August 25, 2012 George Albon Part 1

This past Saturday we aired (sadly, without Jay) the first part of your interview with San Francisco poet George Albon. He read quite a bit from his book Momentary Songs (Krupskaya Press, 2008). He discussed how he strives for writing that 'lifts off the page.' Again, we talked about poetic language that runs counter to the language commonly found in advertising and jargon. George always challenges himself to do something different in each of his projects. His use of rhyme manages to be new and surprising and, perhaps due to his background as a musician, his rhythm is ever-present. We discussed his interesting use of form and font and how politics and the elements are present his work. We had a wonderful interview which will continue in weeks to come. Click here to listen

A Little Turbulence

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UPDATE: The archives seem to have been restored. Yay! Not sure whether or not this is permanent -- I'll update again when I know more.

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To everyone who has listened, been on the show, and supported us -- thank you so much! Personally, this has been one of the most enriching projects I've ever taken part in, and it's all because of the incredible writers and community I've gotten to know by helping to put these shows together.

Before I get to what the title of this post alludes to, please know that this isn't a "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" post. But we have hit a bit of snag in the production of our show, and it will cause an indefinite (but hopefully short) delay in the production of future shows.

The essence of the story is this: shows will no longer be archived and archived shows will no longer be available via the kusf-archives.com site. Rest assured, thanks to Bryan Chandler and the good people at KUSF in Exile/San Francisco Community Radio, all of the archived audio still exists and is in our hands -- it simply cannot be streamed at this point.

We're currently working on moving our archived shows to a place where they can still be downloaded (and, ideally, streamed), but the path forward is a bit murky at the moment. Most likely, the shows will be packaged as downloadable podcasts which you can access via iTunes or another podcast client. In the long run, this may be a blessing in disguise, as it will have the potential to expand our reach and won't impose a strict length requirement on the material.

For those of you who listen live, I don't have a sense of when our Saturday morning broadcasts on savekusf.org will continue. For now, the top priority is ensuring all of our past shows are safely hosted and available again.

Finally, I want to make it very clear that KUSF in Exile/San Francisco Community Radio has been nothing but supportive of our show, and we're deeply grateful to them for giving us a voice and birth-place for Poet as Radio. We continue to support them in their extremely important legal battle against the sale of the radio station -- a battle which has very real implications for the future viability of college and community radio across the country -- and urge you to do the same.

As always, thank you for listening.

July 14, 2012 Dana Teen Lomax

Dana Teen Lomax joined us live in the studio today to discuss her book Disclosure (Black Radish Books 2011). In Disclosure, Dana publishes documents from her life, from her fourth grade report card, to her recent bank records. This interesting conceptual work illuminates not only societal values, but also how we all participate in those values and judgments. She talked about the process of choosing documents for this very vulnerable and revealing work. During the second half, Dana discussed editing the upcoming SPT-related project, Kindergarde: Avant-Garde Poems, Plays, & Stories for Children. Dana also read from her current manuscript, Lullaby, a project that is a reaction to how the family structure mirrors societal norms.  Click here to listen

July 7, 2012 Tiff Dressen live in studio!

On Saturday, Tiff Dressen joined us live in studio. Tiff is a member of the g.e. collective and a member/editor of Kelsey Street Press. She discussed her own work but also the poetry that inspires her. She started off reading Inger Christensen's work which influenced her to write Because Icarus, Children (published by Winteredpress). The chorus and use of different voices are highlighted in Tiff's poems. She also read from her self-made chapbook Messages (contact her at tiff_dressen@yahoo.com for a chapbook of your own!). Tiff shared her unique use of space on the page and the rhythm that is so integral in the construction of her poetry. Click here to listen

June 30, 2012 Karen Hannah and Zumbar Press

On June 30th, Karen Hannah joined us live in the studio to talk about her press, Zumbar Press. Karen started off talking about how she came to love letter press printing and the evolution of her unique project. With Zumbar, she creates limited edition broadsides that are, from start to finish, a recorded collaboration with the writer. By recording the correspondence with the writer on her website, the process of creation is illuminated and celebrated, as opposed to the usual practice of only revealing the finished product. Karen also talked about how sound is important to the writing she solicits for her press. We discussed the physicality of not only letter press, but also the letter itself. Karen read from her piece 'the hearkening is ours to haunt' which is strongly influenced by sound, press making and space.  Find out about Zumbar at http://www.zumbarpress.com/  Click here to listen

June 23, 2012 Naomi Ruth Lowinsky live!!!

This past Saturday we were so fortunate to have writer and Jungian therapist Naomi Ruth Lowinsky live in studio to talk about her books Crimes of the Dreamer (Scarlet Tanager Books, July 2005) and Adagio and Lamentation (il piccolo editions, June 10, 2010). She gave us some background on Jung and the ways in which his philosophy informs her work, including the 'shadow aspects' of the personality. In writing, Lowinsky gets inspiration from her muse, The Sister From Below. She writes about dreams, family history and the Shoah (holocaust), using both her narrative and surrealist instinct. Some of her work has been set to music and we hope to play some on a later show. Stay tuned!  Check out Lowinsky's blog at http://www.sisterfrombelow.com/
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June 16, 2012 Paul Vangelisti part 3

On Saturday we aired part three of our interview with writer and translator Paul Vangelisti, who talked to us about his books Two (Talisman 2010), and Wholly Falsetto with People Dancing (forthcoming in 2013). We talked about how past creative works and the legacy of the word makes their way into current writing. He further discussed translation and how he strives to create context in his poetry. We touched on the Los Angeles and San Francisco writing scenes. As before, Vangelisti impressed us with his endless knowledge regarding just about everything Click here to listen