Waves Breaking
A podcast in which Avren Keating interviews other transgender, genderqueer, and/or gender variant poets about their life and work in order to figure out their place in the world.
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Interview with Kamden Ishmael Hilliard
02/04/2023
Interview with Kamden Ishmael Hilliard
Finally, after a long break, Waves Breaking returns with this interview with Kamden Ishmael Hilliard. Kam generously shares their time with me to discuss their debut book of poems, , out last year with Nightboat Books. We go in deep to discuss their thoughts around the sentence, modes of speech, writing poems within this current era of late-stage capitalism, and teaching students. Kamden Ishmael Hilliard was born in La Jolla, CA; their fam settled on O'ahu, Hawai'i. Kamden holds a BA in American Studies from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Kamden, a nonbinary Black settler who goes by Kam, works on issues of surveillance, race, queerness, contemporary art and American politics. They're thankful for support from The National YoungArts Foundation, The Davidson Institute, Sarah Lawrence College, and The UCROSS Foundation. Kam’s writing appears in West Branch, The Black Warrior Review, Tagvverk, Denver Quarterly, The Columbia Review, and other publications. Formerly, they served as an AmeriCorps VISTA, held Maytag, Teaching-Writing, and Pfluflaught Fellowships at the University of Iowa, and were the 2020-2022 Anisfield-Wolf Fellow in Publishing and Writing at the Cleveland State University Poetry Center, a reader at Flypaper Lit, and a board member at VIDA: Women In Literary Arts. Go buy ! Mentioned in the interview: “” by (I’m sorry lol) (bird) by Toni Morrison Huge plug for everyone to listen to the audiobook version of Beloved read by Toni Morrison herself. Find it on ! (film) My poem with Judge Doom in it is “” at the bottom of this page. (film) by Rachel Khong Kam’s Anti-recommendations: Apocalypse Now (film) The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Sandman (TV series) This show's Editor and Social Media Manager is Mitchel Davidovitz. The Sound of Waves Breaking is a clip of my cousin Ian and me (fake band name: Diminutive Denizens) doing a cover of “Dig My Grave” by They Might Be Giants. It’s on if you want to listen to the whole thing. There are a bunch of other covers you can listen to there for free, including a very dumb skit my friend Greg and I did for one of the “Fingertips.” Greg’s the host of the excellent podcast This Might Be a Podcast which I’ve also guested on many times.
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Interview with Yanyi
04/25/2022
Interview with Yanyi
Photo of Yanyi, taken by him In this episode I spoke with Yanyi about his new book, Dream of the Divided Field, and his newsletter, . Yanyi is the author of (One World Random House, 1 March 2022) and (Yale University Press 2019), winner of the . His work has been featured in or at NPR’s All Things Considered, New York Public Library, Granta, and New England Review, and he is the recipient of fellowships from Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Poets House. He holds an MFA in Poetry from New York University and was most recently poetry editor at . Currently, he teaches creative writing at large and gives writing advice at . You can Various books, movies, podcasts, etc. mentioned in this episode: docuseries Shakespeare’s AI generated imagery Virgina Woolf’s audio Olson’s "" manifesto, some explicit field talk Lydia Davis’s "Hand" story (this is the whole story lol): "Beyond the hand holding this book that I’m reading, I see another hand lying idle and slightly out of focus — my extra hand." () "" chapbook discussing de las Rivas's "Black Sun" and fascist dogwhistling in contemporary poetry , the platform Yanyi uses to now send his newsletters bell hooks’s full PDF documentary Laura Engels Wilder’s FEELING ASIAN podcast episodes: Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz Host and Producer: Avren Keating Sound of Waves Breaking: , my sweet 5-year-old Frenchie that died of a brain tumor in the time between recording and editing this episode. I love you, little bubs.
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Interview with Sarah Nnenna Loveth Nwafor
02/17/2022
Interview with Sarah Nnenna Loveth Nwafor
In this interview, I spoke with Sarah Nnenna Loveth Nwafor about their latest publication Already Knew You Were Coming. We discuss Igbo cosmology and time, vengeance poetry, their process in writing this chapbook, and more. Sarah Nnenna Loveth Nwafor (They/Them) is a queer Igbo-American Poet, Educator, and Facilitator who descends of a powerful ancestry. They believe that storytelling is magick, and they speak to practice traditions of Igbo orature. When they witness, their forebears are pleased. Sarah has been writing for a minute and is learning something new about their voice each year, but one thing they’re proud to share is that they have a chapbook out with Game Over Books! When Sarah's not writing; they’re probably sitting under a tree, reading about Love, dancing with friends or cooking a bomb-ass meal like the true Taurus they are. Go buy Books, artists, musicians, etc. mentioned in this episode: Alexis Pauline Gumbs’s ’s Dena Igutsi’s Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz Host and Producer: Avren Keating Sound of Waves Breaking: , DaveJf
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Interview with Cody-Rose Clevidence
11/17/2021
Interview with Cody-Rose Clevidence
In this episode, I spoke with Cody-Rose Clevidence about their latest publication, Aux Arc / Trypt Ich, out with Nightboat Books. We dug into language, exploring motif, grief, love—all that good stuff. Cody-Rose Clevidence is the author of BEAST FEAST (2014) and Flung/Throne (2018), both from Ahsahta Press, Listen My Friend This is the Dream I Dreamed Last Night from The Song Cave and Aux Arc / Trypt Ich as well as several handsome chapbooks (flowers and cream, NION, garden door press, Auric). They live in the Arkansas Ozarks with their medium sized but lion-hearted dog, Birdie and an absolute lunatic cat. Cody-Rose's Poets, books, etc. mentioned in this episode: Cody-Rose Clevidence's "Apophatic" was the word I was trying to remember! because of the paywall, but it seems like it might be useful in exploring Manley Hopkins's contemplations of God. English literature's Stephen Taylor's Jerome Rothenberg (editor), Jerome Rothenberg (editor), Guy Deutscher's Guy Deutscher's George Lakoff and Mark Johnson's Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz Host and Producer: Avren Keating Sound of Waves Breaking: "" by John Linnell. At last, one half of makes it onto the pod.
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Interview with féi hernandez
10/12/2021
Interview with féi hernandez
In this episode, I spoke with féi hernandez about , their poetry collection released in 2020. We also spoke about their incredible skills as an illustrator, and féi recommends some fantastic reads. féi hernandez (b.1993 Chihuahua, Mexico) is a trans, Inglewood- raised, formerly undocumented immigrant artist, writer, healer. They have been published in POETRY, Pank Magazine, Oxford Review of Books, Frontier Poetry, The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext, amongst others. They are a Define American Fellow for 2021 and are currently the Board President of Gender Justice Los Angeles. féi is the author of the full-length poetry collection Hood Criatura (Sundress Publications 2020) which was on NPR’s Best Books of 2020. féi collects Pokémon plushies. féi’s Purchase Poets, books, etc. mentioned in this episode: , anime series , anime series Natalie Diaz’s Natalie Diaz’s and her song “” féi’s Hood Criatura on , , and . Go leave a review :) Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz The Sound of Waves Breaking is “” by bradygalp123
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Interview with Larkin Christie
09/03/2021
Interview with Larkin Christie
In this episode, I spoke with Larkin Christie about their book gather all your supple creatures. Larkin Christie is a queer poet living on unceded Pocumtuc land in what is currently known as Western Massachusetts. Their second collection, gather all your supple creatures, is out now. Their creative work draws on experiences as an educator, organizer, and dancer. Larkin's Larkin's Go buy ! Quotes, workshop, and media mentioned in this episode: , workshop , band From Larkin: "I just did some research and the quote is actually by Shelly Smith, published in June Jordan’s Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint. It is 'Deciding whom to publish, whose words are important or good or right, whose message is valuable, is about politics. Self-publishing is about power, about taking the responsibility to disseminate your words yourself.' Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz Sound of Waves Breaking: "" by @robkuster
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Interview with KB
06/03/2021
Interview with KB
In this episode, I spoke with KB about their zine “A New Relationship to Pain,” their relationship to poetry, the pandemic, working as a poet and educator, and more.
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Interview with Rainie Oet
03/20/2021
Interview with Rainie Oet
In this episode I spoke with Rainie Oet about their recent publication Glorious Veils of Diane. Content warning: We talk a lot about blood and some about self-harming Rainie Oet is a nonbinary writer and game designer, former Editor-in-Chief of Salt Hill Journal, and the author of Glorious Veils of Diane (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2021), as well as two other books: Porcupine in Freefall and Inside Ball Lightning. They have an MFA in Poetry from Syracuse University, where they were awarded the Shirley Jackson Prize in Fiction. Rainie's Rainie's Go buy Rainie's Rainie's Artists, books, films, games etc. mentioned in this episode: Serena Perrone's "" , film by Zbigniew Herbert which includes the translated Hermes, Dog and Star. "" by Vasko Popa Chase Berggrun's about R E D , TV Show , drag performer , indie game Octavia Butler's series Merlin Sheldrake's The Sound of Waves Breaking: "" by RTB45 Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz
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Interview with Anaïs Duplan and imogen xtian smith
02/17/2021
Interview with Anaïs Duplan and imogen xtian smith
In this episode, I dive deep into one poem with its authors, Anaïs Duplan and imogen xtian smith. Tune in for our conversation about of art, love, and utopias. Anaïs Duplan is a trans* poet, curator, and artist. He is the author of a book of essays, (Black Ocean, 2020), a full-length poetry collection, Take This Stallion (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2016), and a chapbook, Mount Carmel and the Blood of Parnassus (Monster House Press, 2017). He has taught poetry at the University of Iowa, Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College, and St. Joseph’s College. His video works have been exhibited by Flux Factory, Daata Editions, the 13th Baltic Triennial in Lithuania, Mathew Gallery, NeueHouse, the Paseo Project, and will be exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art in L.A in 2021. As an independent curator, he has facilitated curatorial projects in Chicago, Boston, Santa Fe, and Reykjavík. He was a 2017-2019 joint Public Programs fellow at the Museum of Modern Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem. In 2016, he founded the , an artist residency program for artists of color, based at Iowa City’s artist-run organization Public Space One. He works as Program Manager at . An's An's An's imogen xtian smith (fka xtian w) is a poet & performer. Recent work is featured or forthcoming in Peach Mag, Cosmonauts Ave, the Rumpus, & WE WANT IT ALL: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics. They live in Brooklyn. imogen's imogen's Places, people, art, books etc. mentioned in this episode: , ed. by Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel An interview I did a while back with and the other editors of Vetch An interview I did with An and imogen's Trans Oral History Mohammed Zenia's imogen's for Tel Aviv for the Poetry Project Posthumous selected works of Wanda Coleman, Bernadette Mayer's Bahar Orang's Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz The Sound of Waves Breaking is "" by ecfike. Meeting people in-person and hugging after a long period of time? I miss that and them.
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Interview with noor ibn najam
01/11/2021
Interview with noor ibn najam
In this episode I spoke with noor ibn najam about her recent work and writing process. they also discussed showing work to friends and skill-sharing. Sorry that the intro and outro audio is a little wonky this time around, but my interview with noor is still good. noor is a poet who teases, challenges, breaks, and creates language. she's received fellowships from Callaloo and The Watering Hole and is a recent resident of the Vermont Studio Center. her poems have been published and anthologized with DIAGRAM, ANMLY, The Academy of American Poets, the Rumpus, Bettering American Poetry, and others. her chapbook, PRAISE TO LESSER GODS OF LOVE, was published by Glass Poetry Press in 2019. purchase Writers, poems, books, events mentioned in this episode: , by Etel Adnan noor's poem "” where he discusses compositional hierarchy “I am an artist and I'm sensitive about my shit,” a lyric from Erykah Badu ‘s “.” by M. NourbeSe Philip “” by W.S. Graham Arabic for "whispers of the devil in your ear" , artist and noor’s partner , Astro-Black Metalbender behind the jewlery line , painter on Twitter and I recorded last year noor’s The Sound of Waves Breaking is “,” recorded by rivernile7. Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz
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Interview with Aeon Ginsberg
11/09/2020
Interview with Aeon Ginsberg
This month’s guest is Aeon Ginsberg. We dug into their recently published book Greyhound and also talked about PoBiz/Big Lit, death, and teeth poetry. Aeon Ginsberg (they/them) is an agender transfeminine writer and performer from Baltimore City, MD. They are the author of Greyhound, the 2019 winner of the Noemi Press Poetry Prize, and their work has been published in various magazines in print and online. Aeon is a Taurus, a bartending, and a bitch. Writers, news, books, events mentioned in this episode: Aeon’s previous chapbooks: (Elation Press, 2016) (Nostrovia! Press, 2017) Yanyi has written an excellent article regarding PoMag’s “trans issue” and critiquing special issues in general: organized by jayy dodd after their close reading of Toby Martinez de las Rivas’s published and fascist work "Titan / All Is Still" in PoMag’s Nov 2018 issue. about how they plan to reorient themselves and dismantle white supremacist practice in their organization. in Salon to PoFound at the wake of the COVID-19 crisis in The Baltimore Sun. (sorry for accidentally using her previous name!) , a Christine and the Queens album “” Anne Carson quote: "If prose is a house, poetry is a man on fire running quite fast through it." The Sound of Waves Breaking is this video Aeon sent me of . Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz If you want to get in contact with me, you can email me at [email protected] and/or message me on Twitter.
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Interview with Kama La Mackerel
09/11/2020
Interview with Kama La Mackerel
This month I got to speak with Kama La Mackerel about their just-released book, ZOM-FAM, published by Metonymy Press. We go in-depth in discussion about their decolonial artistic practices and inspiration for the book. Kama La Mackerel is a Montreal-based Mauritian-Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, educator, writer, community-arts facilitator and literary translator who works within and across performance, photography, installations, textiles, digital art and literature. Kama’s work is grounded in the exploration of justice, love, healing, decoloniality, hybridity, cosmopolitanism and self- and collective-empowerment. They believe that aesthetic practices have the power to build resilience and act as resistance to the status quo, thereby enacting an anticolonial practice through cultural production. Kama has exhibited and performed their work internationally and their writing in English, French and Kreol has appeared in publications both online and in print. They have lived in far-flung places such as Pune, India and Peterborough, Ontario. ZOM-FAM, their debut poetry collection is published by Metonymy Press. GO BUY ! Media, artists, books, etc mentioned in this episode: Kama will get to perform this October :) "" "" performance Artists who made the ZOM-FAM cover: Kai Yun Ching and Aun Li "" project and performance "" project by Kai Cheng Thom documentary , by Hazel Jane Plante , by Amber Dawn "," article in The Indian Express "," article in The Guardian ** ** "" article in The Mercury News "," an article for CNN. Because we definitely needed another reason to hate gender reveal parties, am I right? ** Donate to ** The Sound of Waves Breaking: "" by Menwar Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz
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Interview with kiki nicole
07/28/2020
Interview with kiki nicole
In this episode, I spoke with poet kiki nicole about their manuscript, Autobiography of the boi Venus which not published (yet!), their embroidery work, film work, and current interests.
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Interview with Như Xuân Nguyễn
04/03/2020
Interview with Như Xuân Nguyễn
Như and I discussed her recent chapbook A System of Satellites and her writing practice, finding dignity as a trans poet, and writing past ingrained fear and doubt. She also asked me questions. Hear me stumble trying to answer questions about my writing practice and how I approach writing with personal experiences. Như Xuân Nguyễn is a queer and trans Vietnamese American poet and writer. A Kundiman Fellow and a graduate of the MFA program in Creative Writing at Rutgers-Newark, she won the 2018 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship with her debut chapbook A System of Satellites. Her work has appeared in The Offing, DELUGE (Radioactive Moat), The Journal, The Shade Journal, and Juked. She is currently based in New York City, where she lives with her two cats, Arya and Azula. Note: I refer to a NOLA poetry fest panel that is no longer happening due to COVID-19. Wash your hands and stay at home, everyone. People and Books Mentioned: Cathy Park Hong's Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz The Sound of Waves Breaking: , @Walter_Odington
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Interview with sung yim
02/25/2020
Interview with sung yim
This episode, I got to talk with sung! sung is a writer and interdisciplinary artist from Korea. They are the author of What About the Rest of Your Life (Perfect Day Publishing) and Flowers Are for Pussies (Ghost City Press).
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Interview with Zefyr Lisowski
12/18/2019
Interview with Zefyr Lisowski
In this episode, I had the opportunity to talk with Zefyr Lisowski about her book Blood Box.
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Interview with Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
11/07/2019
Interview with Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
This episode, I had the chance to speak with Cyrée Jarelle Johnson about their book, SLINGSHOT.
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Interview with Samuel Ace
08/21/2019
Interview with Samuel Ace
It's been a minute! Thanks for your patience as I've slogged through life. In this episode I spoke with Samuel Ace about his book Our Weather Our Sea.
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Interview with S. Brook Corfman
05/21/2019
Interview with S. Brook Corfman
I had the opportunity to talk with S. Brook Corfman at AWP this year! S. Brook Corfman is the author of Luxury, Blue Lace, chosen by Richard Siken for the Autumn House Rising Writer Prize, and two chapbooks: the letterpress Meteorites from DoubleCross Press and the digital collection of performance pieces The Anima from GaussPDF. The recipient of grants and fellowships from Lambda Literary, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, recent work has appeared in DIAGRAM, Indiana Review, Muzzle, The Offing, Territory, and Quarterly West (Best of the Net Nomination), among other places. Born and raised in Chicago, Sam now lives in a turret in Pittsburgh. (chapbook) Writers, topics, etc, mentioned in the show: I should not be surprised on The Little Mermaid as transgender figure Sarah Ruhl’s S recommends This episode's Editor and Social Media Manager is Mitchel Davidovitz The Sound of Waves Breaking is during the day by JohnnyBeCrafty
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Interview with B'ellana Johannx
04/16/2019
Interview with B'ellana Johannx
Hello, hello! Happy Spring! I'm here with another interview for you fine people. I had the opportunity to interview B'ellana Johannx aka Chloe Rose about their two upcoming chapbooks! B'ellana Johannx's gender is Rilke’s dark god: a webbed scrim made of a thousand roots drinking in silence. Also known as Chloe Rose, she/they are a fat, queer, femme, non-binary womxn-of-color living with disabilities and their cats Franz and Pepper in Tacoma, WA. Rose/Johannx has been published in The Wanderer, Dream Pop, and Aspasiology, with Pushcart and Bettering American Poetry nominations henny, so watch out! Tweet them about conlangs, antifa, witchcraft, and drag names @llanaandsuchas. If you are a faggot, you are her/their kin and they love you. May the peace of the Goddess and God be upon you. #SMIB Writers, books, ideas, musicians mentioned: and by José Esteban Muñoz by Jack Halberstam Epimemetics / cultural mimetics: This from the 90s and also the more contemporary: Thomas Hobson and Kaajal Modi, “Communist Imaginaries and Queer Futures: Memes as Sites of Collective Imagination” coming soon as part of by Raquel Salas Rivera by Wendy Trevino s by Larry Mitchell by Never Angeline North "The Sound of Waves Breaking" is titled by stanrams and made me laugh my ass off. This episode was edited and media managed by Mitchel Davidovitz
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Interview with Andrea Abi-Karam
02/04/2019
Interview with Andrea Abi-Karam
I'm back! Hello! I got to talk with Andrea Abi-Karam this time, and I had a blast catching up with them about their latest book "." Andrea Abi-Karam is an arab-american genderqueer punk poet-performer cyborg, writing on the art of killing bros, the intricacies of cyborg bodies, trauma & delayed healing. Their chapbook, THE AFTERMATH (Commune Editions, 2016), attempts to queer Fanon’s vision of how poetry fails to inspire revolution. Simone White selected their second assemblage, Villainy for forthcoming publication with Les Figues. They toured with Sister Spit March 2018 & are hype to live in New York. EXTRATRANSMISSION [Kelsey Street Press, 2019] is their first book. Andrea's Andrea's Spray Tan's Rob Halpern's Jennifer Terry's (Andrea didn't specifically name this paper, but I felt it was relevant). Jasbir Puar's Jasmin Gibson Wendy Travino's Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's This episode's editor and social media manager was Mitchel Davidovitz. The "Sound of Waves Breaking" was Spray Tan's "SOLOSLUT."
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Interview with June Gehringer
10/26/2018
Interview with June Gehringer
This month I got to talk to June Gehringer about her latest book. June Gehringer is the author of "I Love You It Looks Like Rain" (Be About It 2017), and "I Don't Write About Race" (Civil Coping Mechanisms 2018), the latter of which was the winner of Civil Coping Mechanisms's 2017 Mainline contest. She lives in Philadelphia and has more crushes than she can count. She tweets about it , and if you're a press interested in her next book you can reach her at . She's also an editor over at . I Don't Write About Race can be purchased . Writers, presses, musicians mentioned in the show: Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz
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Interview with Chase Berggrun
09/01/2018
Interview with Chase Berggrun
In this episode I got to speak to Chase Berggrun about their new book R E D (Birds, LLC, 2018). Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in POETRY, Pinwheel, PEN Poetry Series, Sixth Finch, Diagram, The Offing, Prelude, Beloit Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. They received their MFA from New York University. They are Poetry Editor at Big Lucks.
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Interview with Luis Lopez-Maldonado
07/17/2018
Interview with Luis Lopez-Maldonado
This month I got to talk with Luis Lopez-Maldonado. Prepare yourself, this episode gets a little more sexy than usual. Luis is a Xicanx poeta, playwright, dancer, choreographer, and educator. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California Riverside in Creative Writing and Dance. His poetry has been seen in The American Poetry Review, Foglifter, The Packinghouse Review, Public Pool, and Spillway, among many others. He also earned a Master of Arts degree in Dance from Florida State University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame. He is currently a co-founder and editor at The Brillantina Project. Luis is on Instagram @luis.lopezmaldonado Follow Waves Breaking on Twitter at @WavesBreakPod, or email at Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz The Sound of Waves Breaking:
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Interview with Kayleb Rae Candrilli
05/01/2018
Interview with Kayleb Rae Candrilli
This month I got to chat with Kayleb Rae Candrilli. Kayleb is author of "What Runs Over," winner of the 2016 Pamet River Prize, with YesYes Books. "What Runs Over" is a 2017 Lambda Literary finalist for Transgender Poetry. Candrilli is published or forthcoming in Puerto del Sol, Booth, RHINO, Cream City Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Adroit, Bettering American Poetry, Boaat Press, Vinyl, CutBank, Muzzle, New Orleans Review, and many others. They have served as the nonfiction editor of the Black Warrior Review and as a feature editor for NANO Fiction. They are now an Assistant Poetry Editor for Boaat Press. In 2015, Candrilli was a Lambda Literary Emerging Fellow in Nonfiction, and again in 2017 as a fellow in poetry. Kayleb is a Best of the Net winner and has been nominated for Pushcart Prizes (in prose and poetry) and for Best New Poets. They were also a 2017 recipient of a Leeway Art and Change Grant. Authors and music mentioned in this episode: Kayleb's website: https://www.krcandrilli.com Purchase "What Runs Over" here: Nabila Lovelace "Sons of Achilles" Shaelyn Smith "The Leftovers" Jamie Mortara "GOOD MORNING AMERICA I'M HUNGRY AND ON FIRE" Chase Berggrun "R E D" Lynette Reeman: Post-ironic bummer pop band Coping Skills: Swedish EDM Kasbo: https://www.edmsauce.com/tag/kasbo/ The Sound of Waves Breaking is here: https://freesound.org/people/kickhat/sounds/328969/ This episode is edited by Mitchel Davidovitz. Mitchel Davidovitz is also the Social Media Manager. You can contact Avren on twitter @WavesBreakPod, and on Facebook at "Waves Breaking Podcast," and through email [email protected].
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Interview with Nat Raha
03/20/2018
Interview with Nat Raha
This month(ish) I got to interview Nat Raha! Nat Raha is a poet and trans / queer activist, living in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her poetry includes two collections countersonnets (Contraband Books, 2013) and Octet (Veer Books, 2010); and numerous pamphlets including ‘de/compositions’ (Enjoy Your Homes Press, 2017), '£/€xtinctions' (sociopathetic distro, 2017), '[of sirens / body & faultlines]' (Veer Books, 2015), 'radio / threat' (sociopathetic distro, 2014) and 'mute exterior intimate' (Oystercatcher Press, 2013). She's performed and published her work internationally. Nat co-edited the Radical Transfeminism zine, and is currently finishing PhD in on queer Marxism and contemporary poetry at the University of Sussex. (if you go here, there's pdfs of £/€xtinctions, the first edition '[of sirens...], and 'radio/threat') Ideas and writers discussed in this episode: Psychogeography Situationism Guy Debord Ivan Chtcheglov Sonic Youth My Bloody Valentine early Austerity 2011 England: The New York School Sean Bonney "The Commons" Nat Raha's essay "Transfeminine Brokenness, Radical Transfeminism" Lauren Berlant's idea of "slow death" found in her book "Cruel Optimism" Verity Spott, "Click Away Close Door Say" Linus Slug, Mendoza, Tommy Peeps, Insect Librarian: ninerrors Jay Bernard: Vahni Capildeo, Measures of Expatriation This episode was edited and social media managed by Mitchel Davidovitz The Sound of Waves Breaking is from
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Interview with Chely Lima
01/25/2018
Interview with Chely Lima
This month I got to speak with Chely Lima and Margaret Randall, the translator for his new collection of poetry What the Werewolf Told Them/ Le que los dijo el licantropo.
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Interview with H. Melt
11/03/2017
Interview with H. Melt
This month I had the opportunity to interview H. Melt about the anthology they've just edited: Subject to Change: Trans Poetry & Conversation. H. Melt is a poet, activist, and educator whose work proudly celebrates Chicago’s queer and trans communities. Their writing has appeared many places including In These Times, The Offing, and Them, the first trans literary journal in the United States. They are the author of The Plural, The Blurring and editor of Subject to Change: Trans Poetry & Conversation. Lambda Literary awarded them the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers and they've been named to Newcity's Lit 50 list, as well as Windy City Times' 30 under 30. H. Melt co-leads Queeriosity at Young Chicago Authors and works at Women & Children First, Chicago’s feminist bookstore. Writers, books and artists mentioned in this episode: Jesse Jacobs' work Sound of Waves Breaking: butter melting in a pan Editing and Marketing by: Mitchel Davidovitz WE HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA: check out our new facebook page at and our new Twitter account at @WavesBreakPod You can, of course, always reach me at
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Interview with Venus Selenite
09/29/2017
Interview with Venus Selenite
This month, I had the pleasure of meeting Venus Selenite in person while she started her first leg of her #RehabYearTour. Venus is a Bettering American Poetry 2016 nominee, a 2017 Pink Door Fellow, and one of the most notable trans women of color interdisciplinary artists in the United States. She is the author of two books: trigger and the fire been here. She lives in Washington, D.C. and the internet. James Baldwin, Her new book: Their new book Also, shameless plug for back on Episode 10 The Sound of Waves Breaking is by , a recording of voices in Washington, D.C. near the Jefferson Memorial. The editor is , and the show is produced by me.
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Interview with Raquel Salas Rivera
08/11/2017
Interview with Raquel Salas Rivera
This month I speak with Raquel Salas Rivera from their residence in Puerto Rico. Raquel Salas Rivera es una poeta, traductora, ensayista y educadora puertorriqueña que vive y trabaja en Filadelfia. Ha publicado poemas, traducciones y ensayos en numerosas revistas y antologías; también ha publicado cuatro libros de poesía: Caneca de anhelos turbios (2011), oropel/tinsel (2016), huequitos/holies (2016) y tierra intermitente (2017). En el 2018, publicará el libro lo terciario/the tertiary con Timeless, Infinite Light. Actualmente, es editora contribuyente y traductora para The Wanderer. Si para Roque Dalton no existe revolución sin poesía, para Raquel no existe poesía sin Puerto Rico. Puedes aprender más sobre su trabajo si visitas . Raquel Salas Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet, translator, essayist, and educator living and working in Philadelphia. They have published poetry, translations, and essays in numerous anthologies and journals, and as well as four poetry books: Caneca de anhelos turbios (2011), oropel/tinsel (2016), huequitos/holies (2016), and tierra intermitente (2017). In 2018, Timeless, Infinite Light will publish their fifth book, lo terciario/the tertiary. Currently, they are a Contributing Editor at The Wanderer. If for Roque Dalton there is no revolution without poetry, for Raquel there is no poetry without Puerto Rico. You can find out more about their work at . Artists and other things mentioned in this month's episode V (Raquel notes that was great) This episode was edited by and produced by me. The Sound of Waves Breaking is of the coquí hanging out at night, found on freesound.org
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