Feb 19 2023 37 mins
Ian Macartney speaks to Parel Joy, whose pamphlet “The Queen of Cups and other poems” was part of SPAM’s Season 6. But Parel’s practice also expands to editing the ‘Dyke Love’ zine, launched to a packed crowd in Glasgow’s Bonjour, as well as work with the Amsterdam Library’s queer archive, literary translation, printmaking, and more.
Over a pot of Moroccan tea on a rainy day in Haarlem, just outside of Amsterdam, Ian and Parel discuss lockdown temporality, translation, “eco-queer grindsets”, Aberdeen hauntology, cottagecore, nostalgia, Scottish community online and off, archive, utopia, tarot, and more.
This episode was kindly supported by the Edwin Morgan Trust's Second Life Award.
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The Queen of Cups and other poems
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Intro/Outro: Ian Macartney
Music: Max Parnell
Production: Max Parnell and Ian Macartney