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Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast

James Allen Hall and Aaron Smith talk about their favorite poems and poets, interview amazing writers, laugh a lot, gossip, and get real about life and art.

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Podcasting since 2021 • 186 episodes

Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast

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Super Gay Poems w/ Guest Stephanie Burt

The queens super-gay it up with Stephanie Burt, the editor of the new poetry anthology, SUPER GAY POEMS.Please Support Breaking Form!

March 31, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 12 • 1:00:17

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Brenda's Resistance Playlist (w/ Brenda Shaughnessy)

We're talking resistance, joy, and queer communities with Brenda Shaughnessy!Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show<...

March 24, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 11 • 53:19

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Erase-Him Poems

The queens get to the poetic essence with the help of erasure and re-envisioning.Please Support Breaking Form!R...

March 17, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 10 • 29:04

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Her Kind: Anne Sexton

Join the thirsty queens for a gin & Sextonic, in this tribute to the iconic work of Anne Sexton.Please Support Breaking Form!

March 10, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 9 • 30:38

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The Loves of My Life (with Special Guest Edmund White)

The queens talk with gay literary icon Edmund White about his new book, The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir. (Miguel Murphy joins in the fun, too!)Please Support Breaking Form!

March 03, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 8 • 1:08:27

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