The Poetry Vlog (TPV): A Poetry, Arts, & Social Justice Teaching Channel

C. R. Grimmer

Welcome to the Podcast Segment of YouTube's "The Poetry Vlog": http://youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog. Tune in for 30-minute guest discussions connecting poetry, cultural studies, and social justice. Guests range from published poets, scholars, and artists to folx just entering these conversations. C. R. Grimmer is a scholar, poet, lecturer at the University of Washington. For more info, to join the community, or to reach out: http://www.thepoetryvlog.com/ Join us: IG: http://instagram.com/thepoetryvlog T: http://twitter.com/crgrimmertpv F: http://facebook.com/thepoetryvlog

  1. Jessica Tanck on Contrast, Conformity, and Queer Community

    04/04/2025

    Jessica Tanck on Contrast, Conformity, and Queer Community

    In this episode of The Poetry Vlog (TPV), author and artist Jessica Tanck reads from her book Winter Here (UGA Press, 2024) to lead a discussion on the beauty of contrast, the battle to resist conformity, and the importance of queer community.Jessica Tanck is the author of Winter Here (UGA Press, 2024), winner of the 2022 Georgia Poetry Prize. She holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she completed a B.A. in English Literature - Creative Writing and Comparative Literature and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing - Poetry. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Adroit Journal, Alaska Quarterly Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Blackbird, Colorado Review, DIAGRAM, Gulf Coast, Kenyon Review, The Los Angeles Review, Meridian, New England Review, New Ohio Review, Ninth Letter, Waxwing, and others. Jess was born in Chicago, IL, but grew up in Sheboygan, WI, on the shores of Lake Michigan. The recipient of a Vice Presidential Fellowship and a Clarence Snow Memorial Fellowship, Jess lives and writes in Salt Lake City, where she is a Ph.D. candidate in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Utah. She served as the 2022-2023 Editor of Quarterly West, where she is currently guest-editing a special issue on “Extreme Environments”— a central concern of hers, as well as the focus of her doctoral dissertation and the reading for her qualifying exams.Learn more about Jess at:✔︎ https://www.jessicatanck.com/

    17 min
  2. Willy Palomo on New Perspectives, Leftism, and Queer Erotica

    02/23/2025

    Willy Palomo on New Perspectives, Leftism, and Queer Erotica

    In this episode of The Poetry Vlog (TPV), author, musician, and activist Willy Palomo reads from his book Wake the Others (Editorial Kalina/Glass Spider Publishing, 2023) to lead a discussion on how their relationship with leftism evolved over time, as well as how queer erotica can be used to tell powerful, extremely important stories.Willy Palomo (he/they/she) is the author of Wake the Others (Editorial Kalina/Glass Spider Publishing, 2023), a winner of a Foreword Prize in Poetry and an International Latino Book Award honorable mention in Bilingual Poetry. In November 2024, his Spanish-to-English translation of Tres Tercas Trincheras by Marielos Oliva was published in Europe by FormArti. A veteran of the Salt Lake City poetry slam scene, his fiction, essays, poetry, translations, and songs can be found across print and web pages, including the Best New Poets 2018, Latino Rebels, The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States, and more. He has performed at or keynoted in 160+ public engagements since 2011, including the SUU Pride Film Festival, el Festival Internacional de Poesia Amada Libertad, and many more. He has taught classes on literature, rap, and creative writing in universities, juvenile detention centers, high schools, and community centers. He is the son of two refugees from El Salvador.Learn more about Willy at:✔︎ https://www.palomopoemas.com/. About The Poetry Vlog (TPV):✔︎ https://thepoetryvlog.com/thepoetryvlog

    23 min
  3. Matty Layne Glasgow on Utah Legislation, Poetry, & Wicked

    01/30/2025 · BONUS

    Matty Layne Glasgow on Utah Legislation, Poetry, & Wicked

    In this episode of The Poetry Vlog (TPV), poet, scholar, and educator Matty Lane Glasgow reads from his book deciduous qween (Red Hen Press, 2019) to lead a discussion on current Utah legislation targeting the queer community, navigating politically different environments as a queer writer, and coping mechanisms via pop culture. This is a special edition episode featuring guest host Ray Kaplan. Watch teh YouTube Edition, which includes professional captioning at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClQ9v_r99FxQOzLrTVBic6A?sub_confirmation=1

    22 min
  4. Tommy "Teebs" Pico on "Tethering Difference" in Poetry and Screenwriting

    04/22/2024

    Tommy "Teebs" Pico on "Tethering Difference" in Poetry and Screenwriting

    In this episode of The Poetry Vlog (TPV), poet and screenwriter Tommy "Teebs" Pico reads from his book JUNK (Tin House, 2018) to lead a discussion on the work in poetry and screenwriting to "tether" disparate ideas and create meaning. This episode will be re-edited and adapted with a Critical Framing and sample lesson plans in The Poetry Vlog: Critical Edition. Forthcoming from University of Michigan Press, Fulcrum. Tommy “Teebs” Pico is a poet, artist, and tv writer. He is author of the books IRL, Nature Poem, Junk, Feed, and has written on the shows Reservation Dogs, Resident Alien and Crystal Lake. Originally from the Viejas Indian reservation of the Kumeyaay nation, he now lives in Los Angeles where he makes abstract portraits with various kinds of wax, acrylics, watercolors, food coloring and India ink. Learn more at https://tommy-pico.com/. View the Video Version (includes transcript): https://youtu.be/THSAGlrXzic/. Learn more about the series: https://www.thepoetryvlog.com/thepoetryvlog/

    29 min
  5. Cameron Awkward-Rich on Writing Poetry 'In the Break' of Black and Trans Dialectics

    03/28/2024

    Cameron Awkward-Rich on Writing Poetry 'In the Break' of Black and Trans Dialectics

    In this episode of The Poetry Vlog (TPV), Cameron Awkward-Rich reads the poem "Black Feeling" from his book Dispatch (Persea Books, 2019) to lead a discussion on the dialectical complexity within Black and trans social identities. The poem expands on an encounter he has while in transit on the bus with an elder retired cop to contemplate uneven, overlapping, and even paradoxical power dynamics around race, gender, class, sex, sexuality, and education. This episode will be re-edited and adapted with a Critical Framing and sample lesson plans in The Poetry Vlog: Critical Edition. Forthcoming from University of Michigan Press, Fulcrum. Cameron Awkward-Rich holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University, is Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and, in addition to Dispatch, is author of Sympathetic Little Monster (Ricochet Editions, 2016). Learn more at https://www.cawkwardrich.com/. Learn more about the series at: https://www.thepoetryvlog.com/thepoetryvlog/

    19 min
  6. Tyrone Williamson on Poetry, Race, Representation, and Social Media

    02/20/2024

    Tyrone Williamson on Poetry, Race, Representation, and Social Media

    Award-winning poet Tyrone Williams discusses his poetry in On Spec, the paradox of representation and race in poetry and social media, and how academia and geographic locations impact these conversations. Poet Tyrone Williams was born in Detroit, Michigan and earned his BA, MA, and PhD at Wayne State University. He is the author of a number of chapbooks, including Convalescence (1987); Futures, Elections (2004); Musique Noir (2006); and Pink Tie (2011), among others. His full-length collections of poetry include c.c. (2002), On Spec (2008), The Hero Project (2009), Adventures of Pi (2011), and Howell (2011). Captions and transcript available in the YouTube Version of this episode: https://youtu.be/bKib-TSXGNE Learn more about the series at: https://www.thepoetryvlog.com/thepoetryvlog/

    39 min
  7. Woogee Bae on What Environmental Poetry Teaches Us About Community

    01/18/2024

    Woogee Bae on What Environmental Poetry Teaches Us About Community

    In this episode of TPV, Woogee Bae discusses environmental poetry, or ecopoetry, as a way build community. She reads from Eric Sneathen's "Snail Poems" and shares the zine-making process behind the journal she edits, Snail Trail Press. This episode will be re-edited and adapted with a Critical Framing and sample lesson plans in The Poetry Vlog: Critical Edition. Forthcoming from University of Michigan Press, Fulcrum. Woogee Bae writes poems and edits at Snail Trail Press. She received her MFA from the University of Washington Bothell's Creative Writing and Poetics Program. Writings can be found in P-QUEUE, Poetry Northwest, Tagvverk, and elsewhere. Learn more at https://www.woogeebae.com. Captions and transcript available in the YouTube Edition: https://youtu.be/JlRIkuJzMhw

    18 min

  8. 09/26/2022 · BONUS

    Live Book Launch: Joshua Burton, Zumbambico, and Sara Lefsyk

    September 17, 6pm Central Time (4pm Pacific Time) The Poetry Vlog hosted a reading and discussion of Fracture Anthology: a poetry chapbook and audiobook by Joshua Burton that features a visual art collaboration with Zumbambico and handmade book arts production from the publisher, Sara Lefsyk of Ethel. Started in 2018, Ethel is a twice-yearly limited-edition, hand-made journal of writing and art and a micro-press specializing in handmade and hand-bound chapbooks and mini-books. Joshua is joined by visual artist Zumbambico and publisher of Ethel, Sara Lefsyk. Hosted by C. R. Grimmer on The Poetry Vlog (TPV).

    33 min
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Welcome to the Podcast Segment of YouTube's "The Poetry Vlog": http://youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog. Tune in for 30-minute guest discussions connecting poetry, cultural studies, and social justice. Guests range from published poets, scholars, and artists to folx just entering these conversations. C. R. Grimmer is a scholar, poet, lecturer at the University of Washington. For more info, to join the community, or to reach out: http://www.thepoetryvlog.com/ Join us: IG: http://instagram.com/thepoetryvlog T: http://twitter.com/crgrimmertpv F: http://facebook.com/thepoetryvlog

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