Poet, actor, and comedian kevin mcpherson eckhoff joins me to talk about humour and experimental poetry, and why you should try to have fun. Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Music by Patrick Short (aka Electric Candles), who is better known as Kindest Cuts Photography by Michael Sanders of Electric Monk Media Art Design by author S.M. Beiko Writing the […]
Ryan Fitzpatrick was kind enough to do an interview on his poem “Join the Wrinkle Resistance” and on writing flarf and experimental poetry, for the benefit of my class… and now you! Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Music by Patrick Short (aka Electric Candles), who is better known as Kindest Cuts Photography by Michael Sanders of Electric Monk […]
Concrete Poet and Conceptual Writer Derek Beaulieu joins me to talk about why you should try experimental writing. Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Music by Patrick Short (aka Electric Candles), who is better known as Kindest Cuts Photography by Michael Sanders of Electric Monk Media Art Design by author S.M. Beiko Writing the Wrong Way with Jonathan Ball, PhD […]
My great mentor Dennis Cooley joins me to talk about writing poems, and his three new books: The Bestiary and Coldpress Moon from Turnstone Press, and The Muse Sings from At Bay Press. Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | GooglePlay | SoundCloud Music by Patrick Short (aka Electric Candles), who is better known as Kindest Cuts Photography by Michael Sanders of Electric […]
This poem gets mentioned briefly in my podcast interview with Anthony Etherin. I put it up here after Greg Hill tried to google for it and failed. The poem consists of found text from reviews of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy (which, like conceptual poetry, also concerns itself with themes of bondage and constraint). […]
Thrilled to talk to Anthony Etherin, author of the outstanding book Stray Arts and publisher of Penteract Press, about writing constraint-based poetry: anagrams, palindromes, and his own invention, the aelindrome. You may also enjoy my discussion with Anthony on his podcast.
Ian Kinney fell seven stories and survived. In AIR SALT (University of Calgary Press, 2019), Kinney writes through trauma using a process of found text and collage poetry, combining material gleaned from his medical records, police reports, and other sources to present a memoir about an event he cannot remember. Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Stitcher | GooglePlay | SoundCloud
Cam Scott, whose poetry debut Romans/Snowmare I highly recommend, talks about his influences, in particular Kevin Killian and Colin Smith. Cam is a self-proclaimed “non-musician” and was the singer of one of my favourite hardcore bands, Under Pressure, whose albums Come Clean and Still No Future are absolutely great. Seek them out! Subscribe to the […]
If you missed my book launch for THE NATIONAL GALLERY, you can catch up now! I launched the book in September 2019 with Gary Barwin, who was launching his own book, For It Is a Pleasure and a Surprise to Breathe: New and Selected Poems. After the readings, a discussion between Gary and me was […]
or, What Can Writers Learn from Leatherface? Want some sonnets about Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre? TRICK QUESTION! BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Below, you’ll find the text for my talk on horror and writing, what we writers can learn from Leatherface of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre fame about being an artist. You can also […]
