799. Rich Ferguson, Mary Kerr, S.A. Griffin

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

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4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2022

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Rich Ferguson, Mary Kerr, and S.A. Griffin are the guests for a roundtable discussion of Beat literature and the new anthology Beat Not Beat: An Anthology of California Poets Screwing on the Beat and Post-Beat Tradition (Moon Tide Press). Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Rich Ferguson has shared the stage with Patti Smith, Wanda Coleman, Moby, and other esteemed poets and musicians. Ferguson was selected by the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. (NBPF), to serve as the State of California Beat Poet Laureate (Sept. 2020 to Sept. 2022). He is a featured performer in the film, What About Me? featuring Michael Stipe, Michael Franti, k.d. lang, and others. His poetry and award-winning spoken-word music videos have appeared in numerous anthologies and festivals, and he was a winner in Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match, L.A. Ferguson is the editor of an anthology of CA poets entitled Beat Not Beat (Moon Tide Press). Mary Kerr is an Independent Producer of documentaries on the California Beat Era. Her films include The Beach (1996), Venice West and the LA Scene (2011), and San Francisco's Wild History Groove (2011). S.A. Griffin, co-editor of Beat Not Beat and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Firecracker Award) and Carma Bum progenitor lives, loves and works in Los Angeles. In 2010 he created The Poetry Bomb, a former Vietnam era practice bomb converted into an art object filled with over 900 poems from around the world in an effort to inspire civil disagreements culminating in The Poetry Bomb Couch Surfing Across America Tour of Words. Named Best Performance Poet by the LA Weekly, in 2011 he was the first recipient of Beyond Baroque's Distinguished Service Award. His most recent book, Pandemic Soul Music (Punk Hostage Press), will be on bookshelves December 2022. Husband, father and USAF Vietnam era veteran. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram YouTube Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, where is there?
0:01.5	I love.
0:03.0	Hello, how are you?
0:08.4	Welcome to the Other People podcast.
0:10.6	My name is Brad Listy.
0:11.9	I'm in Los Angeles.
0:13.0	It's good to be with you.
0:14.4	Happy Sunday.
0:15.8	This is a Sunday episode of the program.
0:18.8	I hope you're doing okay out there.
0:20.1	I hope you're enjoying your weekend.
0:23.2	Today, I'm going to be talking with three people. Rich Ferguson, Mary Carr, and S.A. Griffin,
0:31.4	contributors to a new anthology called Beat Not Beat, an anthology of California poets screwing on the beat and post-beat tradition.
0:43.9	Getting back to that Kerouac quote, he said it wasn't about music, but for me actually,
0:51.7	and also when editing this collection and thinking about poets that I wanted to include,
1:00.0	to me, it does have a lot to do with music.
1:04.0	In regards to the delivery, a lot of beat poetry is delivered.
1:09.0	There is a music to it, a syncopation, an aliveness that music has.
1:15.1	And just like the way music is able to sort of transcend different cultures, different value systems and things.
1:23.9	And I think people all around the world responding to be poetry.
1:29.0	And in my opinion, a certain amount of that does have to do with the musicality of the form.
1:36.8	Okay, that was Rich Ferguson, poet, author, and the editor of a new anthology called Beat Not Beat.
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