Haitian-American scholar Edna Bonhomme, now based in Berlin, is well placed to unpick what it means to be Black at home and abroad. In Tending to Our Wounds, part memoir, part history, part polemic, she unlearns the lies that she was told about slavery and colonialism, and charts a breathtaking course between the individual and the collective, between past a ... Show More
Sep 16
Sex, Poetry and the Turning World: Sarah Howe, Sandeep Parmar and guests
Sex in novels is commonplace, but how do poets write about sex--and is it any good? Join Sarah Howe and Sandeep Parmar for a live recording of the LRB podcast Poetry and the Turning World, with special guests Sophie Robinson (Prairie Oyster) and Oluwaseun Olayiwola (Strange Beach ... Show More
1h 3m
Sep 9
Holly Pester & Luke Roberts: Cafés
Holly Pester’s Cafés (Fitzcarraldo) continues the trajectory which, since her debut Comic Timing, has made her one of the most exciting poets writing. An elegy for lost communal space, and a stylish political intervention, Francesca Wade has described Cafés as embodying ‘a public ... Show More
54m 20s
Dec 2023
Light in the Darkness with Mayratouchofglam
On this episode of Overcomfort podcast, I sit down with my friend my Mayra Garcia and give a huge life update. After going through preterm labor, the loss of her son, having a new baby she tells us how she finds the light in the darkness and her new journey of motherhood.See omny ... Show More
44m 33s