The Electro-Library Podcast
1) Short Circuits #6: Ada Limón
On the day of the total eclipse, Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, talks with Amra Brooks about her new work, the experiences that shape poetic practice, whether or not time exists, ...Show More
2) Short Circuits #5: Eileen Myles
Ring in the new year with Amra Brooks and Eileen Myles' intimate conversation about Myles' new edited volume, Pathetic Literature, art, music, dogs, finding the motivation to create in challenging tim...Show More
3) Short Circuits #4: Ross Gay
A real Thanksgiving feast: Ross Gay talks with Amra Brooks about poetry, the meaning of gratitude in dark times, radical presence, mushrooms, and so much more! Recorded over Zoom, November 7, 2021.
4) E-L Live: Ross Gay
We are joined by Ross Gay, poet, essayist, professor of poetry at Indiana University, and founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard. Gay is the author of the poetry collections Agains...Show More
5) Short Circuits #3: Conversation with Layli Long Soldier
Poet, author, and activist Layli Long Soldier joins Amra Brooks over Zoom to talk about writing during the pandemic, activism in the wake of the death of George Floyd, finding and nurturing creative i...Show More
6) E-L Live: Layli Long Soldier
Poet, Essayist, and activist Layli Long Soldier reads from her latest poetry collection, Whereas, winner of the National Book Critics Circle award for poetry and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. A quest...Show More
7) Quarantine
00:47 D.A. Powell, "Quarantine," read by Sutopa Dasgupta Music: Abishai, Piano Improvisation, from Memento Mori 02:26 Don DeLillo, from White Noise, read by David Charlesworth Music: Chad Crouch, "...Show More
8) E-L Live: Ocean Vuong and Rickey Laurentiis
CONTENTS Introduction: 0:42-6:35 Rickey Laurentiis: Poetry Reading 6:44-41:34 Ocean Vuong: Poetry Reading 41:47-1:02:00 Rickey and Ocean in Conversation: 1:02:13-1:23: 13 Originally recorded Novem...Show More
9) Short Circuits #2: Conversation with Fred Moten
Jared is joined by award-winning poet and influential philosopher Fred Moten for a wide-ranging discussion of poetry, identity, music, community-formation, and resistive practices. Originally recorded...Show More
10) E-L Live: Fred Moten
Visit: theelectrolibrary.org and raymo-series.org Recorded: October 16, 2019 6pm in May Hall: McCarthy Auditorium Fred Moten’s work explores black studies, performance studies, poetry, and critical ...Show More