Hello lovely people. This week we sat and drank with Casandra López. She schooled us on obsessions, building a poetry community, grief, and the difference between writing poetry and writing fiction. Y'all don't want to miss this. Trust.
CASANDRA LÓPEZ is a Chicana and California Indian (Cahuilla/Tongva/Luiseño) writer who’s received support from CantoMundo, Bread Loaf and Jackstraw. She’s been selected for residencies with the School of Advanced Research and Hedgebrook. Her chapbook, Where Bullet Breaks was published by the Sequoyah National Research Center and her poetry collection, Brother Bullet is forthcoming from University of Arizona. She’s a founding editor of As/Us: A Space For Women Of The World and teaches at Northwest Indian College. You can follow her on Twitter @casandramlopez.
The drink, "A Rose is a Rose is a Rose," alludes to "Sacred Emily," by modernist poet, Gertrude Stein. Ingredients: Sparkling rosé, pomplemousse rose liqueur, and fresh grapefruit juice combine sweet, pink forces in this strong, celebratory cocktail (which—much like a Gertrude Stein sentence—has a way of leaving those who partake in it delightfully bewildered).
References: As Us Journal, Simon J. Ortiz, Dana Levin, VONA, CantoMundo, Macondo Writers Workshop, AWP, Trauma & Recovery by Judith Herman
Amaud Jamaul Johnson reads Linda Gregg‘s ”The Poet Goes About Her Business”
Amaud Jamaul Johnson + Neat Glass of The Macallan Fine Whisky
Jane Wong reads Gwendolyn Brooks‘ ”when you have forgotten sunday: the love story”
Jane Wong + Wild Fire Season
Carl Phillips reads Kobayashi Issa‘s ”[The world of dew]” trans. Noyobuki Yuasa
Carl Phillips + Italian Margarita in a Silver-Rimmed Buffalo Horn Goblet
Tommye Blount reads Spencer Reece's "Interlude"
Tommye Blount + Pellegrino with Lime
Ada Limón reads Wanda Coleman's "Requiem for a Nest"
Ada Limón + January Gimlet
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Justin Phillip Reed reads Reginald Shepherd's "Occurrences across the Chromatic Scale"
Justin Phillip Reed + Whiskey From The Bottle
Keetje Kuipers reads Eavan Boland's "Quarantine"
Keetje Kuipers + The Small Town Drag Show
Aria Aber reads Solmaz Sharif's "The Master's House"
Aria Aber + Duino Mojito
Michelle Peñaloza reads Douglas Kearney's "Tallahatchie Lullabye, Baby"
Michelle Peñaloza + Fire and Chrysanthemums
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