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Welcome to Staying Alive, a podcast series on contemporary poetry and crisis, hosted by Adriana Jacobs. Each episode of Staying Alive will feature a conversation with a contemporary poet with whom I will discuss the relation between poetry and crisis. From Denver, Colorado to Tel Aviv, Israel, our conversations address modern crises - from the political to the environmental - as well as personal crises, like the death of a sibling or the loss of a home. I am interested in probing how poets respond to crisis and the forms and language that they use to address it. In these episodes, we also address the question of poetry’s relevance in times of crisis, and what poetry can offer - be it wisdom, critique or consolation - to our understanding of crisis.
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Episode 1: Like a Zombie Life | Interview with the US poet Mike Smith, author of Pocket Guide to Another Earth (2018) and And There was Evening and There was Morning (2018). | Mike Smith, Adriana X Jacobs | 23 Apr 2019 | |
| 7 | Episode 2: We Grow out of the Past | Interview with UK poet and translator Sasha Dugdale, author of Red House (2011) and Joy (2017) | Sasha Dugdale, Adriana X Jacobs | 01 May 2019 | |
| 6 | Episode 3: A Language for Grief | Interview with Israeli poet Shimon Adaf, author of Aviva-Lo (Aviva-No, 2009). | Shimon Adaf, Adriana X Jacobs | 08 May 2019 | |
| 5 | Episode 4: Survival Takes Time | Interview with US poet Laura Sims, author of Staying Alive (2016) and Looker (2018) | Laura Sims, Adriana X Jacobs | 16 May 2019 | |
| 4 | Episode 5: The Cut Out | In this episode, I talk to US poet Diana Khoi Nguyen (Ghost Of, 2018) about the perseverance of eels, technologies of printing, and how poetry allows for the possibility that our dead will remain present with us in one form or another. | Diana Khoi Nguyen, Adriana X Jacobs | 22 May 2019 | |
| 3 | Episode 6: The .01 Percent | In this episode, Israeli poet Tahel Frosh talks to us about her debut poetry collection Betsa (Avarice, 2014), financial crisis, and the value of culture. | Tahel Frosh, Adriana X Jacobs | 29 May 2019 | |
| 2 | Episode 7: Living Absences | In this conversation with Trinidadian Scottish poet Vahni Capildeo, author of Venus as a Bear (2018), we explore the layered, polyphonous histories of the places we pass through and inhabit. | Vahni Capildeo, Adriana X Jacobs | 07 Jun 2019 | |
| 1 | Episode 8: Death Leaves Signs | This episode, the final one of this season, features the work of Palestinian poet Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, author-in-residence at Refugee Hosts. | Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, Adriana X Jacobs | 14 Jun 2019 |