This playlist contains @poetsandmuses episodes with poet guests from outside of the United States of America.

Episodes with Poets outside the United States

Danabelle (https://danabellegutierrez.com/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), kick off March with a discussion of our respective poems, "Uwi" and "The Skeptical Merchant," and belonging.

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #DanabelleGutierrez #Uwi #TheSkepticalMerchant #Belonging

Poets and Muses March Album 2022

This week, Danabelle (https://danabellegutierrez.com/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Uwi" and "The Skeptical Merchant," and belonging.

You can read Danabelle's poem at: https://www.thecommononline.org/uwi/

And follow her at:
1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danabellegutierrez and
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danabellegutierrez/

Links to topics we discussed: 
1. Third-culture kids: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/03/being-an-outsider-benefits-third-culture-kids/627011/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Photo of Danabelle Gutierrez by Venuselle Rigor

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #DanabelleGutierrez #Uwi #TheSkepticalMerchant #Belonging #BilingualPoem #GrewupinCairoViennaMuscat #LivesinDubai #Novelist #ShortStories #WriterofPoetryandProse #EpicPoetry #ModernDayHomer #ArtistsExposingObsessionsThroughTheirWork #UnitedArabEmirates #RespectandEnjoyPoetry #COVIDsilverLining #Diaspora #ThirdCultureKid #TheMeaningofHome #ExistentialCrises #Tagalog #Philippines #UnplannedMigration #ConstantUprooting #LearningtoLetGo #MicroAgressions #OurLivesMakeUs #RooftopRhythms

Imogen Arate with Danabelle Gutierrez

This week, Gideon (https://www.facebook.com/bengehya.gedeon) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Just because i am a refugee" and "Call Me Cassandra," and poetry as a means to cope with trauma.

Take a listen to also find out about #poetryevents taking place in the valley during the week of #September23rd.

Photo of Gideon Mugay provided by Gideon Mugay

Open Mics in Kampala:
1. http://ancestraltontoma.blogspot.com
2. https://ugandanartstrust.org
3. http://www.openmicuganda.org/
4. https://www.instagram.com/kwivuga/

Information about refugees:
1. http://reporting.unhcr.org/node/5129?y=2019#year
2. http://reporting.unhcr.org/population
3. https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2018-march-2019/uganda-stands-out-refugees-hospitality
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVNjbyLOOj4

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #MugayGideon #GideonMugay #Justbecauseiamarefugee #CallMeCassandra #Congolese #acrosticpoem #lovepoem #SouthKivu #AlJazeera #Ituri #Goma #NorthKivu #WorldRefugeeDay #refugeepassport #discriminationagainstrefugees #refugeecampofficers #beatings #humiliations #refugeeidentitycard #OfficeofthePrimeMinister #BidiBidiRefugeeSettlement #SouthSudanese #NakivaleRefugeeSettlement #Somalian #KyakaRefugeeSettlement #Swahili #ConnectandHeal #WeAreNotDoneYet #OpenMicUganda #PoetsandWriters #SoundCloud #Tontoma #32DegreesEast #Kwivuga #Zone7

Poets and Muses September Album 2019

Imogen Arate with Gideon Mugay

This week, the Black Poet (https://www.facebook.com/SHIRAZ.EAIK) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "Suicide Unintended" and "A Siren Called," and and the mutual impact with those we meet.

Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of October 21st.

Photo of the Black Poet (https://www.facebook.com/RawNegus) by John Musinguzi (https://www.instagram.com/JohnMusinguzi/)

Other ways of contacting the Black Poet:
1. OpenMicUganda - https://www.facebook.com/openmicuganda
2. Teen Poetry Slam Uganda - https://www.facebook.com/teenslamchallenge/
3. Teen Poetry Slam Uganda Account - https://www.facebook.com/TeenPoetrySlamUg

Suicide research and prevention:
In the US: 
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at 1-800-273-8255 / 1-800-273-TALK or https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
In Uganda: 
1) Hotline: 0800 200 600  (Mon. - Fri, 8am to 7pm)
2) 2011 study on suicide in Kampala: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3158523/
3) Research on suicides in Uganda (behind a paywall): https://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198570059.001.0001/med-9780198570059-chapter-106 
Globally:
1) https://suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html
2) https://www.befrienders.org/directory
3) https://www.who.int/health-topics/suicide#tab=tab_1
4) https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2019/10/10/default-calendar/world-mental-health-day-2019-focus-on-suicide-prevention
5) https://www.who.int/health-topics/suicide/campaign-materials-handouts

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #TheBlackPoet #MurrayShiraz #SuicideUnintended #ASirenCalled #poet #writer #spokenwordcoach #2010 #fallingoutwithdad #OpenMicKampala #OpenMicUganda #poetryclinics #refugeecamps #highschools #TeenPoetrySlam #PublicHealthAmbassadorsUganda #SseboGreenGardens #Opportunigee #cofundedbyEuropeanUnion #CultureatWorkAfricaGrant #InterartsFoundation #BOZAR #Nakivalerefugeesettlement #DRC #Somalia #Ethiopia #Rwanda #Burundi #safespace #healingprocess #poetryastherapy #releasepain #showingcompassion #InternationalUniversityofEastAfrica #issuesstudentsfaceinschool #MiracleNantege #loverofpoetry

Poets and Muses October Album 2019

Imogen Arate with the Black Poet

This week, Rap Poet (https://www.facebook.com/RapPoet43/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "I am not that Condom, are you?" and "Lowering Tides Sink All Boats," and taking risks as an artist.

Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of November 4th.

Photo of Rap Poet (https://www.instagram.com/raptontoma/) by Lubega Photography (https://www.facebook.com/lubegaphotography/)

Additional ways to follow Rap Poet and Tontoma:
1. https://twitter.com/JazzTontoma
2. https://www.facebook.com/ancestraltontoma
3. https://www.facebook.com/tontoma.tontoma
4. https://ancestraltontoma.blogspot.com
5. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC67qUrfU9nw1ZMutWeOwtTg

Links to some of the topics we covered in this episode:
1. Tribes in Uganda: http://www.uganda-consulate.sk/index.php?tribes
2. Stella Nyanzi, who was jailed for criticizing Uganda's 30-year-president: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/ugandan-academic-stella-nyanzi-jailed-harassing-museveni-190803141817222.html

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #RapPoet #IamnotthatCondomareyou #politicalpoem #installationperformativeandpoeticartwork #LoweringTidesSinkAllBoats #Ugandan #visualartist #spokenwordartist #musician #Tontoma #torecite #32DegreesEast #artsorganization #artistresidency #KampalaContemporaryArtFestival #musicalinstruments #traditionalinstruments #Luganda #Endongo #lyre #soundslikeacousticguitar #baseguitar #drums #xylophone #piano #poetryaroundthebonfire #colonialism #rap #hiphop #UgandaMuseum #56tribes #recitepoetryinmothertongue #Lule #HondiMushagasha #Congolese #takingriskinpoetry #freedomofexpression #StellaNyanzi #YoweriMuseveniKaguta #BobiWine #politicalcensorship #navigatingariskingpoliticallandscape #NationalTheatre

Poets and Muses November Album 2019

Imogen Arate with Rap Poet

This week Vaughan (http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Rapatahana%2c%20Vaughan) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "tahi kupu anake / only one word" and "Significance," and the value of language.

Take a listen to also find out about poetry events taking place in the valley during the week of December 30th.

Photo of Vaughan Rapatahana (https://jacket2.org/commentary/vaughan-rapatahana) by Leticia Canlas

Confirmed 2020 reading and presentation dates:
1 March in Carterton, NZ at Wairarapa Word
19 March at Meteor Theatre, Hamilton, NZ
25 March MCing at the University of Auckland Lounge readings of leading poets
3 to 5 July at the Third Colin Wilson conference in Nottingham, England (Not poetry)
15-21 July at the International Poetry Nights festival in Curtea de Arges, Romania

Links for topics we discussed: 
1. Maori culture: https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/settling-in/maori-culture
2. Southbank Centre Endangered Poetry Project: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/blog/endangered-poetry-project
3. Poems from the Edge of Extinction: https://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk/titles/chris-mccabe/poems-from-the-edge-of-extinction/9781473693012/
4. Disappearing island nations: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190813-how-to-save-a-sinking-island-nation
5. Marshall Islands: https://www.pacificrisa.org/places/republic-of-the-marshall-islands/
6. Land loss in the Mississippi River Delta: http://mississippiriverdelta.org/our-coastal-crisis/land-loss/

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #VaughanRapatahana #tahikupuanake #onlyoneword #Significance #NewZealand #Maori #LeticiaCanlas #WorldPoetryRecitalNight #KualaLumpurMalaysia #London #SouthBankNationalPoetryLibrary #PoetryfromtheEdgeofExtinction #ChrisMcCabe #NationalPoetryLibrarian #HongKong #India #Jacket2 #BBCRadio4 #UnitedNationsForumonMinorityIssues #ToveSkutnabbKangas #EnglishLanguageasHydra #languageofcolonialism #neocolonialism #BritishCouncil #OscarsForeignFilm #Nigerianfilm #Lionheart #ImprisonedinEnglish #Tagalog #Philippines #JacindaArdern #PrimeMinisterofNewZealand #ClimateChange

Poets and Muses December Album 2019

Imogen Arate with Vaughan Rapatahana

This week, Isabel (https://medium.com/@isabel.ahermosillo) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "En el otro lado del espejo no hay nada" ("Nothing on the other side of the looking glass") and "Determined," and examining our heritage.

You can read Isabel's poem at: http://www.himenmag.com/textos/en-el-otro-lado-del-espejo-no-hay-nada
Here are other ways to follow Isabel: 
https://twitter.com/Isabelucci_
https://www.instagram.com/issabelucci_/

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of June 8th.

Photo by Isabel A. Hermosillo.

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Amelio Robles Ávila: https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/amelio-robles-avila 
2. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sor-Juana-Ines-de-la-Cruz
3. Tezcatlipoca: https://www.ancient.eu/Tezcatlipoca/ and https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tezcatlipoca
4. Women’s Day March in Guadalajara: https://www.deccanherald.com/international/nazi-salutes-molotov-cocktails-rock-massive-mexico-womens-march-812107.html and https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/womens-day-2020-thousands-women-took-over-mexico-demand-justice-and-equality-through-massive#imagen-1
5. Gloria Steinem’s silence over Tara Reade’s accusation against Joe Biden: https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-have-womens-groups-gone-dead-silent-on-biden-assault-accusation
6. Anita Dunn’s role at Times Up: https://theintercept.com/2020/03/24/joe-biden-metoo-times-up/
7. Native-American history: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Native-American

#Poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #IsabelAHermosillo #Enelotroladodelespejonohaynada #Nothingontheothersideofthelookingglass #Determined #Mexican #Writer #Poet #Translator #Photographer #traveling #surrealism #bendingreality #artasportals #nerd #videogamesasportals #virtualreality #duallanguagepoems #mixedlanguagepoems #Chicanopoetry #LydiaMartinez #ElSacrificiodelasPapas #feelapoem #selfexploration #Nepalesemonastery #comingtotermswithfemaleidentity #lookingbackinhistory #femalehistoricalfigures #FridaKahlo #AmelioRoblesÁvila #firsttransgenderman #SorJuanaInésdelaCruz #Tezcatlipoca #SmokingMirror #LaraCroft #TombRaider #loveofhistory #historicalreferences #ExaminingOurHeritages #violenceagainstwomen #womensrights #genderequality

Poets and Muses June Album 2020

Imogen Arate with Isabel A Hermosillo

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