
This is a podcast where I interview contemporary poets in trans and gender-variant poetry. We discuss their literary contributions, methods, insights, and lives.
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 45 | Founded | 10 years ago |
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Finally, after a long break, Waves Breaking returns with this interview with Kamden Ishmael Hilliard. Kam generously shares their time with me to discuss their debut book of poems, MissSettl, out last year with Nightboat Books. We go in deep to discu... more
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In this episode I spoke with Yanyi about his new book, Dream of the Divided Field, and his newsletter, The Reading.
Yanyi is the author of Dream of the Divided Field (One World Random House, 1 March 2022) and The Year... more
In this interview, I spoke with Sarah Nnenna Loveth Nwafor about their latest publication Already Knew You Were Coming. We discuss Igbo cosmology and time, vengeance poetry, their process in writing this chapbook, and more.
Sarah Nnenna Loveth Nwaf... more
In this episode, I spoke with Cody-Rose Clevidence about their latest publication, Aux Arc / Trypt Ich, out with Nightboat Books. We dug into language, exploring motif, grief, love—all that good stuff.
Cody-Rose Clevidence is the author of BEAST F... more
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thank you for this comfort and all of these thoughts articulating inside of me
Gotta start by saying I downloaded iTunes to write this review because I'm so in love with this show. I have much respect for what Avren is doing in the community. This podcast has helped me immensely in finding new poets and in growing as poet and a writer myself. The conversations are always meaningful and wonderful to listen to. It's a wonderful way to listen to the community.
I suspect this series in time will come to be viewed as a vital cultural reference. Keating demonstrates a level of preparation and knowledge that does great justice to the talented poets with whom they have chose to converse. Warm and empathic yet served by a keen and incisive intellect these interviews serve as a remarkable introduction to the work and thinking of established and up and coming transgender poets. I strongly doubt you will view time listening to this podcast as anything other th... more
Avren has a phenomenally sexy voice. Like, please, someone give Avren my number. But yeah, good podcasts have show hosts with voices that'll keep your attention, and I think we've got one here. Avren also has great taste in poets and knows how to draw out their passions and personalities. I don't listen to many podcasts because too many wind up feeling monotonous when it comes to content, delivery and sound. This podcast however is one I keep finding myself coming back to
Avren and crew are doing superimportant work in exalting the voices of trans and GQ writers. I've never heard anything like it before. I'm very happy that this exists and hope that it continues. I've never been a podcast person but Waves Breaking is becoming a staple in my quotidian life every time it drops because it usually turns me on to a new writer that I'm always more interested in by the end of the episode.








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