Poet Talk

Jody Chan & Sanna Wani

A podcast where poets talk. Hosted by poets Jody Chan and Sanna Wani. Join us as we delve into mundane matters, carefully researched and curiously curated, usually with a special guest. From dogs and video games to beginnings and beauty, find out what poets are talking about and why.

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2 — Poet Talk about the Parasocial featuring Summer Farah

Poet Talk

06/26/24 • 72 min

Welcome to the second episode of Poet Talk! In this episode, Jody and Sanna talk to Palestinian poet, critic and editor Summer Farah about the parasocial. Together, they delve into all things online: video games, prose poems and Tumblr as a critical space. The trio defines the parasocial by analyzing pop culture, like Chappell Roan and Mitski's “solidarity” with Palestine and Richard Siken's relationship to the Supernatural fandom. Summer shares poems from her chapbook, I could live again and die again, and her in-progress series, I tell Etel Adnan about Supernatural. From loneliness and obsession to the ancient act of fanfiction, this episode is an introduction to what the parasocial and poetry have to offer each other.
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Cool Stuff Below! 🛍️
💬 "para"
💬 "social"
📚 Dictionary.com's definition
📗 I could live today and die again by Summer Farah
📕 "& I was so young when I behaved 25" by Summer Farah
📙 Capable Monsters by Marlin M. Jenkins
🎮 Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 📺 Haikyu!! ♪"Punisher" by Phoebe Bridgers
🗣️ "Mitski had to Quit Music to Love It"
♫ Laurel Hell by Mitski
❤️ Etel Adnan
📘 There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
❤️ Mary Oliver
📺 Supernatural
📕 How Do I Look? by Sennah Yee
📝 "The Desert" by Sennah Yee
📖 canthius
📘 Crush by Richard Siken
📙 If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga
📗 War of Foxes by Richard Siken
📝 "I Tell Etel Adnan about Mitski" by Summer Farah
❤️ Jess Rizkallah

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4 — Poet Talk about Law featuring Chimwemwe Undi

Poet Talk

10/03/24 • 67 min

In the fourth episode of Poet Talk, Jody and Sanna talk to poet, linguist and lawyer Chim Undi about language. Why do adults tell certain kids to become lawyers? How do people find themselves in the world of spoken word poetry? From erasure poetry to text trajectory, Canadian court cases to poetry's penchant for uncertainty, the trio traverse interpersonal beliefs, linguistic axioms and the powerful presence of silence. Join us as we read poems by Donika Kelly, Danez Smith and Chim herself—and find out, maybe, how a practice of care may govern it all.
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Cool Stuff Below! 🛍️
🎙️ Noura Erakat on Centre Stage📕 Scientific Marvel by Chimwemwe Undi
📘 The Renunciations by Donika Kelly
❤️ Jenny Heijun Wills on life writing
📝 "Black Voices Matter Too: Counter-Narrating Smithers v The Queen" by Dr. Amar Koday
📗 Bluff by Danez Smith
📝 "A poem is not a revolution" from tilwefree's "the gurreilla is like a poet"
💡 Grice's Maxims
📝 "Property 101" by Chimwemwe Undi 📝 Terrance Hayes and American Sonnets
❤️ Eduardo C. Corral