Tacey M. Atsitty's guest appearances

Tacey M. Atsitty

The Poetry Magazine Podcast

Writing Westward Podcast

Poem-a-Day

Tiffany Midge

Emily Dickinson

Robert Lee

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

OwlTail

Esther Belin

This week, Esther Belin speaks with Diné poet Tacey M. Atsitty. Atsitty’s debut full-length collection, Rain Scald, was published in 2018, and Arthur Sze described the book as filled with a poetry “where rain, expected to be nourishing, is also a torrent, burning with sensation.” Today, we’ll hear two new poems by Atsitty, “Things to Do with a Monster” and “Lady Birds’ Evening Meetings” from the December issue of Poetry. Atsitty’s new poems come out of her desire to create a bestiary of Diné monsters. The poems explore how and why we create and abandon monsters, what we learn from them, how monsters humble us, and more.

This week, Esther Belin speaks with Diné poet Tacey M. Atsitty. Atsitty’s debut full-length collection, Rain Scald, was published in 2018, and Arthur Sze described the book as filled with a poetry “where rain, expected to be nourishing, is also a torrent, burning with sensation.” Today, we’ll hear two new poems by Atsitty, “Things to Do with a Monster” and “Lady Birds’ Evening Meetings” from the December issue of Poetry. Atsitty’s new poems come out of her desire to create a bestiary of Diné monsters. The poems explore how and why we create and abandon monsters, what we learn from them, how monsters humble us, and more.

Esther Belin and Tacey M. Atsitty on Monsters

Recorded by Tacey M. Atsitty for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 23, 2020. www.poets.org

Recorded by Tacey M. Atsitty for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 23, 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>

Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"

Conversation with Tacey M. Atsitty about "Rain Scald," her new collection of poetry recently published by the University of New Mexico Press. The Writing Westward Podcast is a production of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and hosted by Brenden W. Rensink. Follow the BYU Redd Center and the Writing Westward Podcast on Facebook or Twitter or get more information @ http://reddcenter.byu.edu/pages/writing-westward-podcast. Theme music by Micah Dahl Anderson @ www.micahdahlanderson.com

Conversation with Tacey M. Atsitty about "Rain Scald," her new collection of poetry recently published by the University of New Mexico Press. The Writing Westward Podcast is a production of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and hosted by Brenden W. Rensink. Follow the BYU Redd Center and the Writing Westward Podcast on Facebook or Twitter or get more information @ <a href="http://reddcenter.byu.edu/pages/writing-westward-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://reddcenter.byu.edu/pages/writing-westward-podcast</a>. Theme music by Micah Dahl Anderson @ <a href="http://www.micahdahlanderson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.micahdahlanderson.com</a>

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