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Book FightEp 405: Celeste DoaksWe're joined by poet Celeste Doaks, whose most recent book, American Herstory, focuses on the experience of former first lady Michelle Obama's years in the White House, including the art and decor choices she made while living there. So it's fitting that Celeste had us read an essay by art historian Richard Powell about the official Obama portraits, which in many ways broke with established tradition for presidential portraiture. We talk about the relationship between writing and visual art, how to use art in a creative writing classroom, and the gender and racial politics of...2022-08-221h 09
Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep 4.3 How to Resist AmazonDanny’s Website: https://www.dannycaine.comDanny’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mistercaineRaven Bookstore: https://www.ravenbookstore.com/How to Resist Amazon and Why: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/12043Microcosm Publishing: https://microcosmpublishing.com/Lina Khan: https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/biographies/lina-khanJohn Waters fan mail @ Atomic Books: https://atomicbooks.com/pages/john-waters-fan-mailDanny and The Raven bookstore in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/a-kansas-bookshops-fight-with-amazon-is-about-more-than-the-price-of-booksDMX Dead: https://www.vulture.com/2021/07/dmx-cause-of-death.htmlPrince Phillip Dead...2021-08-2647 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 4.2 You Don't Need to Invent MonstersJustin on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ghostmoan?lang=enThe Horror is Us:http://masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/the-horror-is-usMarcus Burke:https://authorsunbound.com/marcus-burkePeriplushttps://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3098Lambda Literary 2021 finalists:https://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/Issa Rae Inks Warner Media: dealhttps://variety.com/2021/tv/news/issa-rae-hbo-max-warnermedia-film-television-deal-1234935944/Chrissy Teigen leaves Twitter:https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/mar/25/chrissy-teigen-leaves-twitter-citing-abuse-hateWrestlemania 37:https://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania...2021-06-221h 05
Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre PodcastEpisode 20: celeste doaks talks to Niall Munroceleste doaks is a poet and journalist. She is the author of Cornrows and Cornfields, a collection of poems published in 2015 by Wrecking Ball Press. The book was listed as one of the Ten Best Books of 2015 by Beltway Quarterly Poetry. In 2017, she edited and contributed to the anthology Not Without Our Laughter: Poems of Humor, Joy, and Sexuality, published by Mason Jar Press. And in 2019 she published American Herstory, which was the winner of Backbone Press’s 2018 chapbook competition. The chapbook, which we talk about in the podcast, was named best chapbook by the Maryland Poet Laureate, Grace Cavalieri, an...2021-04-1656 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 4.1 We're Back!Maryland Vaccine Rollout https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marylands-vaccine-rollout-is-failing-minorities-worse-than-almost-any-other-states/2021/03/08/21e20ca4-8051-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.htmlAWPhttps://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Interviewhttps://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/watch-meghan-markle-prince-harry-interview-oprah-1136551/WandaVisionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9J2ecsSpo The Falcon and the Winter Soldierhttps://io9.gizmodo.com/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-s-commentary-on-race-1846566829Iron Hearthttps://www.cinemablend.com/television/2560304/marvels-ironheart-everything-you-need-to-know-about-riri-williams-before-her-disney-showUndonehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uWCNHQgfncTales from the Loophttps://www.indiewire.com/2020/04/tales-from-the-loop-review-amazon-sci-fi-series-1202222319/Black Art: In the Absence of Lighthttps://www...2021-04-0652 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 3.7 Place Is Our First PoeticsLinksSteven’s website:https://stevenleyva.wordpress.com/Steven on Twitter:https://twitter.com/sdleyvaThe Understudy’s Handbook:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54719190-the-understudy-s-handbookBest American Poetry 2020:https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Best-American-Poetry-2020/David-Lehman/The-Best-American-Poetry-series/9781982106591"Playing Levee" by Steven Leyva:https://scalawagmagazine.org/2017/04/playing-levee/Billy Porter talking Kinky Boots audition:https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901959775/pose-star-billy-porter-love-always-wins“At Pegasus” by Terrance Hayes:https://poets.org/poem/pegasusNene Leakes retires:https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/nene-lea...2020-10-141h 05Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep 3.6 Tell the Truth—ArtfullyLinksRaising King, Joseph’s latest book:https://aquariuspress.myshopify.com/products/raising-king-by-joseph-ross-pre-orderJoseph’s Website:https://josephrossnet.wordpress.com/Selma:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_(film)NBA Strike:https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/9/4/21420033/jacob-blake-nba-strike-2020-black-lives-matterWNBA Protest:https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/the-myth-of-learning-styles/557687/NFL:https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/266223514/nfl-joins-nba-racial-injustice-protestMLB:https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/mets-marlins-walk-off-field-in-social-injustice-protest.html#:~:text=The%20New%20York%20Mets%20and,not%20to%20play%20Thursday%20nightNHL:https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-08-05/nhl-players-kneel-protest-police-brutalityVera:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1693592/Mrs. Amer...2020-09-141h 01Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep 3.5 OutWrite 2020: A World of CommunityLinksOutWrite 2020https://thedccenter.org/outwrite/WATCH this month’s episodehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLgKV745FH8LyAXo1QoB9PKHndx5WDzMJz&v=Qbge_4WtI5I&feature=emb_titleSaida’s Websitehttps://www.saidaagostini.com/Saida’s Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/princeandtherevolution/?hl=enSTUNThttps://www.neonhemlock.com/books/stunt-saida-agostiniThe Black Trans Prayer Bookshttps://theblacktransprayerbook.org/J Mase IIIhttps://jmaseiii.com/And Then I Got Firedhttps://jmaseiii.com/an...2020-08-2151 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 3.4 Walking the Distance TogetherLilly’s websitehttps://www.lillydancyger.com/Burn it Downhttps://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43886164-burn-it-downPublishing during a catastropheessayhttps://electricliterature.com/my-book-comes-out-next-year-do-i-even-still-believe-in-next-year/Santa Fe Writers Project (SFWP)https://www.sfwp.com/Kanye West & Chance The Rapperhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-chance-the-rapper-twitter-0713-20200713-tivko6dn6zgyrboiyvdrcs5cm4-story.htmlJada & Willhttps://www.cinemablend.com/news/2551148/why-jada-pinkett-smith-initially-waited-to-address-affair-accusations-with-will-smith-on-red-table-talkCorrecting Hamiltonhttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/10/correcting-hamilton/Full-Circle Donutshttps://www.instagram.com/fullcircle_do...2020-07-2952 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 3.3 Clean Oxygen for Intimate GatheringsLinksCharm City Books: https://www.charmcitybooks.com/CCB on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charmcitybooks/?hl=enCCB on YouTube (with Once Upon a Time: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_5sDm4f2-aWz8vFZPXwMg/featuredRaven Bookstore : https://www.ravenbookstore.com/Danny Caine: https://www.dannycaine.com/about.htmlContinental Breakfast: http://masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/continental-breakfastEl Dorado Freddy’s: https://beltpublishing.com/products/el-dorado-freddys?variant=12944098164834Book Benefactors https://www.bookbenefactors.com/Amazon fires whistleblowing employees: https://www.theverge.co...2020-04-3054 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 3.2 We Are Made for Such Better ThingsFoster’s websitehttps://clairerudyfoster.com/Kristen Arnetthttp://www.masonjarpress.xyz/litpopbang/2019/8/14/ep-27-the-gayest-thing-i-could-tell-youIPGhttps://www.ipgbook.com/Jungian Archtypehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypesThe Rumpushttps://therumpus.net/The BFGhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG“Call me Harry”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-harry-idUSKCN20K1ATFormer Baltimore Mayor Sentenced to Jailhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/former-baltimore-mayor-catherine-pugh-to-be-sentenced-in-healthy-holly-scandal/2020/02/26/6a20c9dc-58c6-11ea-9b35-def5a027d470_story...2020-03-0257 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 3.1 Where's My Bounceback?Links:The Sims: https://www.ea.com/games/the-simsDewMore: https://www.dewmorebaltimore.org/programsTrippy Red: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trippie_ReddThe Office: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/Former Duke and Duchess of Sussex: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/1/8/21057103/meghan-harry-step-back-royal-dutiesStar Trek: Picard: https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-picard/“Won’t You Celebrate with Me:” https://poets.org/poem/wont-you-celebrate-meTracy K. Smith, Life on Mars: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/08/08/other-worldsDeaf Republic: https://www.graywolfpress.org/bo...2020-02-0757 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 2.11 2020 VisionLinksBig Familia by Tomas Monizhttp://www.acre-books.com/books/big-familia/?portfolioCats=32…. And Other Disasters by Malka Olderhttp://www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/and-other-disastersContinental Breakfast by Danny Cainehttp://www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/continental-breakfastOut of Step: A Memoirhttps://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814254820.htmlLambda Literary Awardshttps://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/Broken Plate Pendantshttp://ibreakplates.com/welcomeAmerican Herstoryhttp://backbonepress.org/2019/08/american-herstory/Amy Sheraldhttp://www.amysherald.com/Misrepresented Peoples anthologyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38923667-misrepresented-peopleWhat Saves Us anthologyhttp://nu...2020-01-0359 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.0 The Stuff That We Inflict Upon OurselvesMalka Olderhttps://malkaolder.wordpress.com/publications/about/…and Other Disastershttp://www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/and-other-disastersOrphan Black: The Next Chapterhttps://www.serialbox.com/serials/orphan-blackClone clubhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/business/media/orphan-black-cloneclub.htmlDaniel Jose Older on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/djolderThe Centenal Cyclehttps://us.macmillan.com/series/thecentenalcycle/NaNoWriMohttps://www.nanowrimo.org/Disney+https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/14/20913417/disney-plus-launch-lineup-marvel-star-wars-pixar-tv-shows-movies-simpsons-national-geographicClinton and The Duchess of Sussex meetht...2019-11-261h 06Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.9 You Are In the GameLinksSusan Muaddi Durrajhttps://susanmuaddidarraj.com/“No Shame in Our Game” community college essayhttps://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/05/31/people-higher-ed-should-stop-disdaining-those-who-attend-or-work-communityFarrah Rocks Fifth Gradehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42283949-farah-rocks-fifth-gradeBilly Porter on men wearing dresseshttps://twitter.com/channel4news/status/1147816260740235264?lang=enHalftime Performancehttps://www.billboard.com/articles/news/super-bowl/8531475/jennifer-lopez-shakira-super-bowl-halftime-performanceMacArthur Grant Winnershttps://www.businessinsider.com/macarthur-fellowship-genius-grant-winners-2019-9Mattel Creatable Worldshttps://time.com/5684822/mattel-gender-neutral-doll/OkCupidhttps://en.wiki...2019-10-1853 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.8 In the MushLinksShelterhttps://www.jungyun.info/shelterLauren Groffhttp://laurengroff.com/about/Smithsonian interviewhttp://smithsonianapa.org/bookdragon/author-interview-jung-yun-in-bloom/Rumpus interviewhttps://therumpus.net/2016/03/shelter-by-jun-yung/Meghan Markle and Prince Harry donate to a pool in Mozambiquehttps://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29165360/meghan-markle-prince-harry-archie-donatation-mozambique-swimming-pool/Meghan Markle and the Queen are friendshttps://www.wmagazine.com/story/queen-elizabeth-meghan-markle-friendshipThe Crown Season 3https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-10-01/the-crown-season-3-netflix-release-date-cast-characters-plot-news-trailer-olivia-colman/Jonathan Van Ness...2019-10-0349 min
The Poet and The PoemCeleste DoaksPoet and journalist Celeste Doaks is the author of Cornrows and Cornfields(Wrecking Ball Press, UK, 2015). She is also the editor of (and contributor in) thepoetry anthology Not Without Our Laughter: Poems of Humor, Joy, and Sexuality(Mason Jar Press, 2017). Her chapbook, American Herstory (Backbone Press,2019), contains poems about Michelle Obama and the art she chose for theWhite House walls. American Herstory was Backbone Press’s first runner-upprize winner. Her journalism has appeared in Huffington Post, Village Voice,Time Out New York, and QBR (Quarterly Black Book Review). She is a...2019-08-2928 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.7 The Gayest Thing I Could Tell YouKristen Arnetthttp://kristenarnett.virb.com/OutWrite 2019http://thedccenter.org/outwrite/Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnetthttps://tinhouse.com/product/mostly-dead-things/Kristen escapes apocalyptic Madison on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/Kristen_Arnett/status/1152254906545389570Number Neighborhttps://www.businessinsider.com/number-neighbors-texting-trend-why-its-going-viral-2019-8Queer Eye new seasonhttps://variety.com/2019/tv/news/queer-eye-renewed-season-4-5-netflix-premiere-date-1203245997/Giant DC Wawahttps://www.businessinsider.com/wawa-biggest-location-washington-dc-photos-2017-12Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilation_(VanderMeer_novel)...2019-08-1449 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.6 A Drink for Every SeasonCece and Anthony are joined this month by Tyler Mendelsohn , author of the new memoir Laurel (Ink Press Productions, 2019). The group discuss Tyler’s band, Cool Judy (2:30), themes in the new book (7:30), writing about family (12:30), how to name a book that is, in part, about names (16:30), and referencing other texts within a memoir (21:15). In the Pop! section, the group discuss the FX show Pose (30:15), Janet Mock (34:15), Joy Harjo (35:30), and what a potential remake of the movie, The Craft, could look like (38:15). Finally, in the Bang! section, the trio dish on their favorite summer drinks (40:30).LinksTy...2019-07-1851 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.5 No One Taught Me How to be a PersonLinks:Horror Punkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_punkRichard Hell and the Voidoidshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hell_and_the_VoidoidsGlenn Danzighttps://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/glenn_danzig_calls_misfits_comeback_without_him_an_abomination_it_was_really_sad.htmlLester Bangs’ Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dunghttps://www.amazon.com/Psychotic-Reactions-Carburetor-Dung-Literature/dp/0679720456Hanif Abdurraqib’s They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Ushttps://www.amazon.com/They-Cant-Kill-Us-Until/dp/1937512657Jaime Fountaine’s Manhun...2019-06-2659 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.4 Dispatches from AWPLinksPen 15https://www.npr.org/2019/02/11/691694798/looking-at-middle-school-through-grown-up-glasses-in-pen15Chen Chen's Twitter handle @chenchenwritesWhen I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities at Bloodaxe Bookshttps://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-list-of-further-possibilities-1211Philip Pullman's Golden Compasshttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/136447/the-golden-compass-his-dark-materials-by-philip-pullman/9780375823459/Sundress Publications (who published Chen’s craft chap)http://www.sundresspublications.com/Book: When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Further Possibilitieshttps://www.boaeditions.org/products/wh...2019-04-2338 min
Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastCelebrate Women's History Month with celeste doaks, Lady Brion, and DaMaris HillCelebrate Women's History Month as celeste doaks, Lady Brion, and DaMaris Hill read selections and talk about their work. Hosted by Carla Du Pree, Executive Director of CityLit Project.Poet and journalist celeste doaks is the author of Cornrows and Cornfields. Most recently, she is the editor of the poetry anthology Not Without Our Laughter. Her newest poems appear in Misrepresented People: Poetic Responses to Trump’s America Anthology. She is University of Delaware’s Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing for 2017-2019, and the recipient of a 2017 Rubys Literary Arts Grant Award. For...2019-03-181h 05Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.3 Hero of the Back RowLinksHow to Sithttp://www.masonjarpress.xyz/tyrese-coleman/2019 PEN American Literary Award Finalistshttps://pen.org/2019finalists/Superbowl Cheerleaders https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/us/super-bowl-male-cheerleaders-nfl-trnd/index.htmlNFL Cheerleader Salaryhttp://money.com/money/5127457/nfl-cheerleaders-career-pay-salary/Beyoncé and Jay say “go vegan”https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/go-vegan-get-beyonce-and-jay-z-tickets-for-life-deal-1832267220The Greenprint Projecthttps://www.thegreenprintproject.com/Who is running in 2020?https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/who-is-running-for-president-in-2020-so-far/507-3d0408c4-75a9-4921-ac61-92c720519701Spider-Man: Far F...2019-03-151h 07Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.2 Birthday of LoveIn this fully-loaded episode, Anthony and Cece are joined by Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Hayes Davis, Nate Brown, and Thea Brown—two literary couples. The group discuss current projects (11:30), humor in poetry (43:00), and what it's like to be in a literary couple (0:48:15). In the Pop! section, the group do some quick pop culture roundups (00:59:15), then discuss in depth about Kamala Harris (1:04:00), and end the section with a discussion of Derry Girls (1:15:15). The group then spend the Bang! section reliving their worst dates (1:24:45).LinksTeri and Hayes’ websitehttps://www.poetsandparents.com/Nate’s Twit...2019-02-221h 41Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 2.1 New Year, New SeasonLinks:Tyrese Coleman's PEN Nominationhttps://pen.org/2019longlists/Anthony's two panels at AWPhttps://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/15007https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/14373CeCe's panel at AWPhttps://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/16201Erin Dorney's I Am Not Famous anymorehttp://www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/i-am-not-famous-anymoreTyrese Coleman's How to Sithttp://www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/how-to-sitBaltimore Beat returnshttps://medium.com/@BINJ.Baltimore/baltimore-beat-returns-in-2019-with-binj-support-804...2019-01-2146 minLit!Pop!Bang!Kinda Literary FamousLinksTyler’s Websitehttps://tylervile.wordpress.com/Never Coming Homehttps://www.amazon.com/Never-Coming-Home-Tyler-Vile/dp/1627290141Hasidic Witch Murderhttp://philome.la/TylerVile/hasidic-witch-murderer/playShprintze and the Golemhttps://www.etsy.com/listing/637222482/shprintze-and-the-golem?fbclid=IwAR24dfUFAbHO6L5ZMKYrTOrTuof1q-nRaspsoDc9q3LagCtS_CsnpiMNiWMTyler's collaboration with Avi Roberts:https://aviroberts.itch.io/golemJanelle Monae's Dirty Computer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=jdH2Sy-BlNESpice Girlshttps://www.thedailybeast.com/the-spice-girls-dont-wannabe-your-girl-power-icons-its-people-power-nowMichelle Ob...2018-12-1757 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 1.11 Breaking the 4th WallValue Village Clothes shophttps://www.valuevillage.comLia's upcoming book "All the Fierce Tethers"http://www.sarabandebooks.org/titles-20192039/all-the-fierce-tethers-lia-purpuraEcotone definitionhttps://www.britannica.com/science/ecotoneSacred 7 Erricka Bridgeford https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/95256322-132.htmlMeghan Markle Prince Harry tourhttps://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a21273366/meghan-markle-prince-harry-first-royal-tour-2018/Roman Reins Steps away from WWEhttps://www.today.com/health/wwe-star-roman-reigns-reveals-his-leukemia-has-returned-t140439Umberto Eco, Six Walks in the Fictional Woodshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10530...2018-11-191h 02Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 1.10 Live from Baltimore Bookfest!Links FORCE Healing Hike fundraiserhttps://upsettingrapeculture.wedid.it/campaigns/4706/Fiona Apple's Acceptance Speech at the 1997 Video Music Awardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42gNkySFycAChildish Gambino - Feels Like Summerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1B9Fk_SgI0Sinead O'Connor ripping Pope picture – “Fight the real enemy”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKdBlKgquwEgo Nwodim – Baltimore Native a player on Saturday Night Livehttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm4945455/Interstate 83https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...2018-10-2339 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep. 1.9 The Ultimate VoltaLinks:Anagnorisis - http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/content/anagnorisisRoss Gay's "Within Two Weeks the African American Poet Ross Gay is Mistaken for Both the African American Poet Terrance Hayes and the African American Poet Kyle Dargan, Not One of Whom Looks Anything Like the Others": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/92015/within-two-weeks-the-african-american-poet-ross-gay-is-mistaken-for-both-the-african-american-poet-terrance-hayes-and-the-african-american-poet-kyle-dargan-not-one-of-whom-looks-anything-like-the-othersEve Ewing to Write Ironheart: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/writer-eve-ewing-is-bringing-ironheart-into-the-spotlightLike a Prayer Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fzeNUqQbQMadonna "Tribute:" https://www.vox.com/2018/8/21/17762952/2018-vmas-madonna-aretha-franklin-tributeKelly Marie...2018-09-1254 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 1.8 Our Lady of Almost Obscure CausesIn this special episode of Lit!Pop!Bong!, hosts Anthony and Cece are on location at the OutWrite DC with Michelle Tea. First, we hear a reading from Michelle at a reading at OutWrite (5:30), and Michelle answers some questions from Anthony and Cece (31:00). Our hosts were then able to catch up with Michelle for the Pop! section (42:00) where the three discuss 23andMe, Black Girl Magic on fashion magazines (48:15), and the diversity of the new season trailer of Star Trek (50:45). Finally, in the Bang! section (55:30), Michelle, Anthony, and Cece share lesser known historical figures they want you to Google.2018-09-051h 05Lit!Pop!Bang!Summertime Belongs to Queers!Disquiet Residency:http://disquietinternational.org/OutWrite DChttp://thedccenter.org/events/outwrite2018Broken Metropolishttp://www.masonjarpress.xyz/chapbooks-1/broken-metropolisElon Musk Storyhttps://www.mhpbooks.com/elon-musk-millionairesplains-marxism-to-a-lefty-publishing-house-or-how-much-musk-would-an-elon-musk-if-an-elon-could-musk-musk/Black Socialists of Americahttps://twitter.com/blacksocialistsEnoch Pratt Library:www.prattlibrary.org/The Carters – Apesh*t:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbMqWXnpXcALeslie Feinberg’s book on Cuba:https://www.workers.org/lavender-red/LavenderRed_Cubabook.pdfAbout Allen Ginsberg:https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poet...2018-07-051h 07Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep 1.6 Culture Comes From the Bottom UpAnnie Finch's book Exaltation of Formshttps://www.press.umich.edu/11681/exaltation_of_formsGirl by Jamaica Kincaidhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/06/26/girlReviews of The Poet Xhttps://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elizabeth-acevedo/the-poet-x/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-266280-4Dominican musician Juan Luis Guerrahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STDG00mc9zkKaramo's Engagementhttps://people.com/tv/queer-eye-karamo-brown-engaged/Abby and Tom engagedhttps://www.eonline.com/news/933912/queer-eye-s-tom-jackson-marries-abby-parr-againblack Twitter's response to Royal...2018-06-051h 00Lit!Pop!Bang!I Can't Believe You've Never Seen The Movie Hook!In this months episode, Anthony and Cece are guest free. They discuss the panels they've been on lately (1:20), Anthony's new book (5:30), the Split This Rock Festival (15:50), and other going-ons (20:00). In the Pop section (26:15), Kanye West is examined as well as the White House Correspondents' Dinner (35:45). Finally, in the Bang section, Cece and Antony trade first celebrity crushes (42:15) and maybe even sing a little.Show Links:City Lit Projecthttp://www.citylitproject.org/Out of Step: A Memoirhttps://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814254820.htmlSplit This Rock Festivalhttp://www...2018-05-1551 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 1.4 Scrooge McDuck of PoetryCece and Anthony are joined by Dora Malech for our poetry month episode. In this episode, the group discuss Dora's background and what she's up to now (1:20), what Dora loves about poetry (6:50), and what she wishes she could change about it (12:30). Dora then speaks toward the sonic nature of her poetry (20:50) and what it was like publishing with a UK press (24:00). In the pop section, the group tackle the proposed cultural appropriation of Bruno Mars (28:35) and the issues with Cambridge Analytica and Facebook at large (42:30). Finally, in the Bang section, the group share their most embarrassing stories from the...2018-04-031h 02Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep 1.3 Thank God for RepresentationRecorded before news broke about the closing of the Baltimore Beat, Anthony and Cece speak with the Editor-in-Chief of that publication, Lisa Snowden-McCray. In this episode, the group discuss Lisa's path to journalism (3:00), to the Beat (10:50), and the state of journalism as an institution and business (14:45). Later, in the Pop section, Anthony, Celeste, and Lisa talk Black Panther and black representation in media (28:30) and the reboot of Queer Eye on Netflix (41:45). In the Bang segment, Anthony crowd-sources how he can find new music (52:15).LinksThe critical review written on Black Panther from the Boston Review...2018-03-061h 04Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep 1.2 Bring Poetry to Your MeetingsCece and Anthony are joined by poet and "Split This Rock" co-founder, Sarah Browning, to discuss life, poetry, and politics (0:00). Later, Cece and Anthony talk Fire and Fury (36:30), Game of Thrones hiatus (41:50). and the Olympics (46:00). Sarah then rejoins the hosts to imagine their dream literary course to teach/take (53:10).LinksSplit This Rockhttp://www.splitthisrock.org/The Quarryhttp://www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-databaseKilling Summer by Sarah Browninghttp://siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/killing-summer-by-sarah-browningOpen Culturehttp://www.openculture.com/ “Ballad of Orange and...2018-02-061h 01Lit!Pop!Bang!Ep 1.1—No Apologies 2018Cece and Anthony talk with current and previous Youth Poet Laureates of Baltimore, Mohammed Tall and Hannah Sawyerr (0:16) . Later, they discuss banned words at the CDC (21:15), Omarosa's resignation (29:31) and the people they want to see less of in the coming year (37:10). LinksMohammed's poem Do the Right Thinghttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-eVeHBsb1C4Hannah's website and book For Girls Growing into Their Hipshttps://www.hannahsawyerr.com/Letter to my Daughter by Maya Angelouhttps://www.amazon.com/Letter-My-Daughter-Maya-Angelou/dp/0812980034Banned Words:http://www...2018-01-0241 minLit!Pop!Bang!Ep 0.0—The PilotGet to know hosts Anthony Moll and Cece as they break down what to expect from Lit!Pop!Bang! In this introductory episode, Anthony and Cece discuss their current writing projects (1:05), try to define Lit!Pop!Bang (10:30), who they're reading right now (13:10), possible guests (17:30), and play Marry, Kill...Bang (20:00) to finish out the episode.2017-12-2727 minEnoch Pratt Free Library PodcastAn Evening with Mason Jar PressMason Jar Press, a new, local independent press, brings together their authors in a celebration of literature and art. Join the authors of the most recent MJP publications—the Black Ladies Brunch Collective and Michelle Junot—for a reading, Q and A, and book signing. Hosted and moderated by MJP authors Stephen Zerance and Matthew Falk.Michelle Junot has kept notes on her phone for years—what to pick up at the store, work-out logs, prayers, hopes, thoughts on life and death—all the while creating...2017-04-201h 20Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastPoetry & Conversation: celeste doaks & Jane SatterfieldPoet and journalist celeste doaks is the author of Cornrows and Cornfields (Wrecking Ball Press, UK, March 2015). Cornrows was listed as one of the “Ten Best Books of 2015” by Beltway Quarterly Poetry. Her poem “For the Chef at Helios…” received a 2015 Pushcart Prize nomination. Her multiple accolades include a Lucille Clifton Scholarship to attend Squaw Valley Writers Workshop, the 2010 AWP WC&C Scholarship, and residencies at Atlantic Center of the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Her journalism has appeared in the Huffington Post, Village Voice, Time Out New York, and QBR (Quarterly Black Book Revie...2016-10-271h 17
so...poetry?so...poetry? episode twelve - all roads lead to somewhereIn which Celeste Doaks and i talk poetry as sprinting and walking out of movies, Rita Dove gets (another) shout-out, and we get lightly rained on...
twitter - @thedoaksgirl
Wrecking Ball Press (Celeste's publisher) - wreckingballpress.com/
other things referenced:
covers for the now-empty sky and Cornrows and Cornfields - imgur.com/a/bG8Nf
article on Rita Dove and revision - owrite.blogspot.com/2008/01/narrow-…-made-wide.html
some Marilyn Nelson sonnets - jeffhardin.weebly.com/blog/marilyn-nelsons-worth
www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=269
Blue on Blue Ground by Aaron Smith - www.upress.pitt.edu/BookDetails.aspx?bookId=35755
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