In this month's episode, Jay Besemer and I talk about his recent book, <a href= "http://www.brooklynartspress.com/portfolio/chelate-by-jay-besemer/"> Chelate</a>, along with other topics, including: living with chronic illness, our relationship with nature, sci-fi, poetry comics, and time.   Books and things mentioned in this episode: <ul> <li><a href="http://jaybesemer.tumblr.com/">Jay's Tumblr</a></li> <li>Samuel Delany's <a href= "http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1199688.Babel_17">Babel-17</a></li> <li>Petra Kuppers' essay in <a href= "http://tsq.dukejournals.org/content/1/4/605.abstract">Transgender Studies Quarterly</a></li> <li>Oliver Baez Bendorf's <a href= "https://oliverbendorf.org/comics/">poetry comics</a></li> <li>Clover <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_(Clamp_manga)">manga</a></li> <li>Bianca Stone's <a href="http://www.poetrycomics.org/">poetry comics</a></li> <li>Warren Craghead III's <a href="http://www.craghead.com/">poetry comics</a></li> </ul> Theme Music is by Bahati Kiro Music throughout is by Chris Zorn Transcripts forthcoming from Amir Rabiyah The Sound of Waves Breaking is the ambient noise of Terok Nor from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Interview with Vita E. Cleveland

This is a podcast where I interview contemporary poets in trans and gender-variant poetry. We discuss their literary contributions, methods, insights, and lives.