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The Slowdown
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"Hope ... is something we all need more to combat the cruelty and cynicism of these times we’re enduring," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1529.
Read "Prayer for My Unborn Niece or Nephew" by Ross Gay, from BRINGING THE SHOVEL DOWN: bit.ly/4uOcpsX
📖: @upittpress.bsky.social
"What would it mean to stay there, on the moon?" guest host Diannely Antigua asks in episode 1536. "To remain in that space of distance and possibility?"
Read "i love you to the moon &" by @chenchenwrites.bsky.social and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/441t14O
"Much of the advice we receive assumes we have a level of control," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1530.
Read "At the End of a Good Week, the Van Broke Down” by @mardery.bsky.social, from LEVEL WATCH (@juneroadpress.bsky.social), and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4dPBZI7
"It’s in these moments that I learned how love moves," guest host Diannely Antigua shares in episode 1533. "It makes meaning out of what’s available and insists on joy."
Read "The Good Life" by Tracy K. Smith, from LIFE ON MARS (@graywolfpress.bsky.social): bit.ly/443t3ch
"Today’s poem ... moves through color and memory, through the ways we try to name what we’re drawn to, and what we might have missed along the way," guest host Diannely Antigua shares in episode 1532 of The Slowdown.
Read "Blue" by Laura Villareal and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/3S8nJlh
"In today’s poem, costumes provide essential cover. Only disguised as others, concealed, can the speaker and her love be their true selves," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1531.
Read “Cheap Magic” by Arielle Hebert, from BOTTOM FEEDERS, and our episode transcript: bit.ly/4e7bPQb
"Today’s poem reminds me of the power of stepping into experience and coming away changed," guest host Diannely Antigua shares in episode 1534.
Read "There Is Always Space in My Life for More Life" by Natasha Rao and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4xmztRe
"[Today's poem] weaves together the pain and the beauty of desire, which can become so knotted in our teen years," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1528.
Read “Isobutyl Nitrite” by Kieron Walquist, from OUR HANDS HOLD VIOLENCE: bit.ly/439fbNq
The Slowdown
For two weeks beginning next Monday, 6/8, we'll be joined by guest host Diannely Antigua! She's the author of UGLY MUSIC (@yesyesbooks.bsky.social) and GOOD MONSTER (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social) and hosts "Bread & Poetry Podcast."
Maggie will be back in your feeds Monday, 6/22.
📸: Tony Ochoa
"Today’s poem ... moves through the experience of encountering death up close, and the ways we try to understand it," guest host Diannely Antigua shares in episode 1535.
Read "Goldfish” by Francisco Márquez, originally pub'd in @adroitjournal.bsky.social, and our episode transcript: bit.ly/4v6oN7O
