The Poetry Vlog (TPV): A Poetry, Arts, & Social Justice Teaching Channel C. R. Grimmer

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/.




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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).



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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.



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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).

Professor A.D. Carson (AKA "Aydee the Great") discusses "academic rap," Black Studies, insights on his album and mixtap/e/ssay 'i used to love to dream'. This episode offers strategies for scholars, students, and arts communities to think about the intersections of genre, sound, form, multimodality, and race. The Poetry Vlog Season 4 debuts with a special edition where you can listen (for free!!!) and read the full mixtap/e/ssay using the below link. This is because of the incredible work being done for Open Access Scholarship by University of Michigan Press' Fulcrum: ✔︎ https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/m900nw52n. For a transcript of this episode, visit the YouTube edition at https://www.youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog. Learn more about this project at https://www.thepoetryvlog.com/thepoetryvlog.

Dr. Stevi Costa (AKA Sailor St. Claire) discusses Queer and Feminist burlesque as poetry. She performs from "Striptease: The Untold Story of the Girlie Show" by Rachel Stein and shares her experiences performing with Noveltease Theatre and offers strategies for scholars, students, and arts communities to think about the intersections of burlesque performance, multimodality, and intersectional feminism.  This episode was originally scheduled for Season 3's final installment, but was pushed to Season 4 due to COVID restraints and a turn in TPV focus to the #supportblacktranspoets). Learn more at https://www.thepoetryvlog.com/thepoetryvlog. For a transcript of this episode, visit the YouTube edition at https://www.youtube.com/c/thepoetryvlog.