinder Bolinda on Beach Reading When the Beach is ClosedIn this week’s episode of Fiction/Non/Fiction, co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan are joined by novelist Margot Livesey and poet and essayist Jaswinder Bolina. Livesey discusses an excerpt from her fantastic new novel, The Boy in the Field, and challenges the traditional idea that that beach reads shouldn’t, or can’t, be “political.” Then Bolina discusses how the most popular books in this historic summer of protest and pandemic – including his own brilliant new collection of essays, Of Color – have engaged with themes of race and anti-racism. To hear the full episode, subscribe to th...
2020-08-271h 22
fiction/non/fictionS3 Ep. 24: Summer Books Extravaganza: Margot Livesey and Jaswinder Bolinda on Beach Reading When the Beach is ClosedIn this week’s episode of Fiction/Non/Fiction, co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan are joined by novelist Margot Livesey and poet and essayist Jaswinder Bolina. Livesey discusses an excerpt from her fantastic new novel, The Boy in the Field, and challenges the traditional idea that that beach reads shouldn’t, or can’t, be “political.” Then Bolina discusses how the most popular books in this historic summer of protest and pandemic – including his own brilliant new collection of essays, Of Color – have engaged with themes of race and anti-racism. To hear the full episode, subscribe to th...
2020-08-271h 17
The PEN PodEpisode 90: Avoid the Obvious with Jaswinder BolinaOn today's edition, we speak with poet and writer Jaswinder Bolina, whose new essay collection OF COLOR just published this summer. He talks about how the text does and doesn't respond to our current moment of racial reckoning, and he offers his guidance for how to put pen to paper.
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2020-07-2315 min
American Poets IIIJaswinder Bolina American PoetPoetas Contemporáneos Norteamericanos.
Jaswinder Bolina es un poeta estadounidense. Es autor del libro de capítulos The Tallest Building in America y de un libro de ensayos de Color. Sus colecciones de poesía de larga duración son Carrier Wave; Phantom Camera, que ganó el Premio Green Rose en Poesía de New Issues Poetry
2020-07-1400 min
Listen to Premium Digital Audiobooks in High QualityOf Color -- Jaswinder BolinaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/416849 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Of Color
Author: Jaswinder Bolina
Narrator: Jaswinder Bolina
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes
Release date: June 30, 2020
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary: In his debut essay collection, award-winning poet Jaswinder Bolina meditates on 'how race,' as he puts it, 'becomes metaphysical': the cumulative toll of the microaggressions and macro-pressures lurking in the academic market, on the literary circuit, in the dating pool, and on the sidewalks of any given US city. Training a keenly thoughtful lens on questions that are never...
2020-07-012h 16
Living WritersJaswinder Bolina on Living Writers 2008-02-13Jaswinder Bolina on Living Writers 2008-02-13 - WCBN Public Affairs Programming - WCBN Staff
2008-02-1300 min