Episode 42: Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Rachel Zucker talks with poet, editor, professor Gabrielle Calvocoressi, author of three full length collections, most recently Rocket Fantastic, about her new book. They also talk about wanting things, reading in New York, God, prayer, nystagmus (a neurological eye condition), practicing Judaism (but not converting to Judaism) in Los Angeles and in the South, gender identity, gender expression, sexual fantasies, gayness and queerness, butch lesbianism, bros, the symbol she uses in Rocket Fantastic instead of a gendered pronoun and how she reads that symbol, having and recovering from a nervous breakdown and panic attacks, mental health, not seeking out trouble, getting to know the animal you are, envy, jealousy, the granting and prize system in poetry, ambition, unionizing poets, and being honest.
Books by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Rocket Fantastic (Persea, 2017)
Apocalyptic Swing (Persea, 2012)
The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart (Persea, 2005)
Other Writers and Artists Mentioned in the Episode
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