Thank you to everyone who came out for Poetic Ecosystems with me, @the_geminatii, and @sagirahshahid last night— @chicanorico created such a warming space for us, and the sounds-words-images shared by my fellow poets are still resonating in my bodymind this morning. This is the Ross Gay poem, “Becoming a Horse” from his book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, that I read at the start of the evening (full text in a comment below). I invite you to consider one of the questions we talked about: What ways of knowing do you call upon in your creative practice that don’t directly involve language? // Image Description: Close-up selfie of D. holding up a book open to the poem “Becoming a Horse”; D. is wearing glasses, a wool sweater, and is looking serious. Second photo is of the brightly-colored book cover of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, lying on D’s off-white mesh knitting project with a ball of yarn resting against the book. // #poeticpractice #catalogofunabashedgratitude #supportpoets #communitygathering #multidisciplinarypoets #hybridpoetics #minneapolispoets #poemsforthewintersolstice
Twin Cities poets, artists, and community members: I hope you’ll join me and incredible poet-humans Sagirah Shahid and Halee Kirkwood for Poetic Ecosystems: A Reading and Conversation—this Thursday night, 7 pm @butterbakerycafe. Check out the FB event to learn more. This event is free and open to the public; the cafe is wheelchair accessible, and all readers will use a microphone. This event is made possible by the generous support of a 2018 Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. // Image description: A square grid of 3 color portraits of the poets, with the title, time, and location of the reading in black type on a textured white background. // #poeticecosystems #hybridpoetics #multidisciplinarypoetics #poetryreading #minneapolispoets #wintersolsticeeve #haleekirkwood #sagirahshahid
**Update: all gone, thanks y’all!** Original Post: I have a few of these letterpress broadsides left, and I’d love to send them to loving homes this week. DM me to claim one and I’ll mail it ASAP (or I’ll take a few bucks off if you can arrange a local pickup)! // These were designed and printed by me in 2015 using handset type and an original linocut, on 12.25 x 6.25” lightly textured cream paper. Edition of 19; each print is numbered and signed. // You can read the full text of “In which two voices discuss the merits of writing about pain” in Lockjaw Magazine (link on my website) or my forthcoming book. // ID: Three photos of the letterpress print, laid out in a group of three on a bright blue background with dried flowers and stones placed around them. Each print includes a pale blue linocut image of pelvic bones split in half, with black text underneath that reads: “from IN WHICH TWO VOICES DISCUSS THE MERITS OF WRITING ABOUT PAIN / There is a struggle—do you know it?—at the seams of the day. / A moment when I wonder, still, which way / the sun will go. As if it were possible to watch twilight / brighten and blue. As if witnessing could change the sun’s course. / I mean to say: as if writing could change the fact of the body.” // #letterpressprint #poetrybroadside #multidisciplinarypoet
Hello friends near and far! I would love to come to your city/town/school/bookstore/island with my book next year. Is your department looking for a visiting artist to talk about queerness, gender, and disability in poetics? Would you like to read together at your favorite local bookstore? Do you know an organization that might like to hire me to lead a workshop or give a presentation? You can learn more about my work on my website—thebodyconnected.com—or contact me via thebodyconnected@gmail. I am based in Minneapolis but am excited to travel for short or long periods once my book emerges from @the_operating_system in February. Please feel free to pass this info along to anyone you know who might like to connect. I’m excited to hear from you! // Photo by Dr. kiki kosnick during a campus visit to Augustana College, Spring 2018. //Image Description: A photo of D. standing with a cane within a circle of students seated at desks. D. reads aloud from a tablet, while the students listen and read along with the text. Over the photo, there is text with the booking information listed above. // #poethustle #workingartist #2019booktour #multidisciplinarypoet #chronicillness #artistswitheds #queerartist #nonbinaryartist #disabledartist
