Welcome to the Pens and Poison Podcast! This is not your ordinary literature podcast. Join writer Liza Libes as she explores the state of humanities education, the publishing industry, and the literary world at large through a series of spicy interviews, hot takes, and literary ramblings.
On today’s episode, Liza talks to Costa Rican poet Jean Pierre Rueda about bilingual poetry and his newest poetry collection “Amor Entre Aguaceros/Love Between Downpours” from Alegría Publishing. His book is a heartfelt dedication to all those compelled to rely on their imagination to reconnect with their homelands when migration circumstances prevent physical return.
You can pick up your copy of Amor Entre Aguaceros here: https://alegria-life.myshopify.com/products/amor-entre-aguaceros-love-between-downpours-by-jean-pierre-rueda.
Let us know in the comments what you think of Jean Pierre’s work and don’t forget to pick up your copy of Amor Entre Aguaceros!
Special thank you to composer Nathaniel Lindstrom for providing the track “Quartz Moth” for today’s sound effects.
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Check out our first podcast episode here:
Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wU9CdpSCGw&t=50s
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Hungry for some poetry analysis?
Wallace Stevens "The World as Meditation": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-EmEIe9c5k
T.S. Eliot "The Waste Land": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPlOR6nsOc&t=535s
Sir Philip Sidney "Astrophil & Stella": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5Ygms2uKc
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