I had the opportunity to talk with S. Brook Corfman at AWP this year! S. Brook Corfman is the author of Luxury, Blue Lace, chosen by Richard Siken for the Autumn House Rising Writer Prize, and two chapbooks: the letterpress Meteorites from DoubleCross Press and the digital collection of performance pieces The Anima from GaussPDF. The recipient of grants and fellowships from Lambda Literary, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, recent work has appeared in DIAGRAM, Indiana Review, Muzzle, The Offing, Territory, and Quarterly West (Best of the Net Nomination), among other places. Born and raised in Chicago, Sam now lives in a turret in Pittsburgh.

S's website

Luxury, Blue Lace

Meteorites (chapbook)

Writers, topics, etc, mentioned in the show:

• Collection of essays on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) and why it's bad science

• I should not be surprised someone wrote a thinkpiece on The Little Mermaid as transgender figure

• Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice

  • A review of the version S. saw in Chicago

• Dawn Lundy Martin

  • S recommends Discipline

• Mei Mei Berssenbrugge

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The Sound of Waves Breaking is a field recording of kids playing at a park during the day by JohnnyBeCrafty