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In this week's episode, we embrace the strange with poems from Katerina Stoykova-Klemer's forthcoming chapbook The Most and Erin Keane's new book Death Defying Acts, a series of persona poems about a small time circus. If you just can't get enough of Erin and Katerina (we know we can't), go here to hear Katerina interview Erin for her radio show, Accents.

In the after party, Amy has a somewhat painful conversation with painter/sculptor/potter Ryan Wollard and tattoo artist Alder Vandelft. You can see some of Alder's work here and some of Ryan's work here.
 


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Alex link
06/29/2010 03:42

This weeks podcast is awesome! Love the sound of that needle!

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Mistie Watkins
06/29/2010 06:25

Oh, I want a tattoo! The poetry, music, and the hum of the needle all work really well together. Great job!

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Katerina Stoykova-Klemer link
06/29/2010 11:00

Wonderful production! Very impressive. I really appreciate being a part of this project. Thank you to all who put time, effort and heart into it.

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Matthew Vetter
07/01/2010 13:35

Love these poems. Great work Katerina and Erin.

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Therese L. Broderick link
07/02/2010 06:41

I applaud the careful selection of poignant poems in this episode. Katerina's poem has much in common with Erin's circus poems: metamorphosis, creatures in between identities. Fairy-tales gone awry. Katerina's displaced, suffering mermaid brings to my mind the terrible gulf oil spill which mutates and mutilates marine life. Erin's phrase "mythology out of control" reinforces that theme. I love Katerina's voice and Erin's beautiful phrase "trying to pass for tender."

Erin, do you know of the new poetry prompt site "Big Tent Poetry"? Here it is --
http://www.bigtentpoetry.org

Also, Paul Muldoon recently published a circus-fantasia poem "Step Right Up."

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Therese Broderick link
07/02/2010 06:50

CORRECTION: Mr. Muldoon's poem is entitled "The Side Project" (the title of the prose introduction to the poem is "Step Right Up")

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Steve Kronen link
07/03/2010 05:24

Hi Amy and All -

Thanks for these new poems. "The Mermaid in the Cornfield" reminds me of Garcia Marquez's "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings."

Like Therese, I enjoy Muldoon's work. His "Step Right Up" can be had in the current American Scholar (unfortunately not online, only hard copy).

Re previous comments: It might be fun to compare different translations of the same poem, see how different poets grapple with the same text to render it into English.

Are the texts available to the poems?

No slight to Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, Erin Keane, or Paul Muldoon (see also his "Burma,") (or Mac Leish and "The End of the World,") but here is my nomination for the greatest circus AND tattoo poem ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8

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Steve Kronen link
07/03/2010 05:40

CORRECTION: Muldoon's "Burma" is not actually circus related, but has a tent and elephants....

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Amy link
07/03/2010 07:23

How about it, everyone? Would you be interested in having a text version of the poems? Perhaps we could collect a quarter's worth in a pdf and offer it online.

I thought of you when Therese mentioned Paul Muldoon, Steve. Small poetic world. :)

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Amy link
07/03/2010 07:31

If anyone's interested, I'll be talking about Red Lion Sq, podcasting, poetry and women in publishing on The F-Bomb, a feminist radio show, on Monday, July 5 from 12-1 pm. If you're in Orlando you can listen at 91.5 FM, or you can listen online at www.wprkdj.com.

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Amy link
07/20/2010 05:47

Another of Erin's circus poems is the poem of the day at versedaily.com today (July 20, 2010). Excellent! And, seriously, why haven't you bought this book already?

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