The Electro-Library

Apr 25 2024 15 ep. 49 mins 278
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A literary and cultural anthology of cross-disciplinary creativity from the Stonehill College English Department and Creative Writing Program. A Stonehill Digital Lab production.

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Short Circuits #6: Ada Limón

Apr 25 2024 51 mins  
On the day of the total eclipse, Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, talks with Amra Brooks about her new work, the experiences that shape poetic practice, whether or not time exists, and the necessity of reimagining our relation to the Earth and one another. Theme music by Tubifex, featuring Hitek Meshat. Additional music: Jupiter the Blue by Gillicuddy, license

Short Circuits #5: Eileen Myles

Jan 08 2023 46 mins  
Ring in the new year with Amra Brooks and Eileen Myles' intimate conversation about Myles' new edited volume, Pathetic Literature, art, music, dogs, finding the motivation to create in challenging times, and more! Recorded over Zoom, November 4, 2022. Music: More Brain by Lobo Loco, Creative Commons Non-Commercial License.

Short Circuits #4: Ross Gay

Nov 25 2021 58 mins  
A real Thanksgiving feast: Ross Gay talks with Amra Brooks about poetry, the meaning of gratitude in dark times, radical presence, mushrooms, and so much more! Recorded over Zoom, November 7, 2021.

E-L Live: Ross Gay

Nov 19 2021 67 mins  
We are joined by Ross Gay, poet, essayist, professor of poetry at Indiana University, and founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard. Gay is the author of the poetry collections Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award; and the essay col

Short Circuits #3: Conversation with Layli Long Soldier

Nov 10 2020 46 mins  
Poet, author, and activist Layli Long Soldier joins Amra Brooks over Zoom to talk about writing during the pandemic, activism in the wake of the death of George Floyd, finding and nurturing creative inspiration, activist art, Lakota culture, and the complex, overlapping meanings of embodiment as women, mothers, and citizens. Originally recorded on October 30, 2020.

E-L Live: Layli Long Soldier

Nov 01 2020 66 mins  
Poet, Essayist, and activist Layli Long Soldier reads from her latest poetry collection, Whereas, winner of the National Book Critics Circle award for poetry and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. A question-and-answer and discussion session follows. Recorded live via Zoom on October 29, 2020.

Quarantine

Aug 07 2020 49 mins  
00:47 D.A. Powell, "Quarantine," read by Sutopa Dasgupta Music: Abishai, Piano Improvisation, from Memento Mori 02:26 Don DeLillo, from White Noise, read by David Charlesworth Music: Chad Crouch, "Seafoam," from Atmospheric Piano Interlude: James Bohm, "Music for Handwashing (Out Damned Spot 2) 07:11 Clarice Lispector, from "Letters to Hermengardo,

E-L Live: Ocean Vuong and Rickey Laurentiis

Mar 24 2020 83 mins  
CONTENTS Introduction: 0:42-6:35 Rickey Laurentiis: Poetry Reading 6:44-41:34 Ocean Vuong: Poetry Reading 41:47-1:02:00 Rickey and Ocean in Conversation: 1:02:13-1:23: 13 Originally recorded November 15, 2018 at Stonehill College ABOUT OCEAN VUONG Ocean Vuong is the author of the debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin, 2019). He is also the author of the cri

Short Circuits #2: Conversation with Fred Moten

Jan 10 2020 37 mins  
Jared is joined by award-winning poet and influential philosopher Fred Moten for a wide-ranging discussion of poetry, identity, music, community-formation, and resistive practices. Originally recorded October 16, 2019.

E-L Live: Fred Moten

Nov 03 2019 51 mins  
Visit: theelectrolibrary.org and raymo-series.org Recorded: October 16, 2019 6pm in May Hall: McCarthy Auditorium Fred Moten’s work explores black studies, performance studies, poetry, and critical theory. In 2014, Moten’s The Feel Trio was a poetry finalist for the National Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was the winner of the California Book Award; and in 2