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Posted at long last after overcoming major technical difficulties!! Connor and Jack dive into the poem "I Hear a Dog Who is Always in My Death" by Samuel Ace. They discuss the poem's evocative imagery, ruminate on it's call to action against encroaching fascism, and find resonances with English and Egyptian mythology. They also make some time to dunk on transphobes.I Hear a Dog Who is Always in My DeathBy: Samuel AceHow is it you bring me back to the cliffs   the bright heads of eagles   the vessels of grief in the soil?   I dig for you with a gentle bit of lighter fluid and three miniature rakes   burning only a single speck of dirt to touch a twig as tiny as a neuron   or even smaller   one magic synapse inside the terminus limbs of your breathThe fighter jets fly over the house every hour   no sound but inside our hands   I hear a far chime and I am cold    a north wind and the grit of night   first the murmur then the corpse   first the paddling then the banquet   first the muzzle then the hanging   the plea   first the break then the tap the tap   I hear your skin   the reach of your arms   the slick along your thighs   more floorboard than step   first the flannel then the gag   first the bells   then the exhaleI hear a dog who is always in my death   the breath of a mother who holds a gun   a pillow in the shape of a heart   first the planes then the criminal ponds   first the ghost boats then the trains   first the gates then the bargain   a child formed from my fingertip and the eye of my grandmother’s mother   a child born at 90   the rise and rush of air   a child who walks from the gasFind us on Facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking Find us on Twitter at: twitter.com/closetalking Find us on Instagram: @closetalkingpoetryYou can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com.

Posted at long last after overcoming major technical difficulties!! Connor and Jack dive into the poem "I Hear a Dog Who is Always in My Death" by Samuel Ace. They discuss the poem's evocative imagery, ruminate on it's call to action against encroaching fascism, and find resonances with English and Egyptian mythology. They also make some time to dunk on transphobes. I Hear a Dog Who is Always in My Death By: Samuel Ace How is it you bring me back to the cliffs the bright heads of eagles the vessels of grief in the soil? I dig for you with a gentle bit of lighter fluid and three miniature rakes burning only a single speck of dirt to touch a twig as tiny as a neuron or even smaller one magic synapse inside the terminus limbs of your breath The fighter jets fly over the house every hour no sound but inside our hands I hear a far chime and I am cold a north wind and the grit of night first the murmur then the corpse first the paddling then the banquet first the muzzle then the hanging the plea first the break then the tap the tap I hear your skin the reach of your arms the slick along your thighs more floorboard than step first the flannel then the gag first the bells then the exhale I hear a dog who is always in my death the breath of a mother who holds a gun a pillow in the shape of a heart first the planes then the criminal ponds first the ghost boats then the trains first the gates then the bargain a child formed from my fingertip and the eye of my grandmother’s mother a child born at 90 the rise and rush of air a child who walks from the gas Find us on Facebook at: <a href="http://facebook.com/closetalking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/closetalking</a>  Find us on Twitter at: <a href="http://twitter.com/closetalking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/closetalking</a>  Find us on Instagram: @closetalkingpoetry You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com.

Episode #169 I Hear A Dog Who Is Always in My Death - Samuel Ace

Recorded by Samuel Ace for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 2, 2020. www.poets.org

Recorded by Samuel Ace for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 2, 2020. <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poets.org&amp;token=9d5a84-1-1583345147049" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.poets.org</a>

Samuel Ace: "I Was Called Back"  

It's the 5am alarm that wakes me - Samuel Ace by

It's the 5am alarm that wakes me - Samuel Ace

It's been a minute! Thanks for your patience as I've slogged through life. In this episode I spoke with Samuel Ace about his book Our Weather Our Sea. Samuel Ace is a trans/genderqueer poet and sound artist. He is the author of several books, most recently Our Weather Our Sea (Black Radish 2019), the newly re-issued Meet Me There: Normal Sex and Home in three days. Don’t wash., (Belladonna* Germinal Texts 2019), and Stealth with poet Maureen Seaton. He is the recipient of the Astraea Lesbian Writer Award and the Firecracker Alternative Book Award in Poetry, as well as a two-time finalist for both the Lambda Literary Award and the National Poetry Series. Recent work can be found in Poetry, PEN America, Best American Experimental Poetry, Vinyl, and many other journals and anthologies. He currently teaches poetry and creative writing at Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts. Sam's website Buy  Our Weather Our Sea Also buy  Meet Me There: Normal Sex &amp; Home in three days. Don’t wash. Books, poets, artists, etc mentioned in this episode:   Ari Banias  Oliver Baez Bendorf  TC Tolbert's "Dear Melissa"  j/j hastain Julie Carr's Real Life: An Installation Ronaldo Wilson's Lucy 72 Douglas Kearney's  Mess and Mess and  M. NourbeSe Philip's ZONG!  Ching-In Chen's recombinant  Sawako Nakayasu's Mouth Eats Color  Harmony Holiday a reading from 2015  LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs's Twerk Caroline Bergvall's sound installations  Cecilia Vicuña's New and Selected Poems Saborami (Chainlinks) Tracie Morris two poems Andrea Abi-Karam's  EXTRATRANSMISSION  Orlando White LETTERRS  Maureen Seaton  Rickey Laurentiis  Philip B. Williams  Ocean Vuong  Farid Matuk  Kaveh Akbar  Angel Dominguez's  D E S G R A C I A D O  Ariana Reines's A Sand Book  Trace Peterson's  Since I Moved In  Go listen to  my interview with Roy over at the Marxist Poetry Podcast  The Sound of Waves Breaking: Samuel Ace's "These Nights"   Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz

It's been a minute! Thanks for your patience as I've slogged through life. In this episode I spoke with Samuel Ace about his book Our Weather Our Sea. Samuel Ace is a trans/genderqueer poet and sound artist. He is the author of several books, most recently Our Weather Our Sea (Black Radish 2019), the newly re-issued Meet Me There: Normal Sex and Home in three days. Don’t wash., (Belladonna* Germinal Texts 2019), and Stealth with poet Maureen Seaton. He is the recipient of the Astraea Lesbian Writer Award and the Firecracker Alternative Book Award in Poetry, as well as a two-time finalist for both the Lambda Literary Award and the National Poetry Series. Recent work can be found in Poetry, PEN America, Best American Experimental Poetry, Vinyl, and many other journals and anthologies. He currently teaches poetry and creative writing at Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts. <a href="http://www.samuelace.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam's website</a> Buy <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781732131118/our-weather-our-sea.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Our Weather Our Sea</a> Also buy <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780998843926/meet-me-there-normal-sex--home-in-three-days-dont-wash.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Meet Me There: Normal Sex &amp; Home in three days. Don’t wash.</a> Books, poets, artists, etc mentioned in this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/145174/a-symmetry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ari Banias</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.oliverbaezbendorf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oliver Baez Bendorf</a> </li> <li>TC Tolbert's <a href="https://lithub.com/dear-melissa-by-tc-tolbert/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Dear Melissa"</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.spuytenduyvil.net/jj-hastain.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">j/j hastain</a></li> <li>Julie Carr's <a href="https://www.omnidawn.com/product/real-lifejulie-carr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Real Life: An Installation</a></li> <li>Ronaldo Wilson's <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780999004944/lucy-72.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucy 72</a></li> <li>Douglas Kearney's <a href="http://www.noemipress.org/catalog/infidel-poetics/mess-and-mess-and-by-douglas-kearney/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Mess and Mess and</a> </li> <li>M. NourbeSe Philip's <a href="https://www.nourbese.com/poetry/zong-3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ZONG!</a> </li> <li>Ching-In Chen's <a href="http://www.kelseyst.com/publications/recombinant.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recombinant</a> </li> <li>Sawako Nakayasu's <a href="http://www.sawakonakayasu.net/mec/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mouth Eats Color</a> </li> <li>Harmony Holiday <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YgGgHlQTpw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a reading from 2015</a> </li> <li>LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs's <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780988539907/twerk.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twerk</a></li> <li>Caroline Bergvall's <a href="http://carolinebergvall.com/sound/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sound installations </a></li> <li>Cecilia Vicuña's New and Selected Poems <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781930068506/saborami.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Saborami (Chainlinks)</a></li> <li>Tracie Morris <a href="https://bombmagazine.org/articles/two-poems-morris/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">two poems</a></li> <li>Andrea Abi-Karam's <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9780932716897/extratransmission.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> EXTRATRANSMISSION</a> </li> <li>Orlando White <a href="https://nightboat.org/book/letterrs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LETTERRS</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maureen-seaton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maureen Seaton</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.rickeylaurentiis.com/#1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rickey Laurentiis</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.phillipbwilliams.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philip B. Williams</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.oceanvuong.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ocean Vuong</a> </li> <li><a href="https://poets.org/poet/farid-matuk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Farid Matuk</a> </li> <li><a href="http://kavehakbar.com/#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kaveh Akbar</a> </li> <li>Angel Dominguez's <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/509318754/d-e-s-g-r-a-c-i-a-d-o-2nd-ed-available?ref=hp_rf%20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> D E S G R A C I A D O</a> </li> <li>Ariana Reines's <a href="https://tinhouse.com/product/a-sand-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Sand Book</a> </li> <li>Trace Peterson's <a href="https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781946104151/since-i-moved-in-new--revised.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Since I Moved In</a> </li> <li>Go listen to <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/marxist-poetry/listen-to-the-waves-breaking-koLtUZ5G82N/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> my interview with Roy over at the Marxist Poetry Podcast</a></li> </ul> The Sound of Waves Breaking: Samuel Ace's <a href="https://soundcloud.com/samuelace/ace_these-nights_c2018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"These Nights"</a>  Editor and Social Media Manager: Mitchel Davidovitz