Category: Poetry

GLP008: Poet Malika Booker

4/30/2015

Episode 8: Poet Malika Booker

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Books & Other Links Mentioned

Pepper Seed by Malika Booker
Breadfruit by Malika Booker
How To Escape From a Leper Colony by Tiphanie Yanique
The Vital System by C.M. Burrows
Citizen by Claudia Rankine
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Writers Mentioned

GLP005: Stephanie Yun

7/25/2014

Episode 5: Poet Stephanie Yun

2012 Youth Poet Laureate
Stephanie Yun

Show Notes:

using yourself as the standard
fragments and re-imagining
navigating identity
language acquisition
writing from a place of urgency
the pressures of life on your writing
pulling from your everyday living

Books and Other Links Mentioned

The Gangster We're All Looking For by Thi Diem Thuy Le
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton
Borderlands / La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldua
Oakland's Youth Poet Laureate Program
Life is Living
Youth Speaks
Poetry for the People

Writing Related Quotes & Advice

"Write the poem that only you can write."

"The standard is yourself."

"Write drunk, edit sober." -- Ernest Hemingway

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GLP004: Poet Arisa White

7/22/2014

Episode 3: Arisa White

Arisa White
Photo by Samantha Florio

SHOW NOTES: (what we talked about)

Writing poems into a project as a way to stay in the writing space
The importance of residencies and retreats to fuel your writing
Adapting poetry for the stage
Collaborating with other artists
Anger Portraits on Zoramag.com
The Daily Grind Online Community

BOOKS & OTHER LINKS MENTIONED

You Good Thing by Dara Wier
Twerk by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
Hurrah's Nest, Post Pardon, & A Penny Saved by Arisa White
Breadloaf Writer's Conference
Cave Canem
Willow Books
Virtual Artist Collective

WRITING RELATED QUOTES & ADVICE

"You need to know the intelligence of your poem."

"Know when your writing seasons are."

"a writing oops...thinking that once you're done with a poem it has nothing to teach you"

"Be engaged with your surroundings and record everything."

"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open." -- Muriel Rukeyser

WRITERS MENTIONED

Joshunda Sanders
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
Stacy-Ann Chin
Tara Betts

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GLP 003: Meet the Poetry Editor Cynthia Dewi Oka

7/17/2014

Episode 3: Cynthia Dewi Oka

Cynthia Dewi Oka
Poetry Editor

Show Notes

Coming soon!!

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