Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Sara Tatyana Bernstein about public engagement and interdisciplinary careers beyond the academy.
Resources: literary studies and comparative literature
Yolanda Wisher on Poetry as Community Engagement
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Philadelphia Poet Laureate Yolanda Wisher about community engagement through performed poetry.
Surbhi Malik on Diasporic Radio
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Surbhi Malik about diasporic radio production and mentoring students’ whole, complex selves.
Leah Milne on the Good Trouble of Racial Justice
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Leah Milne about a pedagogy of discomfort and using the classroom to teach radical empathy.
Tara Fickle on Asian American Game Studies
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Tara Fickle about why games are such fruitful sites for understanding racial formations.
Karen Jaime on Queer Puerto Rican Slam Poetry
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Karen Jaime about the history of QTPOC Puerto Rican poets and the classroom as performance space.
Mimi Khúc and Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis on Asian American Mental Health Activism
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Mimi Khúc and Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis about Asian American publishing and disability activism.
April Lynn James on Whimsical Poetry as a Healing Tool
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews poet and performer April Lynn James about how storytelling can help trauma survivors heal.
Minal Hajratwala on How to Write Like a Unicorn
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Minal Hajratwala about writing coaching, queer postcolonial publishing, and how to “write like a unicorn.”
andré carrington on Race in Science Fiction
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews andré carrington about racial representation in science fiction and the role of faculty of color on campus.
Margaret Rhee on Queer Feminist Robot Poetry
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews poet Margaret Rhee queer feminist robot poetry and interdisciplinary teaching.
Sawyer Lovett on Queer Southern Memoir Zines
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews Sawyer Lovett about the power of zines and memoirs for Southern, poor, queer and trans youth.