Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast

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Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. And BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE is available from Bridwell Press. 
James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.

NOTES:
Gwendolyn Brooks published "The Bean Eaters" in Poetry Magazine in 1959. Check out the video of this interview with Gwendolyn Brooks. 
Here is Sylvia Plath's "Aftermath." Listen to this October 1962 interview with Plath by Peter Orr for the British Council. 
Read Gary Soto's "Avocado Lake." 
Linda Pastan published her poem "Waiting Room" in the October 1984 issue of Poetry. 
Here's Suji Kwok Kim's "Occupation" which appeared in the July 1994 Poetry. Here is a 2008 reading by Kim (~28 min).
Watch Cher introduce her song "Just Like Jesse James" during her Farewell Tour.
Read "The Speed of Darkness" by Muriel Rukeyser.

Please Support Breaking Form!
Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.
Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. And BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE is available from Bridwell Press. 
James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.

NOTES:
Read "Hap" by Thomas Hardy. And watch a here's a video enactment/reading of "Hap" by Thomas Hardy. And watch a reading/enactment of the poem here. 
Read a terrific essay about Hardy's poem published by the Thomas Hardy Society here. 
Thomas Hardy wrote 947 poems, and you can read them all online here.  
For more about Taylor Swift's newest album's variations, read this piece in Vareity.
Tom Brady does not have a brother who plays football. 
Gayle King interviewed Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams at the Golden Globes. See the viral-video exchange here. 
Here's a reddit thread on being rejected on Christmas Eve.

Please Support Breaking Form!
Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.
Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.
James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.

Show Notes:
We read poems by Amy Lowell and Jubi Arriola-Headley
Check out Jubi Arriola-Headley's website here, and an obituary here. 
Learn more about Amy Lowell here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amy-lowell

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Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.
Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.
James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.

Show Notes:
We read poems by Giada Scodellaro and Natalie Louise Tombasco.
Check out Giada Scodellaro's website here: https://giadascodellaro.com/
Check out Natalie Louise Tombasco's website: https://natalielouisetombasco.com/

Please Support Breaking Form!
Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.
Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.
James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.

Show Notes:
We read poems by Kelli Russell Agodon and Afaa Michael Weaver.
Learn more about Afaa Michael Weaver here: https://www.theshipmanagency.com/afaa-michael-weaver
Check out Kelli Russell Agodon's website: https://www.agodon.com/index.html