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Riantly - Poetry Readings

These are readings of poems with a brief note attached to them. Some of the poems are longer form, some are shorter. Sometimes the note is a personal note and others it is a scholarly or craft discussion. In this way I hope to make all poetry more accessible in what language is capable of even within this world, our world. riantly.substack.com

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6:46

Poem Reading: "The Engine of Eternity that Surrounds...

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/10/23

Working as a literary critic, oftentimes I find myself overly heady about trying to understand the poetics of something. The scholarly connections or the poetic lineage, naming the aesthetic within some canonical tradition or defining the metrical forms to understand sonic quality. In reality, sometimes you like a poem because the words just seem to click when you read them. This poem begins, “Desire is a planet, / and I am contained by longing,” which is such a lovely declaration that I uttered it

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6:12

Poem Reading: "That year, that icy blackness" by Lyn...

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/10/20

Listen to my ice-thin argument that shipwrecking is a metaphor intrinsic to the Northeast United States. Or perhaps an aesthetic? Lyn Lifshin has so many freaking poems published that if you enjoy this poem, you’d be a fool not to go and try to find as many as you can. She’s an incredible talent, and such a rare gem of prolificness. The blending of sex and environment is such an evocative move for poetry. You can purchase this book, Before It’s Light, here. Thanks for reading Riantly, or with

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4:41

Poem Reading: "Beetle" by Julia Fiedorczuk

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/10/17

Something I admire greatly about the field of ecopoetry is that it contains such climactic depth to it. I think of far-ranging examples like Juliana Spahr’s oeuvre, Camille Dungy, or even considering Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem — these examples aren’t too exclude, either. I know there’s a tremendous amount of argument and scholarship toward ecopoetry’s definition and the inclusion of writings in the ecopoetic canon. That all said, I think it does good to remind oneself that ecopoetry can come at the

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9:36

"Notes for a Novel Never Written," by Bhanu Kapil

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/09/05

Bhanu Kapil is a hugely important author working today. Her writing is inventive and invokes a now to often critical historic moments of violence or trauma. This poem is one of many from Kapil that are startling in the examination provided. The cross-temporal boundary examination of historical affect on those living through this moment, its racial violences, and the grief littered throughout. Ban en Banlieue is one of my favorite works for this hybridizing reason. It accomplishes so much in such

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4:56

"Mansur" by Adeeba Shahid Talukder

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/09/01

There are many unfair and unjust things about COVID that have settled into unfortunate shadows on the world. One of which are all of the excellent authors whose works perhaps did not get as much attention or momentum behind them as I feel they ought have for the quality of their poetry. Adeeba Shahid Talukder’s Shahr-e-jaanaan: The City of the Beloved out of Tupelo Press is one such collection. Talukder’s poetry is rare, blending grief with yearning and expansiveness in a way that heralds respect

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6:13

Krystyna Dąbrowska's Sleepless Poem tr. by Antonia...

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/08/25

Krystyna Dąbrowska's Tideline is a magnificent collection published recently by Zephyr Press. What I love about these poems is Dąbrowska and translators Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Mira Rosenthal, and Karen Kovacik attention to what must be uttered between words. The spaces offered in these poems tease reality in a surprising way and allowed me as a reader to really join in imaginative hunt for meaning. Thanks for reading Riantly, or with Laughter! This post is public so feel free to share it.So much

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9:08

María Baranda - To Hell

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/08/22

This reading and discussion of Baranda’s poem “To Hell,” also offers my thoughts around longer poems, my attempts at deciphering the ways in which to engage a longer poem, and what type of poem this is. Thanks for reading Riantly, or with Laughter! This post is public so feel free to share it.Below you can view an excerpt of “To Hell” translated by Paul Hoover. And here you can purchase a copy of Baranda’s book. Or, as always, request a copy from your local library.Riantly, or with Laughter is a

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3:52

20 Years of My Life by Mirta Rosenberg

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/08/06

There is, simply, no end to darling translations of exceptional poetry. It is, in fact, much more difficult to select a single poem for any of these works to read. Sometimes it’s a random selection, sometimes the gut leads me to a particular page, and sometimes I cheat by having a favorite poem already annotated. Thank you for reading Riantly, or with Laughter. This post is public so feel free to share it.The book Interior Landscape is written by Mirta Rosenberg, and translated by Yaki Setton and

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2:53

Baalbeck, I. by Etel Adnan, from Time

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/08/04

Etel Adnan is such a vital force of my literary and moral education. So fierce and creative, unflinching and funny at times, she detailed life in all of its colors. This poem is part of a longer series titled ‘Baalbeck’ out of her book Time translated by Sarah Riggs and published by Nightboat books. I hope I’ve done this poem some type of justice in its reading, and if any of you had not known Etel Adnan before this, please find something of hers to read. I can make many recommendations. Thank you

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2:49

XXXII by Hilda Hilst from Of Death, Minimal Odes. tr....

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/08/02

Unfortunately passing away in 2004, Hilst was a force of Brazilian literature. This book is a masterpiece, and I think one that any person interested in life, living, death, and dying, should consider reading once or maybe five times. If you are interested in the work, please know you can buy it from CO*IM*PRESS here. Riantly, or with Laughter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Riantly, or with

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3:41

The wound of being by Rebecca Seiferle

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/07/21

You can find Seiferle’s work here through one of her publishers or ordered through your local bookstore.Thank you for reading Riantly, or with Laughter. This post is public so feel free to share it.I would recommend, if you were to start reading her, to either start with this work or with Bitters. Poetry is an illumination of truth. Some truths are hard; others are uplifting. I also feel that illumination of a truth, even a difficult one, brings increased awareness. The scales fall from our eyes,

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2:39

If anyone is to ask, by Genevieve Kaplan

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/07/15

The stunning work of “Aviary,” is that the poems resist a conclusive logic in much the same way as you would imagine birds do. After all, if birds aren’t real then how can they follow reality? This poem I think toes the line between having a concrete line it wants the reader to acknowledge, to know, and teasing us along this line until we end at the final lyrics of the poem, “how often you may visit the future, if invited, already, to fill those gaps.” These jettison me from a comfortable landing,

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1:55

Poetry Reading: Okay at the balcony, Lee Sumyeong tr....

Riantly - Poetry Readings ·

2024/07/07

“I face toward the unknown and adamantly reel.” Was such a provocative line that I found myself thinking of it over and over days after reading it. Wanted to share this poem with you, my love. Get full access to Riantly, or with Laughter at riantly.substack.com/subscribe

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