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Gabrielle Octavia Rucker

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Aspen Art Museum

Poem-a-Day

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Emily Dickinson

Tracy K. Smith

Jericho Brown

Jake Skeets

Jacqueline Woodson

Gregory Pardlo

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Jenny Johnson

Naomi Shihab Nye

Dorothy Parker

Jamila Woods

Eileen Myles

Xandria Phillips

OwlTail

V Conaty

BOOKS &amp; SELECTED WORK BY GABRIELLE OCTAVIA RUCKERDereliction (The Song Cave, 2022)“Practice for My Birthday” in The Recluse (2021)ALSO REFERENCEDRoosevelt UniversityAuditorium TheaterJoffrey BalletAlvin Ailey American Dance TheaterChristkindlmarket, ChicagoPaper SourceNational Book FoundationInternational Center of PhotographyThe Poetry ProjectSchool for Poetic ComputationThe Warman ProjectL. A. WarmanSeminary of Ecstatic PoeticsAnimal PlanetHistory ChannelJoseph Campbell, Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal GrowthCody-Rose ClevidenceThe Book of GenesisThe Book of RevelationThe Great Courses, GnosticismDavid BrakkeYaldabaothAimé CésaireWalker EvansWhitfield LovellSimon L. Lewis &amp; Mark Maslin, The Human Planet: How We Created the AnthropoceneJeff MillsMetropolisArthur SchopenhauerChanel Adams, "The Right to Rest in Peace"Dorianne Laux, "Life is Beautiful"Sims 4Robin Coste LewisAmina CainClarice LispectorClaire Louise Bennett, PondMetta SámaEd Roberson, "Q, or the night traffic symbols"Edgar Garcia, Boundary LootSuzanne Césaire, The Great Camouflage: Writings of DissentBeverly BuchanonAugusta Savage, "Satyr"The Song CaveCommonplace has no institutional or corporate affiliation and is made possible by you, our listeners! Support Commonplace by joining the Commonplace Book Club: https://www.patreon.com/commonplacepodcast

BOOKS &amp; SELECTED WORK BY GABRIELLE OCTAVIA RUCKER<a href="https://the-song-cave.com/products/dereliction-by-gabrielle-rucker?_pos=1&amp;_sid=4bdd5a9ca&amp;_ss=r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dereliction (The Song Cave, 2022)</a><a href="https://www.poetryproject.org/publications/the-recluse/issue-18/gabrielle-octavia-rucker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Practice for My Birthday” in The Recluse (2021)</a>ALSO REFERENCED<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_University" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roosevelt University</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditorium_Theatre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Auditorium Theater</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joffrey_Ballet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joffrey Ballet</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Ailey_American_Dance_Theater" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christkindlmarket,_Chicago" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christkindlmarket, Chicago</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Source" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paper Source</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Foundation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Book Foundation</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Center_of_Photography" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Center of Photography</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_Project" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Poetry Project</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_for_Poetic_Computation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">School for Poetic Computation</a>The Warman Project<a href="https://poets.org/poet/la-warman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">L. A. Warman</a>Seminary of Ecstatic Poetics<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Planet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Animal Planet</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_(American_TV_network)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">History Channel</a><a href="https://jcf.org/titles/pathways-to-bliss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joseph Campbell, Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Growth</a><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/cody-rose-clevidence-6144ce31e5023" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cody-Rose Clevidence</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Book of Genesis</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Book of Revelation</a><a href="https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/gnosticism-from-nag-hammadi-to-the-gospel-of-judas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Great Courses, Gnosticism</a><a href="https://history.osu.edu/people/brakke.2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Brakke</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaldabaoth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yaldabaoth</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim%C3%A9_C%C3%A9saire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aimé Césaire</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walker Evans</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitfield_Lovell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whitfield Lovell</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-human-planet-how-we-created-the-anthropocene-simon-l-lewis/8513069?ean=9780300264777" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon L. Lewis &amp; Mark Maslin, The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Mills" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeff Mills</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(1927_film)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metropolis</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur Schopenhauer</a>Chanel Adams, "The Right to Rest in Peace"<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58278/life-is-beautiful" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dorianne Laux, "Life is Beautiful"</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sims 4</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Coste_Lewis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robin Coste Lewis</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amina Cain</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Lispector" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clarice Lispector</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/pond-claire-louise-bennett/11365097?ean=9780399575907" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Claire Louise Bennett, Pond</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/swing-at-your-own-risk-metta-sama/10792885?ean=9780932716903" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metta Sáma</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Roberson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ed Roberson</a>, "Q, or the night traffic symbols"<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edgar-garcia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edgar Garcia</a>, Boundary Loot<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-camouflage-writings-of-dissent-1941-1945-trans-from-the-french-suzanne-cesaire/12123097?ean=9780819572752" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suzanne Césaire, The Great Camouflage: Writings of Dissent</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Buchanan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beverly Buchanon</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Savage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Augusta Savage</a>, "Satyr"<a href="https://the-song-cave.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Song Cave</a> Commonplace has no institutional or corporate affiliation and is made possible by you, our listeners! Support Commonplace by joining the Commonplace Book Club:<a href="https://www.patreon.com/commonplacepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.patreon.com/commonplacepodcast</a>

Episode 112: Gabrielle Octavia Rucker with V Conaty

Gabrielle Rucker joins us as she discusses the AAM’s recent Midsummer Blowout celebration, poetry, Sparkle Nation, asemic writing, and more. Read some of Gabrielle’s selections in our Sparkle Nation Reading Room, on view now with activities, books, and zines continuing through October 17.

Gabrielle Rucker joins us as she discusses the AAM’s recent Midsummer Blowout celebration, poetry, Sparkle Nation, asemic writing, and more. Read some of Gabrielle’s selections in our Sparkle Nation Reading Room, on view now with activities, books, and zines continuing through October 17.

Sparkle Nation, Asemic writing, and Poetry with Gabrielle Octavia Rucker

Recorded by Gabrielle Octavia Rucker for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 8, 2021. www.poets.org

Recorded by Gabrielle Octavia Rucker for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 8, 2021. <a href="http://www.poets.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.poets.org</a>

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