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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200 episodes
Where Are They Now
The queens put the "arch" in "archive" and rediscover some favorite poetry blasts from the past.Please Support Breaking Form!
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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30:39
A Pride Episode: Trans Poetry
The queens talk literary confidantes; then we discuss the pros and pitfalls of poetic friendships.Please Support Breaking Form!
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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30:42
Thank You for Being a Friend
The queens talk literary confidantes; then we discuss the pros and pitfalls of poetic friendships.Please Support Breaking Form!
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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31:22
The Broads Abroad
The Breaking Form broads recount their poetic travels abroad in this Season 3 opener.Please Support Breaking Form!Review t...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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32:01
Encore Presentation: The Bones of Power (with Special Guest Diane Seuss) (Ep. 132)
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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26:12
Really?
The queens boil down the essence of some favorite poems and poets in this game that decides what poetry is *really* about.Please Support Breaking Form!
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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26:46
Just the Tips: Literary Submissions
If you're looking to submit, the queens have some advice for you!Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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30:17
The Poems of Brad Pitt
The ladies ask AI to write poems about Brad Pitt's butt. It’s not so bad Brad, sad Brad, is it?Please Support Breaking Form!
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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30:38
The Final Countdown
The queens discuss and revise a recent list of "best poetry," adding other tops (& bottoms & verses & sides, you get the point, miss thing).Please Support Breaking Form!
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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38:59
James Went to AWP
The queens dish this year’s AWP Conference!Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here....
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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32:53
Leather Bar
Get in, gurl, we're reading poetry at your unfriendly neighborhood leather bar.Please Support Breaking Form!Rev...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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29:10
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!
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:00:17
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<...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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53:19
Erase-Him Poems
The queens get to the poetic essence with the help of erasure and re-envisioning.Please Support Breaking Form!R...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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29:04
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!
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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30:38
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!
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:08:27
Shorties
The queens prove that it's not the size of the ship but the motion etc etc in this episode devoted to short poems.Please Support Breaking Form!
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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29:44
Fusion
Get out your UV lights & swabs--the queens play a game that fuses poems, then guess the poetic DNA samples. Then we spark up a fusion of a different strain!Please Support Breaking Form!
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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29:50
Sissy
The queens get sassy and sissify toxic cisheteronormative gender ideas about poetry.Please Support Breaking Form!Review th...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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31:40
Male Nipples (with Special Guest Brenda Hillman)
The queens discuss gay icon status with Brenda Hillman--and then launch in to a revisit of several of her poems, including her fabulous "Male Nipples."Please Support Breaking Form!
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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54:13