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March 9, 2021
Edwin Morgan, Past & Present - StAnza Special Episode
For StAnza 2021, Scotland's International Poetry Festival, Free Vers(e) presents this special feature on first Scots Makar, Edwin Morgan, as part of the Past and Present Series! Giving an introduction to our prolific and iconic gay Scottish poet, this special Free Vers(e)episode opens with a feature interview with Andrés Nicolás Ordorica, a queer Latinx writer and educator based in Edinburgh -- and one of The Second Life grantees of the Edwin Morgan Trust -- who has created a poetry film inspired by the work of Edwin Morgan, to be debuted in LGBTQ History Month 2021. From there, Free Vers(e) looks at a cross-section of Edwin Morgan's work. This special episode is for anyone who loves poetry, Scotland, Edwin Morgan, or just learning something new. *CW/TW content/trigger warning: homophobia & violence from 35:26-38:23* In this section there is a reading & brief discussion of Edwin Morgan's poem 'The Pink Triangle,' which deals with gay men's persecution during the Holocaust. *** Audio Summary 00:00-26:55 Interview with Andrés Nicolás Ordorica 26:56-30:14 'The Loch Ness Monster's Song' & a note on Morgan 30:15-35:25 'The Unspoken' & World War II 35:26-38:23 'The Pink Triangle' (CW/TW homophobia & violence) 38:24-45:25 Jackie Kay, Section 28, & Edwin Morgan's privacy 45:26-47:56 'Strawberries' 47:57-Finish - What to Read Now: Annie & Éadaoín's recommendations (& a spoiler for our next episode!) *** Links: StAnza Poetry Festival - https://stanzapoetry.org/ Andrés Nicolás Ordorica website - https://andresordorica.com/ and Twitter - https://twitter.com/andresnordorica?lang=en Edwin Morgan at the Scottish Poetry Library - https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/edwin-morgan/ The Second Life, Edwin Morgan Trust - https://edwinmorgantrust.com/the-second-life/
January 20, 2021
Bonus Feature: Trans, Nonbinary & other Brilliant Poets
As promised, the bonus feature of some content that we couldn't fit into Episode 3! This is a small miscellany of discussion, mentions, epiphanies, and diatribes, featuring some of mine & Annie's favourite poets. Social media links below. Free Vers(e) is on the 2021 StAnza poetry programme! StAnza, Scotland's Poetry Festival, is set to run an incredible series of events from 6-14 March this year, most of which are free and online, featuring poets like Jericho Brown, Will Harris, Naomi Shihab Nye, Roger Robinson, Ink Asher Hemp, Imtiaz Dharker, Nadine Aisha Jassat, and our podcast compatriots, the Dead Ladies Show! Free Vers(e) will be airing a special bonus episode for StAnza on gay poet, and Scotland's first Makar of modern times, Edwin Morgan, on Tuesday 9 March, 6-6.45pm GMT. Tickets are FREE. Donations to StAnza encouraged. Check out stanzapoetry.org/festival (or @stanzapoetry on IG and Twitter) for more information. *** Audio Summary 00:00-13:06 -- Introduction & Discussion of two poems by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza 13:06-21:53 -- Shout-outs for Harry Josephine Giles, Gray Crosbie, Nat Raha, Vahni Capildeo and Rachel Plummer, feat. rant against TS Eliot. *** Socials Joshua Jennifer Espinoza -- Twitter @sadqueer4life & website https://joshuajenniferespinoza.com/ Harry Josephine Giles -- Twitter @HarryJosieGiles & website https://harryjosephine.com/ Vahni Capildeo -- via Poetry Foundation https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/vahni-capildeo Nat Raha -- via Boiler House Press https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/of-sirens-body-faultlines Gray Crosbie -- Twitter @GrayCrosbie Rachel Plummer -- Twitter @smaychel & website https://rachelplummer.co.uk/
December 3, 2020
Eileen Myles & Trans Poetry - Episode 3
Content warning: this podcast discusses trans issues, with mentions of trans violence and transphobia. (There are further content warnings in the episode itself.) This episode brings you a rattlebag of poems from trans poets! Opening with a discussion of the Netflix documentary Disclosure (2020), Free Vers(e) looks at some of the most exciting trans and nonbinary poets writing today. (There was so much to discuss, we'll be releasing a further bonus episode with even more poets...) *** Links -- Travis Alabanza, We Know Visibility Well: https://www.qxmagazine.com/2019/03/we-know-visibility-well/ Danez Smith on Poets.org: https://poets.org/poems/danez-smith Eileen Myles, An American Poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53965/an-american-poem The webcomic Eadaoin and Annie mention is, of course, Check, Please!: https://www.checkpleasecomic.com/ The thread Annie mentions is *not* about Star Trek, but Marvel(!), and is on Robin Stevens' Twitter here: https://twitter.com/redbreastedbird/status/1274681395881877506?s=20
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