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The Chapbook43. News You Can Use: August 2022Coming in right under the wire, we've got August 2022's NEWS YOU CAN USE! TitlesNERVOUS SYSTEM WITH DRAMAMINE by David Greenspan (The Offending Adam): https://theoffendingadam.com"Announcing the winners of the 2022 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowships" https://poetrysociety.org/about/news/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2022-poetry-society-of-america-chapbook-fellowshipsMINESWEEPER by Judge Munson (Diagram): https://thediagram.com/contest.html LICHT by Dan Kraines (Seven Kitchens Press): https://sevenkitchenspress.com/robin-becker-chapbook-series/dan-kraines-licht/VISITING HER IN QUEENS IS MORE ENLIGHTENING THAN A MONTH IN A MONASTERY IN TIBET by Michael Mark (Rattle...
2022-08-2516 min
The TOA PodcastViviane Houle and Unsung SongsViviane Houle joins Avni Vyas and Nik De Dominic to talk about Houle’s chapbook, “Unsung Songs.” Our conversation spans the drive to write with or without words, “window days,” and the power of collaboration. “Unsung Songs,” the first collaborative chapbook of its kind, invites readers to redefine how lyric expression communicates. Plus: Houle discusses the power of love poems set to music.
2022-01-241h 39The TOA PodcastMariam Ahmed on Poetry as a Scatter Plot of MomentsThe poet Mariam Ahmed joins Avni Vyas and Andrew Wessels for a chat about the idiosyncrasies of transliteration, the appeal of the acrostic form, and the decontextualization of language. Plus: Ahmed reads from her transportive, sensory abecedarian TOA chapbook, “MAP: Moments of Astral Projection.”
2021-09-201h 10The TOA PodcastKatie Jean Shinkle on the Trailer Park of Her MindKatie Jean Shinkle joins Avni Vyas and Nik De Dominic to talk about Shinkle’s new TOA chapbook, “Will You Kiss Me Goodnight?” Strap in for a conversation that ranges from River Phoenix and the nineties to the identities we try on as teenagers. Plus: Shinkle talks about writing two new books in the span of a year.
2021-08-091h 05
The TOA PodcastAvni Vyas on Finding Moments of Resistance on the PageAvni Vyas joins Nik De Dominic and Whitney Holmes to talk about erasure as language finding its friends on the page; about bling, neon, and glitter; and about the synergistic influence of being surrounded by good company with an addiction to making. Plus, Vyas reads excerpts from her new TOA chapbook, “Far from Glorious Feeling.”
2021-07-061h 10The TOA PodcastMárton Simon and Timea Sipos on Finding the Familiar in Another LanguageThe Hungarian poet Márton Simon and the translator Timea Sipos join Avni Vyas and Ryan Winet to talk about the Magyar language, the everyday practice of freedom, and the uncatchable early-morning hours of nothingness. (And cats.) Plus: Simon and Sipos read excerpts from their new TOA chapbook, “Songs for 3:45 AM,” in English and Hungarian.
2021-05-301h 33The TOA PodcastChristine Gosnay on the Carnival of Speculation in Her MindThe author Christine Gosnay joins Avni Vyas and Nik De Dominic to talk about the sensuality of particle physics, private mythologies, Robert Lowell, and learning you've been pronouncing a word wrong for years. Plus: Gosnay reads excerpts from her shimmering new TOA chapbook, “The Double Slit Experiment.”
2021-05-0349 minThe TOA PodcastEditors Roundtable: Poetry as Team SportIn this TOA Editors Roundtable, Whit poses the question of why and how we make TOA, which is entirely volunteer-run, and how it fits alongside our day jobs. We also learn why Avni’s not a lawyer, how bad at basketball Ryan is, and why poets make good copy editors.
2021-04-1219 minThe TOA PodcastAva Hofmann on Not Taking Herself Too SeriouslyThe poet Ava Hofmann joins Avni Vyas and Whitney Holmes to talk about humor as critical analysis, off-brand misuses for Microsoft Word, and the freedom of pretending that your art is bad—or even evil. Plus: Hofmann reads excerpts from her new TOA chapbook “MY MY SUMMER OF TOTAL FFAILURE,” a collection of visual poems that blend three-panel comic strips with public-domain imagery and nonlinear writings.
2021-03-1541 minThe TOA PodcastJessica Q. Stark on Fraught Love Affairs with the InternetThe writer Jessica Q. Stark joins Nik De Dominic and Avni Vyas to talk about the Internet—as randomized chaos, as AOL CD-ROMs, as meme culture, as racism and misogyny, as addiction, as archive, as problematic yet loving relationship. Plus: Stark reads excerpts from her new long-scrolling, hyperlinked TOA chapbook, “INNANET: Love Poem for the Internet.”
2021-03-081h 02The TOA PodcastVi Khi Nao on Working with the UniverseThe poet Vi Khi Nao joins Avni Vyas and Andrew Wessels for a talk about simile as emotional-cargo transport, poems that arrive within five minutes, sandy mussels, and the dangers of reading sapphic writings in front of small children. Plus: Nao reads excerpts from her new TOA chapbook, “Every Dress Is a Simile.”
2021-02-2048 minThe TOA PodcastTesting, Testing: Welcome to the TOA PodcastWelcome to Episode Zero of the TOA podcast, where we invite readers to eavesdrop and interlope on conversations among The Offending Adam’s editors and the authors we publish! In this episode, our host Avni Vyas talks with fellow TOA editor and podcast-editor-in-training Nik De Dominic for a kind of podcasting sound check. Future episodes will feature authors reading their work and talking with our editors about poetry and the creative process. But today we’re testing the mic with a chat about brilliant farts, neon f**ks, poems, and life. Thanks for listening, and please excuse our rough edge...
2021-01-3146 min