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Stephanie Burt reads Poly Beach House by Tonee Mae Moll
Stephanie Burt reads ‘Poly Beach House’ by Tonee Mae Moll and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness.
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Super Gay Poems: LGBTQIA+ Poetry after Stonewall
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*This interview was recorded in March 2024*
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2023-02-141h 15Team-Up MovesSpectaculars (AP 2/2) w/ Seanan McGuire and Shana HausmanWe are back to play Spectaculars with Seanan McGuire, one of our favorite author, known for Middlegame, the Wayward Children and October Daye series of novels, and many others.Across Gliding, Emmett Low, and Lily have boarded the ragged-looking Facilitator spaceship (with cyborg-cat-person-from-the-future L reluctantly in tow) to find who triggered the distress call and do what they can to keep this infested vessel from colliding with Earth.Find out more about Spectaculars at https://scratchpadpublishing.com/spectaculars Check out Thomas Manuel’s Indie RPG Newsletter at https://ttrpg.substack.com/Sm...
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2023-01-1748 minTeam-Up MovesA City of Shining Stars (AP 1/2) w/ Jeff StormerThis run we’re joined by Jeff Stormer of Party of One and All My Fantasy Children — not to mention Anyone Can Wear the Mask — to play Aaron Lim’s A City of Shining Stars.We’re using this superhero city-building game to develop the history of New Olympia, a parallel-universe version of New Arcadia.Find all of Aaron Lim’s games here: https://ehronlime.itch.io/And, read Steph’s New Yorker article about multiverses in superhero media.The CastJeff Stormer (he/him, @PartyOfOnePod)Stephanie Burt (she/her...
2023-01-101h 07Team-Up MovesA City of Shining Stars (AP 1/2) w/ Jeff StormerThis run we’re joined by Jeff Stormer of Party of One and All My Fantasy Children — not to mention Anyone Can Wear the Mask — to play Aaron Lim’s A City of Shining Stars.We’re using this superhero city-building game to develop the history of New Olympia, a parallel-universe version of New Arcadia.Find all of Aaron Lim’s games here: https://ehronlime.itch.io/And, read Steph’s New Yorker article about multiverses in superhero media.The CastJeff Stormer (he/him, @PartyOfOnePod)Stephanie Burt (she/her...
2023-01-101h 07Team-Up MovesSentinel Comics (Back Matter) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci MancusoTime to talk about Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game! In this back matter episode we go over the remarkable guided character creation mechanism, the balance between narrative and simulationist play, and Fiona breaks out a spreadsheet to report on probabilities.Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game was co-developed with Critical Hits Studios and is published by Greater Than Games.Back IssuesInferno (1988) by Louise Simonson, with art by Walter Simonson, Bret Blevins, Terry Shoemaker and others: this is a multi-title crossover event involving X-Factor, New Mutants and other Marvel mutant comics, best read through the...
2022-12-201h 34Team-Up MovesSentinel Comics (Back Matter) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci MancusoTime to talk about Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game! In this back matter episode we go over the remarkable guided character creation mechanism, the balance between narrative and simulationist play, and Fiona breaks out a spreadsheet to report on probabilities.Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game was co-developed with Critical Hits Studios and is published by Greater Than Games.Back IssuesInferno (1988) by Louise Simonson, with art by Walter Simonson, Bret Blevins, Terry Shoemaker and others: this is a multi-title crossover event involving X-Factor, New Mutants and other Marvel mutant comics, best read through the...
2022-12-201h 34Team-Up MovesSentinel Comics (AP 3/3) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci MancusoThe conclusion to our actual play of Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. Our heroes have a note from Time Keeper’s future self telling them to go to Monomer’s company office at midnight in a few days. How will they prepare? What will happen when the clock strikes 12:00?The CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — Ursula, the Weird SisterCeci Mancuso (they/them, @mancusoscifi@dice.camp) — Horatio “Time Keeper” HolmStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Mona “Monomer” Maxwell-DamonFiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fion...
2022-12-131h 02Team-Up MovesSentinel Comics (AP 3/3) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci MancusoThe conclusion to our actual play of Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. Our heroes have a note from Time Keeper’s future self telling them to go to Monomer’s company office at midnight in a few days. How will they prepare? What will happen when the clock strikes 12:00?The CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — Ursula, the Weird SisterCeci Mancuso (they/them, @mancusoscifi@dice.camp) — Horatio “Time Keeper” HolmStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Mona “Monomer” Maxwell-DamonFiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fion...
2022-12-131h 02Team-Up MovesSentinel Comics (AP 2/3) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci MancusoPart two of our actual play of Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. There’s a volcano in the middle of the Grandsmeddow that is being brought forward in time by a strange device. Our heroes need to contend with an angry fire-wielding supervillain, Flame Jane, and quite a few lava wurms as they work to get to the device and stop it from causing more destruction in New Arcadia.The CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — Ursula, the Weird SisterCeci Mancuso (they/them, @mancusoscifi@dice.camp) — Horatio “Time Keeper” Ho...
2022-12-0657 minTeam-Up MovesSentinel Comics (AP 2/3) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci MancusoPart two of our actual play of Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. There’s a volcano in the middle of the Grandsmeddow that is being brought forward in time by a strange device. Our heroes need to contend with an angry fire-wielding supervillain, Flame Jane, and quite a few lava wurms as they work to get to the device and stop it from causing more destruction in New Arcadia.The CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — Ursula, the Weird SisterCeci Mancuso (they/them, @mancusoscifi@dice.camp) — Horatio “Time Keeper” Ho...
2022-12-0657 minTeam-Up MovesSentinel Comics (AP 1/3) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci MancusoWe’ve got Ian and Ceci back to play Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. It’s time for some good ol’ superheroing as a volcano erupts in the middle of New Arcadia.Can our heroes—a scientist/entrepreneur with a powered suit of her own making, a college dropout who stole the wrong magical artifact from the mob, and Ursula, an actual witch from Macbeth—rescue civilians, fight off villains, and put a stop to the lava before it consumes the entire Grandsmeddow?The CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmal...
2022-11-2957 minTeam-Up MovesSentinel Comics (AP 1/3) w/ Ian Gregory and Ceci MancusoWe’ve got Ian and Ceci back to play Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. It’s time for some good ol’ superheroing as a volcano erupts in the middle of New Arcadia.Can our heroes—a scientist/entrepreneur with a powered suit of her own making, a college dropout who stole the wrong magical artifact from the mob, and Ursula, an actual witch from Macbeth—rescue civilians, fight off villains, and put a stop to the lava before it consumes the entire Grandsmeddow?The CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmal...
2022-11-2957 minTeam-Up MovesOur Mundane Supernatural Life (Back Matter)Time to talk about Mutant City Blues! In this back matter episode we discuss our feelings about creating characters using the Quade Diagram, the challenges of GMing a mystery, and the uncomfortable relationships between superheroes and cops.Our Mundane Supernatural Life is written by Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon, and published by Storybrewers.Back IssuesSuperman: Secret Identity (2004) (trade paperback collecting the run), written by Kurt Busiek, art by Stuart ImmonenAstonishing X-Men (2004-2013), nos. 48-51 (2013), written by Marjorie Liu and pencilled Mike Perkins, and Astonishing X-Men Annual no. 1 (2013), written by Christos Gage and penciled...
2022-11-1558 minTeam-Up MovesOur Mundane Supernatural Life (Back Matter)Time to talk about Mutant City Blues! In this back matter episode we discuss our feelings about creating characters using the Quade Diagram, the challenges of GMing a mystery, and the uncomfortable relationships between superheroes and cops.Our Mundane Supernatural Life is written by Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon, and published by Storybrewers.Back IssuesSuperman: Secret Identity (2004) (trade paperback collecting the run), written by Kurt Busiek, art by Stuart ImmonenAstonishing X-Men (2004-2013), nos. 48-51 (2013), written by Marjorie Liu and pencilled Mike Perkins, and Astonishing X-Men Annual no. 1 (2013), written by Christos Gage and penciled...
2022-11-1558 minTeam-Up MovesOur Mundane Supernatural Life (AP)Fiona and Stephanie are sitting down together for the cozy and delightful Our Mundane Supernatural Life by Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon, published by Storybrewers.Stephanie plays the sentient robot G.I.M.A., who was built by New Arcadia to help with municipal infrastructure maintenance but developed a mind of her own. Fiona is her roommate Emily, the owner of the small boutique yarn and fabric shop Puns and Needles.Listen to three days in their life as G.I.M.A. deals with being possessed by the villainous Grid Ghost and Emily prepares...
2022-11-081h 28Team-Up MovesOur Mundane Supernatural Life (AP)Fiona and Stephanie are sitting down together for the cozy and delightful Our Mundane Supernatural Life by Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon, published by Storybrewers.Stephanie plays the sentient robot G.I.M.A., who was built by New Arcadia to help with municipal infrastructure maintenance but developed a mind of her own. Fiona is her roommate Emily, the owner of the small boutique yarn and fabric shop Puns and Needles.Listen to three days in their life as G.I.M.A. deals with being possessed by the villainous Grid Ghost and Emily prepares...
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Poetry UnboundStephanie Burt — Prayer for WerewolvesThe search for authentic love is a powerful hunger in humans and, as Stephanie Burt shares, in werewolves. Stephanie Burt is a poet, literary critic, and professor with nine published books, including two critical books on poetry and three poetry collections. Her essay collection Close Calls with Nonsense was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her other works include We Are Mermaids; Advice from the Lights; The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems and How to Read Them; and The Art of the Sonnet. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Book R...
2022-10-3113 minTeam-Up MovesMutant City Blues (Back Matter) w/ Rachel Gold and Shana HausmanTime to talk about Mutant City Blues! In this back matter episode we discuss our feelings about creating characters using the Quade Diagram, the challenges of GMing a mystery, and the uncomfortable relationships between superheroes and cops.Mutant City Blues is written by Robin D. Laws and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, and published by Pelgrane Press.Back IssuesPowers by Brian Michael Bendis, illustrated by Michael Avon OemingTop 10 by Alan Moore, illustrated by Gene Ha and Zander CannonDistrict X #1–6 by David Hine, illustrated by David YardinX-Factor (1986) #71–90 by Peter David, illustrated by Larry StromanX-Factor (2020) by Leah Williams, inks...
2022-10-251h 26Team-Up MovesMutant City Blues (Back Matter) w/ Rachel Gold and Shana HausmanTime to talk about Mutant City Blues! In this back matter episode we discuss our feelings about creating characters using the Quade Diagram, the challenges of GMing a mystery, and the uncomfortable relationships between superheroes and cops.Mutant City Blues is written by Robin D. Laws and Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, and published by Pelgrane Press.Back IssuesPowers by Brian Michael Bendis, illustrated by Michael Avon OemingTop 10 by Alan Moore, illustrated by Gene Ha and Zander CannonDistrict X #1–6 by David Hine, illustrated by David YardinX-Factor (1986) #71–90 by Peter David, illustrated by Larry StromanX-Factor (2020) by Leah Williams, inks...
2022-10-251h 26Team-Up MovesMutant City Blues (AP 2/2) w/ Rachel Gold and Shana HausmanIt’s the second half of our actual play of Mutant City Blues by Robin D. Laws (@RobinDLaws) and Gareth Hanrahan (@mytholder), published by Pelgrane Press. Our three investigators from LICK, Inc. have headed to Leos, a café in VR Heights, to track down Kerrigan Park. They found suspicious payments to Ms. Park’s B*Spoke shop on a thumb drive owned by the late Carson Davis.Content Warning: Swearing. PC uses emotion control powers on NPCs. Descriptions of an entitled, possessive dude taking the end of a relationship badly.Find out more about the game...
2022-10-181h 20Team-Up MovesMutant City Blues (AP 2/2) w/ Rachel Gold and Shana HausmanIt’s the second half of our actual play of Mutant City Blues by Robin D. Laws (@RobinDLaws) and Gareth Hanrahan (@mytholder), published by Pelgrane Press. Our three investigators from LICK, Inc. have headed to Leos, a café in VR Heights, to track down Kerrigan Park. They found suspicious payments to Ms. Park’s B*Spoke shop on a thumb drive owned by the late Carson Davis.Content Warning: Swearing. PC uses emotion control powers on NPCs. Descriptions of an entitled, possessive dude taking the end of a relationship badly.Find out more about the game...
2022-10-181h 20Team-Up MovesMutant City Blues (AP 1/2) w/ Rachel Gold and Shana HausmanWe’re starting our actual play of Mutant City Blues by Robin D. Laws (@RobinDLaws) and Gareth Hanrahan (@mytholder), published by Pelgrane Press. Hear our three super-powered private investigators, who have been hired by the local transit engineers’ union to investigate a suspicious fire on a subway car.Find out more about the game: https://pelgranepress.com/product/mutant-city-blues-2nd-edition/There are a lot of visual references in this episode, so we made a Twitter thread covering them all: https://twitter.com/teamupmoves/status/1574929575720939520This month we’re also including selections from We Are Me...
2022-10-111h 13Team-Up MovesMutant City Blues (AP 1/2) w/ Rachel Gold and Shana HausmanWe’re starting our actual play of Mutant City Blues by Robin D. Laws (@RobinDLaws) and Gareth Hanrahan (@mytholder), published by Pelgrane Press. Hear our three super-powered private investigators, who have been hired by the local transit engineers’ union to investigate a suspicious fire on a subway car.Find out more about the game: https://pelgranepress.com/product/mutant-city-blues-2nd-edition/There are a lot of visual references in this episode, so we made a Twitter thread covering them all: https://twitter.com/teamupmoves/status/1574929575720939520This month we’re also including selections from We Are Me...
2022-10-111h 13Team-Up MovesExceptionals (Back Matter) w/ Armaan Babu and Becca PetuniaCome for the uncharacteristically sloppy opening, keep listening for a great discussion about Exceptionals by Gar Atkins, and stay to the end for a li’l song.In this back matter episode, we dig into character creation, game mechanisms, and the comics we think go with this game.More Info: https://bramblewolfgames.itch.io/exceptionalsBack IssuesNew Mutants Vol. 4 (2020) #14–present by written by Vita Ayala and art by Rod ReisNew Mutants Vol. 3 (2009) #33 written by Dan Abnett and Andy LanningNew Mutants Vol. 1 (1983) #21, “Slumber Party” (and Steph’s article about why it’s the best) an...
2022-09-201h 22Team-Up MovesExceptionals (Back Matter) w/ Armaan Babu and Becca PetuniaCome for the uncharacteristically sloppy opening, keep listening for a great discussion about Exceptionals by Gar Atkins, and stay to the end for a li’l song.In this back matter episode, we dig into character creation, game mechanisms, and the comics we think go with this game.More Info: https://bramblewolfgames.itch.io/exceptionalsBack IssuesNew Mutants Vol. 4 (2020) #14–present by written by Vita Ayala and art by Rod ReisNew Mutants Vol. 3 (2009) #33 written by Dan Abnett and Andy LanningNew Mutants Vol. 1 (1983) #21, “Slumber Party” (and Steph’s article about why it’s the best) an...
2022-09-201h 22Team-Up MovesExceptionals (AP 2/2) w/ Armaan Babu and Becca PetuniaWe’re back with the second half of our AP of Exceptionals by Gar Atkins (@Sahoni_Stuff). We left off just as Manticore was writing her lesson plans. Find out how she rolled, and then what happens when the crew paddles over to the Traipse River power plant to give it what for.Find out more about the game: https://bramblewolfgames.itch.io/exceptionalsThe CastArmaan Babu (he/him, @ArmaanBabu) — Eddie VarmaBecca Petunia (she/her, @UnclePetunio) — Mandy “Manticore” CorrStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly) — Penny “Faraday” MadridFiona Hopkin...
2022-09-1358 minTeam-Up MovesExceptionals (AP 2/2) w/ Armaan Babu and Becca PetuniaWe’re back with the second half of our AP of Exceptionals by Gar Atkins (@Sahoni_Stuff). We left off just as Manticore was writing her lesson plans. Find out how she rolled, and then what happens when the crew paddles over to the Traipse River power plant to give it what for.Find out more about the game: https://bramblewolfgames.itch.io/exceptionalsThe CastArmaan Babu (he/him, @ArmaanBabu) — Eddie VarmaBecca Petunia (she/her, @UnclePetunio) — Mandy “Manticore” CorrStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly) — Penny “Faraday” MadridFiona Hopkin...
2022-09-1358 minTeam-Up MovesExceptionals (AP 1/2) w/ Armaan Babu and Becca PetuniaIt’s the first half of our actual play of Exceptionals by Gar Atkins (@Sahoni_Stuff)! Our three mutants genos just want to hang out in nature, help children, and make video games, but the area’s indifference to a coal-burning power plant spurs them to action.Find out more about the game: https://bramblewolfgames.itch.io/exceptionalsThe CastArmaan Babu (he/him, @ArmaanBabu) — Eddie VarmaBecca Petunia (she/her, @UnclePetunio) — Mandy “Manticore” CorrStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly) — Penny “Faraday” MadridFiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim) — The Ed...
2022-09-061h 07Team-Up MovesExceptionals (AP 1/2) w/ Armaan Babu and Becca PetuniaIt’s the first half of our actual play of Exceptionals by Gar Atkins (@Sahoni_Stuff)! Our three mutants genos just want to hang out in nature, help children, and make video games, but the area’s indifference to a coal-burning power plant spurs them to action.Find out more about the game: https://bramblewolfgames.itch.io/exceptionalsThe CastArmaan Babu (he/him, @ArmaanBabu) — Eddie VarmaBecca Petunia (she/her, @UnclePetunio) — Mandy “Manticore” CorrStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly) — Penny “Faraday” MadridFiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim) — The Ed...
2022-09-061h 07Team-Up MovesChampions (Back Matter) w/ Ian GregoryOur AP is over, so now it’s time to talk about Champions 6th Edition from Hero Games.In this back matter episode, we dig into character creation, game mechanisms, and the comics we think go with this game.More Info: https://www.herogames.com/Back IssuesFreedom Force — Irrational GamesJustice SocietyAvengers — Anything with art by George PérezThe CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — See their work on ComicsXF!Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly)Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim)Show Info
2022-08-231h 13Team-Up MovesChampions (Back Matter) w/ Ian GregoryOur AP is over, so now it’s time to talk about Champions 6th Edition from Hero Games.In this back matter episode, we dig into character creation, game mechanisms, and the comics we think go with this game.More Info: https://www.herogames.com/Back IssuesFreedom Force — Irrational GamesJustice SocietyAvengers — Anything with art by George PérezThe CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — See their work on ComicsXF!Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly)Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim)Show Info
2022-08-231h 13Team-Up MovesChampions (AP 2/2) w/ Ian GregoryWe’re back playing Champions, 6th Edition from Hero Games. How will The Human Slingshot and Anemone deal with Johnny Three-Guns, Liar, and Larry the Hench? What evil schemes are afoot elsewhere while they’re tossing guns around and mildly bruising each other?Champions, 6th Edition is the 2009 version of the long-running Champions RPG. It’s a general superhero team RPG best known for its flexible character creation.Find out more: https://www.herogames.com/The CastIan Gregory (he/him, @fissionmale) — The Human SlingshotStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommod...
2022-08-161h 12Team-Up MovesChampions (AP 2/2) w/ Ian GregoryWe’re back playing Champions, 6th Edition from Hero Games. How will The Human Slingshot and Anemone deal with Johnny Three-Guns, Liar, and Larry the Hench? What evil schemes are afoot elsewhere while they’re tossing guns around and mildly bruising each other?Champions, 6th Edition is the 2009 version of the long-running Champions RPG. It’s a general superhero team RPG best known for its flexible character creation.Find out more: https://www.herogames.com/The CastIan Gregory (he/him, @fissionmale) — The Human SlingshotStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommod...
2022-08-161h 12Team-Up MovesChampions (AP 1/2) w/ Ian GregoryNew run! New game! This time we’re playing Champions, 6th Edition from Hero Games. The Human Slingshot and Anemone are dispatched to the surprisingly posh New Arcadia Aquarium to stop Johnny Three-Guns and his hench from robbing a gala full of socialites.Champions, 6th Edition is the 2009 version of the long-running Champions RPG. It’s a general superhero team RPG best known for its flexible character creation.Find out more: https://www.herogames.com/The CastIan Gregory (he/him, @fissionmale) — The Human SlingshotStephanie Burt (she/her, @accomm...
2022-08-091h 18Team-Up MovesChampions (AP 1/2) w/ Ian GregoryNew run! New game! This time we’re playing Champions, 6th Edition from Hero Games. The Human Slingshot and Anemone are dispatched to the surprisingly posh New Arcadia Aquarium to stop Johnny Three-Guns and his hench from robbing a gala full of socialites.Champions, 6th Edition is the 2009 version of the long-running Champions RPG. It’s a general superhero team RPG best known for its flexible character creation.Find out more: https://www.herogames.com/The CastIan Gregory (he/him, @fissionmale) — The Human SlingshotStephanie Burt (she/her, @accomm...
2022-08-091h 18Team-Up MovesAnyone Can Wear the Mask (Back Matter) w/ Ceci MancusoOur AP is over, so now it’s time to talk about Anyone Can Wear the Mask by Jeff Stormer.In this back matter episode, we dig into character creation, game mechanisms, and the comics we think go with this game.More Info: https://jeffstormer.itch.io/maskBack IssuesDaredevil — Frank Miller and Ann Nocenti runsLuke Cage — Comics and TV showMs. Marvel (2014) — “Last Days of Ms. Marvel” #16–19 by G. Willow WilsonSilver Surfer — gotta be some out thereAstro City — Jack in the Box story by Kurt Busiek. And just any others. Y’all these are so goo...
2022-07-261h 00Team-Up MovesAnyone Can Wear the Mask (Back Matter) w/ Ceci MancusoOur AP is over, so now it’s time to talk about Anyone Can Wear the Mask by Jeff Stormer.In this back matter episode, we dig into character creation, game mechanisms, and the comics we think go with this game.More Info: https://jeffstormer.itch.io/maskBack IssuesDaredevil — Frank Miller and Ann Nocenti runsLuke Cage — Comics and TV showMs. Marvel (2014) — “Last Days of Ms. Marvel” #16–19 by G. Willow WilsonSilver Surfer — gotta be some out thereAstro City — Jack in the Box story by Kurt Busiek. And just any others. Y’all these are so goo...
2022-07-261h 00Team-Up MovesAnyone Can Wear the Mask (AP 2/2) w/ Ceci MancusoIt’s our conclusion to our actual play of Anyone Can Wear the Mask by Jeff Stormer! Find out what villain comes out of the shadows to cause Tune’s Downfall, and how she comes back to overcome in her Uprising.Also! Tude’s deep-fried snacks revealed.Anyone Can Wear the Mask is a 3-player RPG about a hero, a villain, and the city that they share. It tells stories about the relationship between a superhero and the place that they protect, and the people who live there.Find out more: https://jeffstormer.itch.i...
2022-07-191h 00Team-Up MovesAnyone Can Wear the Mask (AP 2/2) w/ Ceci MancusoIt’s our conclusion to our actual play of Anyone Can Wear the Mask by Jeff Stormer! Find out what villain comes out of the shadows to cause Tune’s Downfall, and how she comes back to overcome in her Uprising.Also! Tude’s deep-fried snacks revealed.Anyone Can Wear the Mask is a 3-player RPG about a hero, a villain, and the city that they share. It tells stories about the relationship between a superhero and the place that they protect, and the people who live there.Find out more: https://jeffstormer.itch.i...
2022-07-191h 00Team-Up MovesAnyone Can Wear the Mask (AP 1/2) w/ Ceci MancusoWelcome to the first episode of the first run of the show! We’re playing Anyone Can Wear the Mask by Jeff Stormer.Anyone Can Wear the Mask is a 3-player RPG about a hero, a villain, and the city that they share. It tells stories about the relationship between a superhero and the place that they protect, and the people who live there.Find out more: https://jeffstormer.itch.io/maskIn this episode we start our actual play of ACWtM with Stephanie playing Petunia “Tune” Petalowski, an indie rock fixture in the ci...
2022-07-1256 minTeam-Up MovesAnyone Can Wear the Mask (AP 1/2) w/ Ceci MancusoWelcome to the first episode of the first run of the show! We’re playing Anyone Can Wear the Mask by Jeff Stormer.Anyone Can Wear the Mask is a 3-player RPG about a hero, a villain, and the city that they share. It tells stories about the relationship between a superhero and the place that they protect, and the people who live there.Find out more: https://jeffstormer.itch.io/maskIn this episode we start our actual play of ACWtM with Stephanie playing Petunia “Tune” Petalowski, an indie rock fixture in the ci...
2022-07-1256 minThe Southern ForkSeason 6 Finale: Steph Looks Back & Shares InsightsIt’s the last show of 2021, so host Stephanie Burt takes a look back at some especially insightful interviews, then talks about trends that we can expect to continue in the new year. There are always stories behind the show, so she shares a few of her own here.
2021-12-3126 min
New Books in Ancient HistoryStephanie Burt, "After Callimachus: Poems" (Princeton UP, 2020)Callimachus may be the best-kept secret in all of ancient poetry. Loved and admired by later Romans and Greeks, his funny, sexy, generous, thoughtful, learned, sometimes elaborate, and always articulate lyric poems, hymns, epigrams, and short stories in verse have gone without a contemporary poetic champion, until now. In After Callimachus (Princeton UP, 2020), esteemed poet and critic Stephanie Burt’s attentive translations and inspired adaptations introduce the work, spirit, and letter of Callimachus to today’s poetry readers.Skillfully combining intricate patterns of sound and classical precedent with the very modern concerns of sex, gender, love, death, and te...
2021-05-1752 min
New Books in Popular CultureStephanie Burt, "After Callimachus: Poems" (Princeton UP, 2020)Callimachus may be the best-kept secret in all of ancient poetry. Loved and admired by later Romans and Greeks, his funny, sexy, generous, thoughtful, learned, sometimes elaborate, and always articulate lyric poems, hymns, epigrams, and short stories in verse have gone without a contemporary poetic champion, until now. In After Callimachus (Princeton UP, 2020), esteemed poet and critic Stephanie Burt’s attentive translations and inspired adaptations introduce the work, spirit, and letter of Callimachus to today’s poetry readers.Skillfully combining intricate patterns of sound and classical precedent with the very modern concerns of sex, gender, love, death, and te...
2021-05-1752 min
Princeton UP Ideas PodcastStephanie Burt, "After Callimachus: Poems" (Princeton UP, 2020)Callimachus may be the best-kept secret in all of ancient poetry. Loved and admired by later Romans and Greeks, his funny, sexy, generous, thoughtful, learned, sometimes elaborate, and always articulate lyric poems, hymns, epigrams, and short stories in verse have gone without a contemporary poetic champion, until now. In After Callimachus (Princeton UP, 2020), esteemed poet and critic Stephanie Burt’s attentive translations and inspired adaptations introduce the work, spirit, and letter of Callimachus to today’s poetry readers.Skillfully combining intricate patterns of sound and classical precedent with the very modern concerns of sex, gender, love, death, and te...
2021-05-1752 min
New Books in PoetryStephanie Burt, "After Callimachus: Poems" (Princeton UP, 2020)Callimachus may be the best-kept secret in all of ancient poetry. Loved and admired by later Romans and Greeks, his funny, sexy, generous, thoughtful, learned, sometimes elaborate, and always articulate lyric poems, hymns, epigrams, and short stories in verse have gone without a contemporary poetic champion, until now. In After Callimachus (Princeton UP, 2020), esteemed poet and critic Stephanie Burt’s attentive translations and inspired adaptations introduce the work, spirit, and letter of Callimachus to today’s poetry readers.Skillfully combining intricate patterns of sound and classical precedent with the very modern concerns of sex, gender, love, death, and te...
2021-05-1752 min
Writer Mother MonsterWriter Mother Monster: Stephanie Burt, "I was raised with the expectation that I would excel in a career and have time left over for kids, rather than the reverse, because the people who raised me didn’t know I was a girl."(April 24, 2021) Stephanie Burt is a poet, literary critic, professor, and transgender activist who the New York Times called “one of the most influential poetry critics of her generation.” She has two children, ages 11 and 15 and describes writer-motherhood in three words as “busy, conflicted, resourceful.” In this episode, Stephanie talks about claiming motherhood, finding kinship with Mr. Spock, the horror of The Giving Tree, the misery of octopus motherhood, role-playing games, X-Men, and more.Writer Mother Monster is an interactive interview series devoted to dismantling the myth of having it all and offering writer-moms solidarity, support, and advice as we ma...
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Strange Horizons“Frostina” by Stephanie Burt, Read by Stephanie BurtIn this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Stephanie Burt's “Frostina,” with a reading by the poet. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Stephanie here.
2021-01-0504 min
The Southern Fork211: Season 5 Finale, Steph looks back and awards some "bests"It’s the last show of 2020, so Stephanie takes a look back at some of her best bites and lessons of 2020. Even in a year like this year, there’s been some delicious along the way. Episodes mentioned: https://www.thesouthernfork.com/episode-184 https://www.thesouthernfork.com/episode-173 https://www.thesouthernfork.com/episode-181 https://www.thesouthernfork.com/episode-192 https://www.thesouthernfork.com/episode-188 https://www.thesouthernfork.com/episode-179 https://www.thesouthernfork.com/episode-193
2020-12-2626 min
International Festival of Arts & IdeasSTEPHANIE BURT IN CONVERSATIONIn this Ideas event—also part of the NEA Big Read—poet Stephanie Burt discusses her book Advice From The Lights (Graywolf Press, 2017), an essential work that asks who we are, how we become ourselves, and why we make art. Burt is a poet, literary critic, and professor hailed by The New York Times as “one of the most influential poetry critics of [her] generation.” Her other collections of poems include Belmont, Parallel Play, and Popular Music.LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS
2020-05-1900 min
Line Cook ThoughtsEpisode 89: The One About Stephanie BurtOn this episode I chat with Stephanie Burt. Stephanie Burt is the host of The Southern Fork podcast and a writer based in Charleston, SC. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Saveur, Washington Post, CNN's Parts Unknown, Conde Nast Traveler, and the Southern Foodways Alliance's Gravy. She focuses on researching heirloom ingredients, interviewing passionate culinary makers, and when she's in the kitchen, perfecting her roasted chicken recipe.
2020-04-2653 min
Nigel Beale's Biblio File PodcastStephanie Burt on poetry and being transStephanie Burt is a literary critic and poet who is Professor of English at Harvard University and a transgender activist. The New York Times has called her "one of the most influential poetry critics of [her] generation". Burt grew up near Washington, D.C. She has published four collections of poetry and many works of literary criticism. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The Believer, and The Boston Review. Her book Randall Jarrell and His Age reevaluates Jarrell's importance as a poet. The book won...
2020-04-1352 min
The Southern Fork168: Season Four Finale w/ Steph, A Whole Talking with my Mouth Full Episode (Charleston, SC)Usually, host Stephanie Burt interviews a culinary maker, but for the season finale, she hogs the mic. It's a roundup of lessons, best bites, places you should visit, and thoughts for the coming year. Cheers to 2019, and let's dig in.
2019-12-2824 min
This is Just to SayStephanie BurtIn this episode of This is Just To Say producer Rebecca McInroy and Carrie Fountain talk with poet and poetry critic Stephanie Burt about gender and her experience transitioning, and the world of young adult fiction. Burt discusses her new book, Don’t Read Poetry Read: A Book About How To Read Poems, reads her poem […]
2019-06-0559 min