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.
Episodes
164 episodes
Following Orders (Occasional Poems)
Your favorite bridesmaids are (drunk and dis)orderly in this episode about writing for special occasions. Support Breaking Form!
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Episode 162
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30:13
Wet Geography
The queens are all lubed up and waiting for you in the badlands that is Breaking Form.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:
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Episode 161
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29:16
James Goes to Bread Loaf
Go tell it on the mountain, darlings! Join the queens for a special Breaking Form report on the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:
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Episode 160
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28:20
Summer Poetry Salon #5
Join the queens for this last poetry salon, where we highlight fabulous poets we haven't discussed much on the show.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 159
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7:28
Summer Poetry Salon #4
Settle in for this fourth poetry salon, a show as jam-packed with radiant pleasure as a dark room in Rehoboth.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 158
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8:17
Summer Poetry Salon #3
This Summer Salon has zero tan-lines and a ton of fabulous poetry! If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 157
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9:04
Summer Poetry Salon #2
Who wears short shorts? Celebrate summer with the queens as we read poets we haven't focused on before.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 156
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7:02
Summer Poetry Salon #1
The Breaking Form girls are taking a little August break, but we still want to brighten your summer with poems!
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Episode 155
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8:28
Stoned
Spill all the tea but spill it slant with the Breaking Form queens in this episode dedicated to the art of secrets.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:
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Episode 154
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30:48
Commitments: A Revisit of Essex Hemphill
Aaron and James revisit an iconic poem about queer duty and erasure by Essex Hemphill.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:
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Episode 153
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25:14
Secrets
Spill all the tea but spill it slant with the Breaking Form queens in this episode dedicated to the art of secrets.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:
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Episode 152
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29:09
Funny
Knock knock, darlings! Join the queens as we talk about funny poems.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the sho...
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Episode 151
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30:39
F*ck You Poems
Celebrating the art of the poetic punch & helping Form Breakers everywhere say "f*ck you" to their nemesissies. If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 150
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27:59
Golden Girls
Are you a friend of Dorothy? This episode pays tribute to The Golden Girls, but in the most Breaking Form way possible!If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 149
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28:32
Versesucker
On your knees with the queens in the poetry darkroom, poetic pleasures await! Then we wipe off our kneecaps before hitting the Pride Parade.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcas...
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Episode 148
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28:23
The Tortured Poets Department
We're snatching wigs in this one! The queens get real about bad poetry. If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 147
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27:40
Leading Ladies
A leading ladies game leads to a tombstone-poetry pop quiz before Monica Farrell reads a poem by Michael Dumanis. Happy Pride Month!Watch
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Episode 146
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30:24
Early Reads
The queens revisit some early, inspiring books of poetry that still slap! Come nerd out with us. If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 145
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29:25
Heathers
Break out the croquet for a game of poets named Heather before the queens talk poetry inspired by the movie Heathers. No, Heather, it's Heather's turn!Please support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 144
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29:00
Letters to a Stranger
The queens blur the boundaries between Dylan Thomas James, then become shady ladies about Broetry.If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 143
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29:09
The Art of Losing: The Love Life of Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master in this episode devoted to the loves and losses of Elizabeth Bishop's life. If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 142
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28:49
The Gods at 3 A.M. (guest Jericho Brown on Reginald Shepherd pt. 2)
Jericho Brown returns to finish the conversation about Reginald Shepherd, (in)formalism, and inspiration. If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 141
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29:10
Book Club
If you bring along to Breaking Form Book Club an extra bottle of chardonnay, we'll read some poems from books you may have missed....If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts
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Episode 140
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29:47