“I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.” ― Walt Whitman
The Flour City Yawp hosted by Albert Abonado is Rochester's source for poetry and poetry related news, featuring interviews, readings, and conversations about the latest in poetry. Get your poetry fix every Thursday at 2PM.
Poet Michelle Y. Burke talks about her debut collection Animal Purpose. We talk about the origins of the collection, her love of horses, and more!
Sandy Baldwin stopped by the studio to talk about his work in digital poetry and e-literature. We talk about video games and poetry, performing poetry for gamers in Counterstrike and Lord of the Rings Online, his work with the ELO and more. It's a fascinating look at this exciting area of poetry.
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Inupiaq poet Joan Naviyuk Kane stops in to talk about her poetry, her experience as an indigenous writer, the difficulties she encountered within MFA programs, the influence of landscape and the Inupiaq language on her writing, and more. Joan also reads some of her wonderful poetry.
Sarah Freligh, Charlie Cote, and Jennifer Litt are all back in the studio to talk poetry. This is a poetry boot camp edition of Flour City Yawp. Sarah and Charlie offer us some prompts and we write along to them. If you are looking for something to kickstart your poetry, listen to the show!
Executive Director of Writers & Books Kyle Semmel and poet Ryan Shepard join me in the studio to discuss Bob Dylan's surprising Nobel Prize. We discuss the merits of Bob Dylan's work, the implications of the inclusion of songwriting in literature, and the state of global literature.
The Extraordinary Dale Davis and poet Jordan Smith hang out with me to talk about the poetry scene in Rochester during the 70's, a particularly fertile period that birthed many of the important literary and cultural institutions within the community. It's a fascinating look at an important time in Rochester.
The godfather of the Rochester poetry scene, Norm Davis swings by the studio. Norm Davis has hosted the Pure Kona open mic for over 20 years. He was the publisher of the Hazmat Review and was a part of the performance poetry group Dream Machine. There's very little that Norm hasn't done in Rochester's poetry scene.
Today, I offer up a few prompts for listeners to write along to. It's a little poetry workshop on the air.
BOA Editions Publisher Peter Conners stops by to talk about the 40 years of BOA Editions. We discuss the growth of the press, the early years, and the future of the publishing. Also, the brilliant Janice Harrington calls into to talk about her latest book Primitive: The Art and Life of Horace Pippin, a fascinating collection that examines the life of this important artist.
This is the Flour City Yawp WTF Open Mic, an experiment in which listeners are invited to read their work, like any open mic. It was fun, a little weird, kind of lonely. Plus, a special previously recorded reading by the poet Corey Zeller from his appearance at the Silo City Reading Series.
