Rachel Zucker talks with poet, editor, professor Gabrielle Calvocoressi, author of three full length collections, most recently Rocket Fantastic, about her new book. They also talk about wanting things, reading in New York, God, prayer, nystagmus (a neurological eye condition), practicing Judaism (but not converting to Judaism) in Los Angeles and in the South, gender identity, gender expression, sexual fantasies, gayness and queerness, butch lesbianism, bros, the symbol she uses in Rocket Fantastic instead of a gendered pronoun and how she reads that symbol, having and recovering from a nervous breakdown and panic attacks, mental health, not seeking out trouble, getting to know the animal you are, envy, jealousy, the granting and prize system in poetry, ambition, unionizing poets, and being honest.
EXTRA RESOURCES FOR EPISODE 42Books by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Rocket Fantastic (Persea, 2017)
Apocalyptic Swing (Persea, 2012)
The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart (Persea, 2005)
Other Writers and Artists Mentioned in the EpisodeLorine Niedecker
CAConrad
Ross Gay
Adrian Matejka
Bob Bledsoe
Romayne Rubinas Dorsey
Gabriel Fried
Dana Levin
Other Relevant LinksThe Stegner Fellowship
The Jones Lectureship at Stanford University
Lannan Foundation
Indiana University - Bloomington English and Writing Program
Vermont Studio Center
Jon Kabat-Zinn (Mindfulness Stress reduction program)
the lesbian avengers
ACT UP
Herstory
Text of the Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Tom Gutherz that Rachel heard while in Charlottesville, VA
Ikar— Jewish group in LA
Voluble Lab
Episode 41: Danez Smith
Episode 40: Kaveh Akbar
Episode 39: Erika L. Sánchez
Episode 38: Sharon Olds
Episode 37: Sheila Heti and Sarah Manguso
Episode 36: Dialogue Arts Project
Episode 35: Aracelis Girmay
Episode 34: Dr. Joshua Bennett
Episode 33: Sabrina Orah Mark
Episode 32: Laynie Browne
Episode 31: Carmen Giménez Smith
Episode 30: Sarah Vap
Episode 29: Molly Peacock
Episode 28: Poems for Mother's Day
Episode 27: Rita Dove
Episode 26: Alice Notley
Episode 25: Ross Gay
Episode 24: Julie Carr
Episode 23: Morgan Parker
Episode 22: Undocupoets 2 — Javier Zamora, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, and Janine Joseph
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