Ep. 2.4 Dispatches from AWP

Recored at AWP, this month Cece and Anthony are joined by poet Chen Chen. The trio discuss Chen Chen's chapbooks (3:30), Twitter presence (7:15), views on spirituality in poetry (12:15), working with a speaking agency (16:300, and chapbooks again (22:30). In the Pop! section, Anthony and Cece talk about the new season of Queer Eye and their evolving rankings of the Fab 5 (25:30) as well Mel B's revelations about her and Ginger Spice's relationship (30:15). In the Bang! section, we head to the floor to find out folks' most memorable moment from AWP 2019 (33:15).

Links

Pen 15 
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/11/691694798/looking-at-middle-school-through-grown-up-glasses-in-pen15

Chen Chen's Twitter handle
@chenchenwrites

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities at Bloodaxe Books
https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-list-of-further-possibilities-1211

Philip Pullman's Golden Compass 
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/136447/the-golden-compass-his-dark-materials-by-philip-pullman/9780375823459/

Sundress Publications (who published Chen’s craft chap)
http://www.sundresspublications.com/

Book: When I Grow Up I Want to be a List of Further Possibilities 
https://www.boaeditions.org/products/when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-list-of-further-possibilities

Knott Poetry Prize
http://www.bu.edu/clarion/knott-poetry-prize/

Blue Flower Arts: A Literary Speakers Agency
https://blueflowerarts.com/

Bloodaxe Books
https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/

Chen Chen’s Chapbooks
https://www.chenchenwrites.com/chapbooks

Queer Eye Season 3
https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/queer-eye-season-3-netflix-review.html

BRULEY, the Queer Eye Dog
https://www.bustle.com/p/queer-eye-dog-bruley-is-the-breakout-star-of-season-3-hes-about-to-become-your-instagram-obsession-16964641

Powell’s Book Store
https://www.powells.com/

Mel B interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0knNNRTHqyk