Dena Igusti's guest appearances

Dena Igusti

Skylight Books Podcast Series

Homecoming

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Chris Ryan

Sean Fennessey

Jason Concepcion

Shea Serrano

Mallory Rubin

Chuck Klosterman

Benjamin Franklin

Jon Hamm

Kate Schatz

Miriam Klein Stahl

Michelle Tea

Matt Bell

Sarah Ruhl

Amy Stewart

Joanna Angel

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Dena Igusti is a queer Indonesian poet, playwright, and journalist based in Queens, New York. She is also a 2018 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador and has written several poems about the disconnect with her body as a result of FGC.  Her poetry collection 'Cut Woman', is about her experiences with being an Indonesian Muslim non binary survivor of female genital cutting, and the overbearing loss and anticipated mourning she felt as a result of it. She has spoken about and performed poems regarding FGC at the 2018 Teen Vogue Summit, Brooklyn Museum, and Lincoln Center.

Dena Igusti is a queer Indonesian poet, playwright, and journalist based in Queens, New York. She is also a 2018 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador and has written several poems about the disconnect with her body as a result of FGC.  Her poetry collection 'Cut Woman', is about her experiences with being an Indonesian Muslim non binary survivor of female genital cutting, and the overbearing loss and anticipated mourning she felt as a result of it. She has spoken about and performed poems regarding FGC at the 2018 Teen Vogue Summit, Brooklyn Museum, and Lincoln Center.

FGC and Intersectionality: A conversation with Dena Igusti

This week, poet and playwright Dena Igusti comes onto Homecoming to share what is what like growing up in Queens, New York as a queer, non-binary Indonesian Muslim and their experience with female genital mutilation (FGM) and the trauma it resulted in. Dena also just released their new poetry book, “Cut Woman” (see link below to buy it!), so she also talks about what inspired different poems from the anthology, the creative process of creating “Cut Woman,” and their statement about Indonesia at the very end of the book. --- Follow Homecoming on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/homecomingpod/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/homecomingpod) to get to know our guests better, receive quick access to updates, and see behind-the-scenes content! You can also find resources from all of our episodes so far here: https://linktr.ee/homecomingpod Buy Dena’s new book, “Cut Woman”: https://www.gameoverbooks.com/product-page/cut-woman To learn more about Dena and their work or to book them for readings/events, visit: https://denaigusti.com VOTE! Find your state’s voter registration deadlines for various upcoming elections here: https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/PrimaryElections.htm Ways that you can support the Black Lives Matter movement &amp; resources/articles on Black and Asian solidarity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P6mr1TFS-27MUAlYMg94XUMXxS0TnCWFTw85R0BX7v8/edit?usp=sharing   ---   Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/homecomingpod/support

This week, poet and playwright Dena Igusti comes onto Homecoming to share what is what like growing up in Queens, New York as a queer, non-binary Indonesian Muslim and their experience with female genital mutilation (FGM) and the trauma it resulted in. Dena also just released their new poetry book, “Cut Woman” (see link below to buy it!), so she also talks about what inspired different poems from the anthology, the creative process of creating “Cut Woman,” and their statement about Indonesia at the very end of the book. --- Follow Homecoming on Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/homecomingpod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/homecomingpod/</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/homecomingpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/homecomingpod</a>) to get to know our guests better, receive quick access to updates, and see behind-the-scenes content! You can also find resources from all of our episodes so far here: <a href="https://linktr.ee/homecomingpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/homecomingpod</a> Buy Dena’s new book, “Cut Woman”: <a href="https://www.gameoverbooks.com/product-page/cut-woman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gameoverbooks.com/product-page/cut-woman</a> To learn more about Dena and their work or to book them for readings/events, visit: <a href="https://denaigusti.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://denaigusti.com</a> VOTE! Find your state’s voter registration deadlines for various upcoming elections here: <a href="https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/PrimaryElections.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/PrimaryElections.htm</a> Ways that you can support the Black Lives Matter movement &amp; resources/articles on Black and Asian solidarity: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P6mr1TFS-27MUAlYMg94XUMXxS0TnCWFTw85R0BX7v8/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P6mr1TFS-27MUAlYMg94XUMXxS0TnCWFTw85R0BX7v8/edit?usp=sharing</a> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/homecomingpod/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/homecomingpod/support</a>

19. Surviving FGM, Navigating Trauma and Community Surveillance, and “Cut Woman” with Poet Dena Igusti

Poetry. Asian &amp; Asian American Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. Women Studies. "One of the things I love most is when a poetry book forces me to slow down, to linger in every pause between breaths and reckon with the awareness that Reading is, itself, an act of consumption. CUT WOMAN does just this. From 'night // fall' to 'day // break, ' Dena Igusti's speaker forces readers to linger in the spaces both within and between words, bodies, and countries, even when those spaces do not yet exist: 'altar of my body did i give you // a forever // i could not promise? // ... // an altered kind of grief?' These poems slice, piece, project only to gut open. These poems remember despite Memory: 'i purposely forget // the prayer for when someone dies // inna-illahi-something // i always remember how to start // grieving // but // never when or how to let it out of my mouth.' Igusti is in conversation with actor, director, writer, producer, and executive director of the Exiled Tongues Theater Company Ray Jordan Achan. _______________________________________________ Produced by Maddie Gobbo &amp; Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," a new, unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.

Poetry. Asian &amp; Asian American Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. Women Studies. "One of the things I love most is when a poetry book forces me to slow down, to linger in every pause between breaths and reckon with the awareness that Reading is, itself, an act of consumption. <a href="https://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9781732498693" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CUT WOMAN</a> does just this. From 'night // fall' to 'day // break, ' Dena Igusti's speaker forces readers to linger in the spaces both within and between words, bodies, and countries, even when those spaces do not yet exist: 'altar of my body did i give you // a forever // i could not promise? // ... // an altered kind of grief?' These poems slice, piece, project only to gut open. These poems remember despite Memory: 'i purposely forget // the prayer for when someone dies // inna-illahi-something // i always remember how to start // grieving // but // never when or how to let it out of my mouth.' Igusti is in conversation with actor, director, writer, producer, and executive director of the Exiled Tongues Theater Company Ray Jordan Achan. _______________________________________________ Produced by Maddie Gobbo &amp; Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," a new, unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit <a href="https://www.skylightbooks.com/event" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.skylightbooks.com/event</a> for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.

SKYLIT: Dena Igusti, "CUT WOMAN" w/ Ray Jordan Achan