Michael talks with Amorak Huey about growing up in Alabama, his mother's house burning down, his father's writing, his path to poetry, his fourth book of poems Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy (Sundress Publications 2021), publishing, sitcoms, other writing projects, the trickiness of giving and receiving feedback on poetry, and more!
Amorak Huey is author of four poetry collections: Dad Jokes from Late in the Patriarchy (Sundress Publications, 2021); Boom Box (Sundress Publications, 2019); Seducing the Asparagus Queen (Cloudbank Books, 2018), winner of the Vern Rutsala Poetry Prize; and Ha Ha Ha Thump (Sundress Publications, 2015). In addition, he is co-author, with W. Todd Kaneko, of the textbook Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology, published by Bloomsbury Academic in January 2018, and the poetry chapbook Slash / Slash, forthcoming from Diode Editions in June 2021.
Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.