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Episode 167: My Conversation with Dría de Dóchas - MING Artist Interview

Dría de Dóchas is a trans-femme Latinx creative worker and interdisciplinary artist whose practice responds to imperial and colonial violence on the Earth and its inhabitants. A significant body of her work surrounds her alter ego and drag persona, the Dryad, and their existential journey as a queer embodiment of the Earth during the late stages of capitalism. Through the means and materials available to her, de Dóchas seeks to cultivate a sense of solidarity and kinship across different forms and walks of life, challenging Eurocentric notions of social, political, and economic value.

Dría attended the University of New Mexico, earning an MFA from the Art + Ecology program in the spring of 2022. Her work has been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally—most notably in the 2022 Venice Biennale—and she has contributed to and performed in internationally-exhibited, award-winning films. Dría currently teaches courses at Boise State University and The College of Idaho.

Episode 166: My Content - MING Public Poetry

Zora Neale Hurston, 1891 - 1960.

Episode 165: My Angst on Resolutions and (sometimes) Revision, by Tomas Baiza, Rebecca Evans, & Christian Winn

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about recipes and dive bars, but the chatting turned to ranting. The ranting turned to rage. The rage turned to poetry, because everything is poetic. And since it’s the start of another year, one that feels a bit bleak, the poets dove into the dark arena of resolutions and revisions.  

 

Episode 164: My Long Companion - MING Public Poetry

William Cullen Bryant, 1794-1878.

 

Episode 163: My Weary Winter - MING Public Poetry

Margaret Widdemer, 1884 - 1978

Walter de la Mare, 1873 - 1956

Wallace Stevens, 1879 - 1955

Episode 162: My Voiceless, Soulless, Messenger

Emily Bronte, 1818-1848.

 

Episode 161: My Father Sold Me While Yet My Tongue, by Palankeen & MING Public Poetry

The Chimney Sweeper, by William Blake, 1757-1827.

Climbing Boy, by Palankeen, from the album, VOGT, 2015.

 

Episode 160: My Angst on Holiday Lit, by Tomas Baiza, Rebecca Evans, & Christian Winn

Three Angsty Poets gathered, initially chatting about poetry, but the chatting turned to ranting. The ranting turned to humor, and maybe a bit of angst. The holiday pressure surfaced and they found themselves swallowed into the lights, the carols, the Scrooges, and gimmicks. Episode Nine brings their discussion on holidays, traditions, and sticking with our virtues. My Angst on Holiday Lit. No matter, create art.

Episode 159: My Railing of the Rain - MING Public Poetry

Jonathan Swift, 1667 -1745.

 

Episode 158: My Wakes of Spring - MING Public Poetry

Charlotte Mary Mew, 1869-1928.