The Electro-Library

Short Circuits #6: Ada Limón

April 25th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  51 mins 30 secs

earth, eclipse, language, limón, loss, meditation, nature, poetry, time

An in-depth conversation with the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States.

Short Circuits #5: Eileen Myles

January 8th, 2023  |  Season 5  |  46 mins 55 secs

art, eileen myles, literature, pandemic, poetry

Prof. Amra Brooks and multi-genre author Eileen Myles in conversation

Short Circuits #4: Ross Gay

November 25th, 2021  |  Season 4  |  58 mins 47 secs

body, delight, gratitude, mushrooms, music, poetry, presence, ross gay

A wide-ranging interview with poet, essayist, and professor Ross Gay.

E-L Live: Ross Gay

November 19th, 2021  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 7 mins

basketball, delight, poetry, ross gay, writing

Short Circuits #3: Conversation with Layli Long Soldier

November 10th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  46 mins 42 secs

apology, dakota, forgiveness, lakota, layli long soldier, motherhood, native american, oglala, pandemic, poetry

Layli joins Amra over Zoom for a wide-ranging conversation about life, art, politics, human connection, and parenting in complicated times.

E-L Live: Layli Long Soldier

November 1st, 2020  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 6 mins

apology, dakota, forgiveness, lakota, layli long soldier, native american, oglala, poetry

Poet, essayist, and activist Layli Long Soldier joins us via Zoom for a reading from her collection, Whereas, followed by a question-and-answer session.

Quarantine

August 7th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  49 mins 54 secs

abigail donovan, carlos josé perez samano, chinese hermits, clarice lispector, da powell, don delillo, fiction, franz kafka, john keats, maira kalman, medicine, poetry

Perspectives on the experience of quarantine across cultures and historical periods. Guest: Maira Kalman.

E-L Live: Ocean Vuong and Rickey Laurentiis

March 24th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 23 mins

america, ethnicity, gender, language, love, ocean vuong, poetry, queerness, race, rickey laurentiis, vietnam, violence

Recording of poets Ocean Vuong and Rickey Laurentiis from the Chet Raymo Series at Stonehill College.

E-L Live: Fred Moten

November 3rd, 2019  |  Season 3  |  51 mins 57 secs

live, moten, poetry, reading

On October 16, 2019, Fred Moten was the 2019 Chet Raymo Series speaker at Stonehill College in Easton, MA.