Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?

This week I catch up with New York-based poet Joey De Jesus about ookie-spooky dreams, his non-traditional poetry collection Hoax, and that time he ran for NY State Assembly. 
Find Joey's Instagram here. 
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Two-spirit writer Carson Faust joins me this week to talk grandmothers, the supernatural, and our mutual love for Fiona Apple.
His story, 'Eulogy for a Brother, Resurrected,' is published in the new all-Indigenous anthology Never Whistle At Night. Buy it here. 
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I'm talking dreams this week with poet Wendy Chen. Wendy is the author of Unearthings (Tavern) and the forthcoming novel, Their Divine Fires (Algonquin). Buy it here. 
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Poet Nabila Lovelace joins me this week to talk growing up in Queens, community as a foundation of poetry, and repurposing Homer's Iliad in her debut collection, Sons of Achilles. 
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This week I catch up with Anthony Rey Lucas, co-host of At the CCC, a weekly podcast on queer recovery. During our conversation, we get into the importance of connection, abstinence versus moderation, Vedantan teachings, and grounding yourself in the now. 
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Poet Sam Sax joins me to discuss his newest collection, Pig. We also get into poetry readings as politically transformative spaces, embodied research, ecology, and the charms of used bookstores. 
Find his book here and follow him @samsax1.
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This week I catch up with LA-based painter Andrew Holmquist to talk Berlin, first-person painting, and the enduring influence of Twin Peaks. Follow his work @andewhq.
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On this week's episode, poet Xiaoqiu Qiu and I discuss landscape as a unifying force, performing identity, and how poems are like constellations. Find out more about Xiaoqiu's work at his website. 
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This week I sit down with Edgar Gomez, author of High-Risk Homosexual, to discuss queer joy, writing about his mother, and living through the Pulse massacre in 2016. Follow Edgar @otroedgargomez
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LA-based playwright and essayist Agnes Borinsky joins me this week to discuss trans naturalism, building trust in your creative process, and the inspiration behind her play 'The Trees.' Follow Agnes' work at rustchukfarm.org.
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