{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/65f5103d3cf4df00178af483?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"\"Radical Self-Inclusion\" - An Interview with Michael V. Smith","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6086d520cfb9e813fa7a63a9/1710557607393-9875cf85b30d60085f6cc3a7f66e7229.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.michaelvsmith.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michael V. Smith </a>is a deeply loving, insightful poet and performer – who uses intimacy and humour as tools to explore pain. In this interview, Linda chats with him about power dynamics and bullying, as they address his poetry collection,<em> </em><a href=\"https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/michael-v-smith/queers-like-me-by-michael-v-smith/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Queers Like Me</em> (published by Book*hug in 2023</a>)</p><p><br></p><p>Here are some of the subjects we covered:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>on the nature of creative writing and genre (6.15)</li><li>poetic technique, poetic devices, and poetic voice (verbatim poems: 6.45,&nbsp;8.00, 42.43)</li><li>Facebook poem and writing about his father (9.35, 10.48, 27.50, 32.20)</li><li>depictions of masculinity&nbsp;&nbsp;(21.40 mistake with bike/book; 12.05, 21.25)</li><li><a href=\"https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2023/11/16/the-floating-man-kelowna-documentary-premiere/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Floating Man</em></a> (13.03, 27.10)</li><li>Agnes Varda (12.12)</li><li>Eloise Marseille (4.18)</li><li>working across genres (16.25)</li><li>Michael reads from “Grandma Cooper’s Corpse” (20.25)</li><li>humour and contrast (22.42, 24.25)</li><li>poetry and knowledge - the function of poetry (37.00)</li><li>his chapbook (23.45)</li><li>dynamics of power and bullying (32, 32.40, 33.40)</li><li>the importance of nuance (34.50)</li><li>gay marriage (36.08)</li><li>Bronwen Wallace (38.30)</li><li>Lorna Crozier (39.20)</li><li>His memoir, <em>My Body is Yours</em> (40.38, published by <a href=\"https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/M/My-Body-Is-Yours\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal Pulp Press</a>)</li><li>radical inclusion (46.54)</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Linda Morra"}