Victoria Chang on a Super-Secret Poetry Group, Wires, & Writing Towards Grief

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Having a Coke with You

The Poetry Society of New York

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Hey poets and poetry lovers! Welcome to Having a Coke with You, The Poetry Society of New York's podcast sponsored by the Radio Drama Network! Join Tova Greene (Programs Director of PSNY) as they sit down and have a coke with some of the most iconic poets of today’s day and age! Having a Coke with You allows any listener to have MFA-grade, unfettered access to poetry. This podcast aims to demystify poetry by allowing listeners to get a glimpse of the real person behind award-winning stanzas. With a little something for any listener, welcome to your new favorite literary podcast.

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Victoria Chang on a Super-Secret Poetry Group, Wires, & Writing Towards Grief

Having a Coke with You

41 minutes 57 seconds

2 years ago

Victoria Chang on a Super-Secret Poetry Group, Wires, & Writing Towards Grief

Hey poets & poetry lovers! I'm so thrilled to present this episode with the thoughtful & genre-bending Victoria Chang!

Victoria Chang’s forthcoming book of poems, With My Back to the World will be published in 2024 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Corsair Books in the U.K. Her most recent book of poetry, The Trees Witness Everything was published by Copper Canyon Press and Corsair Books in the U.K. in 2022, and was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by the New Yorker and The Guardian. Her nonfiction book, Dear Memory (Milkweed Editions), was published in 2021 and was named a favorite nonfiction book of 2021 by Electric Literature and Kirkus. OBIT (Copper Canyon Press, 2020), her most recent poetry book, was named a New York Times Notable Book, a Time Must-Read Book, and received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Poetry, and the PEN/Voelcker Award. It was also longlisted for a National Book Award and named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Griffin International Poetry Prize. She has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Chowdhury Prize in Literature. She serves as the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech.

Thank you so much Victoria for having a coke with us today!

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