Keep The Channel Open

Michelle Brittan Rosado is a poet based in Long Beach, CA. In her book Why Can’t It Be Tenderness, Michelle writes about California, Malaysia, and the space between, about divorce, and life transition, and new love. In our conversation we talked about her book, about her creative process and how she thinks about poetic form, and about mixed-race identity. Then in the second section we talked about the history of the pantoum, and our experiences with English-language versions of Asian poetic forms. (Conversation recorded May 30, 2019.) Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube | RSS Support: Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share: Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect: Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Show Notes: Michelle Brittan Rosado Michelle Brittan Rosado - Why Can’t It Be Tenderness: University of Wisconsin Press | IndieBound Michelle Brittan Rosado - “Poem to My Unborn Son the Morning after the Election” The Southeast Review - “In Search of Evanescence: