The term ‘queer’ has evolved to describe a broad spectrum of non-normative ideas, identities, and overall approach to life. Embracing the ‘strange and peculiar’, Queer Poets Society focuses on the niches of poetry that deserve to be brought to light. Featuring poetic analysis, readings of famous queer poets, and interviews with local poets from all walks of life, Mars Tarassenko is dedicated to highlighting the intersection of identity, ideology, and, of course, poetry.
‘a vast universe where Up and Down are relevant’; part 2 of talking Greek poetry and identity with Eleftheria Papanikolaou
“But for practicality and to save time, in the vast universe, they put tiny elevators in every apartment building, and now, in my wheelchair, there is no room for me to go up, no room for me to go down, there is not room for me to live in the vast universe, where Up and Down are relevant” (Αρτέμης Μαυρομμάτης / Artemis Mavrommatis). In today’s episode Mars Tarassenko is joined again by Eleftheria Papanikolaou to discuss writing projects related to Sappho and the Iliad, the troubles of translation, and modern Greek poetry relating to disability and queerness. The notion of labels as a constricting element of life is explored, and how language doesn’t have the capacity to fully describe the essence of someone – and how not being married to a label doesn’t negate your existence and challenges.
26 Apr 2025
William Shakespeare has us ‘Would-I-Was Shook-Speared’; talking queerness and The Bard with Avery Selk
One day, Avery Selk was working at their local bookstore when Will Tosh, the head researcher of the Shakespeare Globe and author of Straight Acting: The Hidden Queer Lives of William Shakespeare, moseyed on in. Naturally they had to get their hands on a copy (a signed one at that!). In today’s episode, Mars Tarassenko and Avery Selk explore the nature of homosexuality along with the metatheories of homosexuality within Shakespeare’s works.
8 Apr 2025
haunted by antiquity; part 1 of talking modern Greek identity with Eleftheria Papanikolaou
Ever feel like you're living in the shadow of a thousand-year-old statue? In today’s episode, Mars Tarassenko sits down with Eleftheria Papanikolaou to talk about Greek queer identity, tradition, and the weight of legacy. We lay the groundwork for a bigger conversation on Greek queer poetry—digging into how Ancient Greece still shapes the present, how national identity is built around the past, and what it means to navigate all that as a modern queer artist. We didn’t quite make it to the poetry itself… but don’t worry, that’s coming in part 2!
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