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Katie Marya

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Samantha Burns

Ariana Reines

Robert Lopez

Christopher Schmidt

Michael Holt

Jamie Thompson

Elizabeth Robinson

Kevin Killian

Wayne Koestenbaum

Jamie Thomson

Laura Mullen

Ted Dodson

Erik Kennedy

Suzanne Scanlon

Hilary Plum

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Katie Marya S3E14

Poet Katie Marya talks about the themes explored in her debut full length poetry collection “Sugar Work,” including womanhood, intimate relationships, the body, divorce and desire. Marya also talks about the experiences that have shaped her life and sense of self. As well as discussing the imagery within and the structure of her book Sugar Work, Marya reads some of her poems.Katie Marya is a writer and literary translator. Her award-winning work has appeared in numerous literary publications and she has received fellowship support from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and the Nebraska Arts Council. Sugar Work, her first full-length book collection, was the Editor's Choice for the 2020 Alice James Book Award. Originally from Atlanta, she now lives in Nebraska where she is finishing a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Poet Katie Marya talks about the themes explored in her debut full length poetry collection “Sugar Work,” including womanhood, intimate relationships, the body, divorce and desire. Marya also talks about the experiences that have shaped her life and sense of self. As well as discussing the imagery within and the structure of her book Sugar Work, Marya reads some of her poems.Katie Marya is a writer and literary translator. Her award-winning work has appeared in numerous literary publications and she has received fellowship support from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and the Nebraska Arts Council. Sugar Work, her first full-length book collection, was the Editor's Choice for the 2020 Alice James Book Award. Originally from Atlanta, she now lives in Nebraska where she is finishing a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Katie Marya reads the poem “Exaltation” from her collection, Sugar Work, published in June 2022 by Alice James Books.

Sugar Work by Katie Marya

Andrew Seguin

Featuring the work of FENCE 37/38 contributors.  Season 3, Episode 3. In this episode, we open with Erik Kennedy’s prose piece entitled "The Please Stop Killing Us And Destroying Everything that Sustains Us Society."  After, Randy Prunty reads poems "Earth Elegy: Low Tide" and "Earth Elegy, Amateurs."  Next up is Hillary Plum, reading poems “Canal” and “Planned Parenthood.”  Samantha Burns reads their prose poem “Shearling” – then Katie Marya reads their poem "The Crisis Is Not Knowing." Jeff Sirkin will read his poem "Deterritorial" and Andrew Seguin will read his poem "Trees." Our penultimate poet of this episode is Benjamin Niespodziany, reading poems "The Shopping Plaza" and "The Standup Comic," followed by Kathryn Mockler, who closes out the poems with "Tumble in the Hay," "Dark Thoughts," and "I Should Have Invited Him In." Before moving into this episode’s short fiction, you’ll hear an original song, “Male Manipulator”  by KIKA, who is also featured in this season’s first episode. More Music by Kika is available on Soundcloud, Spotify,  Apple Music,  Bandcamp, Pandora, and Tidal.  Next, Jackelyn Hoy’s story “Breaking.” We close with Kika’s song Crossed Animals. Hosted by Jason Zuzga, author of the poetry collection Heat Wake and one of the Nonfiction and Other editors of FENCE. A HISTORY OF FENCE: Including Essays by FENCE Editors and Selected Articles and InterviewsFence Steaming, found at Fenceportal.org, with such offerings as a print and audio collaboration POEMS FROM WHERE HERE WERE WE by Charles Bernstein and Norman Fischer, an essay by Adoley Ammah-Tagoe, METROPOLIS: SCRAPS FROM ACCRA, GHANA, and an essay by Whitney DeVos, "CAN ESTADOUNIDENSES WATCH A 'FOREIGN FILM?' ON CUARÓN’S ROMA."Online we also have Constant Critic with a library of our reviews of poetry books and Elecment with experiments in media and poetry. All and more which you can find at fencedigital.com. Support the show (https://www.fenceportal.org/subscribe/)

Featuring the work of <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FENCE</a> 37/38 contributors.  Season 3, Episode 3. In this episode, we open with <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/erik-kennedy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Erik Kennedy</a>’s prose piece entitled "The Please Stop Killing Us And Destroying Everything that Sustains Us Society."  After, <a href="https://whereistheriver.blogspot.com/2018/11/randy-prunty-two-poems.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Randy Prunty </a>reads poems "Earth Elegy: Low Tide" and "Earth Elegy, Amateurs."  Next up is <a href="http://www.hilaryplum.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hillary Plum</a>, reading poems “Canal” and “Planned Parenthood.”  <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/shearling/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samantha Burns</a> reads their prose poem “Shearling” – then <a href="https://kmarya.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Katie Marya</a> reads their poem "The Crisis Is Not Knowing." <a href="https://www.utep.edu/liberalarts/creative-writing/people/jeff-sirkin.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeff Sirkin</a> will read his poem "Deterritorial" and <a href="http://andrewseguin.com/calipers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Seguin</a> will read his poem "Trees." Our penultimate poet of this episode is <a href="https://maudlinhouse.net/author/benjamin-niespodziany/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin Niespodziany</a>, reading poems "The Shopping Plaza" and "The Standup Comic," followed by <a href="https://www.kathrynmockler.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathryn Mockler</a>, who closes out the poems with "Tumble in the Hay," "Dark Thoughts," and "I Should Have Invited Him In." Before moving into this episode’s short fiction, you’ll hear an original song, “Male Manipulator”  by KIKA, who is also featured in this season’s first episode. More Music by Kika is available on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/erikaged" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5SUoyTMQWcaQDpKO1ozqTX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>,  <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kika/1543250669" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Music</a>,  <a href="https://kika1.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>, <a href="https://www.pandora.com/artist/kika/ARhjJKnlZkJXcz4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pandora</a>, and <a href="https://tidal.com/browse/album/193776760" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tidal</a>.  Next, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackelyn-hoy-92626074" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackelyn Hoy’</a>s story “Breaking.” We close with Kika’s song Crossed Animals. Hosted by <a href="http://www.jasonzuzga.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Zuzga</a>, author of the poetry collection Heat Wake and one of the Nonfiction and Other editors of FENCE. <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/about-fence/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A HISTORY OF FENCE: Including Essays by FENCE Editors and Selected Articles and Interviews</a> <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fence Steaming, found at Fenceportal.org,</a> with such offerings as a print and audio collaboration <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/poems-from-where-here-were-we/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">POEMS FROM WHERE HERE WERE WE</a> by <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Bernstein and Norman Fischer</a>, an essay <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/metropolis-scraps-from-accra-ghana/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">by Adoley Ammah-Tagoe</a>, <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/metropolis-scraps-from-accra-ghana/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">METROPOLIS: SCRAPS FROM ACCRA, GHANA</a>, and an essay <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/on-cuarons-roma/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">by Whitney DeVos</a>, "<a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/on-cuarons-roma/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CAN ESTADOUNIDENSES WATCH A 'FOREIGN FILM?' ON CUARÓN’S ROMA."</a> Online we also have <a href="https://fencedigital.com/fence-digital/constant-critic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Constant Critic </a>with a library of our reviews of poetry books and <a href="https://fencedigital.com/fence-digital/elecment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elecment </a>with experiments in media and poetry. All and more which you can find at <a href="https://fencedigital.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fencedigital.com</a>. <a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/subscribe/" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.fenceportal.org/subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fenceportal.org/subscribe/</a>)

3.3 FENCE 37/38 Poetry and Prose from Erik Kennedy, Randy Prunty, Hilary Plum, Samantha Burns, Katie Marya, Jeff Sirkin, Andrew Seguin, Benjamin Niespodziany, Kathryn Mockler, Jackelyn Hoy. Music by KIKA. 