Bread & Poetry
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Bread & Poetry
6M ago
On this episode, we break bread with host and poet laureate of your hearts Diannely Antigua and talk about death-bed breads, the end of her laureateship term, and what's next for the podcast and her poetry. Johnathan Riley, former guest from Episode 1, conducts the interview.
Guest: Diannely Antigua, IG: @nellfell13, Twitter: @nellfell13, Website: www.diannelyantigua.com, Books: Good Monster, Ugly Music
Diannely Antigua is a Dominican American poet and educator, born and raised in Massachusetts. She is the author of two poetry collections, Ugly Music (Y ..read more
Bread & Poetry
7M ago
On this episode, we break bread with poet, professor, and disgruntled Lakers fan John Murillo and talk about no-knead bread, lob passes, and Yusef Komunyakaa.
Guest: John Murillo, Website: www.johnmurillo.com, Book: Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry
Bio: John Murillo is the author of the poetry collections, Up Jump the Boogie and Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry. His honors include the 2021 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the Four Quartets Prize from the Academy of American Poets and the TS Eliot Foundation, the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, two ..read more
Bread & Poetry
8M ago
On this episode, we break bread with poet, educator, and foodie Carly Joy Miller and talk about cinnamon swirl bread, allusions, and Sandra Lim.
Guest: Carly Joy Miller, IG: @thecarlyjoy, Twitter: @carlyjoymiller, Website:https://www.carlyjoymiller.com/ , Substack: https://carlyjoymiller.substack.com/, Book: Ceremonial by Carly Joy Miller, Like a Beast by Carly Joy Miller
Bio: Carly Joy Miller is the author of Ceremonial (Orison Books, 2018), selected by Carl Phillips as the winner of the 2017 Orison Poetry Prize, and the chapbook Like a Beast (Anhinga Press, 2017 ..read more
Bread & Poetry
9M ago
This Special Episode is a live recording of the event Love & Resistance: Poetry & Conversation, Latinx Voices that took place on el Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), November 2, 2023. The event was in collaboration with NH PANTHER whose mission is to help end racism and systemic biases through community engagement, direct mutual aid, education and curriculum reform, and youth empowerment programming. I sat down with Ben Bacote, Co-Founder and Director of NH PANTHER. We talked about poetry and how it resonated both historically and personally to the Latinx experience. Throughout ..read more
Bread & Poetry
11M ago
On this episode, we break bread with poet Fariha Róisín and talk about manna, seeking truth, and Refaat Alareer.
Guest: Fariha Róisín, IG: @fariha_roisin, Website: www.fariharoisin.com, Substack: fariharoisin.substack.com, Book: Survival Takes a Wild Imagination
Bio: Fariha Róisín is a multidisciplinary artist, born in Ontario, Canada. She was raised in Sydney, Australia, and is based in Los Angeles, California. As a Muslim queer Bangladeshi, she is interested in the margins, liminality, otherness, and the mercurial nature of being. Her work has pioneered a refreshing and renewed c ..read more
Bread & Poetry
1y ago
On this episode, we break bread with poet Olatunde Osinaike and talk about puff puff, doo-wop, and Amaud Jamal Johnson.
Guest: Olatunde Osinaike, IG: @tundelasoul, Twitter: @tundelasoul, Website: olatundeosinaike.com, Book: Tender Headed
Bio: Originally from the West Side of Chicago, Olatunde Osinaike (he/him) is a Nigerian-American poet, essayist, and software developer. He is the author of Tender Headed, winner of the 2022 National Poetry Series, and forthcoming this December from Akashic Books. His work has received fellowships and support from Poets & Writers, Hurston/Wright ..read more
Bread & Poetry
1y ago
On this episode, we break bread with poet Sarah Audsley and talk about chapati, dictionary poems, and Tiana Nobile.
Guest: Sarah Audsley, IG: @saudsley, Twitter: @saudsleypoet, Website: https://sarahaudsley.com/, Book: Landlock X
Bio: Sarah Audsley is the author of Landlock X (Texas Review Press, 2023). A Korean American adoptee, a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, and a member of The Starlings Collective, Audsley lives and works in northern Vermont.
Poem(s) discussed: "/ˈmīɡrənt/" by Tiana Nobile and "When My Mother Returns as X" by Sarah Auds ..read more
Bread & Poetry
1y ago
Bonus Slice is a little offering, an appetizer if you will, of delectable bonus content related to previous episodes, ranging from poems read by former guests, after the interview follow-ups, outtakes, and more. On this Bonus Slice, Maya Williams from Episode #9: Oat Bread & Jonah Poems reads "Samson & Suicide" from their debut poetry collection Judas & Suicide. Bon a petit!
Guest: Maya Williams, IG: @emmdubb16, Twitter: @emmdubb16, Website: www.mayawilliamspoet.com
Bio: Maya Williams (ey/they/she) is a religious Black multiracial nonbinary suicide survivor who is currently t ..read more
Bread & Poetry
1y ago
On this episode, we break bread with poet Johnathan Riley and talk about baguettes, cheesy bread, and of course, John Ashbery.
Guest: Johnathan Riley, Instagram @j.j.riley, Twitter @j_j_riley
Bio: Johnathan Riley is from the coast of Maine. When he’s not performing his duties as an ordained minister, and local bartender, he is teaching and writing poetry at the University of New Hampshire, where he is completing his MFA and is the Poetry Editor for Barnstorm Literary Journal. In 2018 Riley was the recipient of Florida State University's Poetry Literati Award and, most recently, was award ..read more
Bread & Poetry
1y ago
Bonus Slice is a little offering, an appetizer if you will, of delectable bonus content related to previous episodes, ranging from poems read by former guests, after the interview follow-ups, outtakes, and more. On this Bonus Slice, Myles Burr from Episode #3: Pumpernickel & Epistolaries performs the poem “Valid Trauma Scene Waste Management Practitioner/Rubbernecking: Or There’s Nothing To See Here” from his upcoming EP with The Last Straws titled Futuristic Dread And Excitement, set to be released on all streaming platforms July 26, 2023 at midnight. If you’re local to the Portsmouth are ..read more