Emily Bowles's guest appearances

Emily Bowles

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The Literary Whip

OLLI at UNT Podcast

Jack Hughes

Kim Williams

Mark Jansen

Steve Dangle

Corey Pronman

Jason Mitchell

Dee Snider

Jack Black

Pascale Hutton

Jax Taylor

Jared Haibon

Alexander Rossi

Aisling Bea

Peter Mehlman

Justin Willman

OwlTail

Hannah Stewart

In this episode, Susan interviews Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart about their participation in a group research project as students in UNT’s History department. The project focused on a freedmen's community that formed around St. John’s church in Pilot Point, TX. Starting with names etched into the headstones of a neglected cemetery, these students were eventually able to sketch a portrait of a vibrant community of African Americans who lived in North Texas in the early 20th century. Their group then made headlines when they uncovered evidence of racial violence that played a significant role in the community's decline. Emily and Hannah ultimately presented the results of their group's research as an OLLI at UNT class in the Fall 2019 semester.You can access the results of their group's research, including oral histories from descendants of the community, at https://omeka.library.unt.edu/s/stjohns/.Their group project was also highlighted in this recent North Texan article: https://northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2019-fall/past-present.In the interview, Emily references The Portal to Texas History, which can be accessed at https://texashistory.unt.edu/.Susan interviewed one of their professors, Dr. Andrew Torget, in Episode 6 of our podcast.To learn more about OLLI at UNT, visit https://olli.unt.edu or email olli@unt.edu.

In this episode, Susan interviews Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart about their participation in a group research project as students in UNT’s History department. The project focused on a freedmen's community that formed around St. John’s church in Pilot Point, TX. Starting with names etched into the headstones of a neglected cemetery, these students were eventually able to sketch a portrait of a vibrant community of African Americans who lived in North Texas in the early 20th century. Their group then made headlines when they uncovered evidence of racial violence that played a significant role in the community's decline. Emily and Hannah ultimately presented the results of their group's research as an OLLI at UNT class in the Fall 2019 semester. You can access the results of their group's research, including oral histories from descendants of the community, at <a href="https://omeka.library.unt.edu/s/stjohns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://omeka.library.unt.edu/s/stjohns/</a>. Their group project was also highlighted in this recent North Texan article: <a href="https://northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2019-fall/past-present" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2019-fall/past-present</a>. In the interview, Emily references The Portal to Texas History, which can be accessed at <a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://texashistory.unt.edu/</a>. Susan interviewed one of their professors, Dr. Andrew Torget, in Episode 6 of our podcast. To learn more about OLLI at UNT, visit <a href="https://olli.unt.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://olli.unt.edu</a> or email olli@unt.edu.

Episode 30: Remembering the St. John's Freedmen's Community with Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart

In Disturbed Areas, I Grow Like a Weed My grandmother and I sought them out:flowers that exploded into a universe ofpurple starscircling apurple center.We never learned their name.We simply plucked them from the cracksin the sidewalk and carried them with us. I found them again,thirty years later with my daughter.Our world was about to split open then,another explosiona universe ofpurple stars circling a purple center.I forgot about them until they fell out of my book, brittle already.They had lost their geometric precision,that seductive spiralization that made me pick more, even when my grandmother my daughtertold meenough was/is enough. It wasn’t, though. I had to know their name. The flower was/is ornamental,a cover plant andin disturbed areas,a weed. Ornamentation continues to cover up domestic disturbances. Coverture didn’t stop in the nineteenth century.   Botanical Designs/Stay, Man Linnaean botany was, at first, a suitable subject for women, whose botanical drawings became part of their parlor-room portfolio.    A skillful hand could replicate each line.    Replication is too much like reproduction, especially when pistils and stamen are labeled, especially when pencils and stories are libeled. Botanical designs entice me, and I draw pistilsthe color of fire.I draw the stamen.Stay, man, my penciled-in linesbeg him, until I seethe rest of the root,an ugly,gnarled thingI cannot (you will not)pull out. It must be time for weeding not a wedding.   Sterne Passages “I cannot get out,”the skylark saidin Sterne,thenAusten. same walls | different barssame bars | different wallsand bathroom stalls look!look anewlooka newservitude.   What You Want (Is Not Me) Those fantasies of yoursdo not include…me…elliptically marking the circles we run around in,the spaces I do not inhabit, the desires I cannot read…pause where it hurts, where I am not enough to meet youyour needs…what you want is missing / me.   Swift’s Goddess Criticism Shedressed in scraps, fragments of language. His words,hers.Satire ofonthe femalebody, never minds  (never mind, she thought, as shere-dressed herself asfor the defenseagainstCriticism).   Switch You turn me onEinsteinFrankensteina shocka chargeassaults my body, brainuntil either darkness or death resumes its power over me.   Liar This is a layera liarlike me[please like mepleaseme]needs, a liar a layer a lairwhere I inhabita space, a story that I can-notnotend.   I Never Wanted Moor  after Emily Dickinson and for the woman who read her with me I never saw a moor never wanted more (for you, I do). Please, take more be more than me. I never saw the sea never saw what you see. wave to me what a wave must be. And here is the book Kolleen mentioned: Gloss by Ida Stewart.  And here is Kolleen’s book A Live Thing, Clinging With Many Teeth Editor’s Note: We would like to apologize for any unintentional misgendering of Joey Gould, whose correct pronouns are they/them. We are deeply sorry for the oversight.

<h4>In Disturbed Areas, I Grow Like a Weed</h4> My grandmother and I sought them out: flowers that exploded into a universe of purple stars circling a purple center. We never learned their name. We simply plucked them from the cracks in the sidewalk and carried them with us. I found them again, thirty years later with my daughter. Our world was about to split open then, another explosion a universe of purple stars circling a purple center. I forgot about them until they fell out of my book, brittle already. They had lost their geometric precision, that seductive spiralization that made me pick more, even when my grandmother my daughter told me enough was/is enough. It wasn’t, though. I had to know their name. The flower was/is ornamental, a cover plant and in disturbed areas, a weed. Ornamentation continues to cover up domestic disturbances. Coverture didn’t stop in the nineteenth century. <h4>Botanical Designs/Stay, Man</h4> Linnaean botany was, at first, a suitable subject for women, whose botanical drawings became part of their parlor-room portfolio.    A skillful hand could replicate each line.    Replication is too much like reproduction, especially when pistils and stamen are labeled, especially when pencils and stories are libeled. Botanical designs entice me, and I draw pistils the color of fire. I draw the stamen. Stay, man, my penciled-in lines beg him, until I see the rest of the root, an ugly, gnarled thing I cannot (you will not) pull out. It must be time for weeding not a wedding. <h4>Sterne Passages</h4> “I cannot get out,” the skylark said in Sterne, then Austen. same walls | different bars same bars | different walls and bathroom stalls look! look anew look a new servitude. <h4>What You Want (Is Not Me)</h4> Those fantasies of yours do not include … me … elliptically marking the circles we run around in, the spaces I do not inhabit, the desires I cannot read … pause where it hurts, where I am not enough to meet you your needs … what you want is missing / me. <h4>Swift’s Goddess Criticism</h4> She dressed in scraps, fragments of language. His words, hers. Satire of on the female body, never minds   (never mind, she thought, as she re- dressed herself as for the defense against Criticism). <h4>Switch</h4> You turn me on Einstein Frankenstein a shock a charge assaults my body, brain until either darkness or death resumes its power over me. <h4>Liar</h4> This is a layer a liar like me [please like me please me] needs, a liar a layer a lair where I inhabit a space, a story that I can- not not end. <h4>I Never Wanted Moor</h4> after Emily Dickinson and for the woman who read her with me I never saw a moor never wanted more (for you, I do). Please, take more be more than me. I never saw the sea never saw what you see. wave to me what a wave must be. And here is the book Kolleen mentioned: <a href="https://www.perugiapress.com/wp/books/gloss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gloss</a><a href="https://www.perugiapress.com/wp/books/gloss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> by Ida Stewart. </a> And here is Kolleen’s book <a href="https://spookygirlfriendpress.tumblr.com/post/183611646987/6-2-shipping-kolleen-carney-hoepfners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Live Thing, Clinging With Many Teeth</a> Editor’s Note: We would like to apologize for any unintentional misgendering of Joey Gould, whose correct pronouns are they/them. We are deeply sorry for the oversight.

“What Leaves and How I Loved What I Leave” by Emily Bowles

Cristina Bascelli

Erin Longpre

Joined on the show by three members of the Ottawa Senators Ice Girls team: Cristina Bascelli, Erin Longpre and Emily Bowles. They chatted about their experiences at home games, working together and much more.

Chatting with the Ottawa Senators Ice Girls: Cristina Bascelli, Erin Longpre and Emily Bowles