Break The Line

Rebecca Farivar
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Break The Line is a monthly podcast where artists engage with contemporary poetry. The catch: the guests aren't poets. Poet-host Rebecca Farivar ("Correct Animal," "American Lit") chats with actors, comedians, memoirists, and more about themes in poetry related to their own field.

Episodes

  1. 05/07/2013

    10: Web Series Based on Poetry

    10: Web Series Based on Poetry Ram Devineni discusses his poetry-based web series Verse: A Murder Mystery.

  2. 04/12/2013

    09: Joshua Marie Wilkinson on “Poemfilms”

    09: Joshua Marie Wilkinson on “Poemfilms” Poet Joshua Marie Wilkinson discusses three of his “poemfilms.”

  3. 03/01/2013

    08: Yew Journal: Visual Art Paired With Poetry

    Stephenie Foster, the designer for Yew Journal, discusses how she pairs visual art with poetry for the monthly journal. Yew Journal: Visual Art Paired with Poetry

  4. 02/01/2013

    07: Novelists on Short Poems

    Novelists Mary Volmer and Michael David Lukas discuss short poems by Rebecca Wolff and Carol Snow. 07_ Novelists on Short Poems

  5. 01/06/2013

    06: Journalists on Documentary Poetics

    06_ Journalists on Documentary Poetics

  6. 12/07/2012

    Educators on School Memories

    Educators Michele Jonas and Monica Tirado discuss poems by Mary Karr and Will Hubbard. Educators on Memories from School

  7. 11/02/2012

    04: Comedians on Funny Poems

    Duncan Wold and Evan Winchester, two members of the sketch comedy troupe Mission CTRL, discuss poems by Linh Dinh and Graham Foust. 04:Comedians on Funny Poems

  8. 10/05/2012

    03: A Tarot Reading of Brenda Shaughnessy

    Carolyn Agis does a tarot reading of poems from the Arcana section of Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy. The poems in that section are found in the following order: Card 5: Hierophant Card 12: The Hanged Man Card 0: The Fool Card 20: Judgment Card 14: Temperance Card 7: The Chariot Card 9: The Hermit […]

  9. 09/07/2012

    02: Memoirists on Confessional Poems

    Memoirists from the San Francisco Bay Area discuss poems by Beth Ann Fennelly and Louise Glück. 02: Memoirists on Confessional Poems

  10. 07/23/2012

    01: Actors on Persona Poems

    Actors from the San Francisco Mime Troupe discuss persona poems by Ai and Holly Iglesias. 01_ Actors on Persona Poems

  • 10 Episodes

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About

Break The Line is a monthly podcast where artists engage with contemporary poetry. The catch: the guests aren't poets. Poet-host Rebecca Farivar ("Correct Animal," "American Lit") chats with actors, comedians, memoirists, and more about themes in poetry related to their own field.

Information

  • Creator
    Rebecca Farivar
  • Years Active
    2012 - 2013
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Break The Line