Michelle Brittan Rosado is a poet based in Long Beach, CA. In her book Why Can’t It Be Tenderness, Michelle writes about California, Malaysia, and the space between, about divorce, and life transition, and new love. In our conversation we talked about her book, about her creative process and how she thinks about poetic form, and about mixed-race identity. Then in the second section we talked about the history of the pantoum, and our experiences with English-language versions of Asian poetic forms.
(Conversation recorded May 30, 2019.)
iTunes | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube | RSS
Support our Patreon | Leave a review
Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook
Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Chaya Bhuvaneswar is a physician and writer. I read Chaya’s short story collection White Dancing Elephants this spring and really enjoyed it, both because of the way it centered South Asian and women’s stories, and for the complex, complicated relationships at the heart of each story. In our conversation, Chaya and I talked about White Dancing Elephants; about Seamus Heaney, punishment, and complicity; and about whose stories get called “dark.” Then for the second segment, we talked about some of Chaya’s favorite poets, and why poetry is important to her.
(Conversation recorded May 25, 2019.)
iTunes | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube | RSS
Support our Patreon | Leave a review
Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook
Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube