Tony Trigilio's guest appearances

Tony Trigilio

Write The Book: Conversations on Craft

I'll Follow You

Jam Them Sessions LIVE

Anne Lamott

Jacqueline Woodson

Jojo Moyes

Mohsin Hamid

Tana French

Stephen Elliott

Vikram Chandra

Ann Patchett

Alice Lichtenstein

Susan Conley

Joshua Ferris

Robert Boswell

Christina Baker Kline

Jill McCorkle

Meg Wolitzer

OwlTail

Poet, editor, scholar, and musician Tony Trigilio, whose new collection is Proof Something Happened, winner of the 2020 Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize. This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously suggested by my guest, Tony Trigilio. This prompt is adapted from John Daido Loori's The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life. Sit with an object/memory/experience until it begins to reveal itself to you -- its details, contours, emotions, and so on. Be open to the possibility that you might need to sit for a long time. As you get more comfortable with the object's familiar contours, the odd, strange, subtle, mysterious, and absurd (and equally-as-real) aspects of this object of your mind will reveal themselves. Express these in a poem - any form, shape, structure, tone, or pitch. You are writing about "what else" the object is, and likely also writing about "what it is not." Like a painter working with negative space, this approach can help you discover the fullest sense of your subject matter. Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.   Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro 691

Poet, editor, scholar, and musician <a href="http://www.starve.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Trigilio</a>, whose new collection is <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/proof-something-happened/9780996991230?aid=18749&amp;listref=poetry-titles-on-write-the-book" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Proof Something Happened</a>, winner of the 2020 <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780996991230/proof-something-happened.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize</a>. This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously suggested by my guest, Tony Trigilio. This prompt is adapted from <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-zen-of-creativity-cultivating-your-artistic-life/9780345466334?aid=18749&amp;listref=nonfiction-titles-on-write-the-book" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Daido Loori's The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life.</a> Sit with an object/memory/experience until it begins to reveal itself to you -- its details, contours, emotions, and so on. Be open to the possibility that you might need to sit for a long time. As you get more comfortable with the object's familiar contours, the odd, strange, subtle, mysterious, and absurd (and equally-as-real) aspects of this object of your mind will reveal themselves. Express these in a poem - any form, shape, structure, tone, or pitch. You are writing about "what else" the object is, and likely also writing about "what it is not." Like a painter working with negative space, this approach can help you discover the fullest sense of your subject matter. Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion. Music Credit: <a href="http://aaronshapiro.work" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aaron Shapiro</a> 691

Tony Trigilio (8/16/21)

About the Episode: Andy Morales and Robin Leoras were honored to have special guest @tonytrigilio (Professor Tony Trigilio) go live with us to discuss the Beat Generation, Elise Cowen and her works, and read some of his works and read pieces from the poetry community. poets who were read by Andy: @bryan.edwards.live, @eveningpoetry, @reservoirsummer, @sruddickdarr. Poets read by Robin: @forget_it42, @themusingsofmollymaven, @the.saint.atlas, @twinksfly. We would like to give a special thanks to @otobpoetry for inspiring us to do this live. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jamthemsessionslive/message

About the Episode: Andy Morales and Robin Leoras were honored to have special guest @tonytrigilio (Professor Tony Trigilio) go live with us to discuss the Beat Generation, Elise Cowen and her works, and read some of his works and read pieces from the poetry community. poets who were read by Andy: @bryan.edwards.live, @eveningpoetry, @reservoirsummer, @sruddickdarr. Poets read by Robin: @forget_it42, @themusingsofmollymaven, @the.saint.atlas, @twinksfly. We would like to give a special thanks to @otobpoetry for inspiring us to do this live. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/jamthemsessionslive/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/jamthemsessionslive/message</a>

June 1st 2020: Special Guest: Professor Tony Trigilio

Visit queenofpeaches.com for show notes!  Today, I’m incredibly pleased to be speaking with my friend, neighbor, and former bandmate, the poet Tony Trigilio. Tony is the author and editor of 13 books, including, most recently, Ghosts of the Upper Floor (published by BlazeVOX [books] in 2019), which is the third installment in his multivolume poem, The Complete Dark Shadows (of My Childhood). His selected poems, Fuera del Taller del Cosmos, was published in Guatemala by Editorial Poe (translated by Bony Hernández). He is editor of Elise Cowen: Poems and Fragments (published by Ahsahta Press in 2014), and the author of Allen Ginsberg’s Buddhist Poetics (published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2012). Tony coedits the poetry journal Court Green and is an associate editor for Tupelo Quarterly. He is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago. Today we discuss his origin story as a poet, the possibilities that  get unlocked by asking a student “tell me more of what you mean by  that,” building bridges between the hemispheres of the brain, how  playing drums professionally helped Tony unite his practice as a writer  with his work as a scholar, and why the best art feels like a friend  saying to you, “I’m going to tell you something but it’s hard to say.” For more information about Tony, you can find him online at starve.org.

Visit <a href="https://queenofpeaches.com/2020/03/22/a-chat-with-tony-trigilio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">queenofpeaches.com</a> for show notes!  Today, I’m incredibly pleased to be speaking with my friend, neighbor, and former bandmate, the poet <a href="http://www.starve.org/index10_files/tt1.html" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Trigilio</a>. Tony is the author and editor of 13 books, including, most recently, <a href="http://www.blazevox.org/index.php/Shop/new-releases/ghosts-of-the-upper-floor-%7C-the-complete-dark-shadows-of-my-childhood-book-3-by-tony-trigilio-545/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ghosts of the Upper Floor</a> (published by BlazeVOX [books] in 2019), which is the third installment in his multivolume poem, The Complete Dark Shadows (of My Childhood). His selected poems, Fuera del Taller del Cosmos, was published in Guatemala by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/POESIAOSTUNCALCO" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Editorial Poe</a> (translated by Bony Hernández). He is editor of Elise Cowen: Poems and Fragments (published by Ahsahta Press in 2014), and the author of Allen Ginsberg’s Buddhist Poetics (published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2012). Tony coedits the poetry journal <a href="https://courtgreen.net/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Court Green</a> and is an associate editor for <a href="http://www.tupeloquarterly.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tupelo Quarterly</a>. He is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at <a href="https://www.colum.edu/academics/faculty/detail/tony-trigilio.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Columbia College Chicago</a>. Today we discuss his origin story as a poet, the possibilities that  get unlocked by asking a student “tell me more of what you mean by  that,” building bridges between the hemispheres of the brain, how  playing drums professionally helped Tony unite his practice as a writer  with his work as a scholar, and why the best art feels like a friend  saying to you, “I’m going to tell you something but it’s hard to say.” For more information about Tony, you can find him online at <a href="http://www.starve.org/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">starve.org</a>.

012 "The Guiding Light Is Surprise"--A Chat with Tony Trigilio