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Anne Waldman on her new book MESOPOTOPIA – in this extraordinary in-depth interview, Isabelle Sakelaris speaks with iconic poet, professor, performer, librettist, & cultural activist Anne Waldman about her recent book Mesopotopia, her attention to the role of language in ritual & tradition, & what’s next for her
KAREN FINLEY will not be redacted – Performance artist, poet, educator, and musician Karen Finley talks about her long career of disrupting the delicate sensibilities of senators, provoking the patriarchy, and the ways her work is newly resonating in today’s regressive cultural climate
Why aja monet’s poems do what they do – Poet, writer, lyricist, & community organizer aja monet speaks about her Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album for her debut when the poems do what they do, those who’ve inspired her, what moves her to action, & why literature liberates
Jeff VanderMeer’s ABSOLUTION – renowned writer Jeff VanderMeer, author of Hummingbird Salamander; the Borne novels (Borne, The Strange Bird, and Dead Astronauts), and the Southern Reach series (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance) discusses his fourth installation of the Southern Reach series, Absolution.
The intimate magnitudes of NICK CAVE’s AMALGAMS AND GRAPHTS – American sculptor, dancer, and performance artist Nick Cave talks with Logan Royce Beitmen about his ambitious new exhibition Amalgams and Graphts at New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery
LLOYD KNIGHT reflects on his 20 years with the MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY – Martha Graham Principal Dancer Lloyd Knight discusses his 20 years with the Company
The persuasive intuitions of ANNE CARSON – the highly regarded poet, essayist, professor of Classics, and translator Anne Carson discusses her book Wrong Norma, “a stunning edition with images created by Carson. Several of the twenty-five startling poetic prose pieces have appeared in magazines and journals like The New Yorker and The Paris Review.
Censored? Shadowbanned? Elizabeth Larison of the NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP Discusses How to Fight Back – Elizabeth Larison, Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Arts & Culture Advocacy Program, talks in-depth with Logan Royce Beitmen about leading initiatives in advising & educating artists on how to address the presentation of controversial works