Conversations Conversations #1 - Millicent Ally
Interview with Author & Poet Millicent Ally (First published on my Substack newsletter)
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Last month, I sat down and had a conversation with author & poet Millicent Ally. She self published a collection of poems called Tales of the Human Condition in 2012. I found Millicent’s poems in a round a bout way, but they will be on my bookshelf for a long, long time. The first half of the podcast is getting to know Millicent, and her journey until now. The second half is Millicent reading her poetry, and then us discussing it.
I was immediately enamored with her honesty, personal themes, and ability to make a legitimate attempt of encapsulating the human condition. (I don’t think any human could ever begin to do that, but the effort is appreciated!) She breaks up her collection into four pillars of her/your human condition: Life, Love, Introspection, and God.
Timestamps
- Where are you from originally? (0:25)
- What influences did you get from LA/”the south?” (1:10)
- What age range? (2:35)
- What were your writing influences? (05:19)
- Millicent reads her poem “Fourteen.” (08:25)
- “It's like we're more of a spiritual creature inside of a biological.” (11:28)
- "So by acknowledging my character flaws and accepting my own shortcomings with love, forgiveness and a willing to change, I improve my humanity.” (13:50)
- “I am more forgiving with other people than I am with myself.” (15:00)
- What were the internal & external factors when you wrote Tales of the Human Condition? (19:35)
- “I self-published and it was a really interesting.” (28:00)
- Would you in 2019 keep those same four pillars of: Life, Love, Introspection and God? (35:45)
- Imagine yourself at International Space Station or the moon, and the world is looking at you. - What would you say? (38:00)
- END OF PART ONE (41:32)
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- BEGINNING OF PART TWO (41:36)
- Millicent reads her poem “Sunday” (41.52)
- Millicent reads her poem “Masked Morality” (45:59)
- Millicent reads her poem “Ascension” (58:50)
- Millicent reads her poem “World’s End”(01:00:47)
- Millicent reads her poem “Profession” (01:07:30)
- Millicent reads her poem “Apology” (01:10:06)
- Millicent reads her poem “The Lifelong Process” (01:13:16)
- Millicent reads her poem “Lazarus” (01:17:17)
- Millicent reads her poem “The Distant Beyond” (01:18:44)
- Millicent reads her poem “Immortal” (01:20:04)
- Millicent reads her poem “Eternal Hymn in God” (01:22:07)
- Nicholas reads Millicent’s Tales of the Human Condition “Conclusion” (01:25:45)
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