001 – All Things Franny Choi
Welcome to Charla Cultural!!!
OUR INAUGURAL EPISODE!!! Welcome to the very first episode of Charla Cultural! It’s All Things Franny Choi. Franny Choi performed at City of Asylum with Jazz Poetry back in September 2019. We’ll feature her performance, an interview, and a lengthy discussion about her most recent book, Soft Science (Alice James Books).
We’ll also get into what we’re reading and some thoughts for the road.
Franny Choi is a writer of poems, essays, and plays. She is the author of two poetry collections, Soft Science (Alice James Books) and Floating, Brilliant, Gone (Write Bloody Publishing), as well as a chapbook, Death by Sex Machine (Sibling Rivalry Press).
A quick summary of what to expect…
- Intro/Welcome
- Franny Choi’s Bio
- Episode Summary
- Invoking the Muse: “Introduction to Quantum Theory,” performed by Franny Choi
- Interview with Franny Choi from September 2019
- Continuation of Franny Choi’s performance at City of Asylum
- Debrief with Karla and Adriana
- What Are We Reading?
- Remedios for the Road
- Goodbye and outro
EPISODE LINKS
- Soft Science by Franny Choi (Alice James Books)
- Hood Criatura by Féi Hernandez (Sundress Publications)
- The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta
- Nejma Nefertiti’s Valley of the Queens Art Exhibit (March 30th on City of Asylum)
- In Residence by Nicole Callihan (Aster(ix) Journal)
HOW TO LISTEN
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Many thanks to Luis Alfonso for the music in this episode.
Thanks for listening!
