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Carmen Gimenez Smith

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Connor and Jack discuss the ekphrastic poem, Decoy Gang War Victim by Carmen Gimenez Smith. They discuss the nature of acting and direction, the history of the photo from which the poem grew, the hard-to-pin-down voice of the poem's speaker, and much more.EDIT: This episode was originally posted with an inaccurate title for the poem, "Decoy War Gang Victim." This has been corrected. We apologize for the mistake.You can find the poem (along with the photograph) here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/58875/decoy-gang-war-victimYou can buy Carmen Gimenez Smith's latest book "Be Recorder" here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/be-recorderDecoy Gang War VictimBy: Carmen Gimenez SmithFor Harry Gamboa,   Jr.Just a tick ago, the actor was a Roman candleshot to the sky, smudged by rain’s helter-skelter. His motivation was: he’s a stoogeon L.A.’s sodden turnpike, so we have “to make” art. Gotto rezone and react. The world the bare wall tohis bullet. Got to rile up the populace, to fortifythe arsenal. Once in a while, repopulate and penetrate,paint a list of incitement onto the walls.An elder told him that to overturn the city, one mustsurrender body/belongings to the one explosivespectacle of truth, making it ongoing. Pay attention.To overturn the city, not just the scraps but fervor itself.Not just the wan broadcast of indignation butIRL incursions into the workhouses andpoorhouses to inflame the thousand points of  light.A lean surge, departure pinks both ends of  him.He’s the nth layer folded into the stand’s nerve.Find us on Facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking Find us on Twitter at: twitter.com/closetalking Find us on Instagram: @closetalkingpoetryYou can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com.

Connor and Jack discuss the ekphrastic poem, Decoy Gang War Victim by Carmen Gimenez Smith. They discuss the nature of acting and direction, the history of the photo from which the poem grew, the hard-to-pin-down voice of the poem's speaker, and much more. EDIT: This episode was originally posted with an inaccurate title for the poem, "Decoy War Gang Victim." This has been corrected. We apologize for the mistake. You can find the poem (along with the photograph) here: <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/58875/decoy-gang-war-victim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/58875/decoy-gang-war-victim</a> You can buy Carmen Gimenez Smith's latest book "Be Recorder" here: <a href="https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/be-recorder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/be-recorder</a> Decoy Gang War Victim By: Carmen Gimenez Smith For Harry Gamboa,   Jr. Just a tick ago, the actor was a Roman candle shot to the sky, smudged by rain’s helter- skelter. His motivation was: he’s a stooge on L.A.’s sodden turnpike, so we have “to make” art. Got to rezone and react. The world the bare wall to his bullet. Got to rile up the populace, to fortify the arsenal. Once in a while, repopulate and penetrate, paint a list of incitement onto the walls. An elder told him that to overturn the city, one must surrender body/belongings to the one explosive spectacle of truth, making it ongoing. Pay attention. To overturn the city, not just the scraps but fervor itself. Not just the wan broadcast of indignation but IRL incursions into the workhouses and poorhouses to inflame the thousand points of  light. A lean surge, departure pinks both ends of  him. He’s the nth layer folded into the stand’s nerve. Find us on Facebook at: <a href="http://facebook.com/closetalking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/closetalking</a>  Find us on Twitter at: <a href="http://twitter.com/closetalking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/closetalking</a>  Find us on Instagram: @closetalkingpoetry You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com.

Episode #082 Decoy Gang War Victim - Carmen Gimenez Smith

Carmen Giménez Smith is the author of Bring Down the Little Birds (University of Arizona Press, 2010), a memoir, and five poetry collections, including the National Book Critics Circle nominee Milk and Filth (University of Arizona Press, 2013) and the forthcoming Cruel Futures (City Lights Press). She is founding editor and publisher of Noemi Press and was recently named one of the poetry editors for The Nation. Formerly a Teaching-Writing Fellow at the Iowa Writers Workshop, she is now Professor of English at Virginia Tech.

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