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Jacqui Germain vs. Specificity

Jacqui Germain vs. Specificity

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Jacqui Germain vs. Specificity

FromVS

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
May 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Tune in this week as Brittany and Ajanaé interview Jacqui Germain about her debut collection, Bittering the Wound. In this episode, they discuss cartoons as a space of enjoyment, St. Louis as a persona, the intimacy of specificity, and the necessary role of contradictions in everyday life. 
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Writing prompt: Document a location or a city that is important to you as a character. What is their voice? Aesthetic? Do they have quirks? A favorite food?
Released:
May 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The VS podcast is a bi-weekly series where poets confront the ideas that move them. Hosted by poets Danez Smith and Franny Choi, produced by Daniel Kisslinger, and presented by the Poetry Foundation and Postloudness.