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Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture PodcastAuthor: Aaron Smith and James Allen Hall
James Allen Hall and Aaron Smith talk about their favorite poems and poets, interview amazing writers, laugh a lot, gossip, and get real about life and art. Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Books, Performing Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Sex Poems
Episode 15
Monday, 27 April, 2026
Let's talk about Sex! Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. And BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE is available from Bridwell Press. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books. Show Notes:Poems we read and texts we mention include:Dorianne Laux, "The Lovers" (Visit Laux's website here).Jenny Johnson, "Daddy Scene" (published in Cherry Tree Issue 11). Subscribe here. Read Jenny's essay "Butch Blowjob" in Bomb Magazine.sam sax, "Ode to the Belt" can be read in The Nation Sept 2023--or you can watch sam perform the poem here. If you're looking for a theory reading about sexuality, might we recommend Sigmund Freud's "Three Contributions To The Theory Of Sex"Jericho Brown's "Host" appears in The New TestamentTimothy Liu's "The Size of It" appeared in The Paris Review Fall 1994Maya Abu Al-Hayyat's "Sex" Sophie Cabot Black, "Interrogation"You can read Minnie Bruce Pratt's "Peach" here (just scroll down/search for "peach").Aaron reads from this article ("50 interesting sex facts...") in the fact check.
